#MakeBirstCanon2k16
Here’s something cute to kick off your week: Blizzard has created fan art of a young girl’sOverwatchoriginal character, after the father shared it on Twitter.
Birst is a boomerang-wielding, laser-firing, poison-wing-flying healer that can, to quote creator Ava, “jump soo high”:
@PlayOverwatchhi team! my daughter created a new character.Her name is birst. She’d love to know your thoughtspic.twitter.com/b31YWUPqSs
— Shane Hickey (@shanehickey)June 10, 2025
Overwatchartists obviously took a liking to Birst, and so replied to the Ava’s father with some fan art of their own:
@shanehickeyOur artists were so inspired by this that they created their own fan art! Hope your daughter loves it!pic.twitter.com/c1ToeH1MJF
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)Jul 22, 2025
Since then,Overwatchfans have been makingtheir own detailed breakdowns of Birst, as well as hammering Blizzard with requests to put her into the game for real. I’m not quite sure of the legality of using a child’s fan art to make an actual character, but hey, we can live in hope.
Gaming, particularlyonlinegaming, can be pretty cruel to kids sometimes, so it’s nice to see how theOverwatchcommunity has accepted and run with Birst with almost universal enthusiasm.
Oh, andAva’s reaction to Blizzard’s art is lovely. Long live Birst, may she reign supreme.
