Hello all! I'm alive, I promise! Time has had quite the way of getting away from me, so much so that I didn't even realise it's been almost two months since I last uploaded anything! I have the next chapter in the works as we speak, but I did want to touch on something before I continue.
I am well aware of the whole situation with Blizzard and it's employees - honestly, if anyone still in the fandom isn't aware of this by now, they have to be living under a rock - especially with the renaming of McCree. I would like to publicly state that, while I do not agree with or condone any of the actions taken by certain Blizzard staff including that of Jesse McCree himself, I will not be conforming with the name change. I, personally, do not see how changing a name will really help with any of this, and see the name change more as an empty offering to try to appease the rightfully angry fans. For at least half of the fanbase, I'd say, the name Jesse McCree did not belong to anyone but the fictional character until the grossly inacceptable behaviour of Blizzard staff came to light, therefore, this name change, again, means next to nothing. It's just a diversion to try to get the fans to think they're actually doing something about this, when in actuality they're doing as little as possible to fix the mess they've caused by letting behaviour like that go unpunished until the whistleblowing event.
Also, Cole Cassidy? Really? It makes me think of coleslaw, which in of itself, is a very unsexy and unappealing thing.
If you find my not changing the character's name bothers you enough to stop reading, so be it. You have every right to do so and I will respect that. But please do not go on a tirade in my comments about it. I am giving you a chance to step back now.
TL;DR - I do not agree with or condone the actions of certain Blizzard employees, but I will not be changing McCree's name in this story.