Is reaper gay
Overwatch was first released in 2016, and it posthaste became popular due to its fun mechanics and its colorful and diverse heroes and villains. With such inclusivity seemingly at the forefront, it was no real surprise that LGBTQIA representation quickly became something Overwatch fans wanted.
Queer representation in video games has massively improved over time, largely because technology has become more usable over time, as successfully as the shifting attitudes towards the queer collective. However, back in 2016, LGBTQIA characters in FPS games, or hero shooters, were not particularly the done thing. So, while Apex Legends has seemingly mastered the task of including a diverse and inclusive cast with its characters, 2016 made Overwatch stand head and shoulders above the crowd.
Because of this desire for representation, fans of the game were more than happy when Activision Blizzard revealed the game’s very first LGBTQIA character to be the ‘star’ of Overwatch, a British hero character named Tracer. What really inspired fans was that this was the very first year of Overwatch, and there had been a promise of more stories and lore on the way. Could this m
Gabriel Reyes AKA Reaper will be revealed as male lover eventually
TioMegamanX-12511
This can go two ways, either Reyes was also gay and his thing with Morrison was not only rivalry but also unrequited devote and stuff appreciate that OR nothing at all.
If the former happens it will be the usual business for Blizzard when they need people to look the other side for one reason or another, if the later happens then we can be +50% sure they record the story as they go along and retcon stuff with no authentic concern for any kind of consistency, mind you I am not saying Morrison being lgbtq+ is inconsistent, more like the timing was certainly lovely convenient considering everything that has happened to Blizzard in recent days.
On a semi-related note, execute you think there may be a new hero who may have jut been a regular dude working at Overwatch who just got laid off when they closed it down? visualize it, just an everyman, no unique quirks, not part of any minority, probably just armed with stuff he learned to assemble after years of working there, that would be quite interesting.
But on topic, I am calling it now, Reyes is also gay.
ScruffyCat-113142
They didn’t retcon anything.
For many people who watched the Grim Reaper AIDS commercial when it was first broadcast in 1987, it sure had an impact.
The commercial showed human bodies portrayed as bowling pins existence lowered onto the ground, and then a figure cloaked in black and holding a scythe rolling a ball towards the team, knocking them all down. The communication accompanied with the visuals is that AIDS is a killer that can affect anyone and everyone. It’s sombre and graphic, to say the least.
The TV ad was made to deposit AIDS on the public agenda and to help tackle the growing epidemic. At that day, HIV was reaching its peak in Australia with 2,773 cases that would be recorded by the end of 1987.
While the ad was made with good intentions and no doubt contributed towards the lower in HIV infections the following year, it also had some devastating effects, particularly on the gay community.
Amidst the tense discrimination that gay men were already facing in society, the Grim Reaper ad inadvertently demonised them and made them peer like the villain, portraying them as irresponsible spreaders of the virus. Some people even related gay men to the Grim Reaper, and it all boiled down to a simple equation:
Grim Reaper HIV ads 'contributed' to violence against LGBT community, inquiry told
Media coverage of the early years of the HIV epidemic contributed to the elevated level of violence against the LGBT community in NSW in the 1980s, an inquiry has heard.
Key points:
- An inquiry is checking suspected gay hate crimes dedicated over 40 years in NSW
- It hears Grim Reaper ad campaign in 1987 had a "particularly damaging" impact of LGBT people
- Media coverage of the HIV epidemic drove violence against the society, the inquiry is told
The particular commission of inquiry is probing suspected hate crime deaths between 1970 and 2010, which remain unsolved, and was established this year following recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry.
This week's public hearings are exploring the social, legal and cultural factors affecting the LGBT community in the 40-year period.
Brent Mackie, peak LGBT group ACON's director of policy, strategy and research, today gave evidence that the 1987 Grim Reaper advertising campaign was designed to place HIV "on the agenda" but had a "particularly damaging" outcome on gay people.
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