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Overwatch/OW2 Theories: Blackwatch Sniper
Sorry this has taken so long to get out, I’m celebrating spring break and I am watching my neighbors dogs so I’ve been pretty busy, but I hope you like it. ~Nova
About two weeks ago I was asked by @banwanyana about the idea of a ex-Blackwatch agent, other than Fio, responding to the Recalled message. She specifically mentioned the idea about Blackwatch having a sniper like Overwatch has Ana. I already had an idea about this in mind kind of, but it was about an ex-Blackwatch tank not sniper. So, today I’m going to theorize about a possible Blackwatch/ex-Blackwatch Sniper.
Blackwatch: The person is going to be a sniper, like a mix of Ana and Widowmaker. They probably wouldn’t have a biotic rifle, since Moira is Blackwatch’s healer, but I feel like the design of a Blackwatch sniper-rifle would have a similar design to Ana’s Horus/Captain Amari rifle with the color palette of Widowmaker’s Talon rifle.
This sniper might have been a sharpshooter for their country’s military, like Ana, or they were part of a gang and had to chose between jail or Blackwatch, like McCree. Going off of my answer for @banwanyana , this sniper would have also had some sort of intimate relationship with McCree which would give them both a good amount of interactions in game.
Post Disbanded Overwatch: If this character was a sharpshooter in their country’s military before joining Overwatch, then they would probably rejoined their country’s military. If they were part of a gang, kind of like McCree, they could have either gone back to the gang for a while before rejoining Overwatch or they became a vigilante like McCree. Also, if they stayed in contact with McCree, we could learn more about what McCree was doing(like how he really lost his arm).
Recalled Overwatch: They would be joining after everything in Paris and Toronto. They would probably join because McCree or Genji asked them. They would probably get along well with most of the Recalled Overwatch with maybe some tension between them and the original Overwatch members depending on how much of a role this sniper had in Blackwatch. If they killed a lot of people and don’t have too much of a problem with killing, they probably won’t get along well with Mercy and might scare some of the new Recalled Overwatch like Lucio, D.Va, or Baptiste, but they would probably get along decently with Zarya and would be close with Genji and McCree.
Anyways, I going to be doing my post about a ex-Blackwatch tank next. After that, if I don’t think of something else, I’m going to post about another cut map.
TLDR: This sniper would have a rifle that is a combination of Ana’s and Widowmaker’s rifles. They might have been a sharpshooter or gang member and would have had a relationship with McCree. After Blackwatch they might have rejoined their military, rejoined their gang, or become a vigilante. McCree or Genji would have asked them to join the Recalled Overwatch. They might not get along with the older Overwatch members depending on their previous status in Blackwatch. They might scare some of the new Overwatch members and get along with some of them.
Overwatch/OW2 Theories: Blackwatch Tank
Alright! In my post about a Blackwatch sniper, I mentioned that I already had an idea in my head about an ex-Blackwatch tank, so these are my ideas about it.
Blackwatch: Being a tank in Blackwatch, they would probably be like Reinhardt but smaller since Blackwatch does stealth missions. They would have joined Blackwatch after Retribution/Venice Incident. They would probably be used for taking out large gangs or maybe groups like Null Sector. Also, I might have found an image of this possible character. The picture has the correct color scheme, black, red, and grey, and their helmet looks similar to Reinhardt’s which would add to the idea that they are a tank.
Post Disbanded Overwatch: Like my post about a Blackwatch Sniper, if they were part of their country’s military before Blackwatch, they might go back to that military. With that said, if they were forced to join Blackwatch, like McCree was, then they might rejoin their old gang or become a vigilante.
Recalled Overwatch: If they joined the Recalled Overwatch, McCree or Genji probably gave them the information and then met up with them after Toronto. Since they would have joined Blackwatch after the Venice Incident, they would probably would get along better with the old Overwatch members, especially Reinhardt.
Talon: In my post about a sniper, I specifically wrote it with the intention of them joining the Recalled Overwatch, but for this post I want to mention Talon. We know that Talon has tank units called Heavy Assault Units, Mauga is a example of one, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if this tank joined Talon as a Heavy Assault Unit. We also know that some ex-Overwatch members, specifically ex-Blackwatch members, joined Talon after the groups disbanded with Moira and Reaper being the prime examples of that. Finally, if they were a Talon tank, that would mean we have another possible character that would be played in Talon Story Missions.
Anyways, I’m not going to post for a couple of days due to Easter, but I will be going over the Archives Event skins when they come out and I will talk a little bit about the Overwatch League once it starts.
TLDR: If we got a ex-Blackwatch tank, they would have joined after the Venice Incident and would help take out large gangs or similar groups. Depending on what they did before Blackwatch; they might rejoin the military, rejoin their gang, or become a vigilante. If they joined the Recalled Overwatch, they would be joining after Toronto and would probably get along better with the older Overwatch member since they joined Blackwatch later. If they didn’t join Overwatch, and instead joined Talon, they would probably be a playable character in the Talon story mission and would be a Heavy Assault Unit.