Reaper76

Reaper76 is the slash ship between Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison from the Overwatch fandom.

Canon
The two first met during the Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP). The soldier enhancement program was a program designed to create ‘super soldiers’, which is what both Jack and Gabriel came out to be. Gabriel was Soldier: 24 and Jack was Soldier: 76 (his name in overwatch as of right now). Many fans have pointed out that this equals 100, and this is commonly used when talking about their lore.

Then, they participated in helping fight the Omnic Crisis. They became friends quickly and joined Overwatch together. After the crisis Jack was promoted to leader of Overwatch. A rift was created between the two since Gabriel was passed over for the opportunity.

Retribution
Intel was given to Jack telling him that a businessman named Antonio had attacked an Oslo facility. Jack wanted to run a mission by the book, but Gabriel thought that that wasn't working. Jack ultimately left the decision for Gabriel, which would prove to be a bad idea. Gabriel then ran a Blackwatch mission where he ended up killing Antonio by shooting him. Jack was angry about Gabriel's actions, but still made him retell the whole story anyways.

Uprising
Jack became angry at Gabriel after finding out that he had deployed one of his Blackwatch agents in London, despite orders telling him not to. Jack asks if there were any more agents there but only gets a sarcastic reply, which was common with Gabriel as seen in voicelines.

The End of Overwatch
Near the end of Overwatch's time, Gabriel led an internal rebellion against Jack. They eventually the two began to fight at Overwatch's Swiss HQ. The fight eventually caused an explosion that destroyed the facility. Everyone believed that the two were killed as a result. Many people were said to have died in that explosion, yet it is not stated who else.

Old Soldiers
While listening over a guards radio in Giza, Jack heard the sound of Gabriel's voice. He entered the facility and interrogated a guard on Gabriel's location. Gabriel comes up behind him and shoots Jack in the back. Before Gabriel can kill Jack he is shot by Ana. Jack and Gabriel fight, but Gabriel ends up retreating.

Game-Play
The two are typically paired together in game play since their playing styles compliment each other. Reaper is most effective against tanks and mid-distance combat, while Soldier is better used from a distance. With Reapers more close-up combat style and ultimate and Soldiers more far-back sets of skills, they work well together, like they did back in the day.

Eliminations
Final Blow

"This is how it should have been."

- Reaper eliminates Soldier 76

"You always did have a high opinion of yourself."

- Reaper eliminates Soldier 76

"Someone had to do it."

- Soldier: 76 eliminates Reaper

Map-Specific
"Reyes should've cleaned up the Deadlock Gang a long time ago."

- Soldier: 76, Route 66

Events
JUNKENSTEIN'S REVENGE

"The Reaper is a fearsome foe, he may still get the better of us."

- Soldier, Reaper is eliminated

RETRIBUTION

Fanon
The two are shipped based on their shared history, and how connected the two are. It is also common in most fandoms for shippers to ship two who are best friends, which the two were before the fall of Overwatch. This is significant to note, as they are also seen as really close in comics and canonical lore.

Many fan fictions taking place in the canonical Overwatch universe explore the two having a relationship before the fall of Overwatch, and often they are portrayed as married. This makes for great headcanons and adds to the ship. They will often be about the two meeting during the super soldier program, or their life as members of Overwatch. Many canon based fics tend to also be bittersweet and have less happy endings, since in Canon Reaper and Soldier tend to have often fights with each other. Writers will typically have Reyes call Jack by pet names based around his more optimistic personality from the Overwatch days, as well as his formally blond hair. Spanish pet name's are also common from Reyes given his Latino background. There are also many other names that the two are shown calling each other.

AU' based around character skins are also popular. After Halloween skins were released, a variety of Supernatural-based fics were written surrounding the two's Vampire, and Headless Horseman skins. After the 2018 Halloween Event, Slasher: 76, also became popular to be depicted in art and fics.

Fans have given 76 many dad based nickname's and is often seen as a father figure for the younger members of Overwatch. Reaper is seen in a similar manner for the members of Blackwatch and, to a lesser extant, certain members of Talon. Fan's will tend to play into memes that depict Reaper as an "edgelord" who shops at Hot Topic and Jack as a “gay uncle” who buys yaoi comics.

After new lore revealed that 76 is gay and used to have a boyfriend, fans of Reaper76 were in shock. Some considered it dead, but still chose to support the ship, while many still thought there were ways it could be canon. They also pointed out how Vincent and 76 had broken up at an unknown point of time, meaning that Gabriel and Jack might still be valid, and many aspects of their lore hint at this fact.

On AO3, Reaper76 is the most written relationship for both characters, and the second most written in the Overwatch tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Reyes/Morrison on FanFiction.Net
 * Reyes/Morrison on FanFiction.Net

TUMBLR

WIKI

Trivia

 * Both are the only Overwatch heroes whose ages are unknown.

Variations

 * McReaper76 refers to the ship between the two and Cole Cassidy
 * MercyKill76 refers to the ship between the two and Mercy
 * Widowreaper76 refers to the ship between the two and Widowmaker