10 Video Game Fan Theories Debunked By The Creators

9. Reinhardt Is Pharah's Father - Overwatch

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The Theory

In the early days of Overwatch, fans spent a ton of time debating the identity of Pharah's father, until in November 2016 one fan noticed that Pharah, her mother Ana, and Reinhardt all had similar rare skins.

Between this and Blizzard's continual hinting at Reinhardt being Pharah's daddy, it pretty much seemed like a sure thing.

How It Was Debunked

In April 2017, the game's new "Uprising" event saw the release of a new Ana spray, which showed her cradling baby Pharah while joined by a man who everyone quite reasonably assumed to be Pharah's father.

Clearly the man in the image isn't Reinhardt - and was later identified as "Sam" by Blizzard - in turn swiftly crushing all the shippers' dreams.

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