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* Certain characters tend to get demonized in fandom of certain characters or pairing. Prominent examples include: Genji in Hanzo/[=Cassidy=] (to create even more angst for Hanzo) and Pharah/Mercy (which became more prevalent after [[ShipToShipCombat Genji/Mercy]] [[ShipTease was teased around White Day]]) -- if the author hates Mercy being paired with male characters, then every male character Mercy is usually paired with can get this treatment in Pharah/Mercy fics -- and Soldier 76 or Ana (and even the entire former Overwatch organization itself) with fans that Leather Pants Reaper.
* In a non-shipping example, Torbjörn tends to get heavily demonized for his [[CassandraTruth caution and distrust towards Omnics]] in fics that DracoInLeatherPants the Omnics. Though this [[CharacterDevelopment mostly went away]] once "Binary" was unveiled.
* Hanzo sometimes gets treated as a unsympathetic asshole who's only caught up on Genji's supposed death [[ItsAllAboutMe just so he can mope around and feel bad for himself.]] People usually play up his angst almost to Reaper levels of edge to show how much of a pathetic loser he's become now.
* Mei is a friendly and cheerful scientist who has dedicated her life to fighting climate change, dislikes bullies and has only the utmost respect and awe for her friends. So naturally the community likes to interpret her as a cold-blooded [[CuteButPsycho psycho]] who would like nothing more than to drive an icicle into your skull and [[AndIMustScream slowly freeze you to death]] while she looks on with glee. But this is mostly [[MemeticPsychopath in jest]] due to some odd quirks in gameplay than a legitimate interpretation.
* Also mostly in jest, following ''Reflections'' Tracer sometimes gets characterized as a temperamental "social justice warrior" who hides behind her sexuality to justify some obnoxiously confrontational and self-righteous behavior. By contrast, the only display she's made of her orientation in canon is sharing a kiss with her girlfriend in private, and she's shown no inclination to bring it up unprompted among company.
* Even when you take out factors like [[DieForOurShip Genji and shipping]], Mercy also often gets demonized into some sort of inhuman MadScientist type healer where she has disregards of moral when it comes to doctor-based researches as well as some nasty experiments she conducted, including how she operated on Genji. Her ChildProdigy status, the way that she's stayed young-looking despite her age, and how Blizzard giving her evil-ish alternate skins like the Devil or Witch Mercy didn't help, when in canon she's probably the most [[NiceGuy altruistic, pacifistic and generally kindhearted character in the game.]] It also doesn't help that Mercy's gameplay heavily draws inspiration from [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]], who actually ''is'' that kind of amoral MadScientist 'doctor', giving some 'fans' reasons enough to run with the theory. This situation is shaken up a bit with the introduction of Moira, who ''is'' an amoral MadScientist closer to The Medic. So, Mercy either gets to continue to be portrayed as evil just like before, for laughs, or the mantle gets properly passed to Moira, which would no longer be the trope.
* Just like how she can get hit with DracoInLeatherPants, Symmetra can get hit with this trope as well, when people forget or dismiss her [[NobleTopEnforcer inherently]] [[AntiVillain good intentions]] and her doubts towards the company after "A Better World". She's generalized into someone just as elitist and delusional as her [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt co-workers from]] [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation seeing that she doesn't show her doubts and continued to look for places for Vishkar to work on at her in-game quotes]]) to further glorify Lúcio's quest for freedom. There are also a handful of 'fans' that also made Symmetra highly antagonistic and repulsed towards any Overwatch members simply because they're now illegal and therefore an enemy of order or a terrorist group that has to be apprehended for simply existing, despite Symmetra herself being able to engage a semi-decent rivalry with Torbjörn, an ex-Overwatch member, thus her opinion on them are at least higher than to Lúcio, and has a quip on beating the more obvious villains also on Overwatch's radar (Talon or Junkers).
* Vishkar Corporation itself. While there's no denying that it's shady at best, [[RuleOfPerception at least so far,]] its evilness is often overblown by fans to StupidEvil levels that they disregard that its portfolio [[NeverLiveItDown doesn't only consist of Rio, where it oppressed the people there with slave labor while spouting hypocritical remarks]]. Vishkar is also responsible for the gorgeous, highly advanced city of Utopaea, and their other successes have yet to be revealed. None of these matter to fans who think that anyone working for this organization have got to be {{Card Carrying Villain}}s.
