#but also many for overwatch

[katapotato55]

how to make your writing be remembered forever and possibly be well loved.

(incredibly stupid and silly fanfiction line at the end of this post) I know that title is incredibly daunting but listen, its very simple. you ready?

MAKE STRONG CHARACTERS

"but kat! surely its not that simple! " nononono listen. bear with me. I want you to think of your favorite thing. Now ask: what do you remember the most about the thing you love? I will go first:

I love team fortress 2. and guess what: this game has been around since 2007, and was in development hell since before I was even born. The game has been around for 16 fucking years. And guess what? in the strong year of 2023 team fortress 2 Is STILL getting memed about. and do you want to know the crazy part? the character designs to the naked eye are not special at all. ok sure from a designer standpoint, these are very well designed characters made so that you can easily tell who they are based on their silhouette. but from the average joe.... tf2 is iconic but overall it looks ok. it doesn't seem special to a stranger to tf2. look at this completely random and arbitrary example of a game in the same genre:

I don't know shit about the characters in overwatch. Yeah i have a BASIC idea on what their personality is like based on voice lines and some videos i guess... but in-game they just exist. these characters are brightly colored, they have beautiful unique designs, hell they have even more diversity such as robots and people from other cultures! but i don't remember shit about these characters. Maybe I remember the ice lady and tracer, but nothing else. and yeah part of overwatch struggling right now is incompetant development, BUT: The characters in team fortress 2 are SO remember-able because the characters have such a vibrant personality. I am an orange box owner, its been a decade and a half and I am still remembering this game and enjoying art about it.

"but kat! that is a comedy game! Overwatch is a very serious game! are you saying comedy is needed to make a character more noticeable?" no. though I think allowing your characters to lighten up every now and then would humanize them. Not full on goofy, just give them something that makes them likeable. and if you cant do that, you can STILL make a compelling character even though they are mostly seriousness. I have an even more awfully thought out example:

kung fu panda is a masterclass in making a serious comedic movie somehow work. Master Oogway.... he isn't a comedic character at all. Yeah we made memes about him, but ignoring that, he is a wise and resourceful person. He is at calm and has faith in this intuition. there are a lot of characters like this. What makes Oogway stand out is that he is also a little bit kooky and sassy.

this youtube clip sums up what I mean. It is a funny line, it fits the character, and It doesn't ruin the seriousness of the moment. Some of the most successful series in history have something about them that has appealed to people. In my opinion: characters with strong personality and interesting traits is always a good way to ensure your writing is successful. The second most important is the characters bouncing off of each other in terms of their chemistry with each other. There is a reason why I spent years playing the first Destiny game and all of the DLC, but I remember fuck all about the characters. I think I maybe remember the bootleg star lord robot guy.

A writing exercise

here is an exercise to get you in the spirit of character making. step 1- get a random character from a random bit of media. In this case let me bring you master Oogway. Step 2- Get a completely different character from a completely unrelated series. I am going to give you Scout from team fortress 2. step 3- write a random ass thing about them interacting. Think about how the characters would react to each other and why. Think about each characters values in life and think about how they would bond and conflict with each other. Think about characters similar to the character they met in the past and how they reacted then, and if they have never interacted, make something interesting with it. Step 4- keep experimenting. Once you get into the spirit you can apply this to any new character you could want to make anyways thats it byeee- "arent you going to do that ?" do what? "make a writing thing about oogway and scout. " ........

Scout: let's go turtle you got nothing on my speed- Oogway: The one who first resorts to violence shows that he has no more arguments. Scout: that sounds like chicken talk! come on tough guy let me have it- Oogway then proceeds to make scout eat shit before vanishing in a cloud of cherry blossoms and dust from the desert. If this post isn't popular I want you to know my dignity was lost for nothing.

#please read the post before you comment “oooh no why do you have so many random tags”. they are not random this post is just weird as fuck #trust me on this this absolutely does actually have something to do with both kung fu panda and team fortress 2 please read the post first #also fan art or writing bits based on the oogway and scout interaction I made would be 100% appreciated and loved by me. #I would love to see what yall make based on the exercise i made! #writing tips #writing advice #creative writing #writing #writers #character analysis #team fortress #team fortress 2 #tf2 #overwatch #overwatch 2 #kung fu panda #master oogway #tf2 scout

[wachtelspinat]

He found an old GameBoy Color with the GameBoy Camera and got it working again. Shit is like an old Nokia phone, indestructible

#overwatch #junkrat #roadhog #art #god i loved the gameboy camera #spent so many hours with this game #when i was 9 #also this was fun #a lot

