But I think a lot of people, myself very included, still have so much nostalgia for the early writing and the lore potential.

So, SUPER excited to see what Overwatch: Declassified - An Official History does with all that. Just ordered!

Everything after that point seemed like the writing had been de-prioritized. And OW2's paywalling model spoke to Blizzard's real priorities at this point in a way that seems to have killed a lot of the enthusiasm for the franchise.

this is coming from someone who has written an absurd amount of fanfic on the subject attempting to do exactly this. Arrive at a cohesive story that compels like the potential of the original 2016 shorts through like... Retribution.

I don't know how I didn't know about this until this post???? holy shit holy shit holy shit one of my favorite authors tackling the one of the great bastions of under-utilized game lore?

PLEASE EXCUSE ME WHILE I SCREAM INTO A PILLOW AFTER SMASHING THAT ORDER BUTTON

This is the one everyone likes (for me it's a split between this one and the Queen with the wolf one) and talks to me about. Melinoë, Herald of Thebes, Destroyer of Men.