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♬ Good Vibes – ClearTone
The crew has been staying at Torbjorn’s home in Gothenburg after the attack on Gibraltar, which means that even though they’ve got a world to save, their home base is pretty cozy and with the right set dressing, it could make for a pretty lovely date. Wuyang and Juno recruit a few other helpers and manage to lure both Ana and Reinhardt into a lovely dinner date where the two reflect on their years of knowing each other, fighting together in the original Overwatch organization, and lamenting how there was never any time for something “real.” Now, they’re both single following Ana’s separation from her husband Sam, and have finally reunited and been forced to consider what they’ve been missing. Finally, after a decade of fans shipping them, Ana and Reinhardt are canon.
Overwatch ships have been around as long as the game has, though remarkably few relationships between playable heroes have manifested over the years. Back in the day, original narrative lead Michael Chu said romantic relationships were “not a particularly strong focus” for the team, and characters with established romantic relationships were often partnered with characters outside the playable roster. Tracer’s girlfriend Emily debuted in a 2016 comic, while Soldier: 76’s ex-boyfriend Vincent was first revealed in a short story in 2019 and didn’t become a fully formed person in the lore until 2025’s Pride event short story that finally fleshed out the relationship. However, it feels like Blizzard has become more open to the idea of hero ships as of late. Emre and Freja seem to have some tortured, angsty history, and there was that one time Lifeweaver and Baptiste flirted in their pre-match dialogue. Lifeweaver is getting a new Pansexual flag-themed skin for this year’s Pride event, and the Pride cosmetics have previously correlated with a new lore drop, so maybe Blizzard will finally make those two’s relationship more than just a few flirtatious interactions next month.