Moira's Depressing Interactions - Overwatch 2 

moira is the last person i expect to respond to winston's joke

moria's voice sounded like she needed that joke

@@witchamy Someone gets it

Moira seems to fall into the psychopath category. She doesn't have empathy, but she does have humor

​@@vinnt_tnnivyou don't know about psychopathy....

Exactly, same here. That small pause before she replied tells a lot imo

stop i hadn’t noticed this and it makes me adore their interaction even more

All the more reason why I love Weaver. That interaction is one of my favourites.

She even joked with him when she said "i always thrived under a deadline" wich makes me like her even more

That’s such a good interaction. She gets emotionally confused and then makes a joke about it, which is such a human response to a situation like this. And the joke itself is good (and a little dark)

Her and Doomfist are two of my favorites for that reason. The line deliveries are just flawless and their voices are fantastic

Moira, widow and reaper have great voice actors

​it's hard to imagine a timeline where we got Terry Crews as Doomfist instead.

Also sigma's va is amazing, have you watched his origin story? overwatch really knows how to pick a talented voice actor

Don't forget Ramattra too ..

It's such an bad joke that it was put into depressing

all the lines were all downers, and the corny joke made actually laugh from surpise

That interaction with Winston was real nice

That joke was pure combustion

Hardly any of these were depressing lol

She's the definition of "It is what it is"

Her own fault.

@@Darkvega2k7 no u

@@Darkvega2k7That’s what they said, They said “Moria is slowly killing herself”

"No cost too great" White Midget

Honestly such a hard line, Moira's gotta be one of the most badass characters.

That was so hard

Thats the only one that really struck me as sad, she's killing herself for the sake of her experiment and lifeweaver is concerned for her

😢

dang ive never really understood what she ment by that, really does put matters into perspective.

​@@randomdude4360 Ok incase you don't know, basically Moira's saying that she would rather continue progressing her research as fast as possible, no matter the cost. The pressure of humanity's failings can certainly weigh on scientists a lot, so it's quite natural for them to take risks in the name of progress. If you've seen the Netflix show 'Arcane', you may already be familiar with this concept. There's 2 characters from that show in particular that share a very similar ideology, but I won't go into detail incase you haven't seen it.

@@pokimanefartcompilation Nope I did not watch that show yet, however, it is very interesting that her ideology revolves around the pressure of creating something ASAP since yeah a scientist who creates a cure for cancer in 1 year would benifit humanity way more than one that does it in 50 years. But I never really thought about the pressure that brings to a lot of scientists...

Besides, she's literally killing herself to experiment She isn't a mad scientist that tortures people for the sake of knowledge, she doesn't inflict any more pain on others than she does to herself How gross her arm became from the transition of Overwatch 1 to Overwatch 2 is enough proof of that, that's what Lifeweaver refers to, to which Moira simply answers that "she thrives under a deadline" She inflicted herself with her disease that WILL kill her just to force herself to find a cure as quick as possible

@@jacksonville9642 I think her inflicting the disease on herself is due to her getting no funding from overwatch or any goverment for that matter, so she has no labrats or should I say labpeople, hence why she was forced to test her new 'invention' out on herself.

well not really "only" other person, like i feel every other character there is some kind of scientist, and even if not its not particularly difficult joke to know.

Junkrat responds the same way

you dont know that she will die she mei science the heck out of it. :P

He’s such a nice character. Shame he underperforms ingame tho

​@@mordecai6351Underperformance is merely a skill issue. All heroes can (and have) reached top 500

...WifeLeaver?

​@@ElusiveTybut even the top pro players have to put in INSANE amounts of time to do the bronze to gm stuff. Honestly compared to literally anyone else in the game lifeweaver just sucks. Which is sad.

@@ElusiveTy and as per now, only 1 lifeweaver one trick had reach top 500. So shut your mouth, he's a horrible hero.

One of my headcanon is that she used herself as a test subject when she suspected Overwatch was about to kick her out and before she knew the existence of Blackwatch. In her origin story trailer we see that it is the last thing she did before having to pack things up. So I like to think she was ready to use herself as a test subject to try and prove to Overwatch that her research on evolution wasn't all that bad but still got removed from the organization.

