Barbie Girl, R34 Overwatch, and How Corporations Lose Control of Their Characters

[@Theguyoverthere603]

Back in my day, boys and girls alike did unspeakable things to their Barbie dolls by popping off the limbs and rearranging them into monstrosities.

[@sylphredo]

Omggg u remind me the day I used one of Barbie’s legs as a spoon to taste my sand soup, good times 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheViveros]

Ah, so you were a Sid, gotcha

[@pringrings22]

10:00 -10:10 this part really needs to be talked about in games.The double standard of calling sexual innuendos bad but violence and murder is okay is so persistent in media.

[@_kalia]

Same for the prior point of D-va being aged up. The implication that Blizz aged her up to adult to dispel the implications of her being sexualised when they were fine with the until-that-point state of her being basically a child soldier?

[@SauceyRedHN]

Honestly, seeing NSFW content (or any unofficial/fan content in general) of a character has never affected my perception of that character in its original media. It's not something I've ever really thought about or realized until now, but yeah, I find it pretty easy to separate fan portrayals of a character from the actual character. I don't know if this is the case for most people, but I'm kinda curious if it is or not, or like, what the stats for it are.

[@AquaPurePearlVoice]

I was thinking this exact thing. Barbie Girl never influenced my view of barbie either. She's always been the original girlboss in my mind.

[@insertnamehere4248]

same for me for the most part, i'd guess that for a lot of people it depends on how invested they are into the source material of said character. i was a die-hard fan of barbie movies as a child and watched them all the time, so when i watched the barbie girl music video it didn't really change my perception of barbie and confused me when it did for my classmates, who weren't as much into barbie as i was. perhaps for most people, the less they know about a character, the more likely they are to have their perception of them changed by fan-made content they happen to come across

[@FraserSouris]

I feel that's a bit of "survivorship bias". Like, I imagine the people on Viveros channel are probably people that don't care too much (or care in more.......odd ways) about NSFW content. In addition, even Barbie Girl has some amount of deniability as the lyrics aren't super ultra explicit so some people may miss the meaning there. But I have seen the opposite happen in some places. I once lived in a rather religious community and many of the older folk there warned us not to get rainbow flags or certain toys as they were (in their words) "the products of those Alphabet people". One kid I knew even got in trouble from their parents for supposedly sexual content in Sly 1 since Carmalita wasn't exactly dressed in business casual wear. Bringing this back to Overwatch, I imagine one worry Blizzard could have is that if their characters are overly sexualized by fans, that perception could trickle to other audiences. If the first exposure or thing a random parent knows about Overwatch is that it's an NSFW factory, they may be less willing to allow their kids to play the game. Given Overwatch is also trying to appeal to kids, that association with NSFW could hurt their market. A parent who knows nothing about Video Games but suspects Overwatch is making NSFW stuff isn't likely to go play the game to determine the exact specifics. With M rated stuff, at least there, the company isn't worried about other kid audiences. Like, if someone makes Witcher NSFW stuff, that isn't going to hurt CDPR since they were aiming for an adult audience anyways (if anything, it would be on brand on Witcher lol). A parent worried about sexual content wasn't going to buy their kid Witcher 3 anyway.

[@lancesmith8298]

And to be perfectly honest, sometimes, very rarely, the horny aspect of a fandom produces better content than the sum of its reimplemented parts. My headcanon of [name withheld] from before the rerelease, where I genuinely wondered how she felt about sex (bi and demisexual), ended up making more sense than canon (“they were very good friends” type beat) or the common fanon (just bi, or earth-shatteringly straight and male-gazey because early 2000s internet). It even explains small plotholes that, in my opinion, go above and beyond the level of social awkwardness she displays. If you can get people to think of your character, even if it’s them getting eaten out, you’re still getting people to think about your work, and making people make art from there.

