History FanFic / JustLetMeDieAWidowmakerStory

** The work's title alludes to the anguished cries of one [[Characters/MCUSHIELDLeadership Phil Coulson]] during his time in the T.A.H.I.T.I. program.

* CrazyPrepared: Overwatch is so GenreSavvy that they condition the non-action NiceGirl wife ''who doesn't even know anything important'' to resist torture...''just in case.''

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target. When Amélie reappears after over a month of absence, Gérard knows something is up but can't put his finger on [[ManchurianAgent what]].

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. GenreSavvy Gérard makes an appointment with an Overwatch psychologist, but gets punted to the back of a line due to lack of serious symptoms or evidence suggesting anything wrong with Amélie. Once she blows off the [=GreenWatch=] kids, he works to get her visit moved up.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.
* FightingFromTheInside: Oh boy, does she try, but [[DoomedByCanon we all know]] [[TearJerker where it's going...]] [[spoiler:She manages to control ''how'' she kills her husband--hoping that a chemical injection will prove cleaner than a rifle shot. She's wrong, and he dies in agony.]]

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target. When Amélie reappears after over a month of absence, Gérard knows something is up but can't put his finger on [[ManchurianAgent what]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Averted--an ''actual'' crisis develops when Gérard thinks he's losing his wife. He does sensible things, like checking himself in with a counselor and moving his wife's (discreet) appointment at Overwatch up despite being married to a significantly younger woman who could be called a TrophyWife based on looks alone (see [[UglyGuyHotWife below]]).
* HopeSpot: Gérard is told that super-scientist Winston and temporally-displaced Tracer will search for his lost wife. However, [[DoomedByCanon nothing comes of it]].
* IDieFree: Subverted. Amélie certainly tries, but it turns out the chemical she injected herself with was part of the plan all along--she just moved up the timetable. [[spoiler:After she kills her husband, Amélie tries again by jumping off her house's roof. She fails, and Talon reels her in.]]

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.
* InterruptedSuicide: Amélie tries to throw herself off her house. She knows it probably won't kill her, but hopes that it will do enough damage that Talon will give up. Talon, of course, has other ideas.

* MeaningfulName: "Widowmaker" earns her name by making a widow of ''herself.'' She also receives a package from "Birdclaw Corporation" that begins her descent into [[{{Brainwashed}} Talon work]].

* NiceGirl: Amélie has no combat training whatsoever, meaning that when she decides to take [[IDieFree drastic action]] the best she can do is bodyslam a technician wheeling a toxic cart. She is even downgraded to "Non-Threat" by her kidnappers after they realize this.
* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.
* OneBulletLeft: Enforced. Talon gives Widowmaker one bullet. So when she completes her mission, then tries to [[IDieFree kill herself]], no such luck!
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Adding to Gérard's suspicions, Amélie seems to no longer be interested in the children they'd pseudo-adopted or her greenhouse. Even said kids pick up on a change. Eventually, Gérard figures it means Amélie is no longer interested in being his wife. He's aware that you can't count on DivorceIsTemporary, realizing "once you used the 'd' word, you couldn't take it back."

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets. She also overhears a conversation between scientists involving "lengthy words" that made no sense to her.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. GenreSavvy Gérard makes an appointment with an Overwatch psychologist, but gets punted to the back of a line due to lack of serious symptoms or evidence suggesting anything wrong with Amélie. Once she blows off the [=GreenWatch=] kids, he works to get her visit moved up.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.
* FightingFromTheInside: Oh boy, does she try, but [[DoomedByCanon we all know]] [[TearJerker where it's going...]]

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target. When Amélie reappears after over a month of absence, Gérard knows something is up but can't put his finger on [[ManchurianAgent what]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Averted--an ''actual'' crisis develops when Gérard thinks he's losing his wife. He does sensible things, like checking himself in with a counselor and moving his wife's (discreet) appointment at Overwatch up despite being married to a significantly younger woman who could be called a TrophyWife based on looks alone (see [[UglyGuyHotWife below]]).
* HopeSpot: Gérard is told that super-scientist Winston and temporally-displaced Tracer will search for his lost wife. However, [[DoomedByCanon nothing comes of it]].
* IDieFree: Subverted. Amélie certainly tries, but it turns out the chemical she injected herself with was part of the plan all along--she just moved up the timetable.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* MeaningfulName: "Widowmaker" earns her name by making a widow of ''herself.'' She also receives a package from "Birdclaw Corporation" that begins her descent into [[{{Brainwashed}} Talon work]].