[odessastone]

My favorite part of writing Lifeweaver is playing up his usual silly goofy funney guy act, then throwing in a “his family hasn’t talked to him in 10 years” or “every day he grapples with the knowledge that he could be killed at any moment and his creation used to usher in an ecological dystopia the likes of which we’ve never seen before”

#overwatch #lifeweaver #honestly what I love about him (of many things) is his moral greyness and his hubris #cause like. sure he wants to heal the world and all that #but he also knows full well what hells could be unleashed by a corporation getting hold of his ‘self-propagating biomass’ #but he creates it anyway. because he can #and lbr you know there is zero chance that biolight will not eventually fall into wicked hands if Niran ‘gives it to the world’ #once it’s out there he won’t be able to control who has it or what they do with it #so yeah. he knew all that entailed but he still wanted to play savior anyway #maybe to prove that he’s worth something - that his life is more than just a series of failures

[lepusrufus]

The dichotomy of me and Widows

#i can't help it #a friendly widow on my team is getting forehead smooches #idc if they're not hitting that many shots as long as they're nice #bonus points if I'm going ashe for those sweet sweet ouihaw vibes #and ENEMY widow however #I'm sorry going on Widow hunts is my guilty pleasure #if I notice they're somewhere I can feasibly reach they're done for #from my experience they're also the most likely to start throwing insults in chat if I keep going after them #overwatch #my art

[cyberphuck]

@satans-codpiece your robot boyfriend is radicalizing the EVs again

#art tag #overwatch 2 #overwatch #ramattra #this fucking character has so many parts to him #like the most complex design ever #he must have been a NIGHTMARE to repair #oh shit Rammy's down we're gonna have to see if we have part 389756-C in stock #also I'm aware that the tesla looks hilariously janky #you should see the version I didn't trace

[nyaskitten]

Chat why is this person LITERALLY everywhere. Ninjago videos? Check! Star Wars videos? Check! Sonic videos? YEAH BABY!

#ive been seeing them in the comment section of videos for YEARS #i HAVE to point them out at this point !!!! #ninjago #raine's rambles #raine's shitposting #they also post overwatch and fortnite stuff so like wow ! theyre just everywhere #they have so many playlists wtf.

[the-deadlock-south]

dark wolf

#overwatch #overwatch 2 #hanzo #hanzo shimada #art tag #see guys i pulled through with drawing him :) #got 1 like on me post last night and tha was my motivator #oh ya i love this skin #i do wish the wolf character was in red i think itd be a nice distinction and a nice pop from all the dark colors #but OTHERWISE it's Sick i love this skin #ALSO GG TO ME I FINALLY POSTED ART HERE #lets see if i can draw again i got so many goofy ideas

[grady1285]

Reasons why I vibe with Sigma (personal headcanons included):

music playing in head on a daily basis + affinity for music

space is cool!!!!!!!!! really cool!!!!!!!!!!!

zones out frequently

cat person! (also likes dogs but prefers cats)

probably has autism

prefers not to go to social events

does NOT know how to romance

forgets to do basic things like eating

a bit scatterbrained

would LOVE to make tiny models of things but doesn't have enough time to do it

As you can probably tell I love him very much I wish he was real

#sigma #sigma overwatch #overwatch sigma #siebren de kuiper #dr de kuiper #overwatch headcanons #and yes I am serious about the music thing #songs sounds and voices DO play in my head #it can be unpleasant at times esp with something I don't want to hear (like metal scraping or someone screaming) #but that's besides the point bc we talking about space grandpa here #i also used some information gathered from the email that @sigma-only sent that Boris Hiestand replied to #imma bet this gonna flop but honestly I just wanna gush about him #grrrr I have so many ideas for drawing him but college is hard :(

[angeltannis]

If I had a nickel for every fave of mine who’s a chaotic, ADHD-coded genius with a cybernetic arm who had to flee somewhere without any extradition laws because of an incident that happened while they were in school, where they created something that a bastard corporation wanted the rights to. I’d weirdly have 2 nickels

#overwatch #borderlands #I find it incredible that #Lifeweaver #and #Gaige the Mechromancer #on paper seem like they should be identical characters lmao #yet really couldn’t be much more different from one another beyond sharing so many backstory plot and character beats #also Gaige would be so absolutely down Horrendous for Niran it’s not even funny #she already has a thing for older gay men in canon. I think she would meet Niran and explode like a cartoon character

