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=== Biography === | === Biography === | ||
A child genius with a knack for building things, the brilliance of Margaret "Maggie" McGinnis<ref>2025-01-28 - [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]]; Deadlock Discord - ''"Maggie is short for Margaret, but she goes by Maggie"''</ref> was picked up by [[Maximilian Fairfax]] after she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead at the age of 15.<ref name=":7">{{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' backstory</ref><ref name=":8">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|quotes=Billy/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed McGinnis)|transcription=Don't act like you're Blue Collar, McGinnis! You were handpicked by Fairfax himself!}}</ref> Famously known as "kid genius",<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=You were that kid genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=Yeah.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Lash|number=1|hero_quote1=Lash|quote1=Ahh, so The Lash is working with the kid genius.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I was a kid over a decade ago. Now I'm just a genius.}}</ref> McGinnis was shown off to the [[The Cursed Apple|New York]] elite after Fairfax first discovered her.<ref name=":0">''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'' - [https://youtu.be/nn_C9nQ_Ri0?si=0c6noDOilZQPe4R7&t=346 Chapter 3A]</ref> | A child genius with a knack for building things, the brilliance of Margaret "Maggie" McGinnis<ref>2025-01-28 - [[Kaori (developer)|Kaori]]; Deadlock Discord - ''"Maggie is short for Margaret, but she goes by Maggie"''</ref> was picked up by [[Maximilian Fairfax]] after she designed a machine that refined the souls of the dead at the age of 15.<ref name=":7">{{HeroIcon|McGinnis}}' backstory</ref><ref name=":8">{{VoiceLineCite|name=Billy|quotes=Billy/Quotes#enemies|context=(killed McGinnis)|transcription=Don't act like you're Blue Collar, McGinnis! You were handpicked by Fairfax himself!}}</ref> Famously known as a "kid genius",<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=Holliday|quote1=You were that kid genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=Yeah.}}</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Lash|number=1|hero_quote1=Lash|quote1=Ahh, so The Lash is working with the kid genius.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I was a kid over a decade ago. Now I'm just a genius.}}</ref> McGinnis was shown off to the [[The Cursed Apple|New York]] elite after Fairfax first discovered her.<ref name=":0">''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'' - [https://youtu.be/nn_C9nQ_Ri0?si=0c6noDOilZQPe4R7&t=346 Chapter 3A]</ref> | ||
Now, as the head engineer of [[Fairfax Industries]] Military R&D department, McGinnis brainstorms the occult war machines.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Yamato): ''"Yamato, you run a street gang. I drive the occult industrial complex. You never had a chance."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I'm the lead engineer for the occult industrial complex.}}</ref> While it's unknown where McGinnis' inventions have been used, it's said that she may be resposible for millions of deaths.<ref>[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]] - [[The Binding of Oathkeeper#4a - Humble Pie|Chapter 4A]] - {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}: ''"Your mind is the engine that drives the occult war machine. Within a decade your inventions will claim millions of lives, if they haven't already."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Hotel Guest Taunt - Hero Specific|voice line]] (Taunt McGinnis): ''"Your creations are responsible for the deaths of millions, McGinnis, you’re a monster.''</ref> McGinnis also implies that she's killed people with her bare hands before.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|quotes=McGinnis/Quotes#Kill Enemy Hero|context=(melee kill)|transcription=You think I've never killed someone with my bare hands?! Come on.}}</ref> | Now, as the head engineer of [[Fairfax Industries]] Military R&D department, McGinnis brainstorms the occult war machines.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Killed Yamato): ''"Yamato, you run a street gang. I drive the occult industrial complex. You never had a chance."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Holliday|number=2|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=I'm the lead engineer for the occult industrial complex.}}</ref> While it's unknown where McGinnis' inventions have been used, it's said that she may be resposible for millions of deaths.<ref>[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]] - [[The Binding of Oathkeeper#4a - Humble Pie|Chapter 4A]] - {{PageRef|name=Lady Geist}}: ''"Your mind is the engine that drives the occult war machine. Within a decade your inventions will claim millions of lives, if they haven't already."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Hotel Guest Taunt - Hero Specific|voice line]] (Taunt McGinnis): ''"Your creations are responsible for the deaths of millions, McGinnis, you’re a monster.''</ref> McGinnis also implies that she's killed people with her bare hands before.<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=McGinnis|quotes=McGinnis/Quotes#Kill Enemy Hero|context=(melee kill)|transcription=You think I've never killed someone with my bare hands?! Come on.}}</ref> | ||
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It's implied that McGinnis isn't above stealing other people's inventions.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Dynamo|number=3}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> | It's implied that McGinnis isn't above stealing other people's inventions.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Dynamo|number=3}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> | ||
McGinnis likes to drink beer.<ref name=":02">''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'' - [https://youtu.be/nn_C9nQ_Ri0?si=0c6noDOilZQPe4R7&t=346 Chapter 3A]</ref> | |||
=== Appearance === | |||
[[File:McGinnis dress.png|thumb|203x203px|McGinnis wearing a dress in ''The Binding of Oathkeeper'']] | |||
McGinnis is a young burly white woman with brown eyes, freckles in her cheeks, and messy short black hair held upwards by a red headband. She wears a blue shirt with sleeves rolled up, jeans overalls with a "Fairfax" logo in the chest, a yellow apron with a brown belt, yellow mechanic gloves, red socks, and dark brown shoes. She carries a bag and a hammer on her sides, and a cylindrical soul-powered machinery in her back that she uses for {{AbilityIcon|Heavy Barrage}}. Her weapon is a minigun. | |||