[@D3stinySm4sher]

I’m the type who can appreciate fanservice when it’s by FANS, or when it’s like, a self-aware option (ex. Fanservicey alt costumes). When it’s the DEFAULT, especially when it pretends it’s not specifically aiming for fanservice when it obviously is, I get frustrated very quickly. Haven’t thought about it until now, but I’ve actually never had kinky/nsfw/fanservicey stuff impact my interpretation or views of a character in its source media, aside from when the “fanservice” is like…making a warrior character actually have visible MUSCLES (ex like literally anyone from Fire Emblem). Having said that, I do think it’d be better for Overwatch to at least keep dipping its toes in canon romance between characters, even if those romances don’t always work. For ex. I have a weird headcanon crackship that Sombra and Tracer are exes, and that’s related to why Sombra has the translocator. This idea popped into my head due to their in-game interactions. Doing things like that that establish connects between characters that are more messy and complicated than “grr you did a bad” could make them feel more human. Of course. Literally every match of Overwatch makes ZERO FUCKING SENSE in universe and all PvP gameplay is nonncanon so like. There’s much bigger issues to iron out if they wanna actually do something serious with the storytelling here lol

[@TheViveros]

Honestly, I think a lot of stories get more interesting if you just throw in a couple “Oh, yeah, those two are exes and it’s MESSY” scenarios.

[@aboutrainbow8614]

As someone who wants to traditionally publish novels one day, this topic fascinates me. How I perceive my work and how others do can be two entirely different things- even if I do it all right. And I'm just one person writing books!! Can't imagine how the characters in a game like overwatch are perceived.

[@AzureVoltic]

As a writer, I expect people to make porn of my characters, and I'd be flattered by it.

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

I really like your point that women can be competent and respectable while also being able to enjoy being sexual. Like thinking that a woman can't be both feels like internalized mysogny, since most pwople will feel fine with men being those 2 things but women immediately becomes disrespected and looked down upon when they like sex.

[@inplane9970]

Bayonetta (At least 1 & 2) is the prime example of a woman being sexy and competent. Someone who knows their worth and will use her sexiness and femininity when it empowers her, but also someone who can and will kick ass when the world is falling apart. And I feel like that's why she's so popular amongst the LGBT community. Aside from her voguing and campy references, which are undoubtedly iconic, she doesn't have just one identity. She can do it all, be perceived as multiple figures, and they would all be accurate to some degree. You can view her as a fighter, a mother, a model, a designer, or a witch and they would all be correct. She's what Barbie wants to be if Barbie had the freedom to express that much.

[@thosebloodybadgers8499]

I do feel like there is an understandable, if paradoxically unhelpful, tunnel vision pushback to the previously established status quo of sexualization and objectification. Hell, personally even now I find that somewhat difficult to navigate because these characters represent so many things to so many different people from so many different angles. They belong to the corporations who own their copyright, to the designers who sculpted them, to the animators who breathed life into them, to the voice actors who gave them a voice, the writers who moved them forward, the people who were simply physically attracted to them and only see them in that light, the people who never considered that interpretation and are deeply engaged with them on the level the "official side" wants them to be seen as, the people who combine both and may feel frustrated due to the antagonism to and from both, the people who watch from the sidelines and only react to the controversies, the people trying to more directly take control by using them in either fan works or as weapons for social commentary - there's just too many fingers in that pie, too many people who, to at least some extent, control what that character means through their personal engagement with them. It's impossible to play to the crowd so maybe the answer is to refuse doing so at all. I wouldn't know. I simply support what interpretations coincide with my view of what I believe the character is to me and should be.

[@nemothesurvivor]

I just love how you take a simple concept (R34 fan content) and extrapolate it into a much deeper conversation (how interpretations of media can be shaped by pop culture and that can potentially change the perception of a brand). It's this springboard that scratches the same itch as ending up on a wiki page eight links deep that is barely tangentially related to what you initially looked up (/pos). Not gonna lie, it's why I love your video essays. I always walk away from your videos rotating them in my mind like a rotisserie chicken. Commenting to boost the algorithm, keep on keeping on!

[@TheViveros]

Thank you so much! My favourite videos are always the ones where I can try to make them into a bigger topic, and it’s always really cool to me that people seem to enjoy them too 🥰

[@BuoyB]

I’ve been seeing this bleed into Valorant as well where fans kind of invent their own idea of the agents even though Riot makes it very clear what kind of person they actually are from the jump. Viper is a self isolating and cold blooded killer but people often draw/talk about her like she’s some seductive femme fatale murder mommy (similar to Widow), Sage is seen as a soft caring motherly type (similar to Mercy), but she’s actually a very skilled, strong and strategic soldier type with supportive capabilities as seen in their cinematics. etc etc It’s also very concerning when the companies that make those games try to lean into the fan narratives to offer fan service and show that they’re listening, because sometimes it’s at the cost of mischaracterizing their own heroes/agents

[@hetameme2697]

About roadhog and junk, junk actually has a voiceline where lifeweaver is asking about the nature of their relationship and when I first heard it I was so shocked

[@calydlee]

I’m less than 3 minutes in and leaving a like just for “sue me for wanting to capitalize on the barbie movie- I don’t care, I love the movie, I love the song, and I finally found a way to tie it in to Overwatch.”

