@@SaiyanGamer95 They are now, but the 'bounty in the forest near the town' plotline, Bridget wanted that bounty to show their town how their superstition is wrong. I don't remember the specifics on how they became friends though. I assume Bridget got to know Dizzy during Dizzy's sky pirate escapades. I know Jam is the one who (falsely LOL) claimed Dizzy's bounty.
So many people in the comments with their own agendas. The moral of the story is clearly that when someone is lost and confused about who they are, the best thing you can do is gently support them figuring it out regardless of what it means- NOT to pass judgement on any given outcome.
Having dysphoria is kind of the standard experience for transgender peapole, so probably but Bridget definitely had more(It's more of a temporary thing most of the time, there always will be a little of it, but it fades into nothingness with time both in and out of the closet)
@@elbrachoxddd5883 Popping in to say that's it necessarily "standard" as one doesn't need to have dysphoria to be trans. The better indicator is the euphoria when their gender is affirmed.
The important thing to remember here, is that NOBODY in the story is forcing her to be anything anymore. There was her history, but she's beyond that now. With that in mind, the two paths for Bridget in this game are "I realized I'm a girl" and "I'm working on figuring myself out" and you could very easily say she's trans in those endings too, she just doesn't say it to Gold and Ky... because she's still figuring it out. It's like she says in that coming out ending, she's not 100% sure yet if it's the right choice. Just, think about it. Whether she wins or loses certain battles doesn't change her identity. These endings only serve to highlight different aspects of the same character. That character is a trans girl.
Given that all the endings have to conform to canon, as they are all meant to reveal different aspects of that character, this makes sense. Even if it does not directly land at the same point, it is still a step towards that in the greater scheme of her story.
Thats kinda awfull when your understand Bridget s history and how all this is talking about how bridget s parents lied to an entire town about the gender of the twins. The real choice to make... is just talking about unveil the truth.
@@zabelinextreme927 I'm on you with that. I knew Bridget story about being pretty much forced from birth to act as a gender he wasn't to avoid persecution and possibly death by the hands of a superstitious village. While Bridget have a choice now on how to move things on, people who weren't into the Guilty Gear lore just champion a character who was lied about itself since birth about it's gender. I do wonder how the music would go if the scenario was flipped.
Watching these endings multiple times (plus my first exposures to this mode being Bedman and Asuka, which definitely have this feel), I have concluded that Bridget's endings are meant less as binary (heh) "good" and "bad" endings, and more to be read as snippets of one overarching narrative that culminates in the Stage 9 Ending. Stage 1: Bridget, a boy who dresses up like a girl, is starting to question who he really is. Between his debut and -STRIVE-, he has likely spent plenty of time away from the village who thought him a metaphorical black cat, and the parents who raised him as a girl in response to such. Stage 7 Endings: Bridget gets what amounts to a "You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to go through" lecture from Blonde John Goodman over here. This lights the fire Bridget needs under him to truly think about his issues, putting him on the path that will eventually lead him to Ky. Stage 8 Filthy Casual Endings: Ky basically advises Bridget to look at things from the perspective of happiness and what might satisfy them in the future. This prompts Bridget to figure "Perhaps I'm just as comfortable with being a girl" and self affirm from there. Stage 8 Flawless Ending and Stage 9 Ending: Of course, self affirmation and going public are two different things, so Bridget seeks out Ky (revered Gear slayer now basically a Gear himself) again to get his thoughts on the latter. Ky tells Bridget that as long as she has people who support her, she should not be afraid of other's thoughts. Bridget seems to take that to heart and basically gets adopted at the end (something I'm a sucker for, the adoption in all but name thing I mean).
They confirmed that this is true (for every character's arcade modes) in direct response to people misinterpreting this specifc arcade mode, yeah. None of the paths are necessarily "good" or "bad", they're all meant to show different parts of the characters
No matter the ending, the message is "Only you know who you are, and don't be afraid to reach out to those willing to help you if you need it." and HOLY SHIT THAT IS A FUCKING *RAW* message to send through the Arcade Mode dialogue of a DLC character for a fighting game. Love how it's written too, especially the flawless ending drawing things out with so much weight in the dialogue and leaving her eventual choice ambiguous. The point isn't "'Cowgirl' is fine, because I'm a girl.", it's that Bridget is Bridget and only Bridget gets to say what that means, and that's fucking awesome.
There is people that argue that then Solo Ending doesnt has Bridget coming out as a girl, and its only the ""bad""(it isnt even a bad ending,there is no such thing in the arcade mode) ending. But the whole conversation in the other ending is clearly about coming out as well,just not spelled out on your face.
It's infuriating, I'm currently trying to express that to a few people on another video. I don't understand how a character realizing they're unhappy and getting help from people who care about them in what they want in life and what makes them comfortable. Nah that's the bad end, they need to stay unhappy and forcing themselves to be something they're not because these people can't accept that their trap character has more depth then just crossdressing. Granted most trap characters do but a lot of people ignore that and only focus on the trap aspect.
Yeah, you got it! in fact the flawless ending is EXTREMELY blunt with this, saying "Have I convinced you? No matter what others think, I will not change. Not even if this body turns to gear." No matter what his body is, he's still Ky, and this is in *Bridget's* arcade story, with Ky trying to help. I just hate how people twist it thinking when Bridget says "she wants to be her true self" that means 'Male', because to certain people 'true self' only means the body they're born into. While Ky literally says it doesn't matter what his own body is like, which is a HUGE change from his old self who absolutely fucking despised all Gears. And Bridget basically agrees with Ky's sentiment for her own outlook.
@@swimcheesy186 naw you good. It's an RSI/tendon issue. So it just needs time to recover. But yeah, these are much appreciated. Especially the time stamps in the description. Thanks for the upload 👍
@@RyanBrown2K5 Probably it was typing for many hours on a new ergonomic keyboard. My tendons just didn't have the stamina built to keep up yet. And the new range of motion made for a much different experience typing. So every day I kept pushing them without realizing it until they started hurting when I typed. At which point it was already too late. I was like 80k words into a word document when I realized. That's about a small books worth of words written in a 2-3 weeks. As for what I should have been doing to avoid the RSI: Probably I needed to do light tendon stretches and ease up on the typing until I could build up enough stamina. Turns out, ergonomic keyboards are kinda a scam... And they don't help prevent RSI's... Would have been good to know a month ago... Also, Speech To Text, I probably should have been using that for just raw word transcription. It was dumb to even type that much in the first place...
In all honesty, being non-binary myself, seeing Bridget come to terms with who she is never fails to make me smile. Maybe I, and I'm sure many others, just relate since we all had similar conflictions before coming out.
You all have terrible reading comprehension, please retake 9th grade english class. There's no "oh actually Bridget is still a man in the flawless run" just because she doesn't look at the camera and go "I'm a woman". Also many of the arcade endings are all canon which you'd know if you were actually guilty gear players.
These people insist on just outright lying about how Strive's arcade mode works and lie about Bridget's backstory. Of course they don't play the games.
As someone who never play guilty gear from this video I can tell that it a coming out story People like say unfaithful to Japanese version but I heard that the translations and localizations are done in-house and was over look by Daisuke Only time Bridget say she a boy is in stage 1 but she hesitance to correct Goldlewis and look unhappy saying it to be honest this whole controversy will be forgotten about and people find something else to bitch about because that just how social media is from my experience
If he is outwardly displayed as a girl through the whole story, then true self would refer to what they were not outwardly displaying themselves as, and in fact be the opposite right?
@@theglitchcounter264 You're mistaken. Bridget, while presenting feminine, corrects the others at first when they refer to her as a girl by stating "I'm a boy" in an upset tone. It's uncomfortable for her because the body she was born into was that of a man, which means she felt obligated to correct them when they call her a girl. it is not "She's dressed as a girl and conflicted so that means she's a boy." It's more like, "Despite her appearance, she feels it's necessary to tell others she's a boy simply because of her biology. She's conflicted so that means she's a girl who simply hasn't had the courage to admit to it yet"
She keeps talking about being happy but not TRULY happy in every ending where she doesnt come out as a girl, talking about how shes worried what people would think and that she wants to live as her 'true self' and im just confused as how delusional you gotta be to think shes talking about being a boy dressed as a girl, you know, the thing she already is. She wouldnt be talking about being worried to live as her true self if her true self is femboy
Really if you think about it it's kind of lame and stupid and really Bridget is just stealing Kirby and ness's thing I know it's supposed to be a magic yo-yo but when your weapon is a yo-yo and a teddy bear nobody is going to ever take you seriously.
Which is part of the reason why she can't return to her village as a girl. She was a bounty hunter as a guy to prove their superstitions wrong - but she's happier as a woman, ergo why she can't return to prove their superstitions right AGAIN.
@The professional loser Because he's not. A single line in an optional ending, only accessible by losing, is their "proof" that a character they've never heard of until this week has canonically changed his gender...
guilty gear strive presents us with the raw fantasy of living in a world where even the republican secretary of defense provides trans affirming advice
This makes showing people Bridget's story is pretty linear instead of tidbits of Day 1 being leaked all over the place with no cohesion to speak of. Thanks for this.
My pleasure and thank you! Just sucks that people are also still taking bits of it out of context, but I just want to make sure the full arcades are shared in one convenient place!
@Loque seado Nome importa Depends on the exact game. In Strive's arcade mode there are 3 endings that up to showing the full narrative. The normal route and ending is for losing a round but not a match on stage 1, the hard route and ending are if you lost a round but not a match on stages 2-7, and the Extreme route and ending are for if you get through everything without losing a single round and thus can access stage 9. With every other character in Strive the different endings build up different parts of the same narrative and form a cohesive whole when taken together.
@@swimcheesy186I think the important part is she’s changed… I consider the fact that she’s a girl to be the final say for rn (because no ending cutscene said she’s a boy but one said she was a girl, only the beginning ones said boy) but if in the next game one of her cutscenes said she was a boy again she’s growing more. I’m proud of her journey and want to be able to be more like her
@@LenaSpark412we ain’t going to get another one for awhile probably most likely what will be next will be new blaz blue taking inspiration from what they accomplished in strive simple to learn combos hopefully a dub for different regions not just sub
"Let's make this a serious duel" So lemme get this straight Bridget, a normal human with a yoyo, could fight Ky in dragon install when sol couldn't even beat normal ky? Where I-no had to have the power of God and Anime on her side to fight him? Like even if ky isn't going all out those must be some SICK yoyo tricks Edit: my first run with Bridget in arcade and it was my first time ever making it to stage 8 flawlessly. I have never done this with any character. Not even Giovanna, my main, who I have more levels in than the rest of the cast combined.
Only on a good day :P his is one of those situations where the character should canonically lose, which is why the fight is so difficult, but you the player have the power to change that outcome. Also the dialogue afterwards would still fit perfectly if Bridget lost the fight, so it's probably cannon that they didn't win but were pushed to their limits, or at least that's how this sort of thing usually gets handled, after all not everyone can beat the final boss, but in Xrd's story mode every character recounts their arcade mode fight with Ramlethal regardless of who actually beat Ram.
I saw people arguing on a message board about whether they were trans or not, so I decided to come here and see for myself since I'm able to see everything both ways. After getting most ways through, I could still see it both ways, everything that was said could still be taken either for or against if you look at it from both angles. But at 6:02 I found the deciding factor. They say straight up that from now on they're done lying to their self, followed by being asked whether it was cowgirl or cowboy. Their next line right after the character development was that cowgirl was fine. Not "cowboy", not "either or", but "cowgirl". Taking all what was previously said into context (actually watch it through, don't base you opinion on one comment), it's been made clear that she really wants to be a girl. At the beginning she tells people that she's a boy. And after the character development, she chooses cowgirl instead of cowboy. Pretty cut and dry in my opinion.
@@alpha-tomahawk532 it's around 40s into this video: ruclips.net/video/DzWjPRbxt-M/видео.html he does it as a follow up after sacred edge if he has 100% tension I have no idea what he says / what it's called, but it sounds badass
Bridget: "I'm a girl!" Random weebs online: "we'll have you considered the cultural context and that maybe she was saying it in a bad way or maybe arcsys pressured daisuke or maybe daisuke pressured arcsys or maybe they're just pandering"
So what I'm seeing from the flawless run ending and the bad ending is twitter took a line out of context and ran with it from the bad ending. So Bridget isn't actually a girl, twitter is just being twitter? yeah I figured.
It doesn’t seem like the flawless ending says Bridget’s not a girl though. We don’t know what bridget’s conclusion on their identity is, just that they are deciding to be true to theirself. And considering the androgyny symbol pin thing on their hood I think it’s fair to say there is more going on than just being a boy.
@@hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938 well the japanese bio doesn’t use any pronouns so it’s not entirely clear. I fully support her being trans and think she probably is but I’m just stating what we strictly know.
I'm not sure about the direction they're taking here, but one thing I do know is Goldlewis is one hell of a guy. I respect the advice he slaps down on this confused young person, and the understanding and lack of judgement he gives. It's just... Beautiful.
