Pretty sure they confirmed at SDCC that the characters with prosthetics were Symmetra, McCree, Torbjorn, and Junkrat. There's a source somewhere on tumblr to the panel, but I can't find it right now.
So Tumblrinas can give their preshus fandom a pat on the back for how inclusive and not ableist it is, as well as giving themselves brownies points for being involved such a "progressive" fandom.
I didn't have people on my dash who were really into Homestuck, but I'll take your word for it they did that. Aside from a canon gay main character and a hyped up lesbian relationship, I don't—
You know what, there was a post where PharahxMercy fans were surprised and some even upset that a conditional voice quote by Genji towards Mercy was confirmed because him calling her Angela would imply she has relationship potential outside of the "pure lesbian ship" (I don't ship Gency). Let's call it the the Sacred Tumblrcow Effect.
i ship genji/mercy and pharah/mercy and i mean, mercy did save his life and they probably spent a lot of time together during his rehabilitation. also, they were both part of overwatch at the same time. they're allowed to call each other by their first names regardless of their relationship status. mercy and pharah don't have a past together so yeah, there's not going to be a lot of evidence in the actual lore.
(but i think if mercy is/was seeing anyone, it was torbjorn, which definitely wouldn't be my thing but the reaction from the fandom would be hilarious)
there's a good chunk of rabid f/f fangirls on Tumblr who want to pretend their arbitrarily supported lesbian ship is leagues better than the het options, or even m/m pairings that don't involve the characters they ship because m/m is an acceptable target nowadays. From what I've seen, this doesn't account for all shippers of pharah/mercy, but some get really defensive when there's a hint of a different ship. Hence that genji line being questioned for its legitimacy because genji/mercy fans are totally trying to devalue their lesbian ship. If you want other instances of this happening (and yes the het shippers had sanctimonious asshole fellows, no side's perfect), see Kill La Kill and FE:Fates.
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(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)No idea what's up with the obsession, though.
DA
(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)I call it the Steven Universe Effect.
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(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)ayrt
(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)You know what, there was a post where PharahxMercy fans were surprised and some even upset that a conditional voice quote by Genji towards Mercy was confirmed because him calling her Angela would imply she has relationship potential outside of the "pure lesbian ship" (I don't ship Gency). Let's call it the the Sacred Tumblrcow Effect.
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(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)Re: ayrt
(Anonymous) 2016-08-02 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)(but i think if mercy is/was seeing anyone, it was torbjorn, which definitely wouldn't be my thing but the reaction from the fandom would be hilarious)
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(Anonymous) 2016-08-03 01:34 am (UTC)(link)also that would be a+ if it was torbjorn though.
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