[@JeromeSankara]

God you really hit the nail on the head here 8:42 because I realized that while I'm having more fun in other games, I come back to these characters for lore and fanart and OwO fanart because I love these designs. I LOVE these characters. It's the one thing that's held me to Overwatch for so long I think.

[@Monochrome_11]

this video reminds me how in the video game "Baldur's Gate 3" they very much try to control and interact with the "sexual fan engagements" (and take in players&fans feedback overall) the fan community got about their characters and the game (they did an April's Fool skit about one character opening an Onlyfans, and for another character, there was sooo much unexeped thirst and ppl wanted to smash him that they eventually made him a romanceable character and a controllable companion for the game's full launch when before in the EA stage of the game I assumed to he was meant to be an NPC)

[@mr.minnesota2560]

i didnt expect this topic for the video but at the same time im glad someone actually just explains and elaborates than just saying "Haha overwatch only alive because zorn, tf2 forever"

[@TofuKleb]

great video!! the ui color change was a really nice touch 🦦

[@TheViveros]

I’m so glad you noticed! I thought it’d be a little cute fun visual effect but it made those games a nightmare bc I couldn’t see ANYTHING properly, if you watch the background footage you’ll fully see me shooting teammates half the time lmao

[@dasme8210]

I mean overwatch is basically the avengers if each avenger didn't have their own stand alone comic series

[@yoshi12370]

Personally I'm so sick of the "OW is a porn game" narrative but if Hero 39 is Mauga.................no comment :)

[@TheViveros]

I was the same pre-Lifeweaver tbh

[@lilaciscursed7847]

UNDER MY SKIN MENTIONED OMG SUCH A GOOD ALBUME

[@Kagetheorc]

Barbie is able to redefine itself after this many years, yet I highly doubt OW trying to make a statement on any characters is going to go well, despite them having less years of people filling in their own narrative to work with. At least with Barbie, because she's so everything all at once, they set themselves up to use that IP in any direction they see fit, and were able to stick the landing. Blizz has not given enough for their characters to even feel like they fill -any-thing. One dimensional brush-stroke tropes don't work if they aren't super committed to the bit. Barbie is set up to be everything, and OW characters are set up for nothing. And the community has wasted no time filling in those blanks for themselves; which is gonna create a pretty bad crash when the story side of OW2 starts getting unveiled. tl;dr: Even with the song kind of putting Mattel in a difficult position, they navigated it well enough to set themselves up to kinda take Barbie any direction they want; while OW has been so apprehensive about taking stances on anything, and would rather sit out at sea, that any attempt to take a direction is only gonna hurt more than help.

[@Kagetheorc]

Also I would love to see a Cyberpunk video because as much as I love that game, it irks me that a supposedly "cyberpunk" game is so firmly about helping law/badges, submitting to big corpa, helping politicians, and pretty much everything that is not only anathema to cyberpunk, but to punk itself

[@TheViveros]

Part of why it works for Mattel is that they can have their “This Barbie is a doctor” and “This Barbie is a President” thing while *also* separately having Stereotypical Barbie who doesn’t have to be those things. If you tried to do it with Overwatch you could do a “This hero’s a cowboy” and “This hero’s a gorilla/scientist” but you don’t have your Stereotypical Hero that can pull them all together. Also yeah the cyberpunk topic would be a fun one, I’ll be curious to see how people vote for sure.

[@spookytyro]

You know, for how many violently racist and homophobic people i've met on overwatch, there seems to be a gay person that appears everytime i meet one

[@bstevenz]

haven't watched yet but i just want to say that i really enjoy your video essays and i'm glad i discovered this channel, keep up the great content

[@TheViveros]

Thank you so much, I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it!

[@AofCastle]

To be honest, I thought Barbie Girl was a song commissioned by Mattel for an ad or something

[@DimzNoms]

I see new Viveros video, I click new Viveros video. Love hearing you go on about different topics!

