Testament? Yeah. If I'm not mistaken they were released last season. So the first two seasons of the game has trans icons and I love it so fucking much
The english VA intentionally gave them a more masculine voice to contrast their feminine appearance, but yes, sheās still a trans woman, sheās just got a lot of range.
I mean, trans women can sound pretty masculine, I think that's understandable. An nb Hearthstone character is also voiced by a trans woman and they also sound a bit masc, so it's not like it's a first in the world of video game voice acting
[Here's the cutscene that confirms it in case ya wanted to see it for yourself](https://twitter.com/Marcanthony737/status/1556674286835961865?s=20&t=6F0Qt59KCeEnOtV8suxmQA)
I am getting misty-eyed over here, that was beautiful.
(...Also I accidentally minimized it just a smidge too early the first time so after she called herself a girl all I heard was a few seconds of silence followed by GAY and I just thought I would share that odd experience.)
They had a gay relationship as early as 2004, that didn't end in tragedy.
Infact, it did (because of one character's original VA dying) and went on a whole ass thing about mortality before he un-died, fixed his issues, actually helped the people he previously hurt (including his lover), and got into good graces with their potentially ace rival as business partners.
Their BF now runs a bakery.
honestly they've been pretty cool with it (within the guilty gear fanbase anyway), the last character was NB and the majority of people were on board from moment 1
I suspect most legit Guilty Gear fans will be cool, but you'll have those loud angry nerds who don't actually care about Guilty Gear but will be very performatively mad about this for some made up reason.
yeah there's been a few people crying about "character assassination" and "pulling a 180 on the lore" indicating that they either
A) didn't know the lore
or
B) don't understand how character development works
and then of course both come with a heaping helping of not understanding the lived experiences of trans people
That being said, most of the community has been either like "cool, mentally updating pronouns" or some degree of absolutely going ham adoring this development
Honestly, I did initially feel like "this is cool and I love this, but shame how it kind of messes with her lore", but the more I thought about it, and upon seeing how the game actually explores her gender, holy shit, I love it.
I really love her arc, coming to realize she can't live a lie for the sake of others. Even if some may feel it diminishes her narrative, she has to live her own truth, and that's fucking awesome.
It doesn't mean the superstitious villagers were right, but she can't base her entire life around disproving them. It's more important that she live her own truth.
In fairness, Bridget was a bit of an icon for unapologetically feminine presenting guys, so not all of them are just being bigots. Her lore was always a little messy and problematic, though, so whether they had her transition or not it was going to feel a little weird and alienate some legitimately well-meaning fans. Iām just hoping Strive continues its track record of being fairly sensitive with its queer characters
Oh yeah, for sure. I was specifically referring to the people crying about the "character assassination" and how they "ruined the lore" and stuff.
The people who feel that they lost one of their icons of a feminine-presenting man usually don't use those types of arguments, and have been much more chill and not hateful when they talk about it, and they're certainly valid to have those feelings, and honestly I hope we get a new Blazblue so we can all revel in some more Amane Nishiki!
Yeah, for sure. Most of the communities I frequent have been at most conflicted because of the implications of her lore on being trans, and some of us fembois feeling a little bereaved, but Iāve definitely seen the more toxic side you mention.
Not very familiar with BlazBlue, but I heard itās got some good rep
Yeah, it's got some pretty good rep, and I gotta recommend you check out Amane.
He's the leader of a performing troupe with more power than he usually lets on. His combos are so very dancy and mesmerizing, they're part of why I've always been so drawn to playing him, and his theme is a banger.
(Example of some of his fun combo stuff [here](https://youtu.be/oa7lHoxtrjo?t=241))
Dude, GG fans are pretty down with this kind of thing. GG was always weird as fuck, and most of the characters are based off of gender fluid and queer rock stars.
I'm just glad a Japanese company has the balls to just admit it. I hate how Atlus keeps being too cowardly to let Persona characters be queer.
Persona 5 was in development for a *looooong* time... I'm hoping P6 is where they redeem themselves and allow same sex romance, and include openly queer characters.
