And now for something adorably sweet.
Like many children, Shane Hickey's young daughter loves to draw, and again like many children based her sketches and doodles on what she saw around her. In this case it was Blizzard's upcoming game Overwatch and she decided to design her own character, which Shane decided to tweet to Blizzard to show them his daughter's fanart:
@PlayOverwatch hi team! my daughter created a new character.Her name is birst. She'd love to know your thoughts pic.twitter.com/b31YWUPqSs
— Shane Hickey (@shanehickey) May 20, 2016
The character, named "Birst", is described as a combination damage-dealer-healer equipped wither boomerang and a laser-suit-dress hybrid garment. She could be considered somewhat a combination between existing characters Lucio and Mercy, but it seemed that the Overwatch team loved the idea.
One of the concept artists decided to take the original fanart sketches and... well, here's the result:
@shanehickey Our artists were so inspired by this that they created their own fan art! Hope your daughter loves it! pic.twitter.com/c1ToeH1MJF
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) May 21, 2016
Reportedly Shane's daughter considered it "the highlight of her life thus far". Currently Shane's account has the fanart as his avatar and banner as well.
It might just be a small gesture, but it's always lovely to see bigger companies doing things like this, especially for younger fans. Who knows? Maybe in a future update Birst will become playable or the basis for a new character.