[@alexbaughman9404]

I absolutely loved how they showed barbie and ken's different reactions to the real world. Honestly as a trans man, I connected with ken when he said "you respect me?". Like passing consistently is very nice, but I also get to see how differently I'm treated now. People don't talk down to me when I'm learning something. Barbie movie shows how poorly women are treated so well! To add to your point about people perceiving barbie as unintelligent or shallow, I was talking about enjoying the movie and my boss said like "if it's just pink and frilly, I don't want to see it" and I was able to talk about how it actually does a good job presenting feminist ideas!

[@TheViveros]

I hadn’t actually thought about how a trans man might relate to Ken’s experience in the real world, that’s really interesting!

[@fayescarlet]

Fortnite almost has a similar problem. Fortnite has had many intriguing story threads with high potential, but then doing NOTHING with them. Sometimes even during the season that story thread takes place in! I've made a story in my own head for the past 6 years this game has been out, and I do find myself irritated at the "official" crossover comics that came out. I wish more companies would do more with their characters and stories, rather than letting them all just stagnate.

[@orfeasza]

Man I learn so many new words by watching your videos , great job as always.

[@TheViveros]

Thank you so much! I’m glad my ramblings can be educational lol

[@venus77777]

great work and great points as per usual!! Love the way you word things and how you explain certain subjects super well :)

[@yuhhbaby3179]

So glad ur speaking about this! love watching ur content, especially stuff on this topic.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

I will only accept two possible headcanons: either Barbie is a lesbian/ace, or Ken is a sugar baby (hence his lack of a job). These are non-negotiable.

[@ethangnasher3848]

I go for ace, she seems so not interested in anything physical.

[@ayo3181]

If Blizzard aren't the ones who are making nsfw content, they shouldn't worry about this. Its impossible to control the actions of other people.

[@Zelmarked]

6:46 - 10:10 🗣Ult Ult Ult

[@TheViveros]

i refuse to be good at this game

[@rexspecificallyredrex64rem73]

Wait what? I heard D.va was aged up from 16 to 18/19 because the game could have gotten an increased age rating from having a kid be able to be killed, not due to D.va being sexualized in game. Interesting to hear this though. Seems it's all just a rumor since no one can give a definite source but still interests me regardless, especially the way you framed it here. I mean even with the interpretation it *was* due to being able to kill the baby d.va., a lot of people noted how grimsly dark it was for D.va to be able to scream "I'm too young to die" which just further backs up the idea in my head. Honestly I think that's the same reason we'll never get a kid character in the game like Efi, or why Kiriko acts and is treated to also be somewhere around 16 yet appears to be considered like 23 or something.

[@leyagame583]

Pretty sure Kiriko is meant to be in her thirties. Or closer to thirty, at least. Because Hanzo is at least 37, Genji is at least 35 and Kiriko was training with them and is at most like 8 years younger than Genji. Overwatch's relationship with its timeline and characters ages is weird in general. Mercy is probably too young to be a genius doctor when she joined Overwatch, etc. Edit: Overwatch Wiki says Kiriko is in her early 20's, but like... Idk? Feels like she should be older.

[@sapphicseas0451]

Correct, it would increase the age rating in many countries and also iirc there was some concern about their fictional version of korea having child soldiers

[@rexspecificallyredrex64rem73]

@@leyagame583 it seems to heavily imply Mercy joined overwatch at 16 or so, which cannot be the case because she'd be almost double Pharah's age. They also said the Valkyrie suit slowed down the aging process but they retconned that. So Mercy basically just gets a sudden age gap upon meeting torbjorn, where Mercy was a close friends of the Lindholm family while simultaneously not being that much older than Brig who is around her late 20s to early 30s. Lucio also used to be regarded as a child in the same camp as D.va and Tracer, especially the former by characters like Ana or Ashe, despite Lucio being in his 30s around Genji's age So yeah the age is fucked up in general.

[@lavernebennet7395]

i like how the moment you say "that might make it seem too adult" the name "coochiebong" shows up in the game subtitles

[@potatothegreat8464]

This video made me think of how fire a Barbie x Overwatch collab would be. Barbie Tracer, Widow, Soj, Juno, Pharah, Mercy. Ken Soldier, Genji, Baptiste. Kenergy branded Zarya and JQ. Alan Venture. Playset Bastion and Echo. Wouldn’t be able to afford any of it but it would be cool.

[@jmh8817]

That was an interesting parallel. Certainly something to think about for any writer.

