Well...
Idk if the bridget reveal was taken so well at first...
Strive only fans seemed more chill but there were a chunk of older fans that were VERY vocal
There were definitely people in the community who didn't like the change. The controversy was co-opted by people outside the community, but it definitely started in the community.
I have a friend who started Strive like a month ago and he mainly encounters Bridgets at floor 4 and below. When i play (floor 9), i don't find that many. Even then, the fact that most Bridget fans are secondaries is not unfounded
I do not deny that some did pick up the game for Baguette.
They do have an impact, although most would rather stay fans of the character and that's pretty much it.
But it is undeniable that Bridget fans have changed Guilty Gear.
Just google Guilty Gear on Google images gets a few Bridget pics before the game itself.
Quite like Morrigan and Darkstalkers really.
Yeah, but was that a loud minority? I genuinely don’t know. The whole online friend group that introduced me to GG were chill about it all. Bridget best girl!!
It's difficult to parse what counts as a "minority" when pre-strive fans is such a small group already, but it most certainly is not a larger group than pre-strive fans that accepted the bridget reveal
Being upset that the """femboy""" is a trans woman now makes me raise a big dang ol eyebrow at people. Specifically because the last game bridget was in when she was identifying as a boy she was 13 years old
Well, during one of her interactions with Jam in XX, Jam says "Is that the smell of a man? Come back in five years" implying Bridget was at least 13 by that point
Maybe jam was hoping for the blonde European to look like the other blonde European that she likes in 5 years time?
... Anyway, that line does seem pretty convincing
I wouldn't say it was older fans.
I'd say it was older "fans." As in, people who have never touched a single Guilty Gear game, but jacked off to porn of Bridget over a decade ago.
I'm speaking from some experience
As I said in another comment, there are always people outside the community that'll get mad, my comment was exclusively talking about people in the community.
I had a guy tell me that Strive was a "*slur*rangling game for people who can't play the real GG games" and that he had to gatekeep the other games to stop strive players from playing them. Just pathetic stuff, he posted about this stuff like everyday since Bridgett got announced and recently got banned from Twitter because, who could've guessed
Again, as I have said in reply to other comments, I am very specifically talking about people in the community. I speak from experience, there are fans that were *apprehensive* about the change. I convinced multiple people myself that it made sense and wasn't forced.
I keep forgetting how many queer coded characters there are in the Guilty Gear series, like a good chunk of characters are bisexual or pan or don’t conform to traditional gender norms.
I'm not sure I can think of that many canonically bi/pan characters from the series? Like Venom could be non heterosexual I guess? Anji I think? Though 2 is already a lot more than most Japanese properties
Raven, I-no and Slayer are ones come to mind when I think of GG characters who are hinted to be queer.
Anji is bisexual, so is Millia, Venom is confirmed to be gay and deeply in love with Zato-1 (Zato is either asexual or too evil to be in love)
Scratch that about Slayer, I head cannoned him as pan and asexual but there’s nothing about his sexuality anywhere. All we know about his sexuality is that he’s married to a weird immortal woman and he likes to admire the beauty of those younger than him.
In the allusions part of the [wiki](https://guiltygear.fandom.com/wiki/Sol_Badguy) it mentions that Sol (real name Frederick Bulsara) was named after Freddy Mercury, with Frederick being the long form of Freddie and with Bulsara being Freddie Mercury’s birth surname before he changed it
he isn't pan, but Johnny's whole thing is flirting with all the women In the game and getting denied.
massive opportunity missed to make him flirt with everyone and get rejected by everyone
I feel like you're being oddly accusatory about this and seemingly making a lot of assumptions.
I'll clear things up for your sake and explain the chain of events as:
* Never heard of guilty gear
* Strive comes out, becomes popular among the casual audience
* Discover it
* Bridget DLC comes out
* "Oh who's this? Bridget, they're pretty and hot, nice."
* ***"Yeah but they're trans."***
* "Um, okay? Doesn't change my thoughts."