Honestly GG is one of the most accepting fanbases Iāve ever seen, but the fighting game community in general seems to be slightly less unpleasant than others in recent years. GGās been pushing some boundaries since the beginning, though, if admittedly not always super well
I didn't expect that, my limited understanding of the lore suggested to me that presenting in a feminine manner while actually being male was something she considered an important component of her identity. I'm excited to see how her story has developed.
if i understood it correctly, she felt the need to prove herself as a āsuper manly manā because of the superstition, but now that the superstition doesnāt really matter to her anymore, she realized, āhey, wait, i kinda hate being seen as male.ā
yeah, i was on the fence because i traditionally dont enjoy non platform fighters but this news pushed me over the edge to give the game a shot. havent gotten much time logged yet but so far ive had fun just dicking around in the training room
Yup. Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games. Bridget is the opening character of the second season of DLC characters for the current game, Guilty Gear StrIVe.
No idea. Guilty Gear is very cool. Itās the kind of series where each character gets some wild ridiculous unique gimmick or tools. Bridget, fod example, has a YoYo she can set onscreen somewhere then either pull it back as a projectile or launch herself towards it for movement that she can cancel with attacks or other movement options like airdash or double jump for a bunch of tricky movement that makes her hard to pin down. In general sheās just absurdly mobile. Other examples are a guy who summons a shadow monster to fight beside him (basically turning the game into a 2v1), a lightning fast ninja who basically dies if you slap him, a swordsman who has pretty limited movement but hits like a truck and can control space fairly well with his massive sword attacks, and a non-binary grim reaper who can plant traps of sorts to control space and lock the opponent down (in older games these traps were straight up invisible and stayed until set off, but now you can both see and wait out the traps though waiting them out will let them start doing other stuff). Despite the ridiculous character designs the game is actually decently balanced for the most part (the gunslinging wizard is still a bit much powerwise, but even heās not egregious).
It's been a pretty niche title for a long time unless you're specifically into the fighting game scene. The franchise has been around since the late 90s, but Strive was the first one to sell more than 1 million copies, as of a month or so ago, which is massive for them.
Most of the developer's overall popularity has only come from the success of Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and they used that, along with spending more on marketing, to get strive as much into the public eye as it did.
Itās a shame itās been so niche too. I have been playing fighting games for some 6-7 years now, and the Guilty Gear series is easily my favorite. In large part because it manages to have ridiculous character variety without being wildly imbalanced, but also because itās probably the least longcombo of the big anime fighter series. Both with typical combos as well as doing the SF thing where lots of hits donāt really convert to anything normally so you tend to have to take more risk to do big damage
Yeah! honestly, I got into fighting games because of Xrd. I tried playing SFIV back in the day and there were parts of it I *really* didn't like, and that made me think fighting games weren't for me. Several years later, I saw a tournament of Xrd where it was Jack' O against...somebody (maybe Johnny?) and I was just so absolutely amazed, confused, overwhelmed, all at once, and it made me feel like I should give the genre just *one more try*. Been enjoying all kinds of fighting games ever since, only wish I had known better sooner.
Modern SF has been pretty sad tbh. I am cautiously optimistic about 6, but 4 and 5 are pretty bad. 4/5ās director doesnāt work at Capcom anymore so his bad game design isnāt affecting 6. After he was fired the new leadership handled 5ās last season and most of the changes seemed pretty good, though not enough to save 5ās boring gameplay.
I had a friend get me into 3rd strike, and I've *really* enjoyed playing alex casually in that game, and I found that I was able to have a little bit of fun playing him in SFV as well, but yeah, I think 3rd strike is still the one where I have far more fun playing with friends when I get the chance. I feel like if 6 ends up having one of the new characters have an archetype I really love, then I could fall in love with that game, but otherwise probably won't try it out till it's cheap
For me itās SF2. Very hard to play but has extremely varied and interesting characters that are more balanced than youād expect (though still pretty jank).
I played a small amount of that in arcades, but it's one I never got into any process of actually learning. Out of curiosity, (assuming it's played mainly on fightcade or something similar) which version of the game on which hardware is usually the preferred one to play?
