Teacher: Your daughter is a pleasure to have in class. She seems to be doing well in her subjects… I have some concerns about art, however… Mercy: But Rei loves art! It’s her favorite subject! Teacher: Oh yes, and she’s very talented. I’m just concerned about her taste in subject matter. *slides paper forward* She drew this the other day. Mercy: … Genji: … Teacher: Now I’m not particularly concerned about Rei being violent herself, and I’ve been keeping track of her other drawings so I’m aware she’s only telling a story here, but you must understand this kind of subject matter isn’t really good for her age group. Mercy: Well this explains why her red colored pencil is a stub compared to the rest of them… Genji: That’s amazing! Angela, she must have broken into your medical texts again! The anatomy on the entrails here is—well it’s far better than I could ever draw at her age! And look! She got the angle of the sword right on the exit wound and—! Mercy: *clears throat* Genji: …and we’ll be talking to Rei about what’s appropriate to draw for her age.
I like to think that the HOTS Promo animation is Genji making up a crazy bedtime story for Rei.
Genji: And then Diablo threw my family’s shrine bonshō at me! Rei: *gasp* Did it hurt?? Genji: I deflected it, of course. Rei: …you mean dodged it? Genji: …no, I deflected it. I had to bend backwards and the whole thing was in slow motion. Rei: That’s so cool!! Genji: But then Diablo threw me all the way across the castle grounds and I smashed into the main hall! Rei: No! Genji: Yes! Rei: Did you die? Genji: No because that’s when…*looks around Rei’s room* That’s when… uhhh…*Glances at a D.Va poster Rei has on her wall* That’s when D.Va showed up! Rei: Yaaaay!
In terms of the deflection thing, he is very good at deflection, and also redirecting things thrown at him. Rei’s thrown a snowball at him in Nepal and he’s easily caught it without even turning his head. And then Rei has to run because what goes around comes around. “Sono teido ka?”
Past Genji: *sprinting out to a Watchpoint dumpster with pantsless Baby Rei under one arm and holding an extremely full diaper at arm’s length with the other* Kuso-kuso-kuso-kuso-kuso-kusokusokusokuso—
Genji: *flashes back to present*
Hanzo: Well?
Genji: …I don’t know. She probably heard it from you. I blame you.
Genji: *staring in the mirror in horror* I’m old! Hanzo: …I’m only 3 years older than you. Genji: *dragging hands down face* Oh, I’m like the crypt-keeper! Hanzo: You know, my hair only grayed prematurely because of stress and grief over you. Genji: Wow. How terrible. How awful for you. How terrible it is for you that you murdered me. Tell me, how do my three prosthetic limbs feel?
Okay joking and pettiness aside, I think it would kind of be an interesting opportunity for Hanzo to like… actually understand the extent of Genji’s prosthesis but it would definitely be very angsty on Hanzo’s end. Also I think their significant others would pick up on things pretty fast mostly because Hanzo would flinch back so hard if he woke up next to Mercy that he’d pretty much tumble out of the bed, and meanwhile Genji would still be asleep, but McCree would notice the way “Hanzo” is spooning him has shifted and is way more clingy, and also “Hanzo” seems to keep going for a boob grab but just keeps grabbing at mostly air and is kind of… sleepily and confusedly pawing around?
Stop talking and start doing: My Fallout Shelter for my Tumblr blog 