Pharmercy

Pharmercy is the femslash ship between Pharah and Mercy from the Overwatch fandom.

Canon
Angela joined Overwatch at a young age and became the head of medical research. She discovered new uses for nano-biology and how to use it to heal injuries and illness. She developed the Valkyrie suit, so that she could use the tech on the battlefield, taking the call name "Mercy" when she did. After Overwatch was disbanded, Mercy continued to use her tech to heal others.

Mercy was part of the original Overwatch team alongside Pharah's mother Ana. A picture of the original Overwatch team shows a young Pharah with the team. Meaning that the two knew each other at the time.

Game-play
The ship name was created after many players would use the two as a combo move. Once Mercy's ultimate was accessed, she could fly up and heal or boost Pharah who would then have more powerful attacks. Instead of referring to them as "Pharah and Mercy", players would call them "Pharmercy" as shorthand.

Fanon
Fanart and fanfiction shows the contrast between their professional and personal lives. The two clearly take their jobs very seriously, and fan works will show how they spend their offtime together and them taking comfort in one another. Mercy kinda needs it. She's tired.

Some fic writers will also write the pair as one part of a Mercy love triangle against Gency. Some writers will have her end up with both. While Genji and Mercy are more in the forefront for more mainstream audiences, Pharmercy is more popular in transformative fandom.

On AO3 it is the most written ship for both characters, and the third most written ship for the Overwatch tag.

Fandom
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Trivia

 * Although Mercy was on the original Overwatch team, she is only 5 years older than Phareeha
 * Pharah is 32, while Mercy is 37
 * Mercy was likely a teenager when she joined Overwatch, just like several other members of the team
 * Both have the ability to fly

Variations

 * Phargency refers to the ship between the two and Genji