The Overwatch summer event is starting on August 9, and Blizzard has slowly been revealing new skins in the lead-up. D.Va’s new beach-y look has captured fans’ hearts.

Ever since Brigitte was introduced as a new hero for Overwatch, some fans have been excitedly shipping her with D.Va, in a pairing called Mekamechanic. We don't know a lot about Brigitte, but that's part of what makes this pairing work: Fans can just make it up as they go along.

Overwatch is a game that demands respect, or at least a little reverence. That's why Dopatwo's profane and ungodly Overwatch parodies are so righteously funny. No hero escapes with their dignity.

Blizzard is dropping a ton of new skins and a new map for Overwatch today, but D.Va's new cat-themed skin has already captured the internet's heart.

Most D.Va cosplay you see is someone wearing her jumpsuit. Which is fine, but Gryphon's Gears was having none of that, deciding to not just build her mech, but have it be able to walk around as well.

If Hana Song was a real person about to branch out into a real-life music career, this is the kind of production quality I'd expect her actual debut music video to have.

A new skin for D.Va in Heroes of the Storm was revealed over the weekend, and it's themed around World of Warcraft's Deathwing the Destroyer. Fans cannot stop drawing it.

It's no secret that Overwatch players are precious about the game's balance changes. On the internet, fans act as armchair game devs, flooding the Overwatch forums with strongly-worded opinions whenever there's an unpopular or surprising change. Most recently, the forums overflowed with salt after the popular tank hero D.Va received a brutal nerf, making her far less powerful. For months, players begged Blizzard to revive the old D.Va.

Earlier today, Blizzard announced that due to an Overwatch bug, D.Va had been temporarily removed from the game.

According to Overwatch lore, D.va is a pro gamer who serves and inspires her country. In real life, D.va's role is starting to mirror her in-game persona, as she becomes a symbol of hope for women in South Korea.

A hilarious glitch made its way into Overwatch with Wednesday's update. D.Vas are getting flung out of their mech suits and into the abyss on the 3v3 mode's Ecopoint Antarctica map.

Overwatch's PTR, or public test realm, is a blessing and a curse for players. On one hand, they get to try out new changes before they go live. On the other, if players don't love a change, there's no guarantee Blizzard will do a 180. Right now, D.Va's staring down the barrel of a big nerf, and they seem pretty set on going through with it.

The mech. The mech is the cosplay here. There's someone inside it.

Gremlin D.Va, one of Overwatch's most beloved fan creations, is canon now thanks to a new emote on the game's test server. She's got her Doritos, Dew and a custom stream overlay. She's the hero we deserve and need right now.

D.Va's mech is cute, I guess, but she'd do more damage in something out of Gundam.

Video: Want the true D.Va experience? Try playing Overwatch with flight sticks. That's what streamer Rudeism did, with full face paint for good measure. There was a bit of an acclimation period, but he managed some strong plays before it was all said and done.

Last week Overwatch got a big update with a new character and a bunch of balance tweaks. The new sniper Ana got a lot of attention, but some of the less obvious tweaks are just as big a deal. Chief among them: A remarkably involved buff to the mech-driving pro gamer D.Va, which has transformed her into the high-flying terror I've always wanted her to be.

According to Overwatch's story, Hana Song used to be a professional StarCraft 2 player. That's DVA's entire schtick, really: She's a big gamer. Fans have run with that premise, and taken it to its logical (and somehow adorable) conclusion.

I'm not playing much Overwatch, but I am fascinated by the characters and setting enough to drop cash on some toys, especially if they're as cool as LEGO builder Taylor's version of D.Va.