i just remembered the Best tracer discourse thing i ever saw someone say
“what’s next a disabled character??”
like
friend,
symmetra is canonically autistic.
like… half the characters are missing limbs.
gENJI IS MISSING HIS ENTIRE FUCKING BODY
Torbjorn has Dwarfism and chronic headaches (the two go hand in hand, as with my grandfather)
And don’t forget minor disabilities like eyesight- Mei and Winston both have vision problems requiring glasses.
Junkrat is shown to have really bad memory issues that Roadhog helps him with.
Roadhog who most likely has PTSD.
Bastion also shows signs of his own lil Robo-ptsd, but this may also be audio-response programming kicking in for combat, so I don’t know for sure here.
Ana’s missing an eye entirely.
And Jack appears to hit a lot of the markers for depression.
Reaper’s fucking dead
OH and don’t forget lucios legs. it’s very possible that he could be paralyzed or missing his real legs altogether.