#Shimada Brothers

[bipbobbbup]

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[callaxe]

old man gets owned, falls in love with kitty

[brownfrogs]

finally cleaning out the backlog. the otherkin trio 🐉🦊🐉

[morgana96]

I will never NOT be annoyed with Overwatch fan writers who turn Sojiro Shimada into the flattest character possible.

I've always been fascinated by Sojiro and his life before his untimely death. There's still so much that hasn't been explained about him and his relationships with his sons, and what little we do know paints a picture of what could potentially be a very complex individual.

Yet even after SEVEN YEARS, he STILL gets fucked over by this fandom.

It's painfully obvious that certain fans just want Sojiro to fill the role of generic antagonist; he's constantly stripped of any potential complexity in favor of a one-dimensional "cold/abusive/homophobic Asian parent" stereotype.

It's SO. FUCKING. BORING. 😑

[wildissylupus]

I want to talk more about how Justice Siblings and the Shimada Brothers foil each other because holy shit-

Like I think people have noticed that Cassidy and Hanzo have done the opposite of what the other did;

Hanzo sacrificed his relationship with his brother for his fathers approval, Cassidy sacrificed a part of his relationship with Ana to support Fareeha's dream

Hanzo and Genji are distant and didn't understand what the other went through, Cassidy and Fareeha are extremely close to the point where they risked each others safety to stay in contact.

Hanzo can't recognise Genji when they're alone in a room together, Pharah can recognise the fact that Cassidy is in the crowd without actually seeing him

Genji currently sees through his brothers act, recognizing that he is not ok, Pharah fails to see past Cassidy's mask of hope and stubbornness, not realizing that he doesn't expect to survive the next mission

Hanzo and Genji's relationship could be described as complicated at the bear minimum, Cassidy is probably the least complicated relationship Fareeha has.

Genji, the younger brother, went looking for Hanzo, Cassidy, the older brother, went looking for Pharah

Like, these two relationships foiling each other is so unnoticed by the fanbase-

[whackacole3]

[hitomitqx]

Overwatch Japanese kids in their school uniforms. Just having fun doing some Overwatch fan art, imagine them during their student days. :) I’m opening commissions! If you’re interested, please head to my ko-fi for more information! https://ko-fi.com/7xyuan/commissions

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

Based on a true story of me and my mom in the car

[genji making repeated fart sounds with his hands] [hanzo goes to hit genji but stops himself] Han: That was Restraint [genji wheeze laughs]

[cyberbirb-arts]

Finally finished a big project with not one but 3 art pieces!!! for my new fanfiction Found Family (And Cats).

[cheetz0]

Shimada sisters :>

I'd seen a few fem!hanzo fanarts portraying her with bandages for a bra but i imagine a 胸当て (Muneate) or a chest plate used by women in Kyudo archery would probably suit our practical assassin better

[rm14hitman]

Tracer : Ok, maybe playing "Who's family is the most dysfunctional" wasn't the best idea... The Shimada bros are arguing again and Ashe has been crying in the bathroom for 2 hours now...

[bipbobbbup]

[callaxe]

:3

[dawnthefox24]

Young Hanzo:*Is being dragged by Genji to spend time with him at an arcade when their suppose to be training* What would Asa sensei think? Young Genji: Ok, that’s an interesting thought, but hear me out; what if… We ran an experiment where we spent the rest of our lives finding out what happened if we never told her? Young Hanzo:...Father wouldn't approve,what would he think than... Young Genji: Ok, so that’s an interesting thought, but hear me out; what if… --

[colemorrison]

If you can just let me know, if its okay

He was a monster, that’s what he was in his own eyes, some sort of creature who didn’t deserve love.

“Hanzo, you know that isn’t true.”

The Shimada’s face was torn between hurt and rage, he always believed himself to be the worst kind of man, not a man. Something devastating.

“Han, listen to me.”

Cassidy paused using his metal arm to hold the others face while his flesh one held the others shoulder.

“You are much more than the mistakes you made a decade ago. Yeah you did some messed up shit but you were a kid.”

“So was he, Cole. So was MY brother.”

“Han, you’re not listin’. You are much more than what your brain tells ya. Do I need to call Genji?”

Sure Hanzo was the eldest but that never stopped him from running to Genji when he couldn’t keep it in anymore. Genji was his safe place.

“He’s forgiven you, ya need to take the time to forgive yourself.”

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You need to forgive yourself.

[wildissylupus]

Ok I want to talk about Genji seeing Cassidy as a brother because I do think this has importance to Genji's arc. Specifically in Genji's journey in forgiving Hanzo and him realizing that not only Hanzo, but Cassidy too, have gone through a lot more then Genji himself realized at the time.

Let's start off with Hanzo, now it's no secret that Hanzo and Genji weren't close, especially later in life, but something I think is forgotten is that Genji was very unaware of what Hanzo was doing, how he felt and what he was going through. We see this in a few of their interactions;

Genji and Hazno, though they came from the same family, are from two very different worlds. Even after the amount of help Genji has gotten, when it comes to Hanzo he still seems to struggle a bit with understanding certain aspects of their past.

And though we don't see this shown at it's extreme with Hanzo, we do see it with Cassidy;

The first quote shows us that at the time Genji didn't really understand why Cassidy was upset, and when given an explanation (though simplified) he still didn't really empathize. Then the second one needs a bit more digging, see the first time we see Cassidy smoking in canon is in the Retribution after the Oslo attack and presumably after Liao death. After a traumatic incident. Now this may seem inconsequential but here's the thing, we see Cassidy and Genji banter in Retribution and we also see other characters be mentioned, so why would Genji not make a quip about Cassidy smoking if he had done it for awhile, or at the very least not mention at any point that Angela wanted him to stop.

To me the second quote from Storm Rising is Genji talking about a more recent development, or at the very least Cassidy smoking more frequently after Retribution (I don't blame him).

Now this isn't to blame Genji, during his time with both Hanzo and Cassidy he was going through his own issues, but it is important to note because Genji probably only realized what Cassidy was going through while he was with Zenyatta. Which would have lead him to think about other things he missed. Like the presure that Hanzo was under, the things about Hanzo that he missed before.

This point is even furthered by Genji seeing Cassidy as a brother because imagine the guilt he felt?

Imagine realizing you made the same mistake twice but with the second time you don't hold that same anger towards the person?

It also seems that Genji never really showed how much Cassidy really meant to him back during the first Overwatch. We also see that Genji takes a similar tone with Cassidy as he does with Hanzo, except with Cassidy it isn't just a short conversation but Genji seemingly wanting to help Cassidy deal with some of his issues and rectifying the mistake Genji made in the past.

And I honestly like the contrast this gives to the dynamic presented between Genji and Hanzo. From what I've found Genji and Hanzo only really have quick two line interactions, not only that but there more statements then Genji trying to help Hanzo through his issues.

And honestly I like this more then the common take of Genji being the one to help Hanzo through his issues, because Genji shouldn't have to. Yes Genji didn't notice the pain Hanzo was in, but Hanzo tried to kill Genji. It shouldn't be Genji's responsibility to help Hanzo. It's honestly why I like that Hanzo and Kiriko are being paired up more, Hanzo still does need someone to help him and it can't really be anyone new to him, so Kiriko is probably the best option.

Any way that's a little tangent from me today!