I love literally everything about Freja except her actual design? I don't hate it at all, it just feels very generic to me. Like she just walked into a Spirit Halloween and picked up a sexy arctic hunter costume. Her voice acting, her attitude, her backstory, the fact that she actually has connections to at least one heavy hitter in the lore compared to Illari, Venture, Weaver and Juno who are kinda??? doing their own thing ig?? and not very important in the timeline as we know it, have my antennae up but I'm a bit disappointed she's not more physically imposing or anything besides her frown.
Much like the first time I did one of these with the Apex legends, I'm alright with interpreting the Overwatch cast as some degree of bisexual to make whatever ship I'm trying to write at the time happen, however, there are still sexualities that I default to outside of writing them for a ship and here's how my list goes:
Ana: Bisexual, but romantically tends to lean toward men/masc presenting people. The strap-slinging-slasher. Good for administering a pegging in her prime.
Ashe: Lesbian, but she figures it out later in life. Was initially a victim to compulsive heterosexuality, despite being a rebellious black sheep in every other facet of her life.
Baptiste: Confirmed bisexual, so that's what I tend to go with by default. He and Mauga 100% used to have a thing.
Bastion: Bastion probably hasn't had enough room to explore that part of it's burgeoning personality yet, I think. I know it's easy to wave it off as beepboop blank, but Bastion has PTSD, has developed a friendship with Ganymede and is in the process of exploring what it can experience with free will. Omics are capable of having relationships, so them having a designated sexuality isn't crazy in the universe of Overwatch. Asexual, but only as a placeholder until it develops further.
Brigitte: Trans and lesbian.
Cassidy: Bisexual, but has a preference for men.
D.Va: Homoflexible. Like 90% lesbian but may give men a shot every once in a blue moon.
Doomfist: Pansexual, but lowkey in the ancient Greek way where there's nothing wrong with it so long as he's the one topping, you know what I mean? He collects pretty things and pretty people and has no particular gender leaning. His taste is very refined and he's still very picky about who he chooses to pursue romantically. Some degree of poly and he's upfront and honest about it.
Echo: Still exploring what it means to now have sentience, so in a bit of a flux period. I want to say omnisexual currently because she's still not certain what she prefers or even IF she has preferences.
Freja: She's not even out yet but by heart is telling me she's some degree of sapphic.
Genji: Heteroflexible and a reformed slut. Being horrifically maimed and brought to the brink of death several times because of it really forced him to slow down so he couldn't use sex and partying as escapism anymore.
Hanzo: Homosexual. Used to be closeted but was entirely willing to still give his dad a grandkid if it was asked of him. However, since going into exile, he's had the time and space to really explore and find himself.
Hazard: Heterosexual, also a prolific omnic enjoyer. He's very loyal to his girlfriend, Susannah despite the fact that he's sometimes a natural flirt when he talks to people. Means nothing by it
Illari: Lesbian, and still a virgin but still in denial and dealing with some questions of comphet tied to her survivor's guilt. Gets super flustered when women flirt with her directly.
Junker Queen: Trans and bisexual. Used to have a thing with Mako. She currently has a harem waiting for her back in Junkertown.
Junkrat: Aromantic and asexual, but I don't quite agree with the fanon thing of him not knowing what sex is. I think he knows what it is, but lacks the desire to pay attention to the courtship rituals surrounding it. He's probably not repulsed by participating in sex, but wouldn't go out of his way to go find it, if that makes sense.
Juno: Heterosexual
Kiriko: "Heterosexual" but still flirts with and makes out with women casually when the opportunity presents itself. The exact kind of straight woman lesbians get annoyed with because they send mixed messages and play games then go lol jk I'm straight.
Lifeweaver: Canonically pansexual! Probably had a very VERY brief thing with Sym when they were in the academy together, but amicably agreed to forget it ever happened. Dating Baptiste currently. Prefers to top.
Lucio: Heteroromantic, but open to exploring things with people of any gender. Cis, but having his fashion veer into things more gnc isn't unheard of.
Mauga: Demisexual. He needs some kind of deep personal connection to feel any actionable sexual attraction to someone. Baptiste is one someone and it did not end well :)
Mei: Heterosexual.
Mercy: Bisexual but she tends to lean towards women. She has an unofficial thing going on with Genji.
Moira: Nonbinary, answers to all pronouns. Tends to be more t4t but also sapphic.
Orisa: Gotta think about this one more. That one line exchange she has with Hanzo makes this one a little difficult to nail down lmao
Pharah: Canonically Lesbian! Has had a puppydog crush on Angela for YEARS. Tends to run through girlfriends like napkins. Prolific heartbreaker.
Ramattra: Strictly limits his pool of availability to other omnics. Has no gender preference among omnics. Ex-boyfriends with Zenyatta.
Reaper: Bisexual. Had an on-again-off-again thing with Jack (that trickled over into affair category after still intermittently continuing it even after getting married) and is still in love with Martina.
Reinhardt: Like 90% Gay. Been a bachelor for all these years with no kids of his own to show for it despite being a fantastic godfather. That man kisses other men. that last 10% is him probably having lingering feelings for Ana. I know in my heart he's bottomed for her.
Roadhog: Trans man. Tends to be very picky with who he allows to touch him being repulsed by touch generally. Some flavor of bisexual, but not much of a libido.
Sigma: I want to say Heterosexual in the brief windows of time where he's in his right mind.
Sojourn: Lesbian and a divorcee. Still in that awkward phase of putting herself out there again and playing the field but she's out of practice.
Soldier:76: Canonically gay. I think he and Gabe had an on-again-off-again thing that began during the super soldier program that carried on as an affair through the existence of Overwatch as an organization.
Sombra: Bisexual, but homoromantic. Tends to avoid commitment but is not above leading people on to keep them dancing in the palm of her hand so long as it remains beneficial to her in some way.
Symmetra: Attracted to femininity but not necessarily lesbian. Gynephilic.
Torbjorn: Straight, and he fucks.
Tracer: Canonically lesbian. Deeply loyal to her baby, Emily.
Venture: Canonically nonbinary! Primarily androphilic. Falls in love fairly easily
Widowmaker: Bisexual, but since killing Gerard, she has not looked at or touched another man voluntarily. Barely has much of a libido anymore and the few times it rears it's head, her kneejerk reaction is to suppress and ignore it.
Winston: Technically heterosexual, but has the capacity to develop romantic feelings with others regardless of gender. Biromantic. But his situation is kinda odd. He IS sexually attracted to other gorillas but runs into the issue of not really being able to ethically act on it due to them not having the same sentience that he does unless it's with another ape from the moon colony.
Wrecking Ball: This little guy fucks. He'll find a way.
Zarya: Bisexual, but closeted. Presents herself as Heterosexual to the public.
Zenyatta: Pansexual and alright with humans and omnics.
Sombra being one of her major information brokers. They don't have anything serious going on but every time Freja comes by seeking information for a new mark, she offers to take Sombra out for some dinner, or drinks. Sometimes she'll nibble, other times she won't because she's a busy woman that communicates in cash. They both are. But that's what makes things pretty simple when they hook up from time to time. Ghosts tend to not want to lay down traceable connections.
