[quote=@ClocktowerEchos]
I am going to be completely honest, I expected Tracer to be gay so this wasn't that big of a shocker (honestly shouldn't be for anyone). Going to admit I thought it might end up being someone in the game already but that's probably since I've seen to much shippidty ship shipping.

I've got not problem with it since to me its just another part of Tracer's character. I remember I heard this in a Youtube video that its because people have known her for the better part of a year or two, people have gotten to know her other quirks like energy, cheerfulness, playfulness, etc. As such, being gay is just part of her instead of her most defining feature unlike if Blizzard released a new character who was gay.

People just need to chill the fuck out yo, Overwatch ain't going to become some tumblr TF2 knockoff and to me, the people who care about the sexual orientation of character are literally on the same damn coin wether they call it "social progress" or "SJW trash", don't make a difference in the end, just the two sides of the same coin. It comes down to: Do you care about a character's sexuality or do you not? Its not like Tracer being gay suddenly has any game play effects or changes to her voice lines.

But hey, at the end of the day, its just like Kermit the Frog: Ain't none of my business apparently.
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Well said right here. The only opposition I have to the whole thing is that it feels like Blizzard DID do this solely to make money, and well... I'm not called "The Weeaboo Communist" because it sounds stupid. I do suppose it's totally possible this was a planned part of her character based off of someone's actual vision for her instead of a CEO slamming his fist down on a table and saying "If we make her gay, then gay people will buy our stuff!" But I can't shake the feeling that this was just for money, and most of this thread sees it that way too. There's nothing wrong with her being gay, and it's even a good bit of representation (even if it DOES just so happen to cater to both male lesbian fetishists and actual lesbians at the same time as if it's an extremely good business decision using an attractive character to turn a profit), but all I see is Blizzard using the LGBTQ community for a quick buck by pretending to be on their side.

At least it's Blizzard, a video game company that doesn't actively screw over nearly as many people as corporations that take on other roles. Like the entire fast food industry. And to be fair, given the amount of times I've heard someone on some line of it all saying something about X Blizzard higher up being [Insert Literally Any Sexual (Or Otherwise Since The Gaming Community Is Quickly Becoming More And More Tied to /pol/) Minority You Can Possibly Imagine Here]. So it's possible that there's genuine good will and support behind it all. Which would honestly make it okay, but I guess I'll never know what the case is because I won't get to talk with whoever made the decision.