[@CamWisemanWriting]

this was a really great video. your points are well made and well thought out, your script flows really well, and your narration is both easy to listen to and super clear. a great video essay. i just have one question, that is almost entirely irrelevant. why do people ship yeehan? i just dont get it. have they ever even met? anyhoo, great video, massive respect :)

[@TheViveros]

Glad you enjoyed the video! If I had to guess, Yeehan's popularity comes down to two factors: the first is that they've never met, meaning that their relationship with each other can be entirely defined by the fans, and the second is that the combination of a Japanese ninja and an American cowboy is just inherently kinda fun to think about.

[@CamWisemanWriting]

good point, at face value ninja x cowboy is like. the ideal relationship@@TheViveros

[@erenchen8727]

So you’re telling me that Activision Blizzard wouldn’t stop this kind of stuff if it weren’t for their profits

[@synderthmc]

Never tought making smut was enough motivation for technological advancement and/or mastery but here we are

[@corv0342]

I believe you failed to mention the cosplayers. It is not only animators that produce "content" there are also cosplayers who promote nsfw stuff. Not all of them fully dress up for their characters, or they do but hide the spicy stuff behind a paywall. Also, a wierder point maybe. I've learned more about Overwatch lore in your part 2 then from the game itself. If Blizzard really wanted to even TRY to mitigate these perceptions of their character, they would've put them in real contexts. Why isn't all that lore stuff in the game and pushed foward ? Because it doesn't bring Blizzard money and that's why they botched PvE. I'm sure people would love to see these characters as something more but when playing the game, all you get is their voice lines. They don't actually show them being the heroes they want us to believe they are. Result is people try to fill these shells of characters with their fantasies. I think its similar to p-stars. Nobody know what they do irl, their playing up this bimbo performance because that's the context they're in and at the moment, that's what you wanna believe. I think you bring up my point shortly at 22:15 and in part 4. They really should develop the character to character relationships IN-GAME and really take control of the narative. Overall, I enjoyed most of the Barbie movie and I like your analysis. I don't agree with modern feminism because I feel it strayed away from the equality objective. I just wished it ended less one sided. Greta had a real opportunity to show how men and women can work together through their differences but didn't...

[@DagazsYT]

Feminism's objective is not equality, but freedom, liberation and emancipation of women which by itself is not really equality.

[@KVoinre]

disappointed that you never divulged into the Barbie cinematic universe movies 0/10

[@TheViveros]

that's a separate video, i'm thinking "The Barbie Cinematic Universe and How To Make a Billion Dollars"

[@dethbedsmolzwhent.t6498]

The porn sorta carries OW so idk what the companies are smoking but as a straight male I need a JQ POV R34 asap. Lol

[@Kyrico1013]

The sexulization of characters always fascinates me, mostly because just how scewed that sexualization is in terms of who it is and what they're doing. Like of course majority of these things are created for and by the straight males and so they have similar themes and scenarios. But then you have characters like Senshi, who gets plenty of official fan service in their own media, and they're not the stereotypically attractive male. Its honestly kinda refreshing, especially the acknowledgement that body types like his DO attract people.

[@wagononfire3874]

is that the rain code intro music playing at the start of the video oh my god

[@TheViveros]

Yup! The music throughout is Rain Code music haha

[@gorlaxss]

The you tube channel todd in the shadows has a great aqua breakdown if anyone feels so inclined. It's under the one hit wonderland playlist

[@Ceran_Vasse]

"Overwatch wants to establish Mercy as a hero, not a whore." The 2 million views on the least popular Mercy r34 video:

[@heeeeresjohnny799]

why do we always have to bring in hanzo whenever we talk about cassidy and vice versa they have no reason to ever meet or be interested in each other at all 😫😫😫 istg, if this ship ends up happening canonically just because its popular in the fanbase, imma be so mad. the same with how the writers have seemed to have abandoned gency in favour of pharmercy, when they set up the former relationship throught OW 1 (tbh the ONLY romantic relationship to be hinted at). just seems like pandering, in that case. BapxLifeweaver is a great relationship they're setting up, I'm hoping to see more of them for sure, as well as some other good queer relationships, but i wish it wasnt at the expense of the story they were already telling in the first game.

[@DustyMusician]

8:34 small thing but I think James Stephanie Sterling uses they/them!

[@TheViveros]

I wasn’t sure so I looked it up while I was doing the script and I *believe* that they’re fine with either from what I could find? If I got that wrong then I’m genuinely sorry though, it definitely wasn’t done from a place of trying to be hurtful or anything.