I believe what Daisuke and the Guilty Gear staff is trying to say about gender, is that there is no real answer. But just ones own interpretation in what makes them happy. I believe that’s why we have so many different endings. Kind of describing that our choices and experiences ultimately shape who we are. Bridget could just conform and live being a female if they so choose to. Or they could just accept being a boy and live a feminine lifestyle. Because screw gender expectations, you should do what’s best for you. By the end of the day you’re the one who decides what you wanted be, and how you want to live your life. EDIT: Wow I’m surprised about the likes. Thank You. But I like to add more context to my opinion. In terms of which ending I support. I’d say I have to go with Ky. Bridget continuing to live as a boy and going back to their village regardless of what they think of them, is inspiring. Bridget was groomed to be female, but never hated the way they lived. However this made them conflicted whenever or not they should live as said gender. I find it empowering that a man chooses to live a feminine lifestyle, regardless of gender. Especially in my experience at least, men are judged harshly for their masculinity. But Bridget is able to live as a boy and be comfortable with feminine way of life. You don’t have to be a female to live femininely. Other reason why I choose this ending, isn’t because it’s the true ending.I’m not trying find which is canon or not. I still believe this arc is about ones interpretation. I just find that to be a really interesting perspective. Another answer for someone struggling to find their identity. But Im not really a big fan of Bridget decision about being a girl. Not that being a girl was bad. I just don’t like the way they did it. I believe it’s a bad rap for trans representation. I know the people in the LGBT community always wanting representation. But I have to ask them. Is this really the kind of representation they want? Seeing Bridget‘s backstory, a person who was groomed to being a said gender, without really giving a choice in the matter. Doesn’t really look good on paper. The person who wants to transition, it should be completely up to them. Not an outside party, regardless if it’s their own family. Even some trans people agree that’s it’s not a good example of representation. But that’s my opinion. End of the day, it’s whatever you choose that makes you happy.
Yep whether they calls themselves a boi or girl (like in one ending), tbh doesnt really matter. Bridget wlll still being bridget, born a male, lives as a girl. I dont see that will be changed, so its still same bridget like they ever were.
that's a really hard thing to do too.. being able to accept yourself, despite all those bad experiences that happened with people forcing you into that role despite your saying, or doing it in a really bad environment and exposing you mostly to the bad sides of it all. Also, I don't understand why people are confused about this.. Did people forget the friends Bridget made with the Jellyfish Pirates? How is anyone surprised that Bridget being exposed to some of the best and supportive girls in the world, would make her consider embracing being a girl? Like you said, people are treating Bridget like a prize, or an objective.. That's no different from how Bridget's parents treated her, everything about that decision to me feels like it'll lead down a path of regret with the coin being flipped on the same type of pscyhos being controlling of Bridget staying a boy, instead of letting Bridget choose what makes her happy.
@@toxicitzi357 that's why I'm considering the flawless end Canon. I'm sad at the lost of one of the people thst made me realize I myself was bisexual, but as long as its well written and it's their choice and theirs alone, I can accept it.
Yes, there is a real answer. It is known the instant you slide out of the womb, and will remain the same even after you're dead. No amount of time, money, words, and thoughts will ever change that. Bridget is a boy, that is the real answer.
Basically Goldlewis advocates it's okay to fit the mold, since it reduces conflict and makes life easier. Ky, on the other hand, says his personal way of life is to always do what he feels is the right thing, even if it would bring him personal discomfort. His BODY may change outwardly, but who he is inside never will. The whole thing is intentionally left ambiguous, because as both Ky and Goldlewis point out, Bridget DOESN'T know his/her own identity in the first place. Years of being brought up as a girl did have an effect, so right now Bridget has no idea what to be. It's "what Bridget is familiar with" vs "what Bridget wishes to be". Goldlewis and Ky represent those two things. But which one is picked is left up in the air in the Perfect Run ending.
@@diegosonochi2775 the bios for GG are often red herrings, like when Faust's claimed he was a freaking fairy (he's not, he just has paranormal powers that make him feel like one to sensitive people) and Johnny's depicted him as basically a stereotypical fairytale hero (which is the furthest thing from what he is lol). So excuse me if I prefer to go off the endings rather than bios that have been dubiously incomplete even in the past - in no small part because usually written in-universe by staff of the PWAB, which have been THE VILLAINS for most of the series. Justice's used to paint her as the Devil, then we found out (in her story modes) that she had excellent reasons for going on the rampage she did, which openly contradicted her bio.
@@GenocideHeart once is the history saying that she is a giant mecha that has come to earth to teach us yoyo tricks and another one is the bio saying "she/her" With testament "they/them" there wss no problem WTF
Knowing Brigets past and their confusion I can't help but feel bad. They're conflicted about who they are because of some village superstition. Thats pretty sad Im glad Goldlewis and Ky is trying to help Bridget out though everyone seems to be turning a new leaf in this game. Baiken, Ky, Bridget, Testament, Sol, Ram etc. Its nice to see 💕
This may be the last game in the franchise. Creative director said "this game will be the end of Sol Badguy's story" in interviews and a lot of plot conclusions are happening. But Strive also sold 100x more copies than any past title in the franchise so who knows. We still don't even know Nagoryuki's past yet.
@@FullMetalSnorlax I'm guessing it will end SOL'S story. But there's many more out there. Frederick. Ky. Faust. The vast conspiracies of the government and those who aren't going to let those happen. As a good example, look at KoF. Games come in sagas, each set filling an arc. Maybe after the Sol/That Man saga, we'll get to see a story where it is the characters fighting to remove the current order and usher in a new age of peace.
@@FullMetalSnorlax the end of sol's story as he gets KY to realize his hypocrisy as he became an azure striker now(I mean cmon, blonde hair, uses lightning, blue clothes and is a dragon now?)
Aight so both sides are basically the same, one alludes and the other flat out says it. The Arcade endings are canonical to that characters timeline so this is a good clear up for me....I mean I’m sure all the arcade endings in a characters run are canon to begin with but this helped sway some confusion i had with some people’s dialogue about her.
I've been seeing topics about this all day today and I've had a lot of time to see these cutscenes and come to my own conclusion based on the info I have. I believe that in the Flawless ending, Bridget is still searching for the true answer, but Ky has pushed Bridget into a path of making a change. When Bridget says "I want to live as my true-self", this could mean staying as they are, or it could mean finally presenting as a boy, facing down whatever consequences that brings, and learning something new about themselves. I don't really have the answers, but I seem to remember in XX, Bridget would always correct people about their gender. They say that it's been 6 or so years between then and Strive. For that amount of time, Bridget could have had to do this same ole song and dance about explaining being a boy that entire period. Bridget saying "Cowgirl is fine" might be Bridget taking the safe option of continuing to be seen as a girl. At this point, being a girl is their default. It's who they were raised to be. But in the Flawless Ending where Bridget says "I want to be my true-self" this is ambiguous and left to personal interpretation. In my speculation, I think GG might give Bridget a more androgynous appearance or even a masculine with a change in fighting style with the Yo-Yo's and Roger, in a future title or even an update. I think this would make sense for Bridget's story arc. However, that's just a speculation, I have no idea what Daisuke is planning and I don't wish to invalidate people's feeling on Bridget being trans at all. But this is how I personally interpret the character and I hope some of you can see where I'm coming from.
Bridget being trans is the worst thing that could happen. Bridget's situation is literally that of a trans male born female. He was raised as a girl all his life because of some stupid cultural rule, but identified as a man and insisted that he was male. Now, they've completely erased all that just to appease progressive people..? This plot point, Bridget becoming trans female, not only doesn't make sense, it's completely dismissive of real gender dysphoria. You don't become trans by being fucking raised into it.
When Bridget talks about "No matter what others think" and "Going public" it sounds like he means coming out as a boy. Bridget presents himself as a girl to the world. There is no coming out as a girl for Bridget. The world already thinks he's a girl. He is struggling with coming out as his "true self", which is a boy.
Personally, between what Bridget talks about in the “I’m a girl!” Route and the pronouns used in her official bio, I think it’s the intention of the writers that she is a trans woman and that’s where her internal struggle is coming from. Bridget is encouraged to be brave and strive for a future where she’s happy in that ending - she wouldn’t say “I’m a girl!” with such enthusiasm if she was regressing instead. The other endings just build on that central realisation.
I read the comments and I think there is a misconception with the interpretation of the TRUE ending. Bridget being confirmed trans or cis was not the point of the ending. The point of the ending was Bridget being true to him/herself and accepting who they are free of societal expectations. For a person undergoing gender dysmorphia, deciding on a path is a completely internal calculus, unforuntately we live in a society where external societal expectations can cause destructive and ultimately unhelpful stressors on a gender dysmorphic person, leading to those people rejecting who they truly are in a bad faith attempt to conform to said societys gender roles or living in a society that rejects the version of themselves when they act in good faith way to be themseleves. Ky gave Bridget the best possible option society can give a trans person, the freedom to make their own choice on the matter and regardless of their decions the promise of acceptance and support. Goldlewis simply didn't want to misgender a person he just meet, Ky on the other hand, told Bridget that their gender didn't matter because in his eyes they were just Bridget. Didn't expect to keep this deep from playing an Anime fighter but here we are.
The freedom to be yourself and make your own choice is the most important thing ever, and it's sad that society wants to force things on people. Bridget did not let society choose for her in the end and that's great. Bridget can be Bridget and that's that.
I think Goldlewis was legitimately trying to help on part of all the advice based on his own experiences. He really did seem like he could empathize with Bridget even if the details differed. That's just my take as a guy who hasn't had to deal with this sort of thing though.
So, to see the relevant ending to all the drama in Japanese for myself I have to be good enough to beat all but the last two stages without losing once on Hard, so much for it being "The Bad Ending" as other places claim, seems more like the Neutral Ending to me.
Also, that's the ending even if you do it perfectly. You have to have already gotten the "I'm a girl!" ending to get the rest. It's literally required reading.
@@Margatroid You literally make up lies about the localization of this game based on zero facts and talk about things Strive doesn't even have. You freaks made fake emails to push your agenda. You weirdos are the ones acting Orwellian.
So from what I gather: Bridget refers to himself as a girl in the bad ending only. Got it. You know, as someone who got into Guilty Gear when XX came out way back when, and following the character development and story up to that point, this whole debate just goes to show how many people just don't know Bridget's backstory. He has always called himself a boy, and much to the dismay of Johnny. Bridget does not like being called a girl, and will correct people if they mistake him for one. I think it's a little disrespectful to Bridget's entire story up to this point to suddenly start calling him a girl or trans. He was forced by his parents to dress and act like a girl due to his village's superstitious beliefs. There's a whole level of pretty icky implications that pop up if you strip away that part, which I won't mention here. You can put 1 and 1 together. Thanks for the video by the way! Final note: More importantly, at the end of the day, you should feel happy as you are and how you feel. If there's at least one message you can take from this story mode, it's that.
On the other hand, maybe that's why Bridget is so conflicted. Because they don't want to prove the superstition right or make their parents feel bad, the idea of accepting they actually like being a girl is... scary. But it seems very off to call what's shown as a positive ending a 'bad' ending, if Bridget saying they're a girl is bad, why don't they show anything at all that says "this is bad"? Why do they instead show two supportive characters letting Bridget decide their pronouns?
@@mika9578 what do you mean? It doesn’t confirm their identity either which way. It’s left ambiguous if Bridget heeded Ky’s advice. So we’re just back to square one.
@@Crazedviewer the true ending is more dialogue about living as your "authentic self" which doesnt contradict the other one and is pretty heavy-handedly about coming out
@@mika9578 The flawless run does talk about being afraid to reveal something but, here's the thing. You might hear that and go "well that sounds like coming out as trans". But that makes no sense to me at all. Bridget's town either still thinks Bridget is a girl *because of Bridget's parents,* or Bridget told the town Bridget was a man before Bridget left to go prove them wrong. See, Bridget was raised to be a girl because of a superstition in Bridget's town. That two twin males would bring about heavy misfortune. To the point where they could've been threatened with death. So Bridget's parents raised Bridget as a girl to protect Bridget. Bridget became a bounty hunter to prove the superstition wrong by sending Bridget's fortunes to the town. That was Bridget's original arc, to prove that Bridget being a boy wasn't a bad thing. So with that context, what does that sound like to you? Does that sound like coming out as a girl, or a boy? And if it's coming out as a girl, who in the village would take issue? They either always thought Bridget was a girl, or they can breathe a sigh of relief knowing Bridget wasn't actually a boy. Bridget being a boy is *what they're afraid of.*
So… what you are telling me is that Stage 8 flawless and win + Stage 9 win, where Bridget speaks with Ky, he praises Ky and wants to be like him. Ok… let's recap: Stage 8: Bridget praises Ky about Ky being public and not afraid, not wanting to lie to himself. Bridget wants to be like him. They then proceed to have the real final fight, Stage 9. Stage 9: "have I convinced you yet? No matter what others think, I will not change, not even if this body turns to gear" > "No matter what others think huh… I'll admit that stilli scares me a little, but I want to live as my true self, at least that's how I feel now that I've WATCHED you" What did Bridget "watch"? A version of Ky that combines what he originally is + his new form with gear cells. If anything, this means Bridget is willing to accept both his male side and feminine side are his true self together, not a singular gender identification. I think people fixated in the "I'm a girl" line from staaaages ago are ignoring what Bridget's true development is at the VERY last ending, which is embracing both sides of himself, not discarding one of them, just like Ky, who he wants to be like. I'm not against Trans rights, but I cannot conclude he is one when this FULL narrative is properly analyzed, but rather it's closer to being bigender, or an otokonoko which is the term that Japan keep using to refer to him. Plus, this actually goes in line with proving himself as strong, not giving in into other people's misconceptions about his gender. That's why accepting his feminine side as ALSO part of his self is the real development. Discarding his male gender entirely would only be a contradiction and wouldn't be able to be really called a development of the character. "Not change" literally means not stopping from being what he is, so to discard one gender for another would go against this logic Ky is talking about entirely. You literally can use "he" and "she" if you want in this case, cause Bridget is no longer bothered by it after his talk with Ky. Bridget has finally overcome this, by his own choice. There is no reason why a much earlier stage line would serve as the true conclusion of his character development, instead of the actual final stage and his important talk with one of the main character of the GG series. People need to realize this.