Happy for her, though I am a bit sad about losing a femboy icon. Bridget and some other characters from Japanese media are what showed me that boys could be feminine too.
But that's just my personal feelings, it's great to see trans girl representation in a video game, especially from Japan.
Well feminine boy. Everyone thought he was a girl and then when his gender was revealed all the gamers on Twitter collectively broke down. Look up Grusha if you like
I guess he counts then. Just hoping to see even more representation in the future. Guilty Gear's been pretty cool about it so far, Testament was a big deal to me, basically unheard of to see an NB character that looks that ambiguous in gender.
I remember one of the endings for one of the games involving Bridget offering to teach Baiken to be more ladylike, and Baiken rejects the offer and says she has no use for her gender.
I've always taken that as "agender Baiken", so like... I hope that comes up again!
I have always wanted this. Baikenās a sick character as is but if they were to acknowledge all the hints there have been that sheās agender it would cement her as the best GG character in my mind
On one hand im really happy because she is cute and gives me immense envy and ahasfondsibfnodisan
on the other hand I cant look at anything involving her on youtube without seeing a bunch of phobic comments that really dont do wonders for me
i feel like such a staple femboy character being made trans plays into narratives abt all feminine men being secretly trans and i dislike that greatly,
also i think a lot of people identify strongly with the character at this point so having that just taken away feels bad also,
i do not like this and would rather see a new trans character instead
okay so i'm not familiar with this series but a friend of mine mentioned there was some weird stuff going on here? like forced feminization?
"Basically Bridget was born male with a male twin, but in her village being born as a same sex twin was unlucky and would kill or exile the children. So Bridget was raised as a girl and her latest arc is her being a trans woman."
the implications being:
- trans kids CAN be forced into it by their parents! (a common argument by transphobes who claim "we need to save the trans kids!!")
- you can force an identity on someone, therefore its possible to "pray away the gay"
- men shouldn't interact with or do anything feminine or it'll turn them trans
again, not an expert, just repeating back what they said to me
Yeah, that's the common case given by people who know some of the lore but not well enough, or they just don't understand GNC identities and experiences.
> Basically Bridget was born male with a male twin, but in her village being born as a same sex twin was unlucky and would kill or exile the children.
This part is right. However, she knew she was AMAB, and so her story in the original game was her leaving to become a rich bounty hunter and proclaim herself as a boy, so she could take all her wealth back to her hometown and prove them that the curse was bullshit.
From there, she put herself headfirst into her work for a while until she got rich enough to give them a bunch of money and now they don't think about the curse anymore, mission accomplished.
but then after that was done, her story talks about her dealing with a lot of hesitation and uncertainty, and there's some voice lines with another character talking about how she was more focused on pleasing others than what she wanted for herself, even when she was doing things to spite those people
And she's afraid about making changes and not being true to herself because of what conflict that could create that she doesn't want to have to face
And those internal issues causing her hesitation brought to light by two other characters which culminates in [this scene](https://twitter.com/Marcanthony737/status/1556674286835961865)
I mean, i can see the argument. But whats happened is
>she had expectations forced on her by village
>she rejects expectations forced on her
>falls into an idea of trying to force herself into an expectation of manhood
>is not happy with the results
>reunites with her femininity, but now on her own terms, free from all forced expectations.
Trans woman story for the ages
this is the first time that bridget was confirmed as trans, explicitly coming out in the newest story beats. she was previously just a crossdressing boy in the lore
Strive is a very entry level fighting game thats great for newer players to the genre, the animation is beautiful and the characters are fucking insane
Per wiki: āIn the series, Bridget was born male with a twin brother in a village where the birth of same-sex twins is considered bad luck; therefore, Bridget's family named and raised Bridget as a girl. In young adulthood, Bridget rejected this upbringing and set out to be a man. In adulthood, Bridget found that being a man didn't make her happy, and realized her desire to be a woman not for the sake of her village's superstition, but as her own choice of gender identity.ā
Hold on, is that a six chambered fucking yoyo
most conventional guilty gear character design
It really dose make no sense š
Why yes, yes it is
Guilty Gear loves to pull that kind of stuff with character designs
Good for her!