[@DustyMusician]

@@TheViveros yeah it’s no worries! It’s been a while since I checked so it might be different now but yeah! 👍

[@Brorca]

Hey, Mr. Viveros. Do you label the Overwatch battlepass as a tax writeoff?

[@TheViveros]

This is a really funny question, but not in general? I’ll write it off if it’s an expense exclusively related to making content (i.e., if I buy a game that I exclusively play on stream) but I don’t think the BP falls under that because it’s usually not what I’m making content about, and even if I was, it’s possible to do that without paying for it. However, I’ve never played a Zero Escape game if it wasn’t on stream or for a video, and I bought those games with the sole intention of using them for content, so I *think* those count.

[@epixs_]

Hey Viveros what do you think about the Overwatch Genesis anime shorts?

[@TheViveros]

I’m reserving judgement until we see where they take things with season 6 and whether it’ll be properly followed up on, but I think it’s interesting. Also, ngl, it was really funny to see them talking about so many of the things I’d said in my Omnics video that I wished they were talking about more - it was a super weird coincidence with that video’s timing, but I enjoyed that lol

[@EJW2003]

Another hit

[@ooferdoofer7091]

Left wing politics, pr0n and qu33r topics? You're trying to give the youtube algorithm a stroke lol.

[@TheViveros]

The fact that this wasn’t age-restricted or limited for ads is *wild* to me like idk how I got away with this one lmao

[@kingofpigs6630]

What the hell does yeehan mean? Is it a ship, and if so between which two characters?

[@TheViveros]

Yeehan is Hanzo and Cassidy lmao

[@kingofpigs6630]

@@TheViveros Oohh of course

[@itspeggybtw]

the movie itself fell a bit flat imo, Greta Gerwig's faux feminism rly isn't doing it 4 me but I do stan ur continued merging of overwatch and [insert random topic] just pls spare us of the mercy gameplay 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@TheViveros]

I thought the movie was really good tbh, and the comedy of it actually really worked for me. I think the feminism of the movie does definitely hit as a bit of a 101 intro course, but imo a lot of people are still definitely in need of that intro. Also trust me I was appropriately ashamed of that Mercy gameplay, never again

[@itspeggybtw]

@@TheViverosfair enough, ig i shouldnt be expecting some new, profound, thought provoking talking points from a Mattel x WB collab

[@HStorm26]

I don't think the whole "r34 devalues the characters" is a serious issue. in my opinion, it comes down to the maturity of the player. I'm guilty of trips to the incognito tab, but i'm also enough of an adult to separate the concept of "this is what i watch when i'm alone in my room" and "this is what I play with my friends." I can find the overwatch characters attractive in their own right, satisfy my own more base desires, and find the characters interesting without mixing all those ideas together. I'm literate enough in the media I consume that i can distinguish between two creators of work using the same characters to different ends. Seeing mercy getting plowed harder than a farmer's land after the frost has melted doesn't change her character inside the game in my eyes.

[@garbogang1268]

i am kenough

[@g_vost]

just saying, if they made their characters more romantically involved, it would redirect that horniness into something less poisonous. Reinhardt is fine as hell, but how gentle he is with Ana is just too endearing. a cutscene of them slowdancing would be the nail in the coffin for the rein-fuckers. its not happening though, they butchered the real OW2 and any chances of expanding the story

[@dutssz]

I do not blame Blizzard for avoiding to address Overwatch ships and obviously porn. One is a given of course, Overwatch is a game form all audiences and addressing sex in it is downright criminal. But also the ships in overwatch are simply nonsensical, with Tracer and Widow being shipped because they are hot, Pharah and Mercy because they are hot, Soldier and Reaper being shipped because they are hot, Hanzo and Cassidy being shipped because they are hot, in this last one they didn't even bother to pick two people that might know eachother canonically even. Just extremely superficial ships with no real interest on their actual relationship as characters and instead only using them like blank meat to wrestle naked in bed together. Roadhog/Junkrat and Ana/Reinhardt often feels like the only ships were people actually care about the characters involved and the way they interact

[@Peaches2go]

homosexual vtuber !!

[@TheViveros]

oh no i’ve been found out

[@laniana17]

second! and nice video

[@dodonixx953]

Widomaker "content" made me a transgirl. I am barely exaggerating.

[@sircolincoco964]

fourth ? (nice video btw)

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

First