Her {{AbilityIcon|Mini Turret|l1=Mini Turrets}} and {{AbilityIcon|Medicinal Specter}} are yellow machinery powered by green soul fuel,<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Abrams|number=2|hero_quote1=Abrams|quote1=How do you not throw out your back carrying all that stuff?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=It's lighter than it looks. Souls don't weigh a whole lot.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Unselect|voice line]] (Unselect): ''"Great. I thought of a new way to weaponize souls in the shower, I need to go to the lab."''</ref> and her {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} is made of solidified souls. | |||
In ''[[The Binding of Oathkeeper]]'', McGinnis is depicted with a mermaid tattoo on her left shoulder. | |||
=== Information === | === Information === | ||
McGinnis is aware and makes it known that {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} usually backfires on her team.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Pre-Game|voice line]] (pre-game ping): ''"Just wanna get ahead of this: I will probably misuse the wall at some point, and I'm sorry in advance."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Spectral Wall|voice line]] (upgrade Spectral Wall): ''"If this misfires, my team won't let me hear the end of it."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Just wanna get this out of the way. I'm gonna be doing my best to support you but, shit happens and if you end up on the wrong side of a spectral wall... I'm sorry.|hero_quote2=Abrams|quote2=That was... very specific.|hero_quote3=McGinnis|quote3=It happens a lot.}}</ref> | McGinnis is aware and makes it known that {{AbilityIcon|Spectral Wall}} usually backfires on her team.<ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Pre-Game|voice line]] (pre-game ping): ''"Just wanna get ahead of this: I will probably misuse the wall at some point, and I'm sorry in advance."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=McGinnis}}' in-game [[McGinnis/Quotes#Spectral Wall|voice line]] (upgrade Spectral Wall): ''"If this misfires, my team won't let me hear the end of it."''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Abrams|number=1|hero_quote1=McGinnis|quote1=Just wanna get this out of the way. I'm gonna be doing my best to support you but, shit happens and if you end up on the wrong side of a spectral wall... I'm sorry.|hero_quote2=Abrams|quote2=That was... very specific.|hero_quote3=McGinnis|quote3=It happens a lot.}}</ref> | ||
== Character Relationships == | == Character Relationships == | ||
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* {{HeroIcon|Pocket}} loathes McGinnis due to her working for Fairfax Industries.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You could've made the world a better place. Instead, you chose to do this."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (pass McGinnis on zipline): ''"Karma's coming for you, Maggie."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You're complicit, McGinnis."''</ref> | * {{HeroIcon|Pocket}} loathes McGinnis due to her working for Fairfax Industries.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You could've made the world a better place. Instead, you chose to do this."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (pass McGinnis on zipline): ''"Karma's coming for you, Maggie."''</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=Pocket}}'s in-game [[Pocket/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"You're complicit, McGinnis."''</ref> | ||
* {{PageRef|name=Seven}} criticizes McGinnis for her lack of creativity.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Seven|number=3|hero_quote1=Seven|quote1=Now I think it's safe to say you plateau'd.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm sorry, what did you say?|hero_quote3=Seven|quote3=You are a woman who executes pedestrian ideas at the highest level. That makes you a master craftsman, but far from a visionary.}}</ref> | * {{PageRef|name=Seven}} criticizes McGinnis for her lack of creativity.<ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Seven|number=3|hero_quote1=Seven|quote1=Now I think it's safe to say you plateau'd.|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm sorry, what did you say?|hero_quote3=Seven|quote3=You are a woman who executes pedestrian ideas at the highest level. That makes you a master craftsman, but far from a visionary.}}</ref> | ||
* {{PageRef|name=The Doorman}} calls | * {{PageRef|name=The Doorman}} likes McGinnis' inventions and calls her "the brightest mind humanity has to offer".<ref>{{VoiceLineCite|name=The Doorman|quotes=The Doorman/Quotes#Enemies|context=(killed McGinnis)|transcription=I do enjoy your tools of war, McGinnis, but they aren't enough.}}</ref><ref>{{PageRef|name=The Doorman}}'s in-game [[The Doorman/Quotes#Allies|voice line]] (Pass McGinnis on Zipline): ''"So that's the brightest mind humanity has to offer..."''</ref> | ||
* {{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s father is a "fan" of McGinnis.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s in-game [[Apollo/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"A pity you're not on my side, McGinnis. My father would be a fan."''</ref> | * {{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s father is a "fan" of McGinnis.<ref>{{PageRef|name=Apollo}}'s in-game [[Apollo/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (killed McGinnis): ''"A pity you're not on my side, McGinnis. My father would be a fan."''</ref> | ||
* {{PageRef|name=Mina}} and {{PageRef|name=Wraith}} call McGinnis "Fairfax's pet genius".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Destroy Turrets): ''"I'm gonna kill Fairfax's little pet genius!"''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Wraith|number=1|hero_quote1=Wraith|quote1=You're Fairfax's pet genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm no one's 'pet' anything.}}</ref> | * {{PageRef|name=Mina}} and {{PageRef|name=Wraith}} call McGinnis "Fairfax's pet genius".<ref>{{PageRef|name=Mina}}'s in-game [[Mina/Quotes#Enemies|voice line]] (Destroy Turrets): ''"I'm gonna kill Fairfax's little pet genius!"''</ref><ref>{{ConvoCite|hero1=McGinnis|hero2=Wraith|number=1|hero_quote1=Wraith|quote1=You're Fairfax's pet genius, right?|hero_quote2=McGinnis|quote2=I'm no one's 'pet' anything.}}</ref> | ||
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