* Speaking of corporations, Volskaya Industries leader Katya Volskaya often get this treatment after the unveiling of Sombra and the animated short ''Infiltration''. When it was revealed that Katya has a secret deal with Omnics to help stave off the Omnic invasion in Russia while promoting [[FantasticRacism Omnic racism]], people like to overblow it, thinking that Katya is a corrupt person only out to fill her own pocket, and [[UnwittingPawn she was just using Zarya]] [[ManipulativeBastard for her own nefarious ends]]. What's given so far is that we don't know the nature of the Omnics helping her as there were peaceful Omnics even during the crisis and [[NecessarilyEvil if it wasn't for Katya's underhanded deal and racism propaganda, Russia would have been wasted by the Omnics during the crisis and calling the Overwatch for help would decrease its overall effort to end the crisis]], thus her calling Zarya looks more like a genuine call for help from a blackmailed person.
** Has intensified a bit in both directions since the release of the ''Searching'' comic revealed that [[spoiler: Katya sees her actions as necessary for the survival of Russia, and ''did'' lie to Zarya about the nature of why Sombra was perceived as a threat.]]
* Granted, we don't actually know for sure what the guy [[PosthumousCharacter was like]], but one interpretation that's been making the rounds posits that Widowmaker's former husband Gérard was an abuser. The grief she has [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes openly expressed]] for him suggests he probably wasn't, though this is less of a theory and more of an excuse thrown around by shippers to [[DieForOurShip justify]] having her shack up with whoever they want.
* In general, any character who has enmity with anyone listed under DracoInLeatherPants can expect to get this treatment as a corollary. Soldier: 76 catches flak for being "responsible" for Reaper's current condition by being a glory hog who neglected his teammate, even though Jack was just doing his job and Gabriel took no initiative to talk with him about his issues, choosing instead to bottle it up until it all came out violently. Likewise, those who idealize Widowmaker can similarly dismiss Tracer and Ana for being unduly hostile with her, despite them not being privy to the information surrounding her origins, and thus only "guilty" of being less-than-courteous with someone they think is a traitor and ''know'' is an assassin who targets innocents and has personally introduced substantial pain and grief into both of their lives.
* In some Reaper-centric works, [[NiceGuy Winston]] gets this treatment by making him not fully getting over what happened in 'Recall'. [[SarcasmMode As if still being wary of a man who supposedly tried to find the locations of all of Overwatch member to kill them is something to just shrug about.]]
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* In a non-shipping example, Torbjörn tends to get heavily demonized for his [[CassandraTruth caution and distrust towards Omnics]] in fics that DracoInLeatherPants the Omnics. Though this [[CharacterDevelopment mostly went away]] once "Binary" was unveiled.
* Hanzo sometimes gets treated as a unsympathetic asshole who's only caught up on Genji's supposed death [[ItsAllAboutMe just so he can mope around and feel bad for himself.]] People usually play up his angst almost to Reaper levels of edge to show how much of a pathetic loser he's become now.
* Mei is a friendly and cheerful scientist who has dedicated her life to fighting climate change, dislikes bullies and has only the utmost respect and awe for her friends. So naturally the community likes to interpret her as a cold-blooded [[CuteButPsycho psycho]] who would like nothing more than to drive an icicle into your skull and [[AndIMustScream slowly freeze you to death]] while she looks on with glee. But this is mostly [[MemeticPsychopath in jest]] due to some odd quirks in gameplay than a legitimate interpretation.
* Also mostly in jest, following ''Reflections'' Tracer sometimes gets characterized as a temperamental "social justice warrior" who hides behind her sexuality to justify some obnoxiously confrontational and self-righteous behavior. By contrast, the only display she's made of her orientation in canon is sharing a kiss with her girlfriend in private, and she's shown no inclination to bring it up unprompted among company.
* Even when you take out factors like [[DieForOurShip Genji and shipping]], Mercy also often gets demonized into some sort of inhuman MadScientist type healer where she has disregards of moral when it comes to doctor-based researches as well as some nasty experiments she conducted, including how she operated on Genji. Her ChildProdigy status, the way that she's stayed young-looking despite her age, and how Blizzard giving her evil-ish alternate skins like the Devil or Witch Mercy didn't help, when in canon she's probably the most [[NiceGuy altruistic, pacifistic and generally kindhearted character in the game.]] It also doesn't help that Mercy's gameplay heavily draws inspiration from [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]], who actually ''is'' that kind of amoral MadScientist 'doctor', giving some 'fans' reasons enough to run with the theory. This situation is shaken up a bit with the introduction of Moira, who ''is'' an amoral MadScientist closer to The Medic. So, Mercy either gets to continue to be portrayed as evil just like before, for laughs, or the mantle gets properly passed to Moira, which would no longer be the trope.