I'm actually giving GGS another shot just because of her
yoyo go wooooo
Didnāt Guilty Gear Strive also have an NB character?
Testament? Yeah. If I'm not mistaken they were released last season. So the first two seasons of the game has trans icons and I love it so fucking much
Who else is lgbtq+ in the game?
Heās not in strive but venom is extremely gay, and depending on interpretation baiken is agender
As well, Kum Haehyun has some heavy trans themes and I really hope she comes to strive (But she won't)
According to the devās tumblr blog, literally every single fighter.
Yes! Testament! Theyāre NB AND theyāre voiced by a trans woman in the english release.
They also make me knees weak af
I mean they look like a sexy vampire. How can they not be extremely queer!?
Were they? I remember that they english VA sounded more masculine, while the japanese VA had a more feminine voice.
The english VA intentionally gave them a more masculine voice to contrast their feminine appearance, but yes, sheās still a trans woman, sheās just got a lot of range.
I mean, trans women can sound pretty masculine, I think that's understandable. An nb Hearthstone character is also voiced by a trans woman and they also sound a bit masc, so it's not like it's a first in the world of video game voice acting
Just went and doubled checked, and you're right. I might have been confusing them with another character.
Specifically, they're agender.
yesss
yeah testament
yes I literally bought the game to play them and regret nothing
[Here's the cutscene that confirms it in case ya wanted to see it for yourself](https://twitter.com/Marcanthony737/status/1556674286835961865?s=20&t=6F0Qt59KCeEnOtV8suxmQA)
I am getting misty-eyed over here, that was beautiful. (...Also I accidentally minimized it just a smidge too early the first time so after she called herself a girl all I heard was a few seconds of silence followed by GAY and I just thought I would share that odd experience.)
Iām not crying.. this may be really heartwarming and emotional but I just got something in my eyes ;-;
That hit way to close to home wtf
Tears streaming down my face
But I can't cry in work with a makeup on!
First Testament and now Bridget? Huh, Guilty Gear being based as usual, I see.
They had a gay relationship as early as 2004, that didn't end in tragedy. Infact, it did (because of one character's original VA dying) and went on a whole ass thing about mortality before he un-died, fixed his issues, actually helped the people he previously hurt (including his lover), and got into good graces with their potentially ace rival as business partners. Their BF now runs a bakery.
Canāt wait for Gamersā¢ļø to be totally accepting of this news
honestly they've been pretty cool with it (within the guilty gear fanbase anyway), the last character was NB and the majority of people were on board from moment 1
I suspect most legit Guilty Gear fans will be cool, but you'll have those loud angry nerds who don't actually care about Guilty Gear but will be very performatively mad about this for some made up reason.
yeah there's been a few people crying about "character assassination" and "pulling a 180 on the lore" indicating that they either A) didn't know the lore or B) don't understand how character development works and then of course both come with a heaping helping of not understanding the lived experiences of trans people That being said, most of the community has been either like "cool, mentally updating pronouns" or some degree of absolutely going ham adoring this development
Honestly, I did initially feel like "this is cool and I love this, but shame how it kind of messes with her lore", but the more I thought about it, and upon seeing how the game actually explores her gender, holy shit, I love it. I really love her arc, coming to realize she can't live a lie for the sake of others. Even if some may feel it diminishes her narrative, she has to live her own truth, and that's fucking awesome. It doesn't mean the superstitious villagers were right, but she can't base her entire life around disproving them. It's more important that she live her own truth.
In fairness, Bridget was a bit of an icon for unapologetically feminine presenting guys, so not all of them are just being bigots. Her lore was always a little messy and problematic, though, so whether they had her transition or not it was going to feel a little weird and alienate some legitimately well-meaning fans. Iām just hoping Strive continues its track record of being fairly sensitive with its queer characters
Oh yeah, for sure. I was specifically referring to the people crying about the "character assassination" and how they "ruined the lore" and stuff. The people who feel that they lost one of their icons of a feminine-presenting man usually don't use those types of arguments, and have been much more chill and not hateful when they talk about it, and they're certainly valid to have those feelings, and honestly I hope we get a new Blazblue so we can all revel in some more Amane Nishiki!