She is still evil She will not only sacrifice herself for progress but unwilling others too.

Until she experiments on you without your consent xD

It’s a matter of perspective. Like Zen said: “Someone always cares, you must simply seek them out.” Moira is dedicated to her craft and wants to find a way to regress decay, even if she takes her own life doing so. Lifeweaver however, seems to care in a way, given how he sounds worried in one of their interactions: Lifeweaver: “What is your fascination with artificial decay?” Moira: “To reverse entropy we must tame it.” Lifeweaver: “But inflicting it on yourself? You’re withering away!” Moira: “I’ve always thrived under a deadline.” Moira does not care, but Lifeweaver does. That’s what makes it depressing. Then again, it’s a matter of perspective.

I think Moira's character as a whole is what's depressing. She herself may not be particularly sad or distressed in any way, but you can clearly tell that she's likely just adapted to her shitty life. I see her as one of those "It is what it is" characters. No matter what pain or difficulties she may experience, it means nothing to her as long as she just keeps working. She's an obsessed workaholic with ambitions that are clearly beyond her grasp, yet she constantly pursues them nonetheless, even though it may break her. I think the saddest part of her character is her desperation for understanding of science and the evolution of mankind. An ambition always in the back of her mind, yet so far out of reach.... Or who knows, maybe I'm just looking into it too much🤷‍♂️

@@pokimanefartcompilationthat’s not depressing man. Super weird to me how you hit the nail on the head in every way except realizing she did this to herself (and others), and finds enjoyment in doing so. She’s clearly a largely inquisitive person, and she risked her life in the name of science.. on purpose. She quite literally a “mad” scientist (as in crazy, twisted). It’s not depressing cuz she’s getting exactly what she wants and by her convos with mercy, genji, & sombra, it’s apparent she wouldn’t consider her own life “shitty”. If anything it’s just scary how twisted she is

@@BlooBoi23 I think you may have missed my point. I wasn't necessarily saying that Moira herself is depressed, but rather her character is depressing from an outside perspective. But look, if you disagree with me that's totally cool. Personally I just really like Moira's character and I enjoy when villains have multiple layers to them rather than just being cartoonishly evil.

Arguably, we don't even know her motives. People wake up in the morning and decide to paint their bedroom, or try a new hairstyle because they feel ambitious. Nobody just turns to unethical science to reverse decay, at a potential risk to their own life, as an attempt to perfect the human genome just because they woke up one day feeling ambitious. I have a feeling that there's most likely something that happened to cause the unethical experimentation. Something we might find out eventually. Or would have, if some sort of PvE campaign were happening. Which it isn't.

Trust me, I looked for that line everywhere. Sad part is that I didn't think to make this video when OW 1 was still available.

@@Olivia_Sombra It's a shame that blizzard just throws away so many good voice lines and interactions along with OW1, fortunately the wiki still has a compilation of them and many has an audio file.

Is depressing because is the only wholesome interaction she had

@@NessieUsagi crazyyyyyy

If so, we have an opportunity of a great conclusion to the story of two rivals: after succeeding in her findings and discovering a way to literally reverse aging and death, Moira is met on her deathbed by Angela, saying that through all the horrors she caused and endured, she finally found a way to make people's lives better. Angela comes to realisation of what Moira had achieved, and tried to help her, but ultimately failed. Dying, Moira gives Angela all of the rights to use and develop her discoveries, because, at the end of the day, both of them were serving one goal - to make world a better place. After Moira's death, Angela forgives her enemy and firstly thinks of following her last wish, using the data as her own, but at the end decides that because of the horrible methods of collecting that data, she won't be able to live peacefully if she labels it as her discoveries, ultimately giving the credit to Moira O'Dornan while presenting the data to the global science and continuing the work in the memory of her past rival.

​@Skarrier that kinda sounds nice but blizzard removed the story

​@@SkarrierO'Deorain I think idk ,nice plot tho. I love Moira she's very much a grey character but deep down good she just is making too many sacrifices because she feels responsible since she believes she is capable of helping people with her research results.

id argue shes fairly evil... considering she is apart of Talon which is literally a terrorist group.

@@CheeseGlace But she's literally there because they fund her research while also not caring about the ethics of it, in her way of thinking The end DOES justify the means, if it means creating immortality or a cure for every disease ever.

