Brigitte and Torbjorn call Reinhardt’s racism out

In an effort to learn more about the Subjugator devices, Reinhardt and Brigitte take one of the affected omnics to Torbjörn’s shop in Gothenburg. As the mechanic father/daughter duo works on the robot to try and figure out what they can do to help, Reinhardt makes more callous comments about the omnics. Hell, some of them could probably be considered microaggressions in the Overwatch universe like “can’t you just restore [his memories] from a backup, or something?” He also nearly attacks Bastion, the omnic hero who is now living with Torbjörn in Sweden, without a moment’s hesitation thanks to his ingrained prejudices.

Some might defend Reinhardt’s robo racism because he was a veteran of the original omnic crisis, but don’t give me that “he comes from a different time” nonsense because motherfucker’s been alive all the years since. He has lived in a time where humanity and omnics are co-existing. Luckily, after pushback from Brigitte and Torbjörn, it seems like Reinhardt is starting to see the errors of his ways. But I’m watching you, old man.