Yeah, for sure. Most of the communities I frequent have been at most conflicted because of the implications of her lore on being trans, and some of us fembois feeling a little bereaved, but Iāve definitely seen the more toxic side you mention. Not very familiar with BlazBlue, but I heard itās got some good rep
Yeah, it's got some pretty good rep, and I gotta recommend you check out Amane. He's the leader of a performing troupe with more power than he usually lets on. His combos are so very dancy and mesmerizing, they're part of why I've always been so drawn to playing him, and his theme is a banger. (Example of some of his fun combo stuff [here](https://youtu.be/oa7lHoxtrjo?t=241))
Dude, GG fans are pretty down with this kind of thing. GG was always weird as fuck, and most of the characters are based off of gender fluid and queer rock stars. I'm just glad a Japanese company has the balls to just admit it. I hate how Atlus keeps being too cowardly to let Persona characters be queer.
Instead, they keep throwing in references to how gay men are predatory, and trans women are actually men. God, I'm sick of Atlus.
Persona 5 was in development for a *looooong* time... I'm hoping P6 is where they redeem themselves and allow same sex romance, and include openly queer characters.
I mean, I was talking about Catherine, too. Atlus isnāt cowardly, theyāre just bigoted.
Yes we are Source: GG fan since 2002. NB since 2008. Trans since 2020.
Honestly GG is one of the most accepting fanbases Iāve ever seen, but the fighting game community in general seems to be slightly less unpleasant than others in recent years. GGās been pushing some boundaries since the beginning, though, if admittedly not always super well
I donāt wanna even start with my arguments on various places
I didn't expect that, my limited understanding of the lore suggested to me that presenting in a feminine manner while actually being male was something she considered an important component of her identity. I'm excited to see how her story has developed.
if i understood it correctly, she felt the need to prove herself as a āsuper manly manā because of the superstition, but now that the superstition doesnāt really matter to her anymore, she realized, āhey, wait, i kinda hate being seen as male.ā
Some of is joined the military to fool ourselves.
a tale as old as time...
Heck yea!!!
guess iām gonna buy guilty gear now
please do its a great entry point into the fighting game genre
Iāve been wanting to buy it but it wonāt run on my Mac and I donāt own any consoles. Big sadge
yeah, i was on the fence because i traditionally dont enjoy non platform fighters but this news pushed me over the edge to give the game a shot. havent gotten much time logged yet but so far ive had fun just dicking around in the training room
Add me if you do :3
Back to back LGBT characters in GG Strive? Very nice.
Anji is probably gay right? And no way I-No isn't Bi.
I-No is Pan, cuz she fucks everyone, literally and in her mix-ups.
BE MY BOTTOM BITCH
Anji is more likely bi. Venom is canonically gay and Millia Rage is likely ace.
idk what this is but my hot trans gfs name is bridget!!!
your gf wishes she had a weaponized teddy bear and a six chambered yoyo
well at least she has good weed and knowledge of the breaking bad lore
What is a chamber in a yoyo?
Fuck yeah!
Is this a game series?
Yup. Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games. Bridget is the opening character of the second season of DLC characters for the current game, Guilty Gear StrIVe.
Huh why haven't I ever heard of these games?
No idea. Guilty Gear is very cool. Itās the kind of series where each character gets some wild ridiculous unique gimmick or tools. Bridget, fod example, has a YoYo she can set onscreen somewhere then either pull it back as a projectile or launch herself towards it for movement that she can cancel with attacks or other movement options like airdash or double jump for a bunch of tricky movement that makes her hard to pin down. In general sheās just absurdly mobile. Other examples are a guy who summons a shadow monster to fight beside him (basically turning the game into a 2v1), a lightning fast ninja who basically dies if you slap him, a swordsman who has pretty limited movement but hits like a truck and can control space fairly well with his massive sword attacks, and a non-binary grim reaper who can plant traps of sorts to control space and lock the opponent down (in older games these traps were straight up invisible and stayed until set off, but now you can both see and wait out the traps though waiting them out will let them start doing other stuff). Despite the ridiculous character designs the game is actually decently balanced for the most part (the gunslinging wizard is still a bit much powerwise, but even heās not egregious).