@@KalleDemos666 exactly, it’s UNETHICAL science. She is sadistic and has many voice lines hinting at the brutality of her experiments. Not to mention yeah she literally is being funded by terrorists, and her research will certainly be weaponized by Talon, just like Reaper and Widow

Pls tell me more

​Mercy has developed technology to decrease aging, but only used it in herself. She also has a no harm policy and uses her scientifical discoveries to heal people, hence the primary gun. The problem of this all is that she rivals with Moira, that has a sped-up deadline on her lifespan and ignores moral values when testing. It's completely different to say you'd wait a century when you're probably immortal and the person by your side is testing every day with a limited lifespan.

A couple of months ago, I was thinking about what Moira's ult would look like if she were the opposite of Mercy. And I just imagined that in this case she would also "resurrect" her ally from the dead, but then this ally will become a "monster" (as in Moira's experiments on living beings) with alternative abilities and ult, but with rapidly fading HP, which can only be restored by damaging the enemies or Moira's heal.

perhaps during the alternate universe theme next season?

@@AquaPurePearlVoice o we are?

Something tells me she isn't a "hugger"

She needs prison.

@@Darkvega2k7 she can need two things

@@Darkvega2k7 you're a pathetic bore

Just like how doomfist and the other villians need prisons too ​@@Darkvega2k7

I mean, she tortures innocent people and creatures for a living. Nobody likes her.

She has a newish especially brutal one with Mei Moira: I've read your report on cryogenically preserving severed appendages. I'd be happy to assist in your research. Mei: No thank you. I don't think our methodologies are very aligned. Moira: Of course... I've heard you prefer working *alone*.

Also... she actually has TWO positive (or neutral?) ones with Sombra (shockingly) in which they seem to be joking with each other Sombra: You stopping in to see Max? I love how you make him squirm. Moira: Mm, it's amusing. I don't even experiment on Omnics. Sombra: ...yet? Moira: *laughs* Yet. Sombra: You ever broken patient confidentiality? Moira: I can't say. Sombra: You're good.

​@waitselljones8068 She has a slight twist on the mei one if you have the mythic skin on .Instead of her saying mei prefers working alone .She says come now doctor I'm only trying to help

And Moira ends it with a punch to the gut: “Of course… I’ve heard you prefer working *alone*” Also according to another comment this line changes with the mythic skin but I can’t confirm since don’t have it

what gives you the impression that shes doing it because she cares about other people…

Huh? We don’t know much about Moira’s lore but there isn’t enough info if she actually cares abt other ppl vs doing it for her self. It could be implied, but we have more information on mercy actually caring about others

In my opinion, the only thing she cares about is knowledge.

Not really something to brag about. If anything, it's pitying.

you don't wanna know how many cute animals are sacrificed for research every year. this is a thing that kinda bothers me about how they make moira seem vile for experimenting on rabbits like sure..it's sad but realistic. Tbh mercy feels like such a fake in comparison because no way can you scientifically advance like her without experimenting on animals at least several times, i mean it would be kinda reckless to work directly on people the first times, if you think about it.

@@chita8908 agree .That's DVa being naive to Say the least

@@chita8908 Is Mercy even a scientist/researcher? Pretty sure she's just a Doctor who is very talented at healing people. She doesn't have any vision or will besides helping people in the moment. That's why she even says that line about how she'd rather wait for progress than "do harm", not realizing that most of the healing she does to people most very likely comes from other researchers who pushed the boundaries.

@@amos_fr6070 frankly i'm not so sure but didn't she create the nano technology she uses for healing (the tech that Ana suposedly stole from her). This is why Moira respects her so much (when she tells her she can come to Oasis) despite Mercy's constant jabs at her. And creating such technology out of nothing, without any proper testing on something else prior to testing it on people and for that thing to just work perfectly because Mercy is so talented seems kinda...unrealistic but I digress, it's some game lore we're talking abt anyway. So in a way I'd say that she was at one point a scientist even if she curently does more healing than research.

Reaper wanted it though, at least not in this form

ah yes the family of thieves

@@mizzo2983 criminals . The family of criminals

Ah yes the family of criminals

NA, salt. She actually joked with him.

omg facepalm