The world knows Bridget as "a boy", Bridget had been self-asserting (with hesitation, here in GGST) to be "a boy". While bigender would be nice to see in a game, the overall narrative of this arcade mode pretty plainly hews toward Bridget's prior assertions being invalid to her true self.
Kinda just seems like the moral of the story is that : no matter what Bridget decides his true self is, be it boy, girl, or whatever his true feelings lie in, he'll still always be Bridget. It's a pretty wholesome ending and piece of guidance from Ky that even if one changes physically or mentally, they're still the same person.
Agree. In the end bridget still bridget. Born a boi, lives as a girl. This wont change whatever he decide to call himself boi / girls anyway lol. Not sure why lot ppl making fuss of it.
@@ktrimpx how would you know? As far as I know, you were only born once, and dont have a say on what it truly means to be happy with oneself. Live and let live buddy
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 No, they aren't. They're abused into it. Their cult tried to do the same to me, but I am a strong femboy who didn't fall for it.
That “cowgirl is fine” bit came from a bad end! Hahahahah, that’s amazing! It’s kinda like Sol’s arcade mode In GGXXAC where he kills his past self but if you do it flawlessly he decides he doesn’t like the idea of disappearing so he doesn’t.
Except it isn't a bad end and this isn't XXAC. Your comparison is apples to oranges and you're just screaming she must be a totally different character solely in one scene for your bullshit to work.
@@Alice-May >Not a bad end You lost a round. If you lose a round on any fight you get shifted to the bad end. No exceptions. > Isn't XXAC Brilliant observation! It's still guilty gear so I don't know what your point is. Bad ends work in strive the *same way* they worked in previous entries. Considering that his gender doesn't even come up in the true end (When Bridget beats Ky all by himself) the "he's trans" argument falls flat because it's not canon. A bad end, not canon. Who would've guessed? Please fact check before you embarrass yourself again.
@@VanceAsagi Right, so you're ignoring that fact that in Strive's arcade mode NO ONE ELSE HAS BAD ENDINGS. That's something you people made up about it and scream must be there for Bridget to justify ignoring things. You have no source on Strive itself on having them, its purely a fantasy you made up.
@@Alice-May the only fantasy here is you believing a bad end is canon. That’s like believing that Baiken killing I-No is canon when it’s not. Even trans people are saying that forcing Bridget to be trans is wrong. I bet you’re new to Guilty Gear. Probably didn’t even know that Sol’s favorite band is Queen. Hey if you want any to contour to be wrong go right ahead. Me and the rest of the real GG fans knew the truth and that’s what makes us better.
@@VanceAsagi Wow, once again you're screaming about how OTHER games worked because you can't fathom that Strive isn't XX. Oh, and you're pretending you speak for all trans people? Don't lie. You're a fake fan lying about how Strive works as your only argument. You're also lying by saying she's forced to be trans. You're pathetic. None of you losers thought Strive had bad endings till Bridget came out, but now you're screaming her arcade mode works differently from every single other one in Strive.
Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
@@tempoaccla4041 I disagree but just want to have a friendly discussion about this, I like your more impartial approach to this story. I'll just assume you watched the whole video, so I'll only point out the flawless dialog that's important to what I'd like to discuss. Ky: You flatter me, but *I owe my power to the strength of Gears.* Bridget: "Weren't you afraid about coming out about gears?" Ky: No, I wasn't afraid, *I didn't want to lie to myself or my family, that's all.* Bridget: *I wish I could be like you.* Ky: No matter what others think, I will not change. *Not even if this body turns to gear.* Bridget: *No matter what others think, huh?* I admit that still scares me a little, *But I want to live as my true self, at least that's how I feel after having watched you* If the flawless run is saying Bridget wants to be a male or embrraces it, then why does Ky emphasize how he didn't want to lie about his body's changes? Even if you would like to argue that Ky never went public about his body's changes, why would the writers point out, in Bridget's story, that Ky is still himself no matter how his body looks, gear or not? Why would Bridget want to be more like Ky in these regard? Most importantly though is, why would Bridget be scared about 'not lying to myself or my family' if basically Bridgets' entire family and town accepts and knows Bridget was a man? The storyline about Bridget's hometown was solved 6 years ago, the town's superstition faded and everyone knows Bridget is/was a male. It's already part of Bridget's lore that because of Bridget's actions as a male bounty hunter and the money Bridget brought back to the town, their supersition faded. They HAVE to know Bridget was at least outwardly identifying as a male or else there would be no reason for the superstition to fade. So, they would see Bridget as a male. Bridget wanting to be a woman would be the opposite of what Bridget's family and town understand as of right now. Why would Bridget be afraid of coming out as a guy when that's what everyone who knows Bridget already understands?
@@tempoaccla4041 Disagree. In the perfect ending Bridget is still saying they came to a decision, it just doesn't come up what that decision is because Ky doesn't ask. They only still seem conflicted in two of the endings, but based on the other two it's clear they're only conflicted about whether they should admit what they're feeling.
@@TheSweetSpirit For Bridget, the body's changes would be how he outwardly presents himself. His whole life he was dressed as and looked like a girl, so to suddenly go from nineteen years of being a cute girl on the surface to a handsome young man through his physical presentation is a massive mental jump that would require that kind of advice. And it's not exactly clear cut if the village accepts him. For all we know, they might be grateful but still hate his guts. For all we know, he still might be an outcast despite everything. So Bridget wants to be like Ky in the sense that he is not afraid of changing how he looks, even if it makes others hate him or become scared of him or he becomes a major outcast. That's why I think the Flawless Run is the 'true' end, because it perfectly completes Bridget's entire character arc. To become a man not only in mind, but also body through the way he dresses/styles his hair/stands and walks and runs and fights. Whereas the other endings are the 'bad' end, because Bridget succumbs to the fear and anxiety of such a big change, and decides that the current status quo is okay because it suits everyone else, even if it is hurting him in the end.
I don't really buy it myself, the subtext that the writers have don't really give off the idea that Bridget wants to specifically embrace dressing, walking, runs, walks etc as what people expect from a man. I don't think Bridget ever cared about acting like a man specifically? The impression I've gotten from Bridget fans is that he/she has always been nonconforming to gender, and Bridget went on their journey specifically only to disprove the superstition the town had. The lore's pretty clear on that much. Also, if that's the case, then why does the GGST World in-game encyclopedia use "She" for all pronouns in both Japanese and English, and on the website it uses no he/she pronouns? And then on Bridget's starter guide they also avoid any he/she pronouns, only saying "Bridget" every time. This contrasts other starter guides which don't avoid he/she pronouns, besides Testament, who has a similar unique relationship with gender. Happy Chaos, Baiken, Jack-O, Goldlewis, I-no, Sol all use he or she, where applicable. I didn't watch others just now, but i figure that was enough to get this across.
"No matter what others think, I will not change. Not even if this body turns to Gear" Ky from the beginning was mostly human but is now taking on the appearance and characteristics of a gear but he will not let that detail overshadow who he really is as a person. Bridget from the beginning was born a boy and was unfortunately raised as a girl so that his parents didn't have to forsake his life, his whole motivation is to prove that he can be a boy and not be a supposed misfortune in his hometown. Bridget's appearance is more feminine where he often gets mistaken as a girl but he can just be a boy that enjoys looking like girl and acting like one. This whole damn story for Bridget was purposely made to be ambigous I swear. YOU CAN BE A BOY BUT ACT AND LOOK LIKE A GIRL, just own up to it and everyone will respect and support you.
So hold on... If you win the game flawlessly Ky says that he won't change no matter what. Bridget wants to do the same thing so it's not changing and remaining a boy. Ky just saved Bridget from getting railed by DickInSon holy shit.
Yup. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
No? He lives openly as something that others dislike without lying about who or what she is. That reads like her wanting to come out as trans and relating to his experience with gear stuff.
@@Alice-May Wrong. First of all Ky being a gear wasn't his choice, he had to do it because if he didn't Sin would go out of control. Once Dizzy saved everyone during the Baptisma 13 incident and people hailed her as a hero that's when he opened out about being a gear. And Bridget always wanted to be considered a man and prove that his village's beliefs about twins being both the same gender are superstitions and nothing more. His winning quote with Baiken in GGXX literally states to teach him how to be 'unladylike'.
@@emmdeeDM being trans isn't a choice and rejecting something when its FORCED onto her doesn't mean it can't be something she wants on her own terms. You also are trying to argue no character development happened between Strive and a previous game, which is just hilarious. She tried being masculine, got accepted as a man, and it wasn't enough. You'd notice IF YOU PAID ATTENTION. Also she talked about him going public about gears.
You do know that isn't how it works right? You can't just win a fight and not be trans. Also did you legit watch the video or did /v/ anon say "Oh she isn't trans". Just because Bridget didn't go "Oh I am trans now" in the best end, DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN"T STILL A GIRL. Look, don't spread misinformation because you can't accept Bridget is trans.
@@jjmara01 Dude, you've never played any GG before. Otherwise you'd know that Bridget coming out as a boy is the challenge he is facing. Twitter doesn't know shit about shit.
says he looks up to Ky who in turn says he, himself, won't change no matter how others view him. How could anyone see this as not him telling Bridget that there is no need for him to change who he is based on the perception of others and that he's strong enough to do what Ky's doing?
Bridget literally in every opportunity had to say she was a boy because she had her whole arc in XX and before of breaking a superstition, bridget was chained in both ways, when Ky mentions being that it doenst matter what body or whatever they'll always be themselves it doenst mean anything other than "it doenst matter what others view or anything,you are who you want to be", and when you trace back the character you actually notice bridget never had the option to actually decide who they are, they were always holded on the superstition, first having to pose as a girl to not be exiled and later pose as a boy to break the superstition.
they are a boy still even in the bad ending its more them saying call me what u want i know who i am and won't keep correcting you it would be cheap to make their entire struggle moot just for the sake of inclusive
Correct. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
Not exactly, she just doesn't say outright that she's a girl then. All the talk about being her true self no matter what others think is still there and certainly suggests her identityas a woman
@@jumnei5159 It's more that in the alternate end. Bridget decided to give up on being themselves to appease their family view on them and hopefully make them happy and live together, hearing Goldlewis' regrets with his family. The good end is Bridget deciding to live true to themselves, to not give up on themselves no matter what the world thinks to try and follow Ky's example. We are never told or shown what being true to themselves is for Bridget in the good end.
So, Bridget's story is about confronting their village. And the only ending where they explicitly state that they see themselves as a girl is the poorest ending, with the most losses. The Perfect Run keeps everything in vague terms. The dialogue is extra vague, from being a trans metaphor, to also about Bridget confronting their secular village's actions (like forcing them to dress up as a girl). This is about coming out of the shell, and learning about the world more. The character realizes being a girl is okay in one ending, and confronting their village in another. There are so many things going on here.
Bridget talks about being scared of change "I just don't know if I should keep living like this" because they still "cherish the present". In the stage 8 ending they talk about not wanting to lose what they have. I interpret this as them living as a boy, Bridget's scared of losing that life because it does still make them happy but they aren't living they're true self. Goldlewis talks about how they've got their whole life ahead of them and after that realization Bridget decides to truly live as a girl despite potentially losing a lot from living as a boy. her story could end there but also goes deeper in the talks with Ky. Ky convinces her not to be scared of change because it won't change who you are. Ky becoming a gear didn't change him at all. when Bridget asks about him being public about "gears" It's pretty obvious she's comparing it to gender. to which Ky says he wasn't afraid and Bridget admires that. Despite Hy saying he won't change, Bridget's story is about change. From being forced to live as a girl, to living as a boy as their own choice and experiencing that freedom, to going back to living as a girl, and making that choice regardless of the village or others perceptions of her. It's an extremely complex relationship with gender and Identity (much like a lot of guilty gear is) but it's also a very realistic depiction of the trans experience.
@@arthurboyle7982 One thing about "Not knowing how to live likes this" could also mean being a vagabond, and not wanting to lose that. Goldlewis is weird, because he says he knows EXACTLY what Bridget goes through...but he talks about having to leave his family and needing to know what he has to do Gold's central conflict, insofar, is that he has to act like a lapdog and whether or not that's a good thing. As for Ky, again, remember my point on calling out the village. She basically became not what they raised her to be, but they also caused her grief by raising her as a girl. Remember, the village's perception was "HE HAS TO BE A GIRL", rather than the typical gender stereotypical role of a boy. She went out to prove them she was a boy (at least, in the original Bio). Also, remember that Ky's conflict was also about shaking the status quo. Not just on being a gear, but going against the corruption in Illyria. He was a staunch supporter of Gear genocide, of course this was a giant decision to let people know that gears are good. Also, "It does not change who you are" can still be applied to going against Status Quo. In the end, I don't disagree with your interpretation. In fact, i think this was done on purpose. I just feel like the developers were trying something...more with this.
@@arthurboyle7982 I actually think the ending is the opposite. It seemed like they were willing to start living as a boy and go back to the village as one even though it could ruin his relationship with people. I don't see how them going back as a girl would ruin anything since he was being treated as one in the first place
@@micah459 afaik though she never really acted like a girl or wanted anyone to treat her like one. Even if that's how she was raised. It would look bad for her to confront the village saying "I'm a girl" after years of rebelling
Notice how quick the fan wiki jumped on the she/her bandwagon as soon as they had the opportunity. That now needs to be corrected. Nothing has changed according to his real ending.