* NiceGirl: Amélie has no combat training whatsoever, meaning that when she decides to take [[IDieFree drastic action]] the best she can do is bodyslam a technician wheeling a toxic cart. She is even downgraded to "Non-Threat" by her kidnappers after they realize this.
* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Adding to Gérard's suspicions, Amélie seems to no longer be interested in the children they'd pseudo-adopted or her greenhouse. Even said kids pick up on a change. Eventually, Gérard figures it means Amélie is no longer interested in being his wife. He's aware that you can't count on DivorceIsTemporary, realizing "once you used the 'd' word, you couldn't take it back."

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets. She also overhears a conversation between scientists involving "lengthy words" that made no sense to her.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. GenreSavvy Gérard makes an appointment with an Overwatch psychologist, but gets punted to the back of a line due to lack of serious symptoms or evidence suggesting anything wrong with Amélie. Once she blows off the [=GreenWatch=] kids, he works to get her visit moved up.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target. When Amélie reappears after over a month of absence, Gérard knows something is up but can't put his finger on [[ManchurianAgent what]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* HopeSpot: Gérard is told that super-scientist Winston and temporally-displaced Tracer will search for his lost wife. However, [[DoomedByCanon nothing comes of it]].
* IDieFree: Subverted. Amélie certainly tries, but it turns out the chemical she injected herself with was part of the plan all along--she just moved up the timetable.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* MeaningfulName: "Widowmaker" earns her name by making a widow of ''herself.''

* NiceGirl: Amélie has no combat training whatsoever, meaning that when she decides to take [[IDieFree drastic action]] the best she can do is bodyslam a technician wheeling a toxic cart. She is even downgraded to "Non-Threat" by her kidnappers after they realize this.
* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Adding to Gérard's suspicions, Amélie seems to no longer be interested in the children they'd pseudo-adopted or her greenhouse. Even said kids pick up on a change.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets. She also overhears a conversation between scientists involving "lengthy words" that made no sense to her.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. GenreSavvy Gérard makes an appointment with an Overwatch psychologist, but gets punted to the back of a line due to lack of serious symptoms or evidence suggesting anything wrong with Amélie. Once she blows off the [=GreenWatch=] kids, he works to get her visit moved up.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* IDieFree: Subverted. Amélie certainly tries, but it turns out the chemical she injected herself with was part of the plan all along--she just moved up the timetable.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* NiceGirl: Amélie has no combat training whatsoever, meaning that when she decides to take [[IDieFree drastic action]] the best she can do is bodyslam a technician wheeling a toxic cart. She is even downgraded to "Non-Threat" by her kidnappers after they realize this.
* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets. She also overhears a conversation between scientists involving "lengthy words" that made no sense to her.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* IDieFree: Subverted. Amélie certainly tries, but it turns out the chemical she injected herself with was part of the plan all along--she just moved up the timetable.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* NiceGirl: Amélie has no combat training whatsoever, meaning that when she decides to take [[IDieFree drastic action]] the best she can do is bodyslam a technician wheeling a toxic cart. She is even downgraded to "Non-Threat" by her kidnappers after they realize this.
* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets. She also overhears a conversation between scientists involving "lengthy words" that made no sense to her.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* {{Technobabble}}: Amélie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Amélie is shown a video of her helpers [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes saying things no kid should say]], such as comparing her to an image of a presumably naked woman in a "magazine no kid his age should see." One of the kids still supports her, but [[KidsAreCruel the others torment him]] by implying he's at minimum the result of an affair. [[spoiler:Subverted--it's all an illusion cooked up by Talon but in her anguish Amélie doesn't catch it.]]
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* FalseFlagOperation: Talon pulls two, both involving Vishkar. One is a NoodleIncident in which their agents dress as anti-Omnic extremists to steal Vishkar technology. The other uses the technology gained from the first to trick Amélie into thinking it's Vishkar who is holding her prisoner.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GoodCopBadCop: Amélie accuses her tormenters (who she believes to be Vishkar) of playing this game. The person interrogating her confirms it.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch. Even the kids who help out Amélie get in on it, calling themselves "[=GreenWatch=]" ([[JustifiedTrope they do take care of plants...]]).

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* InstantSedation: Played with, though as noted on the trope page some RealLife sedatives can act in "a few seconds" (which is presumably the type Talon filled Amélie's greenhouse with). Also see EvilIsPetty for the other effect of their stun gas.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gérard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch.

* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amélie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gérard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocol 37 paperwork.