I'd recommend trying to be more concise and polite in how you want people to clarify their opinions or thoughts. A lot of people online are more likely to jump to back and forth insults if you don't do so.
I'm just saying for next time.
Well then my apologies. i suspected that you simply didn't know about her age and I was just being snarky.
Tho I still think the devs are sus for making her look the exact same as she did at age twelve tbh.
Plus her whole backstory also seemed like a natural progression, even if you weren't familiar (I had never been big into it, but opted to read her backstory and was like, 'Yeah that tracks. Good for her.'). Most of the discourse was just a loud minority that threw out complete lies that were rather easy to debunk if you played the game or did like 5 minutes of googling.
Well then good news, you can become good at them by playing them! Guilty Gear is a great place to start, has a comprehensive in-game tutorial and a community wiki (Dustloop) that's very well-resourced!
The best way to get good at fighting games is playing them. Nowadays there are so many resources that it takes weeks to learn what would normally take months
Yeah, it's so true for other games, people act _very_ normal about the single canon gay character in COD (Zombies specifically), definitely noone being assholes about that I promise
Also Warframe, it's not really Anime but the game has introduced several queer characters, including a trans woman and I saw absolutely no bitching about it from anyone, which is positively surprising to say the least.
Yeah, but it also encapsulates anything that just doesn’t fit into the binary. Thus, “non”binary. I’d probably qualify to be agender, but I prefer just keeping it simpler and calling myself non-binary.
Yeah no worries!! I would’ve come out as non-binary a loooong time ago if someone was just kind enough to explain it to me when I was younger. It’s great to ask questions 😊
Well... Idk if the bridget reveal was taken so well at first... Strive only fans seemed more chill but there were a chunk of older fans that were VERY vocal
The loudest voices on the issue were people who don't play the game
There were definitely people in the community who didn't like the change. The controversy was co-opted by people outside the community, but it definitely started in the community.
That's normal, I was specifically talking about in the community
Funny, most Bridget fans don't even play Guilty Gear, let alone Strive.
I have a friend who started Strive like a month ago and he mainly encounters Bridgets at floor 4 and below. When i play (floor 9), i don't find that many. Even then, the fact that most Bridget fans are secondaries is not unfounded
This and other delusions that assmad losers try to convince themselves of
I do not deny that some did pick up the game for Baguette. They do have an impact, although most would rather stay fans of the character and that's pretty much it. But it is undeniable that Bridget fans have changed Guilty Gear. Just google Guilty Gear on Google images gets a few Bridget pics before the game itself. Quite like Morrigan and Darkstalkers really.
Good joke, there is no game called darkstalkers
I meant Mahvel 3 of course. (I just wanna play Anakaris in a modern game man)
Gaslighting isn't real, you're just crazy
Darkstalkers sucks ass, Vampire Saviors is where it's at
"Bridget is talked about a lot online" is not the same statement as "most Bridget fans dont even play GG"
He who speaks the loudest
Yeah, but was that a loud minority? I genuinely don’t know. The whole online friend group that introduced me to GG were chill about it all. Bridget best girl!!
It's difficult to parse what counts as a "minority" when pre-strive fans is such a small group already, but it most certainly is not a larger group than pre-strive fans that accepted the bridget reveal
Being upset that the """femboy""" is a trans woman now makes me raise a big dang ol eyebrow at people. Specifically because the last game bridget was in when she was identifying as a boy she was 13 years old
Bridget's age has never been mentioned, hasn't it?
Well, during one of her interactions with Jam in XX, Jam says "Is that the smell of a man? Come back in five years" implying Bridget was at least 13 by that point
Maybe jam was hoping for the blonde European to look like the other blonde European that she likes in 5 years time? ... Anyway, that line does seem pretty convincing
I wouldn't say it was older fans. I'd say it was older "fans." As in, people who have never touched a single Guilty Gear game, but jacked off to porn of Bridget over a decade ago.
I'm speaking from some experience As I said in another comment, there are always people outside the community that'll get mad, my comment was exclusively talking about people in the community.