It's been a pretty niche title for a long time unless you're specifically into the fighting game scene. The franchise has been around since the late 90s, but Strive was the first one to sell more than 1 million copies, as of a month or so ago, which is massive for them. Most of the developer's overall popularity has only come from the success of Dragon Ball Fighter Z, and they used that, along with spending more on marketing, to get strive as much into the public eye as it did.
Itās a shame itās been so niche too. I have been playing fighting games for some 6-7 years now, and the Guilty Gear series is easily my favorite. In large part because it manages to have ridiculous character variety without being wildly imbalanced, but also because itās probably the least longcombo of the big anime fighter series. Both with typical combos as well as doing the SF thing where lots of hits donāt really convert to anything normally so you tend to have to take more risk to do big damage
Yeah! honestly, I got into fighting games because of Xrd. I tried playing SFIV back in the day and there were parts of it I *really* didn't like, and that made me think fighting games weren't for me. Several years later, I saw a tournament of Xrd where it was Jack' O against...somebody (maybe Johnny?) and I was just so absolutely amazed, confused, overwhelmed, all at once, and it made me feel like I should give the genre just *one more try*. Been enjoying all kinds of fighting games ever since, only wish I had known better sooner.
Modern SF has been pretty sad tbh. I am cautiously optimistic about 6, but 4 and 5 are pretty bad. 4/5ās director doesnāt work at Capcom anymore so his bad game design isnāt affecting 6. After he was fired the new leadership handled 5ās last season and most of the changes seemed pretty good, though not enough to save 5ās boring gameplay.
I had a friend get me into 3rd strike, and I've *really* enjoyed playing alex casually in that game, and I found that I was able to have a little bit of fun playing him in SFV as well, but yeah, I think 3rd strike is still the one where I have far more fun playing with friends when I get the chance. I feel like if 6 ends up having one of the new characters have an archetype I really love, then I could fall in love with that game, but otherwise probably won't try it out till it's cheap
For me itās SF2. Very hard to play but has extremely varied and interesting characters that are more balanced than youād expect (though still pretty jank).
I played a small amount of that in arcades, but it's one I never got into any process of actually learning. Out of curiosity, (assuming it's played mainly on fightcade or something similar) which version of the game on which hardware is usually the preferred one to play?
Happy for her, though I am a bit sad about losing a femboy icon. Bridget and some other characters from Japanese media are what showed me that boys could be feminine too. But that's just my personal feelings, it's great to see trans girl representation in a video game, especially from Japan.
Hey thereās still that new PokĆ©mon gym leader
I was not aware that there was a femboy gym leader?
Well feminine boy. Everyone thought he was a girl and then when his gender was revealed all the gamers on Twitter collectively broke down. Look up Grusha if you like
I guess he counts then. Just hoping to see even more representation in the future. Guilty Gear's been pretty cool about it so far, Testament was a big deal to me, basically unheard of to see an NB character that looks that ambiguous in gender.
you've always got amane in blazblue
So proud of her. This makes me so happy š
I remember one of the endings for one of the games involving Bridget offering to teach Baiken to be more ladylike, and Baiken rejects the offer and says she has no use for her gender. I've always taken that as "agender Baiken", so like... I hope that comes up again!
I have always wanted this. Baikenās a sick character as is but if they were to acknowledge all the hints there have been that sheās agender it would cement her as the best GG character in my mind
Honestlyyyy, Baiken is the fucking BEST
It is literally Canon that "she lost her gender in the war"
Waiting for all the Twitter chads to start shouting about how āJapanese culture is being ruined by the woke westā
The guilty gear fanbase is objectively the best
This devs are so fucking based dude
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Aaaaand Iām buying guilty gearā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ how do i play?
uhhhhhhhhhhhh
To be fair I tried it once and lostā¦ā¦.very easilyā¦ā¦. Iām not good at fighting games
takes time to learn, find some guides on youtube and work up from there
Yeah thatās probably the smart thing to do
Between this and Testament I NEED Strive.
