It sounds like someone has a little crush.
The Overwatch fan community has a vibrant imagination when it comes to the personal lives of its 23 heroes.
Most notably, fans have speculated over which heroes would be in relationships with each other. Fan art runs rampant depicting a variety of different pairings, and there are those who so firmly believe in certain ships that they have full blown explanations as to why those heroes should be together.
With Valentine’s Day coming up, it seems the Overwatch team at Blizzard also could not resist planting the seeds of a potential romance between two heroes. Within the game’s latest PTR content, players discovered some new character voice lines that seem to suggest a relationship serious enough to warrant a trading of Valentine’s Day gifts. Take a listen below.
To those of you who just had your dream relationship crushed, we apologize. But you have to admit, thinking about Genji and Mercy giving each other chocolates for Valentine’s Day is pretty adorable. Especially the way Genji calls Mercy by her real name, Angela. And the way he asks her if she could share them with him. And the way he seems a little nervous that he chocolates he got her may not be good enough for her angelic self.
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Indeed, some Overwatch fans do already ship Genji and Mercy based on the backstory of these two characters. Mercy was the one who nursed Genji back to health from the brink of death, after Hanzo attempted to kill him. It’s not hard to imagine that they caught feelings after spending so much time together.
And speaking of Hanzo, Genji talks to him about chocolates as well.
Could Hanzo be jealous that his younger brother has a Valentine but he does not? Speculate away, Overwatch fans.