FYI most of the endings in these arcade modes appear to be cumulative, and not contradicting each other. Some even reference each other or only make sense when seen in a certain order. Like Anji has multiple endings where Nagoryuki recalls meeting him before and implies they met weeks ago, and one ending where they are meeting for the first time and promise to meet again later. They generally don't say anything significant in the hardest to obtain secret ending, because then the 90% of players who can't get reach or beat the secret challenge boss wouldn't know the story.
@@FullMetalSnorlax So 3 different "cumulative" life altering identity revelations over the same thing... Yet the one where you actually *complete* arcade mode makes it a point to leave that part out. Hey, alright... But also, nah... And the idea 'scrubs wouldn't see it so it's not real' is ridiculous.
@@drankydrank1 I've reached heaven in online ranked and can still only beat stage 9 Nagoryuki with my main. I think expecting people to beat a SECRET boss is ridiculous and basically shooting your own story in the foot for the pettiest reason. And if you don't believe me just look at the other dialogue for beating stage 9, they say almost nothing in most of them. Literally "I can't believe I survived that" -credits roll Also if you might notice there are no endings where Bridget exclaims "I'm a boy". And if you read the other endings to say that Bridget is a boy you are really trying hard to spin your own narrative, like holy cow are we seriously reading the same script here? Ky transitioned into a gear and has no regrets despite social scrutiny, Bridget says she wishes she could be as brave as him, how are you possibly reading this as Bridget not wanting to be a girl despite their birth gender. Bridget's parents were the ones that Pressured Bridget to be a boy in the first place because they said they raised her "wrong" and could not forgive themselves for it.
@@drankydrank1 Literally read any of their past character bios, they all explicitly mention this as being the reason they leave on their journey, except for the "P.W.A.B. threat report" one which only talks about their fighting capabilities.
Reminder that in one of the cut endings of the previous games Bridget wakes up in bed having slept with the >entire< female roster. He's the most heterosexual man in Guilty Gear.
@@dragonsfire295 There's actually no such thing as transgender. That ideology is a recent invention and has been proven illegitimate. It's a work of fiction, no different from claiming to be "trans species" or "trans racial". In a healthy world we would be celebrating tomboys and feminine men for their differences, not gaslighting them into destroying their bodies. The world becomes a more liberated place when we disregard stereotypes about how men and women are "supposed to act and dress" and simply accept people as they are. As they ACTUALLY are, as feminine men and masculine women, not as made up identities invented by homophobic conversion therapists who actually want to kill LGB people.
Interpreting the Flawless Ending as being about Bridget accepting being "a boy" doesn't make sense, cause she'd been living presenting as male since XX (that's 6 years in-universe!), like she specifically asks Ky if it was scary to come out in public about being a Gear, but Bridget would not have to fear coming out *as a boy* at this point, because she'd been out as such for a long time. Therefore, it really only makes sense for this to be about her being scared of coming out as not being a boy after all.
Also, I didn't think I'd have to worry about a _Stage 8 and Stage 9 KY-FLIPPN-KISKE,_ but here we are 8O I personally h8 the Ilirya Kings matchup but was it any easier or harder then Nagoriyuki?
It’s like about the same, Nago does more damage and has better range, but he can get dizzied. Ky just goes crazy and can’t be dizzied, but feels rather tamed compared to Nago. So, I’d say Nago still.
@@swimcheesy186 Yeah I'm seeing a lot of vids of people beating S9 Ky first try, and never seen anything short of a dozen tries with Nago. Haven't had free time to learn Bridget myself yet, waiting for the weekend.
@@jetlag1488 Which can being disappointed from still being misgendered for years, then still be misgendered even after being known as a bounty hunter, not just by those that have yet to meet Bridget, but also from the fact that the character's feats being spread world wide, yet identified as a different gender.
@@jetlag1488 Not sure how Bridget sounds in the JP version (not that I would be able to understand a word, so a moot point), as I uninstalled the game during the time Baiken was the new character. but in the dub from the video that has all the stages Bridget declaration has an awkward pause, like Bridget is testing the waters. Even though I think that's only due to lip syncing. Edit: just remembered this is that video.
@@luigidavid8829 I wouldn't say excitement. But isn't unsure like the dub (testing the waters) made for Bridget. Where Bridget's pause in the JP version done it as a dramatic effect, like Bridget is readying to announce (which Bridget have done so, just me being captain obvious here). I say Bridget sounds more resolved, coupled with the character's politeness and gratefulness for having an answer for the internal conflict that plagued Bridget. Sort like a "Thank you for this, I owe you!" Could be wrong here, though. Like I said, I don't understand the Japanese language, let alone being able to dissect the written language due to how the Japanese structure their sentences, so the pause could be for something else and that would fly way over my head. Then there is the possibility, unless I heard wrong, that how things are conveyed via context and reading between the lines. All in all, I am shooting in the dark due to lack of experience.
@@Sensiav703 after beating KY it left out of the open on what Bridget true self was. Most likely an ongoing story. Also the guide and the bio removed pronouns to further it.
Doesn't this imply that Bridget is only trans in the non-canon bad ending when the players loses a round? The flawless run just leaves it vague with Ky basically telling Bridget to remain true to his/herself. Bridget doesn't clearly identify as any gender in the flawless run.
Yes. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
theres no direct statement or implication that bridget doesnt identify in the flawless run, its more like continued storytelling about coming to terms with yourself
@@sinobuz2580 but there isn't a statement or implication that Bridget does identity his/her/themself in the flawless run either. Bridget saying "I want to be like you," to Ky can be taken so many different ways from literally to figuratively. This could arguably be considered worse for trans representation because Bridget only becomes trans when he/she/they aren't able to stack up to Ky no matter how hard they try. Its as if Bridget was defeated and gave up on any attempts to be strong and just decided to be a girl because he/she/they can't hack it with the boys.
@@sneakman9873 Bridget doesn't identify as a woman in any ending. A man playfully calling himself a woman is part of otokonoko culture. It's not a statement of identity. Bridge tis always male, no exceptions.
People are getting it mixed up because they're looking at it as an outsider. Being true to yourself and worry about what others think are common things for someone coming out as trans, but think of it from Bridget's perspective. He's lived his entire life as a girl, everyone he meets initially assumes he's a girl. Why would he be worried about what people think or about how his life mght change if the only thing he needs to do is stop correcting them. Now think of the opposite, Bridget being who he truly is, a boy, would mean going against his parents and everyone else in his village have seen him as his whole life. He'd be changing himself aswell. Everything he's known and been his whole life. But thanks to Ky, he now has the courage to face that challenge and be who he really wants to be. Turns out we all jumped the shark early, this was never about Bridget coming out as trans, it was about him finally getting the courage to be a man.
So, a couple of things to speak now that all of the arcade dialogue it's available: First, (and it shouldn't be surprising) Twitter people, especially the gender-sensible people, jumped the gun WAY too fast and assumed that "girl" ending was the true ending when it was the "easy way out" ending; since, argument-wise, is the least satisfying and most "out of the water" out of them all. Second, the "true" ending is basically that, up to the battle with ky, bridget still is a man and after the fight, he (for simplicity sake) says " i want to live as my true self, at least that's how i feel right now" with no mention of gender what so ever. Meaning that, until something is REALLY set in stone aside from the bio, bridget's tecnically still a man from a story perspective. As for the fan side... most of them are gonna be happy, since i saw a lot that accepted the "change", but now i wonder?. And the twitter fans (you know, the ones that only like the character because of gender and never knew this franchise before) are either gonna shit on other fans, calling them transphobes or worse.
It being up in the air is the best possible ending as it would be fitting with Bridget's character arc. That said, choosing to live as a boy despite his society not wanting him to would also be scary for Bridget.
Hit the nail on the head It's about time someone mentioned that all the twitter convo is from people who've openly admitted they don't know the franchise Back to my original problem though. Why is there no tech yet? Cuz of this situation
@kollie79 yeah, that's why i wrote "true" ending, obviously it's not the definitive ending, but it's true in the sense that is not a "oh btw, i'm a girl now".
@kollie79 probably about being who he is and not being peer pressured (like on the normal ending/on his upbringing). It's a lot more complex than just "hes a girl" or "hes a femboy". He is what he wants to be, not what others think.
@kollie79 Ok first: don't call me desperate; i did my argument with a reasonable point of view, so don't say things that are not true. Second, as Bigcat said, the flawless ending it's an "up to the air" since it doesn't tell anything about gender and makes sense taking into account bridget previous lore. "i want to live as my true self" that's it, nothing mentions girl or boy, just "my true self".
So the ending where the bridget says he is a girl is because he accepting the way he raised as a girl. Like, I was born this way, then this way is fine. Because he didn't want to upset his parents who raised him this way. Accepting the society think of himself. While in Ky ending, when Ky said don't lie to yourself, no matter what society thinks, is when bridget say he want to live as himself. In this case I think bridget want to live as a boy, like his lore as always to be.
She*. Bridget spent all last game proving that the twin superstition was wrong, and that same-sex twins aren't a curse. In GGS, she's conflicted, because she's happier as a woman - but she can't go back to her village because she fears THAT WILL PROVE THE SUPERSTITION RIGHT. She's a woman. Not a man.
I think the reason why Bridget's gender isn't included in the true ending, or is assumed that Bridget stays a guy, is because it's an inverse of a coming out story Generally, a person who is born trans is pressured into behaving like the sex they were born as, but grows confident and realises that "you know what? I'm gonna be my true self and I don't care what others think," whilst conforming to their family's view is often seen as the bad path since they aren't their true self. Likewise, Bridget was born a guy but raised and forced to behave as a woman. The true ending has Bridget start acting more like their true self, whilst the bad ending has Bridget conform to their family's expectations. As long as Bridget is being their true self it shouldn't matter if he's trans or not, and I think in this case it makes more sense as a character that Bridget remains a guy. Besides it's not like Arc Sys hates trans people or anything; one of their coolest characters is the most badass non binary character in all of video gaming
My interpretation exactly, except the "no matter what others think" might be for Bridget to go against their family's expectations, thus seeing themselves as a guy.
Someone finally gets it, in some comment sections it’s people saying someone’s transphobic explaining the bad ending, it’s about caving to pressure rather than embracing who you truly are not about the ending being bad because Bridget became trans
@@Maldito011316 they do see her as a guy though. Her entire motivation is that she got people to stop believing that superstition and could live as a man but feels like she has no purpose. Your reading makes no sense unless you just ignore how things have changed by the time Strive takes place.
I respectfully disagree, mainly because this whole idea of "bad endings" doesn't exist in Guilty Gear. None of the other characters have arcade modes that greatly deviate from each other like this one supposedly does. They had slight variations due to the characters present in each scenario, but their end results always made the same conclusions about each character. I doubt that Bridget of all characters would be the exception to that. I can understand how the flawless run is definitely more vague, but then even, I find it that it's more likely that she's indeed trans. Ky mentions that he's not going to lie to himself or his family, and Bridget replies that she wants to be like that too. If she indeed was still a guy, why would she be lying to herself about being a girl, when she not only makes no previous reference to doing this but is also okay with saying that she's a boy at the beginning of the arcade mode? That, alongside with all the other dialogue options, makes it pretty clear to me that her "true self" isn't suddenly referring to her sticking as a dude. Combine that with all the other pretty self explanatory evidence out there (the trans symbol she's wearing on her hat now, the glossary listing her gender as she/her, the multiple English Voice Actors confirming she's trans), and it starts to become nonsensical to think that she's somehow not trans by now. I would also like to disagree that Bridget being trans has to do with family expectations. While her parents certainly raised her as a female out of necessity, her Strive bio says that it caused her parents pain, or in other words, they didn't want to raise her as a girl. She then tries to go out and prove as a man that the superstition is wrong and succeeds, but it leaves her feeling empty. I feel like this is pretty obviously implying that she wanted to try and be a man not because it was what she actually wanted, but because it was what she thought she needed to do. That, along with the 6 years canonically between the games, gives enough reason to separate her decision to be trans with her upbringing. It's kind of like having your parents force you to get a haircut that you end up liking anyways. Sometimes that's just what happens. I like your theory, but imo it has more against it than for it evidence wise.
@@williambaggott5056 I just want to say that listing a voice actor's word is in no way a trustworthy source and is and opinion and should not be used as evidence of the original writer's vision. Their job is to portray the character, not dictate their story. Any thing they say, without context given from the actual creator, is their own interpretation.
I do like that they took are character who was FORCED to dress as a girl, trampled over how the character felt neglected and oppressed by their community by FORCING them to dress and identify as a girl, and then made them WANT to be a girl and somehow have some sort of dysphoria when Bridg NEVER had any kind of expressed internalized dysphoria in prior games they were in. Moral of the story. "Gr00ming works". Frankly I despise what they did to my boy, current devs on the story can kiss ass. Move set is nice though, lots of zone and mobile.
@@eldrideinherjar6711 Except I'm not afraid of nor do I hate transsexuals you intellectual light weight. Also, what occurred to Bridget in that town was literal forced conformity into a manner of acting that ran counter to their natural personality, UNDER THREAT OF DEATH. It is the literal definition of grooming. In any other case you would be screeching about how the straight people are making a "transgender girl" act like a boy. Take your head and remove it from your sphincter.
@@eldrideinherjar6711 The thing is, both parents never wanted to bring Bridget to the fate where he now is, it's just there's nothing else they could do. While yes, they're responsible for Bridget's upbringing, but not out of their wishes. Besides, flawless ending is a lot more true to Bridget's character than the non flawless one. If you do think about it, the village basically pushed the entire family akin to grooming.