* StreetUrchin: Amélie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amélie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amélie gives Gérard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gérard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amélie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gérard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* AntiGravity: The "lift" technology seen both in the game and referenced in-story. A Talon vehicle loses one lift and is rendered immobile, but Overwatch's Infantry Fighting Vehicles are tougher, able to maneuver despite losing one of six lifts.
* ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving: Fareeha Amari broke protocol by [[SuicideAttack trying to take on a fighting vehicle]] on foot, but [[ImprobableAimingSkills she succeeded]] so Gerard's scolding turns into praise.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Averted. Overwatch decided to replace lightly-armed [=APCs=] with heavily-armed Infantry Fighting Vehicles for VIP transport.

* [[invoked]]CelebrityVoiceActor[=/=][[AsHimself As Herself]]: Lena Oxton voices Tracer in ''[=MorningWatch=]'', but ceases to do so after both a public campaign and her own evolving belief that the overly-flattering portrayal of Overwatch in the show does children a disservice.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* DoomedByCanon[=/=]ForegoneConclusion: Amelie Lacroix is twisted into the assassin Widowmaker.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction. When Overwatch wishes to transport a known target of terrorism, they upgrade his ride to a full Infantry Fighting Vehicle, surprising the would-be attackers who expected an easier target.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gerard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.
* OppositesAttract: The chapter title even says as much--Amelie is a museum conservator who at a minimum distrusts Overwatch while Gerard works as a counterterrorism agent for the very organization Amelie dislikes.

* RunningGag: InUniverse, "-Watch" gets attached to a lot of things, often as a marketing tie-in. [=YOURWatch=] action figures, the ''[=MorningWatch=]'' ShowWithinAShow, and the [[SarcasmMode very original]] "Watchers" community group that presents itself as a community check on Overwatch itself.
* ShowWithinAShow: The SaturdayMorningCartoon ''"[=MorningWatch=]"'' widely consumed by kids InUniverse. Regarded as propaganda (at least initially) by a suspicious Amelie Labelle, though she does use its overly-idealistic portrayal to take a jab at Gerard Lacroix's refusal to process additional Protocll 37 paperwork.
* SlapSlapKiss: How Gerard and Amelie first got to know each other--she filed paperwork for compensation as a result of "unacceptable damage to uninvolved civilian property" caused by an Overwatch operation; he was the person (un)lucky enough to have to respond.
* StreetUrchin: Amelie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amelie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.
* {{Technobabble}}: Amelie is disgusted by the notion that the world can create a genetically-enhanced [[UpliftedAnimal gorilla scientist]] who proceeds to invent a [[TimeMaster "chronal accelerator"]] but kids still live on the streets.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amelie gives Gerard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gerard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amelie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gerard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection. The City of Paris also refuses to let [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] have anything to do with reconstruction.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gerard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* StreetUrchin: Amelie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.
* StuffBlowingUp: Justified in that Overwatch doesn't want anyone getting their hands on technology from a downed aircraft. Not that this makes Amelie any happier to see even more of her museum destroyed in the process.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Somewhat misdirected, though not unjustified. Amelie gives Gerard an earful for his hesitance to approve her Protocol 37 request, blasting Overwatch as an obsessive consumer of government funds "while everything else goes to ruin."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Downplayed, but implied. Gerard is described as a "grizzled Colonel" while Amelie is a "knockout woman ten years his junior."
* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gerard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* DoomedByCanon[=/=]ForegoneConclusion: Amelie Lacroix is twisted into the assasin Widowmaker.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection.
* GratuitousFrench: Averted. One: The characters are actually French, living in Paris to boot. Two: The phrases used aren't just stuck there for effect; they actually make sense.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gerard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* StreetUrchin: Amelie is warned about a roving group of these who might make trouble for her shop. Sure enough, she finds five kids running around in her new greenhouse, tipping plants and making messes.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gerard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Overwatch doesn't like Vishkar, believing them to be this. That doesn't stop Blackwatch from dealing with them, however.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gerard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Overwatch's advanced armor was defeated by...Vishkar sonic weapons. Gerard is not pleased about this and has the weapon specifications sent to Overwatch for study.

* GenreSavvy: Overwatch seems very aware of [[TemptingFate what could happen]] to fancy military hardware shipped without proper precautions. The Raptora suits are delivered by hand with ''multiple'' [[SubspaceAnsible "quantum dot"]] transmitters per suit in case anything ended up in the wrong place. The suits won't start up without special disks that are handed over during this transaction. Even the ''instruction manuals'' have security protection.

* OCStandIn: [[JustifiedTrope By necessity]] since not much information is given about Gerard other than "he is the husband of Widowmaker who she killed." Widowmaker herself doesn't have much pre-conversion characterization either.

** Raptora [=MkII=] suits use [[VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty Backlash rockets]] as their main armament.