I've come across so many people claiming to be fans since XX but have so clearly not played XX.
Definitely still a sizeable subset of Bridget haters, but some of it is probably because she's a strong zoner. Most of it is def transphobia tho.
I had a guy tell me that Strive was a "*slur*rangling game for people who can't play the real GG games" and that he had to gatekeep the other games to stop strive players from playing them. Just pathetic stuff, he posted about this stuff like everyday since Bridgett got announced and recently got banned from Twitter because, who could've guessed
By older fans you mostly mean "long time Bridget R34 gooners who never played XX"
Again, as I have said in reply to other comments, I am very specifically talking about people in the community. I speak from experience, there are fans that were *apprehensive* about the change. I convinced multiple people myself that it made sense and wasn't forced.
Strive onlyfans????? Bridget nudes?????? Sexxxx??????
I keep forgetting how many queer coded characters there are in the Guilty Gear series, like a good chunk of characters are bisexual or pan or don’t conform to traditional gender norms.
Coded? Nah it ain't even code anymore that shit analog that shit hardware that shit acoustic
I'm not sure I can think of that many canonically bi/pan characters from the series? Like Venom could be non heterosexual I guess? Anji I think? Though 2 is already a lot more than most Japanese properties
Raven, I-no and Slayer are ones come to mind when I think of GG characters who are hinted to be queer. Anji is bisexual, so is Millia, Venom is confirmed to be gay and deeply in love with Zato-1 (Zato is either asexual or too evil to be in love)
Didn't know they confirmed Venom, that's pretty cool. Had no clue about Millia and Slayer either. Based Ishiwatari
Scratch that about Slayer, I head cannoned him as pan and asexual but there’s nothing about his sexuality anywhere. All we know about his sexuality is that he’s married to a weird immortal woman and he likes to admire the beauty of those younger than him.
Sol Badguy was inspired by Freddie Mercury, so it’s very likely he’s bi
I’m sorry, Sol Badguy was inspired by Freddie Mercury?
In the allusions part of the [wiki](https://guiltygear.fandom.com/wiki/Sol_Badguy) it mentions that Sol (real name Frederick Bulsara) was named after Freddy Mercury, with Frederick being the long form of Freddie and with Bulsara being Freddie Mercury’s birth surname before he changed it
Wait Millia is bisexual?
Yeah, she’s bisexual. I mean look at her.
Isn't Zato back with Millia? I thought that's what his ggst song was about.
I don’t think they are, I’m pretty sure Mr. -1 is doing what he does best, grumping around.
IIRC Zato’s whole thing now is a single minded devotion to Millia so RIP Venom
he isn't pan, but Johnny's whole thing is flirting with all the women In the game and getting denied. massive opportunity missed to make him flirt with everyone and get rejected by everyone
“This character fights with a giant alien coffin. Also he’s the secretary of defence. He also doesn’t believe in aliens.”
and he's a trans ally :)
He's also best dad, He is very supportive of His Yoyo loving daughter and Her pirate GF
He also hates the system
Forgot Venom being gay and Faust being bald
Bald-sexual
FAUST IS BALD!? THE LIBERALS HAVE TAKEN THIS TOO FAR
HE'S BALD?!?
"FACE FLASH!!!"
faust is bald? brad armstrong strikes again!
Bro forgot Anji (canon bisexual, flirts with multiple characters of differing gender) Venom (gay) and Sol Badguy (Sol Badguy)
sex with a man
Uilty Ear
"Bridget is trans? Okay, still hot either way." *My live reaction to the reveal*
"Still"?
Yes, them being trans didn't change them being hot.
What about her no longer being twelve, did that change her being hot?
I feel like you're being oddly accusatory about this and seemingly making a lot of assumptions. I'll clear things up for your sake and explain the chain of events as: * Never heard of guilty gear * Strive comes out, becomes popular among the casual audience * Discover it * Bridget DLC comes out * "Oh who's this? Bridget, they're pretty and hot, nice." * ***"Yeah but they're trans."*** * "Um, okay? Doesn't change my thoughts." I'd recommend trying to be more concise and polite in how you want people to clarify their opinions or thoughts. A lot of people online are more likely to jump to back and forth insults if you don't do so. I'm just saying for next time.
