After the update on Soldier: 76’s homosexual nature I did what I felt was the right thing to do and called a family meeting to break the news with my wife, daughter and son and also to discuss what’s on our mind.
We all play Overwatch on our couple consoles. Initially, the ladies were surprised. Eventually my daughter was happy and my wife impartial (she’s very religious). My son however was a whole different story.
He is a Soldier main since he first got the game. He eventually wants to join the military after high school. When I confirmed that Soldier was a gay he had an outburst, went to his room and literally smashed his and his sisters only copy of Overwatch…
I yelled and screamed at him for his closed mindedness but my constant baby’er of a wife took his side like she always does. His sister started calling him names and mocking him and then the wife and I got into it. Then we were all at odds. We decided to have the kids sleep elsewhere yesterday to talk about solutions.
Luckily Jerry was able to take the kids to his house for the night (Jerry is my brother and my wife’s ex-fiance). We are currently working on bringing order back into our house. I won’t be backing down and I will support the lore of this game no matter what so just get used to the new soldier: 76.