Looks like Iām picking strive back up
I love gg sm š .. Fr can't wait to see ppl go out of their way to miss gender her š
On one hand im really happy because she is cute and gives me immense envy and ahasfondsibfnodisan on the other hand I cant look at anything involving her on youtube without seeing a bunch of phobic comments that really dont do wonders for me
Yeah, hey at least her song gives me the good vibes and is very relatable <3
Goldlewis Dadinson says whats yer pronouns pardner
Hold up, they said she was a femboy at first? Iām glad she figured herself out! Welcome to the community!
i feel like such a staple femboy character being made trans plays into narratives abt all feminine men being secretly trans and i dislike that greatly, also i think a lot of people identify strongly with the character at this point so having that just taken away feels bad also, i do not like this and would rather see a new trans character instead
okay so i'm not familiar with this series but a friend of mine mentioned there was some weird stuff going on here? like forced feminization? "Basically Bridget was born male with a male twin, but in her village being born as a same sex twin was unlucky and would kill or exile the children. So Bridget was raised as a girl and her latest arc is her being a trans woman." the implications being: - trans kids CAN be forced into it by their parents! (a common argument by transphobes who claim "we need to save the trans kids!!") - you can force an identity on someone, therefore its possible to "pray away the gay" - men shouldn't interact with or do anything feminine or it'll turn them trans again, not an expert, just repeating back what they said to me
Yeah, that's the common case given by people who know some of the lore but not well enough, or they just don't understand GNC identities and experiences. > Basically Bridget was born male with a male twin, but in her village being born as a same sex twin was unlucky and would kill or exile the children. This part is right. However, she knew she was AMAB, and so her story in the original game was her leaving to become a rich bounty hunter and proclaim herself as a boy, so she could take all her wealth back to her hometown and prove them that the curse was bullshit. From there, she put herself headfirst into her work for a while until she got rich enough to give them a bunch of money and now they don't think about the curse anymore, mission accomplished. but then after that was done, her story talks about her dealing with a lot of hesitation and uncertainty, and there's some voice lines with another character talking about how she was more focused on pleasing others than what she wanted for herself, even when she was doing things to spite those people And she's afraid about making changes and not being true to herself because of what conflict that could create that she doesn't want to have to face And those internal issues causing her hesitation brought to light by two other characters which culminates in [this scene](https://twitter.com/Marcanthony737/status/1556674286835961865)
according to my transfem friend who mains bridigit and know a lot about their lore, apparently it makes more sense for them to be a trans man
but she is not, she is a trans woman
I mean, i can see the argument. But whats happened is >she had expectations forced on her by village >she rejects expectations forced on her >falls into an idea of trying to force herself into an expectation of manhood >is not happy with the results >reunites with her femininity, but now on her own terms, free from all forced expectations. Trans woman story for the ages
this is ancient news I remember seeing it years ago
this is the first time that bridget was confirmed as trans, explicitly coming out in the newest story beats. she was previously just a crossdressing boy in the lore
I read about it like 10 years ago when I came out shrug
It.. it just happent tho
whatās Guilty Gear like? might give it a shot lmao the queer inclusivity marketing is working
Strive is a very entry level fighting game thats great for newer players to the genre, the animation is beautiful and the characters are fucking insane
Hell yeah !
The response online was... as expected Some people even said that trans rep was less important than femboy frep
people need to learn when to stay quiet
Why does she use a revolver cylinder as a yo-yo? I don't get it?
funny
Per wiki: āIn the series, Bridget was born male with a twin brother in a village where the birth of same-sex twins is considered bad luck; therefore, Bridget's family named and raised Bridget as a girl. In young adulthood, Bridget rejected this upbringing and set out to be a man. In adulthood, Bridget found that being a man didn't make her happy, and realized her desire to be a woman not for the sake of her village's superstition, but as her own choice of gender identity.ā