@@ElkaPME The flawless ending doesn’t change anything. In fact, all of the endings can be interpreted as Bridget accepting that she’s trans. The “worst” ending is just more blatant than the others.
Ky: "stop right there, that's enough"
*Bridget still dancing*
Bridget "I dont know what to do"
*still dancing*
Not even revelations about the self can stop the shiggy wiggy
"I hope my path will be a guiding light for someone to follow" : Ky's theme
"i can feel the light even after the sun goes down"
Bridget's
Yo...
WAIT bro did they do that on purpose
crying at the club rn
I CAN BELIEVE IN THE PATH IM ON
FAITH
PRIDE
SO WHAT DO I HAVE TO FEAR?!
@@LoveXKnife UNDER THE SACRED BRIARS
Ky inviting Bridget over and saying that Dizzy would be happy to them, I won't lie, it made me smile.
I find this kinda ironic because Dizzy was the "bounty in the forest near the town" that Bridget was gonna go after as the first hunt from the start.
@@JamesTheTurnbull Unless I'm mistaken, Bridget and Dizzy are very good friends.
@@SaiyanGamer95 They are now, but the 'bounty in the forest near the town' plotline, Bridget wanted that bounty to show their town how their superstition is wrong. I don't remember the specifics on how they became friends though. I assume Bridget got to know Dizzy during Dizzy's sky pirate escapades. I know Jam is the one who (falsely LOL) claimed Dizzy's bounty.
Ky managing to be a better father figure to Bridget than he's ever been for Sin
Nice callback to the Bridget/Dizzy ending in XX.
See this was the context I was missing about all the endings, thanks for being good at the game.
So many people in the comments with their own agendas. The moral of the story is clearly that when someone is lost and confused about who they are, the best thing you can do is gently support them figuring it out regardless of what it means- NOT to pass judgement on any given outcome.
Tight, you're spittin
Spitting facts!
Yeah, I can get behind that.
TRUEE
SPITTING
Goldenweiss is acting like a pretty good dad. I wonder if Testament had dysphoria too.
And Ky's being a dad too. He's grown a lot
I think since Testament is older, they got their shit figured out. In the old games, they were fucked in the head and in a bad place.
Having dysphoria is kind of the standard experience for transgender peapole, so probably but Bridget definitely had more(It's more of a temporary thing most of the time, there always will be a little of it, but it fades into nothingness with time both in and out of the closet)
@@elbrachoxddd5883 Popping in to say that's it necessarily "standard" as one doesn't need to have dysphoria to be trans. The better indicator is the euphoria when their gender is affirmed.
Her gender is valid, but her nationality is not (she’s British)
😂
SEE THIS IS THE BIGOTRY WE NEED. (Im both trans and british so dw even british people know britain sucks almost as bad as america)
@@netsukii7594 🇺🇸 🦅👍 🇬🇧🐔👎
@@netsukii7594 britain is nowhere near as bad as america
@@tire_iron488 just look at their food. I'd rather eat five big macs or even touch their food
The important thing to remember here, is that NOBODY in the story is forcing her to be anything anymore. There was her history, but she's beyond that now.
With that in mind, the two paths for Bridget in this game are "I realized I'm a girl" and "I'm working on figuring myself out" and you could very easily say she's trans in those endings too, she just doesn't say it to Gold and Ky... because she's still figuring it out. It's like she says in that coming out ending, she's not 100% sure yet if it's the right choice.
Just, think about it. Whether she wins or loses certain battles doesn't change her identity. These endings only serve to highlight different aspects of the same character. That character is a trans girl.
Given that all the endings have to conform to canon, as they are all meant to reveal different aspects of that character, this makes sense.
Even if it does not directly land at the same point, it is still a step towards that in the greater scheme of her story.
Thats kinda awfull when your understand Bridget s history and how all this is talking about how bridget s parents lied to an entire town about the gender of the twins. The real choice to make... is just talking about unveil the truth.
@@zabelinextreme927 I'm on you with that. I knew Bridget story about being pretty much forced from birth to act as a gender he wasn't to avoid persecution and possibly death by the hands of a superstitious village.
While Bridget have a choice now on how to move things on, people who weren't into the Guilty Gear lore just champion a character who was lied about itself since birth about it's gender. I do wonder how the music would go if the scenario was flipped.
Watching these endings multiple times (plus my first exposures to this mode being Bedman and Asuka, which definitely have this feel), I have concluded that Bridget's endings are meant less as binary (heh) "good" and "bad" endings, and more to be read as snippets of one overarching narrative that culminates in the Stage 9 Ending.
Stage 1: Bridget, a boy who dresses up like a girl, is starting to question who he really is. Between his debut and -STRIVE-, he has likely spent plenty of time away from the village who thought him a metaphorical black cat, and the parents who raised him as a girl in response to such.
Stage 7 Endings: Bridget gets what amounts to a "You're still young, that's your fault, there's so much you have to go through" lecture from Blonde John Goodman over here. This lights the fire Bridget needs under him to truly think about his issues, putting him on the path that will eventually lead him to Ky.
Stage 8 Filthy Casual Endings: Ky basically advises Bridget to look at things from the perspective of happiness and what might satisfy them in the future. This prompts Bridget to figure "Perhaps I'm just as comfortable with being a girl" and self affirm from there.
Stage 8 Flawless Ending and Stage 9 Ending: Of course, self affirmation and going public are two different things, so Bridget seeks out Ky (revered Gear slayer now basically a Gear himself) again to get his thoughts on the latter. Ky tells Bridget that as long as she has people who support her, she should not be afraid of other's thoughts. Bridget seems to take that to heart and basically gets adopted at the end (something I'm a sucker for, the adoption in all but name thing I mean).
They confirmed that this is true (for every character's arcade modes) in direct response to people misinterpreting this specifc arcade mode, yeah. None of the paths are necessarily "good" or "bad", they're all meant to show different parts of the characters
No matter the ending, the message is "Only you know who you are, and don't be afraid to reach out to those willing to help you if you need it." and HOLY SHIT THAT IS A FUCKING *RAW* message to send through the Arcade Mode dialogue of a DLC character for a fighting game. Love how it's written too, especially the flawless ending drawing things out with so much weight in the dialogue and leaving her eventual choice ambiguous.
The point isn't "'Cowgirl' is fine, because I'm a girl.", it's that Bridget is Bridget and only Bridget gets to say what that means, and that's fucking awesome.
There is people that argue that then Solo Ending doesnt has Bridget coming out as a girl, and its only the ""bad""(it isnt even a bad ending,there is no such thing in the arcade mode) ending. But the whole conversation in the other ending is clearly about coming out as well,just not spelled out on your face.
@@Hakokoro The "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"-mindset.
It's infuriating, I'm currently trying to express that to a few people on another video. I don't understand how a character realizing they're unhappy and getting help from people who care about them in what they want in life and what makes them comfortable. Nah that's the bad end, they need to stay unhappy and forcing themselves to be something they're not because these people can't accept that their trap character has more depth then just crossdressing. Granted most trap characters do but a lot of people ignore that and only focus on the trap aspect.
Yeah, you got it! in fact the flawless ending is EXTREMELY blunt with this, saying "Have I convinced you? No matter what others think, I will not change. Not even if this body turns to gear."
No matter what his body is, he's still Ky, and this is in *Bridget's* arcade story, with Ky trying to help.
I just hate how people twist it thinking when Bridget says "she wants to be her true self" that means 'Male', because to certain people 'true self' only means the body they're born into. While Ky literally says it doesn't matter what his own body is like, which is a HUGE change from his old self who absolutely fucking despised all Gears. And Bridget basically agrees with Ky's sentiment for her own outlook.
@@TheSweetSpirit exactly, though i suspect it's a mix between transphobia and people not wanting their "trap character" to have more depth.
You're a GOAT. Was waiting for this for so long.
My hands are broke rn, so couldn't play the extreme mode on my own.
Sorry for the wait and sorry to hear, hope your hand heals soon!
@@swimcheesy186 naw you good.
It's an RSI/tendon issue. So it just needs time to recover.
But yeah, these are much appreciated. Especially the time stamps in the description. Thanks for the upload 👍
@@uniquename6925 If I may ask, how did it happen?
@@RyanBrown2K5
Probably it was typing for many hours on a new ergonomic keyboard. My tendons just didn't have the stamina built to keep up yet. And the new range of motion made for a much different experience typing.
So every day I kept pushing them without realizing it until they started hurting when I typed. At which point it was already too late.
I was like 80k words into a word document when I realized. That's about a small books worth of words written in a 2-3 weeks.
As for what I should have been doing to avoid the RSI:
Probably I needed to do light tendon stretches and ease up on the typing until I could build up enough stamina.
Turns out, ergonomic keyboards are kinda a scam... And they don't help prevent RSI's...
Would have been good to know a month ago...
Also, Speech To Text, I probably should have been using that for just raw word transcription. It was dumb to even type that much in the first place...
@@uniquename6925 man’s gaming setup went so hard he broke his hands, also Jesus what’s your wpm
In all honesty, being non-binary myself, seeing Bridget come to terms with who she is never fails to make me smile.
Maybe I, and I'm sure many others, just relate since we all had similar conflictions before coming out.
You should see testament :3
Thank you so much, I spent hours trying to check all these lines.
You all have terrible reading comprehension, please retake 9th grade english class. There's no "oh actually Bridget is still a man in the flawless run" just because she doesn't look at the camera and go "I'm a woman". Also many of the arcade endings are all canon which you'd know if you were actually guilty gear players.
These people insist on just outright lying about how Strive's arcade mode works and lie about Bridget's backstory.
Of course they don't play the games.
As someone who never play guilty gear from this video I can tell that it a coming out story
People like say unfaithful to Japanese version but I heard that the translations and localizations are done in-house and was over look by Daisuke
Only time Bridget say she a boy is in stage 1 but she hesitance to correct Goldlewis and look unhappy saying it
to be honest this whole controversy will be forgotten about and people find something else to bitch about because that just how social media is from my experience
If he is outwardly displayed as a girl through the whole story, then true self would refer to what they were not outwardly displaying themselves as, and in fact be the opposite right?
@@theglitchcounter264 You're mistaken. Bridget, while presenting feminine, corrects the others at first when they refer to her as a girl by stating "I'm a boy" in an upset tone. It's uncomfortable for her because the body she was born into was that of a man, which means she felt obligated to correct them when they call her a girl. it is not "She's dressed as a girl and conflicted so that means she's a boy." It's more like, "Despite her appearance, she feels it's necessary to tell others she's a boy simply because of her biology. She's conflicted so that means she's a girl who simply hasn't had the courage to admit to it yet"
She keeps talking about being happy but not TRULY happy in every ending where she doesnt come out as a girl, talking about how shes worried what people would think and that she wants to live as her 'true self' and im just confused as how delusional you gotta be to think shes talking about being a boy dressed as a girl, you know, the thing she already is. She wouldnt be talking about being worried to live as her true self if her true self is femboy
Bridget is a sick yo-yo user, and that’s enough for me.
Damn right
Really if you think about it it's kind of lame and stupid and really Bridget is just stealing Kirby and ness's thing
I know it's supposed to be a magic yo-yo but when your weapon is a yo-yo and a teddy bear nobody is going to ever take you seriously.
@@blackAngelProductionsthen they get shiggy wiggied
Remember, Bridget is a ruthless bounty hunter
Which is part of the reason why she can't return to her village as a girl. She was a bounty hunter as a guy to prove their superstitions wrong - but she's happier as a woman, ergo why she can't return to prove their superstitions right AGAIN.
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 you mean he/him right?
@@ShadowFri3nd She/her. I quite literally explained why she's a girl.
Nonsense and speculation. You've no affirmation from the author. This won't be settled until they settle it themselves.
@The professional loser Because he's not. A single line in an optional ending, only accessible by losing, is their "proof" that a character they've never heard of until this week has canonically changed his gender...
Remember
There are no good or bad endings
There is only the slow steady progression of causality that is working its way to enact the event that will lead to all our individual deaths
If you lose that's bad so um uhhhh (Immediate Edit: Im not gonna say anything else so I don't get murdered)
Poetic almost. It's saying "no matter what happens, you're still you"
@@LatinaCreamQueen only good comment here
Just like there are no definitive statements from the devs...
guilty gear strive presents us with the raw fantasy of living in a world where even the republican secretary of defense provides trans affirming advice
I hope Dizzy and Jam return as playable characters just so I can see them reunite with Bridget
Lmao Jam finna rob again 😭
I'd like Dizzy to be playable at some point for the interactions she'd have with everyone
This makes showing people Bridget's story is pretty linear instead of tidbits of Day 1 being leaked all over the place with no cohesion to speak of. Thanks for this.
My pleasure and thank you! Just sucks that people are also still taking bits of it out of context, but I just want to make sure the full arcades are shared in one convenient place!
@Loque seado Nome importa Different results depending on whether you lost a round in a specific stage or ran it without losing a round.
@Loque seado Nome importa Depends on the exact game. In Strive's arcade mode there are 3 endings that up to showing the full narrative. The normal route and ending is for losing a round but not a match on stage 1, the hard route and ending are if you lost a round but not a match on stages 2-7, and the Extreme route and ending are for if you get through everything without losing a single round and thus can access stage 9.
With every other character in Strive the different endings build up different parts of the same narrative and form a cohesive whole when taken together.
