Jeff Kaplan on Morrison and Reyes

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One of the examples of [complex characters] that excites me that
we’re gonna delve into that I–I don’t even think our audience
understands fully yet because we haven’t explained it well yet is that
like, Reyes and Morrison, especially in the early days–for those of you
unfamiliar with the story, at one point Reyes was in charge of
Overwatch when it formed and when it became more of a thing after they
defeated the Omnic Crisis, Morrison was actually given the top position
of power and Reyes was overlooked because he was too rogue, he was too
maverick in his leadership style–he ruffled too many feathers.

And a lot of our fans have assumed “oh, that’s why Reyes and Morrison
hate each other,” and the story that we’re developing is actually,
like–no, these guys loved each other–like–they’re like, best war
buddies. And in a lot of ways, Reyes was relieved that Morrison had to
have the more political role, and like, he was like kind of–it’s always
easier being the number two guy because you’re not ultimately
accountable for all that, Reyes was kind of, you know, in some ways
thankful and relieved, um, and weirdly, we’re gonna show how that
relationship actually was Morrison’s downfall because for so long,
Morrison would actually defend Reyes’s questionable actions.

And to us, that feels more like what would actually happen between
real people and less just, um, typical cliche black-and-white “this guy
is bad, that guy is good,” you know, we want to have that depth of
relationship because I think it’s ultimately more relatable to all of us
as kind of human beings.

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