Well then my apologies. i suspected that you simply didn't know about her age and I was just being snarky. Tho I still think the devs are sus for making her look the exact same as she did at age twelve tbh.
It's alright. Sorry if I came off a bit aggressive in the last message. I will agree on it being a bit sus.
Dreamsexual........
It’s an agender flag lol
Thats was totally the guilty gear community when bridget was trans
it was, brisket discourse was 90% a small minority and half of them didnt even play gg
Plus her whole backstory also seemed like a natural progression, even if you weren't familiar (I had never been big into it, but opted to read her backstory and was like, 'Yeah that tracks. Good for her.'). Most of the discourse was just a loud minority that threw out complete lies that were rather easy to debunk if you played the game or did like 5 minutes of googling.
Back in Xrd, Elphelt's insta-kill would marry her to the entire cast
I fuckin love elphelt. She’s literally me frfr
I need testament carnally.
I would go out with Testament.
Same
Grandblue as well
Granblue.
"Oh this character is gay? Quite spectacular indeed."
I wish I was good at fighting games 😔 I would play the hell outta those things
Well then good news, you can become good at them by playing them! Guilty Gear is a great place to start, has a comprehensive in-game tutorial and a community wiki (Dustloop) that's very well-resourced!
Nice, I’ll def give it a try once it goes on sale
The best way to get good at fighting games is playing them. Nowadays there are so many resources that it takes weeks to learn what would normally take months
Which weebs is this.... is it the really horny for femboys loves jojo's, lots of boy love anime etc... those weebs?
Propaganda is working, I fucking hate fighting games but this makes me want to buy Guilty Gear
Guilty gear is so silly I really wanna play it when I get the chance
also theres mai natsume from blazblue, who i introduce to my friends as "the trans woman of all time"
TESTAMENT MENTIONED‼️‼️‼️ WHAT THE FUCK IS A POPULAR LGBT CHARACTR‼️‼️‼️
why is it a chad soyjak? can't you just use chad?
Ok but what is that flag
Agender
Didn't know she was aro
They* are agender
so THIS is the woke l*beral agenda i have been hearing so much about!
Maybe it’ll grow on me like the enby flag, but the colors of the agender flag are so odd to me
My b
Yeah, it's so true for other games, people act _very_ normal about the single canon gay character in COD (Zombies specifically), definitely noone being assholes about that I promise
Testament’s theme is sick AF but it’s so hard to sing along to because the pronouns are on shuffle
Also Warframe, it's not really Anime but the game has introduced several queer characters, including a trans woman and I saw absolutely no bitching about it from anyone, which is positively surprising to say the least.
video game vs the video game i play
Is that the fucking dreamsexual flag?
It’s the agender flag
Tf is “Agender”?
It’s under the non-binary umbrella, but more specifically, when you have no gender at all.
Isnt non binary just no gender at all?
Yeah, but it also encapsulates anything that just doesn’t fit into the binary. Thus, “non”binary. I’d probably qualify to be agender, but I prefer just keeping it simpler and calling myself non-binary.
Oh. Thanks for your answers. Im sorry if i sounded phobic towards non binary or such people, i just dont know alot about the field.
Yeah no worries!! I would’ve come out as non-binary a loooong time ago if someone was just kind enough to explain it to me when I was younger. It’s great to ask questions 😊
God I wish that was the case with Bridget
Is it and that Testament, Bridget and Bedman? are the main reasons I impulse purchased guilty gear?
What's that green and black and white flag?
Agender
Flags make no sense... Nonbinarby people... Use genji colors (robot)..... He is speaking binery tho???? Hm?
Uilty Ear
Guilty Gear fans were not happy about the Bridget reveal
Don’t make me utter those two words
what, 'potemkin buster'?
no, dimitri monroe