Marvel Rivals has been touted as the “Overwatch killer” by some fans. Regardless of gameplay, there is one specific facet of the internet that Overwatch has undoubtedly dominated since its launch—fanmade smut.
Overwatch is known to be a giant waifu generator. Though some think that Marvel Rivals didn’t need to compete with OW on that front, some data miners have discovered that the devs may also be thinking about the potential of fan creators to take the character models and make a bunch of dirty videos.
The Character Models of Marvel Rivals
Fans have shared the character models for Marvel Rivals online, and some fans have noticed that many of them go into incredible detail despite not needing to. For example, Squirrel Girl is mostly dressed up in the game, but looking into her character model reveals that her body is pretty detailed.
Even some 3D animators online who have seen the models are commenting on how they are ‘more detailed than they should be.’
Though Squirrel Girl may be the name that is mentioned frequently in the conversation, others also ask about characters like Psylocke and Galacta.
To be fair, while Marvel smut has existed way before Marvel Rivals was even an idea, it’s very possible that the detailed character models were put in their for the developers’ own convenience. After all, this game is going to be dependent on the skins they sell for characters, and it would definitely help if they had a good detailed base model that they can just apply different kinds of clothes on.
That being said, fan artists online are really more interested in how much clothes they can take off.
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Admittedly, this isn’t something new for the fans. The amount of fanmade smut that Overwatch could generate was so overwhelming that an entire Wikipedia article is dedicated to the phenomenon. Blizzard was originally issuing cease-and-desist orders to some OW content, but they eventually realized that this was inevitable when it came to internet culture.
As Rule 34 of the internet states: “If it exists, there is porn of it.”
It’s actually so crazy that fanmade pornography is so intimately tied with Overwatch that a lot of people think that the game still remains relevant today because of the wealth of smut that was (and continues to be) made of OW characters. Even some artists online have Overwatch to thank for establishing their internet following.
Will Marvel Rivals be able to catch up to Overwatch in terms of smut? It’s possible. The characters are already very popular and are expecting a new influx of fans and creators. However, the fact that Disney owns the Marvel property could mean that they have the power to stop Rivals content from spreading just to be able to keep their wholesome image.
Marvel Rivals is currently playable for Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC.
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