[lanaevyssmoved]

i was tagged by @killerspinal to do an 'on repeat' spotify game thing!! i need absolutely everyone to know i didn't know this existed and it took me a hot minute to find it! :D tags under the read more 🫡

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist & post the first ten tracks, then tag people

into the wild - take that

major crimes - HEALTH

busan - adam burgess

the power credits ver. - borslav slavov

rebel - OTR

windows - take that

you're killing me - astrophysics

get ready for it - take that

freeze - take that

super shy - newjeans

@ancientsigil @cetra @euryalex @courierseis @johnnystorm @doggybone @kelemvorr @grymforge @rcpunzel @princeofhags @captaintiny @masckarlach @voerman @maxthetruman @hexdruid @haarlep @bladeofavernus @mrdekarios @envergothash @dekarios @stinkrascal @orfeoarte @shadowcursedballs @globalfear @werewolfication @orzamara @hibernationsuit and literally anyone else who wants to do this SLD;FKSDFSD... sorry if i missed you i'm so bad at remembering urls i have to look at my dms SDFDS

#fray.txt #its worth noting i havent played cyberpunk i just like the song.... #this is also how i learnt busan is an overwatch track. i didnt know that. i just like it #TAKE THAT APPEARING SO MANY TIEMS IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING #ough... this did critical damage #tagging people so they can judge me at this point

[ryonello]

🌟 STORE UPDATE 🌟 hi gamers!! preorders r HERE 🎉 ✦ apex blob roster expanded !   + catalyst charm   + more pillows added   ╰ ash / horizon / maggie / seer ✦ new valo merch   + blob harbor charm   + omen & jett prints   + jett pillow ✦ new apex prints   + rhapsody apexmobile   + maggieblood [i support women's wrongs] ✦ new overwatch prints   + junker queen   + kiriko ✦ zagreus print (more hades prints soon ) ✦ bird merch :]  + chip thief seagull tote bundle  + pigeon sticker sheet ✦ more vtuber stickers  + holotempus hq  + shoto ! hope you find somethin you like! 🥰 ✨https://ryonello.bigcartel.com ✨

#SORRY FOR THE LONG POST I HATE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO INCLUDE 😭 #its been a while so i thot i would jus do everything . maybe tumblr will hide the text under a see post button or smth #BUT YES i am finally up to DATE on all the new stuff <3 #apex #apex legends #valorant #overwatch #vtubers #looking at it all like this is so deranged i have so many thing #(please take some off my hands) #<--- dumbass who wants to make more thing before cons start up again #hoping to add than n meg n maybe more vtubers before melb game expo next month! #and am also confirmed for perth ozcc at the start of april #hope to see u there !! :D #store stuff #RESTOCKING MIRAGE TOTE ALSO FOR THE PERSON WHO ASKED #THANK U AGAIN FOR THE INTEREST <3

[1-800-deactivatednearu]

[i.d.: tf2 sniper in overwatch widowmaker's pose as seen in character art. this entails an exaggeratedly arched back, a leg popped out, and a hand cast back, as if throwing back sniper's (nonexistent) ponytail. in his other hand he holds his rifle by the grip, pointing it down at the floor. widowmaker takes on sniper's pose similarly seen in character art, a heavy slouch with a wide stance. one hand is loosely clenched by her side, and the other holds her rifle--pointing up--under the bolt action. the image is captioned "gender equality." /end i.d.]

not pictured is the absolute despair i felt because both of them have their fingers on the trigger of their rifles in these poses . firearm safety whooooooo

#tf2 #tf2 sniper #overwatch #widowmaker #my art #i dont personally care much abt overwatch but also remind me to never do fanart of the characters again #so many details . i am afraid

[eye-of-the-hawk]

Yes you may 👀

#the new voiceline that is taking moira fkers by storm #moira overwatch #i LOVE making her blue eye the spooky one #overwatch 2 #moira o'deorain #ovw2 #rim lighting is a godsend lol #ovw #overwatch #fanart #moira overwatch 2 #this is also on twitter at Eye0fTheHawk #theres a couple other voicelines i want to illustrate too #might do a poll on which ones bc there are so many possibilities #like come on 'I can taste your weakness'??? that shit was made for the gays #moira odeorain #these tags are a mess lmao #my art

[odessastone]

I hope Venture is a silly mf with Looney Tunes physics I hope they pop out of holes in the ground like Bugs Bunny to deliver one-liners and then disappear again. I hope enemies trying to kill them is like this

