Brigitte’s voice actor got harassed for her character’s impact on Overwatch

The actor who plays Brigitte in Overwatch has responded with bewilderment to someone who felt the need to comment on her character's impact on the game's balance, even though she herself - not being a designer - has nothing whatsoever to do with that. The message suggests "Brigitte destroyed Overwatch and the meta". This isn't an uncommon view in the community - it's even inspired hashtag campaigns - but it's a problem for Overwatch's design team to solve. Whatever her impact on the meta, Brigitte's character is defined by her positivity and her selflessness - qualities which her actor, Matilda Smedius, says she's tried to bring not only to her performance but to the game's fans. That's nice. And it's an attitude from which others could stand to learn. As Smedius says in a follow-up tweet, "if you feel like one character destroyed a whole game, you have the right to think so, but maybe give constructive criticism to the developers instead of harrassing the voice actor."