reaper76 should be canon
i’m biased cuz i’m literal r76 garbage but
think about it
two traditionally masculine characters enmeshed in military culture, which is itself very conservative. Muscular, gravelly voiced, macho men’s men archetypes who are all of that but defy convention by also being in relationships with men.
if they’re bi/pan/gay, that would be a huge dick punch to stereotypes. Now I’m all for Lena/Emily. don’t get me wrong. give me all the queer ladies gdi. but in the comic, they’re non threatening to the average shitbaby gamer. now blizz did a great thing by showing lena and emily as being normal people who belong in their world. they’re not unusual. they’re two ladies drinking tea or some english bullshit and gifting scarves, which is the most fucking english chick thing to do tbh
now let’s take that good ol’ gay train and keep it moving
jack and gabriel in a past relationship. not just two soldiers, but the Golden Haired Boy trope which is the bastion of all fucking conservative whiteness ever. plus
plus
a complex, interesting afro-latino man interested in other men.
look at the lgbt movement. the gay representation in that equation? still white as fuck. not only that, but you got an interracial relationship going on
is that still important? do ppl still make a big deal out of it?
fucking right they do
so alllllll across the board, Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes hooking up would put a fist through a bunch of dumbass stereotypes all at once and upset all the entitled assholes who try their damnedest to sideline this content cuz omg it’s two guys and that’s gay
My point is
Blizzard, pls
do it