@@swimcheesy186I think the important part is she’s changed… I consider the fact that she’s a girl to be the final say for rn (because no ending cutscene said she’s a boy but one said she was a girl, only the beginning ones said boy) but if in the next game one of her cutscenes said she was a boy again she’s growing more. I’m proud of her journey and want to be able to be more like her
@@LenaSpark412we ain’t going to get another one for awhile probably most likely what will be next will be new blaz blue taking inspiration from what they accomplished in strive simple to learn combos hopefully a dub for different regions not just sub
"Let's make this a serious duel"
So lemme get this straight
Bridget, a normal human with a yoyo, could fight Ky in dragon install when sol couldn't even beat normal ky? Where I-no had to have the power of God and Anime on her side to fight him?
Like even if ky isn't going all out those must be some SICK yoyo tricks
Edit: my first run with Bridget in arcade and it was my first time ever making it to stage 8 flawlessly.
I have never done this with any character. Not even Giovanna, my main, who I have more levels in than the rest of the cast combined.
Only on a good day :P
his is one of those situations where the character should canonically lose, which is why the fight is so difficult, but you the player have the power to change that outcome. Also the dialogue afterwards would still fit perfectly if Bridget lost the fight, so it's probably cannon that they didn't win but were pushed to their limits, or at least that's how this sort of thing usually gets handled, after all not everyone can beat the final boss, but in Xrd's story mode every character recounts their arcade mode fight with Ramlethal regardless of who actually beat Ram.
I just, TOTSUGEKI!!!!!!!!!
@@tempoaccla4041 There's no femboy ending, they're all exploring the same conclusion
THIS IS THE POWER OF GENDER NEUTRAL
@@enricobaschenis4257 NOW PREPARE FOR GENDER MIXUP
Goldlewis is such a chad bro, i love him
He is a glowlie lol
@@akiradkcn and i still like him he’s very chill i think
Thank you for clearing things up.
I saw people arguing on a message board about whether they were trans or not, so I decided to come here and see for myself since I'm able to see everything both ways.
After getting most ways through, I could still see it both ways, everything that was said could still be taken either for or against if you look at it from both angles. But at 6:02 I found the deciding factor. They say straight up that from now on they're done lying to their self, followed by being asked whether it was cowgirl or cowboy. Their next line right after the character development was that cowgirl was fine. Not "cowboy", not "either or", but "cowgirl". Taking all what was previously said into context (actually watch it through, don't base you opinion on one comment), it's been made clear that she really wants to be a girl. At the beginning she tells people that she's a boy. And after the character development, she chooses cowgirl instead of cowboy. Pretty cut and dry in my opinion.
"Cowgirl is fine. Because... I'm a girl!"
How could you even argue against it at this point
@@ettel8358 She literally turns to the camera and says "I am a girl"
ik right, its the most obvious thing in the world yet some people still try to deny it in every way possible
I'M SO CONFUSED!! Also, Ky is the final boss? That's new.
YES, he is now! It’s pretty neat, I hope they do it for all the season 2 DLC
@@swimcheesy186 Either the final boss for Bridget alone, or for the whole DLC from this point forth. We'll see.
@@tominator6684 part of me really hopes so- they even gave Ky a new "super" for the occasion
@@quinttwo What's the new super?
@@alpha-tomahawk532 it's around 40s into this video:
ruclips.net/video/DzWjPRbxt-M/видео.html
he does it as a follow up after sacred edge if he has 100% tension
I have no idea what he says / what it's called, but it sounds badass
Boss Ky is such a grind. The monkey's paw curled maliciously when they omitted Nago
Bridget: "I'm a girl!"
Random weebs online: "we'll have you considered the cultural context and that maybe she was saying it in a bad way or maybe arcsys pressured daisuke or maybe daisuke pressured arcsys or maybe they're just pandering"
ah yes….
*slaps the table*
EMOTIONAL DANCING
So what I'm seeing from the flawless run ending and the bad ending is twitter took a line out of context and ran with it from the bad ending.
So Bridget isn't actually a girl, twitter is just being twitter? yeah I figured.
Yup the usual, along with media sites like Kotaku
Look at the in game bio
It doesn’t seem like the flawless ending says Bridget’s not a girl though. We don’t know what bridget’s conclusion on their identity is, just that they are deciding to be true to theirself. And considering the androgyny symbol pin thing on their hood I think it’s fair to say there is more going on than just being a boy.
@@SuperFroakie82 the game bio literaly uses she/her for Bridget , how can people don't get this
@@hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938 well the japanese bio doesn’t use any pronouns so it’s not entirely clear. I fully support her being trans and think she probably is but I’m just stating what we strictly know.
I'm not sure about the direction they're taking here, but one thing I do know is Goldlewis is one hell of a guy. I respect the advice he slaps down on this confused young person, and the understanding and lack of judgement he gives. It's just... Beautiful.
I believe what Daisuke and the Guilty Gear staff is trying to say about gender, is that there is no real answer. But just ones own interpretation in what makes them happy. I believe that’s why we have so many different endings. Kind of describing that our choices and experiences ultimately shape who we are. Bridget could just conform and live being a female if they so choose to. Or they could just accept being a boy and live a feminine lifestyle. Because screw gender expectations, you should do what’s best for you. By the end of the day you’re the one who decides what you wanted be, and how you want to live your life.
EDIT: Wow I’m surprised about the likes. Thank You. But I like to add more context to my opinion. In terms of which ending I support. I’d say I have to go with Ky. Bridget continuing to live as a boy and going back to their village regardless of what they think of them, is inspiring. Bridget was groomed to be female, but never hated the way they lived. However this made them conflicted whenever or not they should live as said gender. I find it empowering that a man chooses to live a feminine lifestyle, regardless of gender. Especially in my experience at least, men are judged harshly for their masculinity. But Bridget is able to live as a boy and be comfortable with feminine way of life. You don’t have to be a female to live femininely.
Other reason why I choose this ending, isn’t because it’s the true ending.I’m not trying find which is canon or not. I still believe this arc is about ones interpretation. I just find that to be a really interesting perspective. Another answer for someone struggling to find their identity.
But Im not really a big fan of Bridget decision about being a girl. Not that being a girl was bad. I just don’t like the way they did it. I believe it’s a bad rap for trans representation. I know the people in the LGBT community always wanting representation. But I have to ask them. Is this really the kind of representation they want? Seeing Bridget‘s backstory, a person who was groomed to being a said gender, without really giving a choice in the matter. Doesn’t really look good on paper. The person who wants to transition, it should be completely up to them. Not an outside party, regardless if it’s their own family. Even some trans people agree that’s it’s not a good example of representation. But that’s my opinion. End of the day, it’s whatever you choose that makes you happy.
Yep whether they calls themselves a boi or girl (like in one ending), tbh doesnt really matter.
Bridget wlll still being bridget, born a male, lives as a girl. I dont see that will be changed, so its still same bridget like they ever were.
@@invertbrid That is exactly the right answer, you are you that's all that matters. If only more people understood that....on both ends.
that's a really hard thing to do too.. being able to accept yourself, despite all those bad experiences that happened with people forcing you into that role despite your saying, or doing it in a really bad environment and exposing you mostly to the bad sides of it all.
Also, I don't understand why people are confused about this.. Did people forget the friends Bridget made with the Jellyfish Pirates? How is anyone surprised that Bridget being exposed to some of the best and supportive girls in the world, would make her consider embracing being a girl?
Like you said, people are treating Bridget like a prize, or an objective.. That's no different from how Bridget's parents treated her, everything about that decision to me feels like it'll lead down a path of regret with the coin being flipped on the same type of pscyhos being controlling of Bridget staying a boy, instead of letting Bridget choose what makes her happy.
@@toxicitzi357 that's why I'm considering the flawless end Canon. I'm sad at the lost of one of the people thst made me realize I myself was bisexual, but as long as its well written and it's their choice and theirs alone, I can accept it.
Yes, there is a real answer. It is known the instant you slide out of the womb, and will remain the same even after you're dead. No amount of time, money, words, and thoughts will ever change that. Bridget is a boy, that is the real answer.
Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit when "A Simple Life" started playing.
Bridget’s story is so beautiful 😭
How is being groomed since birth beautiful?
@@RilfDanielsondude stop being weird and go play guilty gear
@@KickedBackL Projection.
@@RilfDanielsonthe irony
@@RilfDanielsonEvery accusation is a confession
This is kinda what I got out of the flawless ending:
Bridget simply wants to be brave like Ky so that they can express who they really are.
Basically Goldlewis advocates it's okay to fit the mold, since it reduces conflict and makes life easier.
Ky, on the other hand, says his personal way of life is to always do what he feels is the right thing, even if it would bring him personal discomfort. His BODY may change outwardly, but who he is inside never will.
The whole thing is intentionally left ambiguous, because as both Ky and Goldlewis point out, Bridget DOESN'T know his/her own identity in the first place. Years of being brought up as a girl did have an effect, so right now Bridget has no idea what to be. It's "what Bridget is familiar with" vs "what Bridget wishes to be". Goldlewis and Ky represent those two things. But which one is picked is left up in the air in the Perfect Run ending.
@@GenocideHeart Ah I see, I understand this whole thing lot better now
@@GenocideHeart It is not, in her bio she uses she/her
@@diegosonochi2775 the bios for GG are often red herrings, like when Faust's claimed he was a freaking fairy (he's not, he just has paranormal powers that make him feel like one to sensitive people) and Johnny's depicted him as basically a stereotypical fairytale hero (which is the furthest thing from what he is lol).
So excuse me if I prefer to go off the endings rather than bios that have been dubiously incomplete even in the past - in no small part because usually written in-universe by staff of the PWAB, which have been THE VILLAINS for most of the series. Justice's used to paint her as the Devil, then we found out (in her story modes) that she had excellent reasons for going on the rampage she did, which openly contradicted her bio.
@@GenocideHeart once is the history saying that she is a giant mecha that has come to earth to teach us yoyo tricks and another one is the bio saying "she/her"
With testament "they/them" there wss no problem WTF
My girl was more willing to fight Ky, the guy who punched god and lived, than go to therapy.
"I don't want to regret anything" 😢😢😢😢😢
Knowing Brigets past and their confusion I can't help but feel bad. They're conflicted about who they are because of some village superstition. Thats pretty sad Im glad Goldlewis and Ky is trying to help Bridget out though everyone seems to be turning a new leaf in this game. Baiken, Ky, Bridget, Testament, Sol, Ram etc. Its nice to see 💕
This may be the last game in the franchise. Creative director said "this game will be the end of Sol Badguy's story" in interviews and a lot of plot conclusions are happening.
But Strive also sold 100x more copies than any past title in the franchise so who knows. We still don't even know Nagoryuki's past yet.
@@FullMetalSnorlax I'm guessing it will end SOL'S story. But there's many more out there. Frederick. Ky. Faust. The vast conspiracies of the government and those who aren't going to let those happen. As a good example, look at KoF. Games come in sagas, each set filling an arc. Maybe after the Sol/That Man saga, we'll get to see a story where it is the characters fighting to remove the current order and usher in a new age of peace.
@@FullMetalSnorlax the end of sol's story as he gets KY to realize his hypocrisy as he became an azure striker now(I mean cmon, blonde hair, uses lightning, blue clothes and is a dragon now?)
Ky, you absolute gigachad, I love you. I'll never call you a Vergil wannabe ever again.
Don't insult ky like that
Vergil can't double jump
#1 sign of a beta male
@@anotherinternetperson8495 vergil doesn't need a double jump.
Ky literally was created before Vergil
@@RETR0MAN1A his entire story is about wanting to be stronger
He should want to double jump especially to be stronger than dante
Casual.
I'm going to make all of Twitter seethe with rage with one word.
HE
You can also make 4Chan and the RUclips comment section seethe with
SHE
the whole gender debate is stupid, you can make people angry by calling bridget she or he
I'm going to make all of youtube seethe with rage with one word.
SHE
He is a good boy and he wants to be a strong man
Some more words to make twitter upset
Aight so both sides are basically the same, one alludes and the other flat out says it. The Arcade endings are canonical to that characters timeline so this is a good clear up for me....I mean I’m sure all the arcade endings in a characters run are canon to begin with but this helped sway some confusion i had with some people’s dialogue about her.
Him. This dialogue is not the original Japanese and was edited by psychotic people in California. It's all fake.
I've been seeing topics about this all day today and I've had a lot of time to see these cutscenes and come to my own conclusion based on the info I have. I believe that in the Flawless ending, Bridget is still searching for the true answer, but Ky has pushed Bridget into a path of making a change. When Bridget says "I want to live as my true-self", this could mean staying as they are, or it could mean finally presenting as a boy, facing down whatever consequences that brings, and learning something new about themselves. I don't really have the answers, but I seem to remember in XX, Bridget would always correct people about their gender. They say that it's been 6 or so years between then and Strive. For that amount of time, Bridget could have had to do this same ole song and dance about explaining being a boy that entire period. Bridget saying "Cowgirl is fine" might be Bridget taking the safe option of continuing to be seen as a girl. At this point, being a girl is their default. It's who they were raised to be. But in the Flawless Ending where Bridget says "I want to be my true-self" this is ambiguous and left to personal interpretation. In my speculation, I think GG might give Bridget a more androgynous appearance or even a masculine with a change in fighting style with the Yo-Yo's and Roger, in a future title or even an update. I think this would make sense for Bridget's story arc. However, that's just a speculation, I have no idea what Daisuke is planning and I don't wish to invalidate people's feeling on Bridget being trans at all. But this is how I personally interpret the character and I hope some of you can see where I'm coming from.
