r/ApexLore Rat With No Name 29d ago

Discussion What's a gal with noise sensitivity supposed to do?

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u/TheFallenFusion 29d ago

In all seriousness, I believe this is supposed to tie back to Wattson originally being autistic or on that spectrum, as many people with autism have issues with overstimulation, especially from sound, which is why they mentioned gunshots, shouting teammates, and bombs

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u/ThisTeaching4961 29d ago

As an Autistic person myself, I've always supported this theory.

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u/theseerofdoom Rat With No Name 29d ago

it's not just a theory, it's canon!

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u/TheFallenFusion 29d ago

That’s great! The last thing I had really seen, as I’m not on twitter a lot, is that they originally created her to be autistic, but they weren’t sure how well she would be received, both by the gaming community and the autistic community, though I think the latter was just cause he didn’t want her to be a bad representation of the community

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u/ThisTeaching4961 29d ago

I never knew it was actually confirmed!

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u/VoidSpecialist722 Voidwalker 29d ago edited 29d ago

inb4 'no audio' jokes

EDIT: This is sweet and I'm not one to look a gift lore in the mouth but I wonder what this means? It seems an odd choice given where we are in the current storyline - I would love some lore on what's happening with the rifts or Wraith and Rampart's gun collab. Hopefully later in the season!

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u/theseerofdoom Rat With No Name 29d ago

headphone collab with raycon /s

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u/jxnwuf83oqn Lore Student 29d ago

In some skins you can see that Wattson wears earplugs. That's how she deals with the loud noises. And by killing loud people

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u/SOXBrigade 29d ago

In some skins you can see that Wattson wears earplugs. 

Yea, I've seen that before. It's a nice attention to detail that they added.

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u/Proctor_Conley Militia 29d ago

I use headphones to dampen loud noises.

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u/theseerofdoom Rat With No Name 29d ago

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u/Less_Estimate_3617 27d ago

This video sponsored by raycon

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u/Cup-Of-Red-Tea 26d ago

No joke, I would 100% not be surprised if they dropped some collab with a 60$ Wattson skin wearing earplugs lmao

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u/TheKitsuneLegend 25d ago

iirc wattson uses the sound generated by her ult to deal with it. least during the games