#overwatch #venture #venture overwatch #i want so badly for them to be sillay #like Junkrat levels of sillay #i want them to be like that annoying gopher in CatDog that sank CatDog's house underground digging too many tunnels under it lmao #i also think they should wear one of those silly headlamps and constantly be accidentally blinding people with it bc they forget it's on #in essence i just want them to be a huge and silly dork

[gammaliminal]

Neon Troupe; an introduction to a tf2/overwatch fan game

welcome to the fairly near future… of the 80s! IBM, dotmatrix, disco, and cassette tapes are all the rage. despite lasers, miracle healing, uplifting animals, and more invented; we're still using CRT monitors and everything still groooovyyyyyyy. enter the companies Outlook Resurrection Grant (ORG) and Past Nations re-Kindled (PNK), which are locked into a corporate turf war due to a petty rivalry between workers spiraling way out of control. now enter the Contractors, people of varying stripes all equally (or more so compared to the others) willing to kill and die for a paycheck; and with corporate backing of military hardware, unexplained respawning, and unexplained clones (for the sake of the tone, neither of these will be explained).

if you couldn't tell already, this is basically TF2's excuse plot but set in the 80s, which hopefully we can do something new and original with! this project is inspired by OW2 self-destructing, making me finally deciding to start conceptualizing my idea for a class-based shooter in a similar vein as rivals of aether for platform fighters (more so inspired by tf2 then overwatch) pleaaaaaaase be nice to us; not only are we but two people who haven't designed any games before, but we're also purely doing this out of fun and aren't going to super strictly balance this. even if we're able to actually develop it. also, while we won't confirm any orientations, it'll be a looooooooooot more outwardly queer then either TF2 or OW <3 if that makes you angry, well we aren't creating this for you - Ξλ

links to stuff related to this project!! cast list companies and a bit of LOREEEE

#Neon Troupe #source engine #source fangame #team fortress 2 #tf2 #ow #ow2 #overwatch #overwatch 2 #fan project #no microtransactions dw #we're two weirdos not a company #also there will be only 12 classes at max #more then 12 is uhh TOO MANY PLATES TO SPIN- #also one of them will be an uplifted animal #this is a promise #Ξλ post

[ultravioart]

Hot take, but i see Zenyatta's and Ramattra's dynamic like Ahsoka's and Anakin's dynamic. Looking at their story, their interactions, the lore behind Null Sector and the lore with Zenyatta. Both are warrior monks, one takes the other under his wing, but the duo eventually finds the dogmatic approach of the temple restrictive and unhelpful for truly maintaining peace. One finds their own path to resolving conflict, individual and distinctly separate from the temple (Zenyatta, Ahsoka), the other proposes authoritarian control to maintain peace and order, rejecting the temple, and hurting those they wish to protect (Anakin, Ramattra). Ramattra is fighting due to fear and anger, scared of loosing those dear to him (Anakin vibes). Zenyatta is fighting due to a desire to help peoples find peace, and to find his purpose (Ahsoka vibes). With that said, I could be completely wrong, but Ram and Zen really do seem something like Ahsoka and Anakin's dynamic to me, like found family siblings, brother and sister, mentor and mentee, eventually breaking away from each other in a tragic loss, and that's why I cannot for the life of me ship Ram and Zen under that interpretation lol. They are brothers, both in the monastic and found family sense.

#ramattra #zenyatta #omnics #overwatch 2 #ow #text #overwatch #ow2 #long text #Also i am pretty sure most omnics are aroace (some romantics exist) in lore so it's weird to be to see so much... spice about omnics lol #no hate i just think it's odd when canon lore says one thing but the fanon is quick to jump onto ships/shipping types that are ooc. #like there is barely any ram content that isn't zen and ram ship... :/ big oofs #plus there are so many other omnics to ship Ram with--and ocs are an option too! #I say this as a fan of fluffy Genyatta before the lore came out that Zen and Genji first met at the temple #The previous understanding had been that Zen and Genji met while Zen was a wandeirng guru already #Genyatta under current canon is problematic tbh #but i still ship aus of it that places it when Zenyatta was a wandering monk and stumbled into Genji and helped him find peace #i am a sucker for ships that have a “you are my sunshine :')” in them lol #so really no hate to any ships ooc or canon-y i just find it weird when people say IT IS CANON when it is clearly ooc. #like... i ship au (otherwise ooc) ships but i still recognize those ships as very much ooc. #anyways lore and canon really do not seem to imply ram and zen are a ship. Mondatta and zenyatta are also an example. #and if i see one more “ram is like magneto!” i will scream lmafo please do NOT imply the omnic crisis was like anything magneto went thru.. #sighs fandoms are hard for me it seems #idk