Bridget being trans is the worst thing that could happen. Bridget's situation is literally that of a trans male born female. He was raised as a girl all his life because of some stupid cultural rule, but identified as a man and insisted that he was male. Now, they've completely erased all that just to appease progressive people..? This plot point, Bridget becoming trans female, not only doesn't make sense, it's completely dismissive of real gender dysphoria. You don't become trans by being fucking raised into it.
When Bridget talks about "No matter what others think" and "Going public" it sounds like he means coming out as a boy. Bridget presents himself as a girl to the world. There is no coming out as a girl for Bridget. The world already thinks he's a girl. He is struggling with coming out as his "true self", which is a boy.
@@tek87 I'm inclined to agree. That makes sense when you consider everything about the character.
Personally, between what Bridget talks about in the “I’m a girl!” Route and the pronouns used in her official bio, I think it’s the intention of the writers that she is a trans woman and that’s where her internal struggle is coming from. Bridget is encouraged to be brave and strive for a future where she’s happy in that ending - she wouldn’t say “I’m a girl!” with such enthusiasm if she was regressing instead. The other endings just build on that central realisation.
@@SaintMarianne This is the first I'm hearing of the pronouns used in Bridget's official bio. Where did you see that?
I read the comments and I think there is a misconception with the interpretation of the TRUE ending. Bridget being confirmed trans or cis was not the point of the ending. The point of the ending was Bridget being true to him/herself and accepting who they are free of societal expectations. For a person undergoing gender dysmorphia, deciding on a path is a completely internal calculus, unforuntately we live in a society where external societal expectations can cause destructive and ultimately unhelpful stressors on a gender dysmorphic person, leading to those people rejecting who they truly are in a bad faith attempt to conform to said societys gender roles or living in a society that rejects the version of themselves when they act in good faith way to be themseleves.
Ky gave Bridget the best possible option society can give a trans person, the freedom to make their own choice on the matter and regardless of their decions the promise of acceptance and support. Goldlewis simply didn't want to misgender a person he just meet, Ky on the other hand, told Bridget that their gender didn't matter because in his eyes they were just Bridget.
Didn't expect to keep this deep from playing an Anime fighter but here we are.
The freedom to be yourself and make your own choice is the most important thing ever, and it's sad that society wants to force things on people. Bridget did not let society choose for her in the end and that's great. Bridget can be Bridget and that's that.
Wow dude look at all that cope
I think Goldlewis was legitimately trying to help on part of all the advice based on his own experiences. He really did seem like he could empathize with Bridget even if the details differed.
That's just my take as a guy who hasn't had to deal with this sort of thing though.
Being shityy on goldlews
@@NottJoeyOfficial the only freedoms you shouldn't have are to violate others and to kill oneself.
So, to see the relevant ending to all the drama in Japanese for myself I have to be good enough to beat all but the last two stages without losing once on Hard, so much for it being "The Bad Ending" as other places claim, seems more like the Neutral Ending to me.
Also, that's the ending even if you do it perfectly. You have to have already gotten the "I'm a girl!" ending to get the rest. It's literally required reading.
What makes this great is how supportive the big is
He's a boy and always will be
insofar as canon, she’s trans, & it’s not exactly a shocking revelation. also it’s just a drawing bro.
@@Slop_Dogg Being groomed at a young age will do that, yes
@@Slop_Dogg "it's just a drawing" said by person doing the exact same thing as him
Arcsys sure opened a Big can of worms with that bad ending.
"Bad ending" lmao
@@fffeeelll7745 "Nightmare Orwellian Hell Ending" is more like it
@@Margatroid You literally make up lies about the localization of this game based on zero facts and talk about things Strive doesn't even have. You freaks made fake emails to push your agenda. You weirdos are the ones acting Orwellian.
1:15
That's... Kinda sussy, Bridget.
😳
Bridget can take the entire town inside of him all at once, this is nothing.
So from what I gather:
Bridget refers to himself as a girl in the bad ending only.
Got it.
You know, as someone who got into Guilty Gear when XX came out way back when, and following the character development and story up to that point, this whole debate just goes to show how many people just don't know Bridget's backstory.
He has always called himself a boy, and much to the dismay of Johnny. Bridget does not like being called a girl, and will correct people if they mistake him for one.
I think it's a little disrespectful to Bridget's entire story up to this point to suddenly start calling him a girl or trans. He was forced by his parents to dress and act like a girl due to his village's superstitious beliefs.
There's a whole level of pretty icky implications that pop up if you strip away that part, which I won't mention here. You can put 1 and 1 together.
Thanks for the video by the way!
Final note: More importantly, at the end of the day, you should feel happy as you are and how you feel. If there's at least one message you can take from this story mode, it's that.
This isn't XX.
Strive doesn't have bad endings and both are canon.
On the other hand, maybe that's why Bridget is so conflicted. Because they don't want to prove the superstition right or make their parents feel bad, the idea of accepting they actually like being a girl is... scary. But it seems very off to call what's shown as a positive ending a 'bad' ending, if Bridget saying they're a girl is bad, why don't they show anything at all that says "this is bad"? Why do they instead show two supportive characters letting Bridget decide their pronouns?
Me too, Bridget. Me too.
Thanks for the english version
Thank you for clearing up all of the confusion, seriously. The flawless route is the intended route.
The flawless route doesnt contradict the normal one
@@mika9578 what do you mean? It doesn’t confirm their identity either which way. It’s left ambiguous if Bridget heeded Ky’s advice. So we’re just back to square one.
@@Crazedviewer the true ending is more dialogue about living as your "authentic self" which doesnt contradict the other one and is pretty heavy-handedly about coming out
@@mika9578 it would honestly be a really bad decision to make him come out as trans though because it goes against his entire character
@@mika9578 The flawless run does talk about being afraid to reveal something but, here's the thing. You might hear that and go "well that sounds like coming out as trans". But that makes no sense to me at all.
Bridget's town either still thinks Bridget is a girl *because of Bridget's parents,* or Bridget told the town Bridget was a man before Bridget left to go prove them wrong.
See, Bridget was raised to be a girl because of a superstition in Bridget's town. That two twin males would bring about heavy misfortune. To the point where they could've been threatened with death. So Bridget's parents raised Bridget as a girl to protect Bridget. Bridget became a bounty hunter to prove the superstition wrong by sending Bridget's fortunes to the town. That was Bridget's original arc, to prove that Bridget being a boy wasn't a bad thing.
So with that context, what does that sound like to you? Does that sound like coming out as a girl, or a boy? And if it's coming out as a girl, who in the village would take issue? They either always thought Bridget was a girl, or they can breathe a sigh of relief knowing Bridget wasn't actually a boy. Bridget being a boy is *what they're afraid of.*
Why is Goldlewis a fucking G?
Good ending = true self...........Bad ending = trans (lol)
Thanks a lot man like others said this clears things up
So… what you are telling me is that Stage 8 flawless and win + Stage 9 win, where Bridget speaks with Ky, he praises Ky and wants to be like him. Ok… let's recap:
Stage 8: Bridget praises Ky about Ky being public and not afraid, not wanting to lie to himself. Bridget wants to be like him. They then proceed to have the real final fight, Stage 9.
Stage 9: "have I convinced you yet? No matter what others think, I will not change, not even if this body turns to gear" > "No matter what others think huh… I'll admit that stilli scares me a little, but I want to live as my true self, at least that's how I feel now that I've WATCHED you"
What did Bridget "watch"? A version of Ky that combines what he originally is + his new form with gear cells. If anything, this means Bridget is willing to accept both his male side and feminine side are his true self together, not a singular gender identification. I think people fixated in the "I'm a girl" line from staaaages ago are ignoring what Bridget's true development is at the VERY last ending, which is embracing both sides of himself, not discarding one of them, just like Ky, who he wants to be like.
I'm not against Trans rights, but I cannot conclude he is one when this FULL narrative is properly analyzed, but rather it's closer to being bigender, or an otokonoko which is the term that Japan keep using to refer to him. Plus, this actually goes in line with proving himself as strong, not giving in into other people's misconceptions about his gender. That's why accepting his feminine side as ALSO part of his self is the real development. Discarding his male gender entirely would only be a contradiction and wouldn't be able to be really called a development of the character. "Not change" literally means not stopping from being what he is, so to discard one gender for another would go against this logic Ky is talking about entirely.
You literally can use "he" and "she" if you want in this case, cause Bridget is no longer bothered by it after his talk with Ky. Bridget has finally overcome this, by his own choice. There is no reason why a much earlier stage line would serve as the true conclusion of his character development, instead of the actual final stage and his important talk with one of the main character of the GG series. People need to realize this.
The world knows Bridget as "a boy", Bridget had been self-asserting (with hesitation, here in GGST) to be "a boy". While bigender would be nice to see in a game, the overall narrative of this arcade mode pretty plainly hews toward Bridget's prior assertions being invalid to her true self.
Kinda just seems like the moral of the story is that :
no matter what Bridget decides his true self is, be it boy, girl, or whatever his true feelings lie in, he'll still always be Bridget.
It's a pretty wholesome ending and piece of guidance from Ky that even if one changes physically or mentally, they're still the same person.
Agree. In the end bridget still bridget. Born a boi, lives as a girl. This wont change whatever he decide to call himself boi / girls anyway lol. Not sure why lot ppl making fuss of it.
@@ktrimpx how would you know?
As far as I know, you were only born once, and dont have a say on what it truly means to be happy with oneself.
Live and let live buddy
@@ktrimpx And you realize that trans people ARE BORN, right?
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 No, they aren't. They're abused into it. Their cult tried to do the same to me, but I am a strong femboy who didn't fall for it.
@@buttfok18063 Take your own advice and stop harassing femboys and tomboys. Stop murdering people who don't conform to your bigoted gender ideology.
Man I really want this game, looks fun, lets see if the comments are also loving the game. :)
That “cowgirl is fine” bit came from a bad end! Hahahahah, that’s amazing! It’s kinda like Sol’s arcade mode
In GGXXAC where he kills his past self but if you do it flawlessly he decides he doesn’t like the idea of disappearing so he doesn’t.
Except it isn't a bad end and this isn't XXAC. Your comparison is apples to oranges and you're just screaming she must be a totally different character solely in one scene for your bullshit to work.
@@Alice-May
>Not a bad end
You lost a round. If you lose a round on any fight you get shifted to the bad end. No exceptions.
> Isn't XXAC
Brilliant observation! It's still guilty gear so I don't know what your point is. Bad ends work in strive the *same way* they worked in previous entries.
Considering that his gender doesn't even come up in the true end (When Bridget beats Ky all by himself) the "he's trans" argument falls flat because it's not canon.
A bad end, not canon. Who would've guessed? Please fact check before you embarrass yourself again.
@@VanceAsagi Right, so you're ignoring that fact that in Strive's arcade mode NO ONE ELSE HAS BAD ENDINGS. That's something you people made up about it and scream must be there for Bridget to justify ignoring things. You have no source on Strive itself on having them, its purely a fantasy you made up.
@@Alice-May the only fantasy here is you believing a bad end is canon. That’s like believing that Baiken killing I-No is canon when it’s not. Even trans people are saying that forcing Bridget to be trans is wrong. I bet you’re new to Guilty Gear. Probably didn’t even know that Sol’s favorite band is Queen.
Hey if you want any to contour to be wrong go right ahead. Me and the rest of the real GG fans knew the truth and that’s what makes us better.
@@VanceAsagi Wow, once again you're screaming about how OTHER games worked because you can't fathom that Strive isn't XX. Oh, and you're pretending you speak for all trans people? Don't lie.
You're a fake fan lying about how Strive works as your only argument. You're also lying by saying she's forced to be trans. You're pathetic.
None of you losers thought Strive had bad endings till Bridget came out, but now you're screaming her arcade mode works differently from every single other one in Strive.
I've been bamboozled.
The bad ending is where a fed convinces him he's a girl, the good ending is him deciding all by himself. Maybe Daisuke IS based after all
discord mod goldlewis
If this is "convincing" then I don't even know how language works any more tbh
Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
Bridget's last line is ''I'm a girl'' with both the help of Ky and Goldlewis. She's a woman
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 You didn't watch the video
Moral of the story, Never trust politicians.
People saying ky told Bridget to not change clearly did not watch the entire video, OR know anything about ky’s character
@@tempoaccla4041 to People's Headcanon yeah. they can believe what they want to believe. :p
@@tempoaccla4041 I disagree but just want to have a friendly discussion about this, I like your more impartial approach to this story. I'll just assume you watched the whole video, so I'll only point out the flawless dialog that's important to what I'd like to discuss.
Ky: You flatter me, but *I owe my power to the strength of Gears.*
Bridget: "Weren't you afraid about coming out about gears?"
Ky: No, I wasn't afraid, *I didn't want to lie to myself or my family, that's all.*
Bridget: *I wish I could be like you.*
Ky: No matter what others think, I will not change. *Not even if this body turns to gear.*
Bridget: *No matter what others think, huh?* I admit that still scares me a little, *But I want to live as my true self, at least that's how I feel after having watched you*
If the flawless run is saying Bridget wants to be a male or embrraces it, then why does Ky emphasize how he didn't want to lie about his body's changes? Even if you would like to argue that Ky never went public about his body's changes, why would the writers point out, in Bridget's story, that Ky is still himself no matter how his body looks, gear or not? Why would Bridget want to be more like Ky in these regard?