* Just like how she can get hit with DracoInLeatherPants, Symmetra can get hit with this trope as well, when people forget or dismiss her [[NobleTopEnforcer inherently]] [[AntiVillain good intentions]] and her doubts towards the company after "A Better World". She's generalized into someone just as elitist and delusional as her [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt co-workers from]] [[MegaCorp Vishkar]] ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation seeing that she doesn't show her doubts and continued to look for places for Vishkar to work on at her in-game quotes]]) to further glorify Lúcio's quest for freedom. There are also a handful of 'fans' that also made Symmetra highly antagonistic and repulsed towards any Overwatch members simply because they're now illegal and therefore an enemy of order or a terrorist group that has to be apprehended for simply existing, despite Symmetra herself being able to engage a semi-decent rivalry with Torbjörn, an ex-Overwatch member, thus her opinion on them are at least higher than to Lúcio, and has a quip on beating the more obvious villains also on Overwatch's radar (Talon or Junkers).
* Vishkar Corporation itself. While there's no denying that it's shady at best, [[RuleOfPerception at least so far,]] its evilness is often overblown by fans to StupidEvil levels that they disregard that its portfolio [[NeverLiveItDown doesn't only consist of Rio, where it oppressed the people there with slave labor while spouting hypocritical remarks]]. Vishkar is also responsible for the gorgeous, highly advanced city of Utopaea, and their other successes have yet to be revealed. None of these matter to fans who think that anyone working for this organization have got to be {{Card Carrying Villain}}s.
* Speaking of corporations, Volskaya Industries leader Katya Volskaya often get this treatment after the unveiling of Sombra and the animated short ''Infiltration''. When it was revealed that Katya has a secret deal with Omnics to help stave off the Omnic invasion in Russia while promoting [[FantasticRacism Omnic racism]], people like to overblow it, thinking that Katya is a corrupt person only out to fill her own pocket, and [[UnwittingPawn she was just using Zarya]] [[ManipulativeBastard for her own nefarious ends]]. What's given so far is that we don't know the nature of the Omnics helping her as there were peaceful Omnics even during the crisis and [[NecessarilyEvil if it wasn't for Katya's underhanded deal and racism propaganda, Russia would have been wasted by the Omnics during the crisis and calling the Overwatch for help would decrease its overall effort to end the crisis]], thus her calling Zarya looks more like a genuine call for help from a blackmailed person.
** Has intensified a bit in both directions since the release of the ''Searching'' comic revealed that [[spoiler: Katya sees her actions as necessary for the survival of Russia, and ''did'' lie to Zarya about the nature of why Sombra was perceived as a threat.]]
* Granted, we don't actually know for sure what the guy [[PosthumousCharacter was like]], but one interpretation that's been making the rounds posits that Widowmaker's former husband Gérard was an abuser. The grief she has [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes openly expressed]] for him suggests he probably wasn't, though this is less of a theory and more of an excuse thrown around by shippers to [[DieForOurShip justify]] having her shack up with whoever they want.
* In general, any character who has enmity with anyone listed under DracoInLeatherPants can expect to get this treatment as a corollary. Soldier: 76 catches flak for being "responsible" for Reaper's current condition by being a glory hog who neglected his teammate, even though Jack was just doing his job and Gabriel took no initiative to talk with him about his issues, choosing instead to bottle it up until it all came out violently. Likewise, those who idealize Widowmaker can similarly dismiss Tracer and Ana for being unduly hostile with her, despite them not being privy to the information surrounding her origins, and thus only "guilty" of being less-than-courteous with someone they think is a traitor and ''know'' is an assassin who targets innocents and has personally introduced substantial pain and grief into both of their lives.
* In some Reaper-centric works, [[NiceGuy Winston]] gets this treatment by making him not fully getting over what happened in 'Recall'. [[SarcasmMode As if still being wary of a man who supposedly tried to find the locations of all of Overwatch member to kill them is something to just shrug about.]]
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