Most importantly though is, why would Bridget be scared about 'not lying to myself or my family' if basically Bridgets' entire family and town accepts and knows Bridget was a man? The storyline about Bridget's hometown was solved 6 years ago, the town's superstition faded and everyone knows Bridget is/was a male. It's already part of Bridget's lore that because of Bridget's actions as a male bounty hunter and the money Bridget brought back to the town, their supersition faded. They HAVE to know Bridget was at least outwardly identifying as a male or else there would be no reason for the superstition to fade. So, they would see Bridget as a male. Bridget wanting to be a woman would be the opposite of what Bridget's family and town understand as of right now. Why would Bridget be afraid of coming out as a guy when that's what everyone who knows Bridget already understands?
@@tempoaccla4041 Disagree. In the perfect ending Bridget is still saying they came to a decision, it just doesn't come up what that decision is because Ky doesn't ask.
They only still seem conflicted in two of the endings, but based on the other two it's clear they're only conflicted about whether they should admit what they're feeling.
@@TheSweetSpirit
For Bridget, the body's changes would be how he outwardly presents himself. His whole life he was dressed as and looked like a girl, so to suddenly go from nineteen years of being a cute girl on the surface to a handsome young man through his physical presentation is a massive mental jump that would require that kind of advice. And it's not exactly clear cut if the village accepts him. For all we know, they might be grateful but still hate his guts. For all we know, he still might be an outcast despite everything. So Bridget wants to be like Ky in the sense that he is not afraid of changing how he looks, even if it makes others hate him or become scared of him or he becomes a major outcast. That's why I think the Flawless Run is the 'true' end, because it perfectly completes Bridget's entire character arc. To become a man not only in mind, but also body through the way he dresses/styles his hair/stands and walks and runs and fights. Whereas the other endings are the 'bad' end, because Bridget succumbs to the fear and anxiety of such a big change, and decides that the current status quo is okay because it suits everyone else, even if it is hurting him in the end.
I don't really buy it myself, the subtext that the writers have don't really give off the idea that Bridget wants to specifically embrace dressing, walking, runs, walks etc as what people expect from a man. I don't think Bridget ever cared about acting like a man specifically? The impression I've gotten from Bridget fans is that he/she has always been nonconforming to gender, and Bridget went on their journey specifically only to disprove the superstition the town had. The lore's pretty clear on that much. Also, if that's the case, then why does the GGST World in-game encyclopedia use "She" for all pronouns in both Japanese and English, and on the website it uses no he/she pronouns? And then on Bridget's starter guide they also avoid any he/she pronouns, only saying "Bridget" every time. This contrasts other starter guides which don't avoid he/she pronouns, besides Testament, who has a similar unique relationship with gender. Happy Chaos, Baiken, Jack-O, Goldlewis, I-no, Sol all use he or she, where applicable. I didn't watch others just now, but i figure that was enough to get this across.
GROOMER GOLDLEWIS
GROOMER GOLDLEWIS
Y'all love throwing around the word groomer huh.
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 Grooming is when you tell people its ok to be themselves apparently🥶
"No matter what others think, I will not change. Not even if this body turns to Gear"
Ky from the beginning was mostly human but is now taking on the appearance and characteristics of a gear but he will not let that detail overshadow who he really is as a person.
Bridget from the beginning was born a boy and was unfortunately raised as a girl so that his parents didn't have to forsake his life, his whole motivation is to prove that he can be a boy and not be a supposed misfortune in his hometown. Bridget's appearance is more feminine where he often gets mistaken as a girl but he can just be a boy that enjoys looking like girl and acting like one.
This whole damn story for Bridget was purposely made to be ambigous I swear. YOU CAN BE A BOY BUT ACT AND LOOK LIKE A GIRL, just own up to it and everyone will respect and support you.
So hold on...
If you win the game flawlessly Ky says that he won't change no matter what. Bridget wants to do the same thing so it's not changing and remaining a boy.
Ky just saved Bridget from getting railed by DickInSon holy shit.
Yup. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
No? He lives openly as something that others dislike without lying about who or what she is. That reads like her wanting to come out as trans and relating to his experience with gear stuff.
@@Alice-May Wrong. First of all Ky being a gear wasn't his choice, he had to do it because if he didn't Sin would go out of control. Once Dizzy saved everyone during the Baptisma 13 incident and people hailed her as a hero that's when he opened out about being a gear. And Bridget always wanted to be considered a man and prove that his village's beliefs about twins being both the same gender are superstitions and nothing more. His winning quote with Baiken in GGXX literally states to teach him how to be 'unladylike'.
great dad
@@emmdeeDM being trans isn't a choice and rejecting something when its FORCED onto her doesn't mean it can't be something she wants on her own terms. You also are trying to argue no character development happened between Strive and a previous game, which is just hilarious. She tried being masculine, got accepted as a man, and it wasn't enough. You'd notice IF YOU PAID ATTENTION.
Also she talked about him going public about gears.
I love bridget.. boy or girl does not matter to me
best boy
@@succubuscherry8845 🤓☝️
So, if you want best boy to stay a boy, you have to git gud.
You do know that isn't how it works right? You can't just win a fight and not be trans. Also did you legit watch the video or did /v/ anon say "Oh she isn't trans". Just because Bridget didn't go "Oh I am trans now" in the best end, DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN"T STILL A GIRL. Look, don't spread misinformation because you can't accept Bridget is trans.
@@jjmara01 He's a boy in every ending. You got fed some bad info.
@@jjmara01 leave the boy alone you groomer
@@robinhood7293 most groomers/pedos are right wing.
@@jjmara01 Dude, you've never played any GG before. Otherwise you'd know that Bridget coming out as a boy is the challenge he is facing.
Twitter doesn't know shit about shit.
I’m ass at the game, and the Ky fight was inducing brain rot. Thanks.
He's really cute.
He is.
As always to be.
*she
@@altenby8462 all way that one person
I find the redesign to be pretty inferior tbh.
says he looks up to Ky who in turn says he, himself, won't change no matter how others view him. How could anyone see this as not him telling Bridget that there is no need for him to change who he is based on the perception of others and that he's strong enough to do what Ky's doing?
we have an agenda to push people
Bridget literally in every opportunity had to say she was a boy because she had her whole arc in XX and before of breaking a superstition, bridget was chained in both ways, when Ky mentions being that it doenst matter what body or whatever they'll always be themselves it doenst mean anything other than "it doenst matter what others view or anything,you are who you want to be", and when you trace back the character you actually notice bridget never had the option to actually decide who they are, they were always holded on the superstition, first having to pose as a girl to not be exiled and later pose as a boy to break the superstition.
they are a boy still
even in the bad ending its more them saying call me what u want i know who i am and won't keep correcting you
it would be cheap to make their entire struggle moot just for the sake of inclusive
Bridget's whole ass plot is just "just 🐝 urself", if you're reading deeper into it, go take a shower.
I stared at that emoji for so long thinking it was a golden smoking rifle and I was about to throw hands
@@CeruleanSeal I simply don't care, take a shower.
@@CeruleanSeal bro Fr thought a bee emoji was a gun 💀
Ok so basically Bridget stays a boy if Bridget gits gud and go flawless victory on them.
Correct. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
Not exactly, she just doesn't say outright that she's a girl then. All the talk about being her true self no matter what others think is still there and certainly suggests her identityas a woman
@@majorghoul9017 What others think is that they already assume he's a woman, so what would change?
Yup gotta lab for 2 hours every day
@@BishtrainerTai16 the real question is why would that change it would just ruin the fun of the OG fans that been there since the jump
I was very worried what would happen if daisuke would bring Bridget back and it is as I feared
Twitter happened
Goldlewis is the best Dad ever.
So Bridget is still a guy. Good
The alternative would be biologically impossible, so, yeah.
So iff you get a flawless run, the dialogue about being a girl never happens?
yeah, the whole being a girl thing is the bad ending.
@@cakessux5853 wait. So being trans is the bad ending? Lmao
@@jumnei5159 Not quite. Bridget just doesn't make a choice.
@@cakessux5853 lmao nah
@@jumnei5159 It's more that in the alternate end. Bridget decided to give up on being themselves to appease their family view on them and hopefully make them happy and live together, hearing Goldlewis' regrets with his family.
The good end is Bridget deciding to live true to themselves, to not give up on themselves no matter what the world thinks to try and follow Ky's example.
We are never told or shown what being true to themselves is for Bridget in the good end.
I've been asking for Bridget for the Longest glad to have him back
Same. I'm so happy he's back
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
Ditto. He looks fun
So, Bridget's story is about confronting their village.
And the only ending where they explicitly state that they see themselves as a girl is the poorest ending, with the most losses. The Perfect Run keeps everything in vague terms.
The dialogue is extra vague, from being a trans metaphor, to also about Bridget confronting their secular village's actions (like forcing them to dress up as a girl). This is about coming out of the shell, and learning about the world more. The character realizes being a girl is okay in one ending, and confronting their village in another.
There are so many things going on here.
Bridget talks about being scared of change "I just don't know if I should keep living like this" because they still "cherish the present". In the stage 8 ending they talk about not wanting to lose what they have. I interpret this as them living as a boy, Bridget's scared of losing that life because it does still make them happy but they aren't living they're true self. Goldlewis talks about how they've got their whole life ahead of them and after that realization Bridget decides to truly live as a girl despite potentially losing a lot from living as a boy.
her story could end there but also goes deeper in the talks with Ky. Ky convinces her not to be scared of change because it won't change who you are. Ky becoming a gear didn't change him at all. when Bridget asks about him being public about "gears" It's pretty obvious she's comparing it to gender. to which Ky says he wasn't afraid and Bridget admires that.
Despite Hy saying he won't change, Bridget's story is about change. From being forced to live as a girl, to living as a boy as their own choice and experiencing that freedom, to going back to living as a girl, and making that choice regardless of the village or others perceptions of her.
It's an extremely complex relationship with gender and Identity (much like a lot of guilty gear is) but it's also a very realistic depiction of the trans experience.
@@arthurboyle7982 One thing about "Not knowing how to live likes this" could also mean being a vagabond, and not wanting to lose that.
Goldlewis is weird, because he says he knows EXACTLY what Bridget goes through...but he talks about having to leave his family and needing to know what he has to do Gold's central conflict, insofar, is that he has to act like a lapdog and whether or not that's a good thing.
As for Ky, again, remember my point on calling out the village. She basically became not what they raised her to be, but they also caused her grief by raising her as a girl. Remember, the village's perception was "HE HAS TO BE A GIRL", rather than the typical gender stereotypical role of a boy. She went out to prove them she was a boy (at least, in the original Bio).
Also, remember that Ky's conflict was also about shaking the status quo. Not just on being a gear, but going against the corruption in Illyria. He was a staunch supporter of Gear genocide, of course this was a giant decision to let people know that gears are good.
Also, "It does not change who you are" can still be applied to going against Status Quo.
In the end, I don't disagree with your interpretation. In fact, i think this was done on purpose. I just feel like the developers were trying something...more with this.
Exactly, like I'm so confused
@@arthurboyle7982 I actually think the ending is the opposite. It seemed like they were willing to start living as a boy and go back to the village as one even though it could ruin his relationship with people. I don't see how them going back as a girl would ruin anything since he was being treated as one in the first place
@@micah459 afaik though she never really acted like a girl or wanted anyone to treat her like one. Even if that's how she was raised. It would look bad for her to confront the village saying "I'm a girl" after years of rebelling
Notice how quick the fan wiki jumped on the she/her bandwagon as soon as they had the opportunity. That now needs to be corrected. Nothing has changed according to his real ending.
FYI most of the endings in these arcade modes appear to be cumulative, and not contradicting each other. Some even reference each other or only make sense when seen in a certain order. Like Anji has multiple endings where Nagoryuki recalls meeting him before and implies they met weeks ago, and one ending where they are meeting for the first time and promise to meet again later.
They generally don't say anything significant in the hardest to obtain secret ending, because then the 90% of players who can't get reach or beat the secret challenge boss wouldn't know the story.
@@FullMetalSnorlax So 3 different "cumulative" life altering identity revelations over the same thing... Yet the one where you actually *complete* arcade mode makes it a point to leave that part out. Hey, alright... But also, nah... And the idea 'scrubs wouldn't see it so it's not real' is ridiculous.
@@drankydrank1 I've reached heaven in online ranked and can still only beat stage 9 Nagoryuki with my main. I think expecting people to beat a SECRET boss is ridiculous and basically shooting your own story in the foot for the pettiest reason. And if you don't believe me just look at the other dialogue for beating stage 9, they say almost nothing in most of them. Literally "I can't believe I survived that" -credits roll
Also if you might notice there are no endings where Bridget exclaims "I'm a boy". And if you read the other endings to say that Bridget is a boy you are really trying hard to spin your own narrative, like holy cow are we seriously reading the same script here? Ky transitioned into a gear and has no regrets despite social scrutiny, Bridget says she wishes she could be as brave as him, how are you possibly reading this as Bridget not wanting to be a girl despite their birth gender. Bridget's parents were the ones that Pressured Bridget to be a boy in the first place because they said they raised her "wrong" and could not forgive themselves for it.
@@FullMetalSnorlax "Bridget's parents were the ones that Pressured Bridget to be a boy in the first place"
I'm done.
@@drankydrank1 Literally read any of their past character bios, they all explicitly mention this as being the reason they leave on their journey, except for the "P.W.A.B. threat report" one which only talks about their fighting capabilities.
so basically he's a guy
nothing changed, godspeed lil fella, time to become a proper man, go to the gym
THANK GOD
He already is a proper man
He was doing that in the previous games
At least he has come to accept it and not be what he is not
Such a good bounty hunter
Umm no. That's not the message here AT ALL.
@@Princessk8 dont care, besides you have an anime profile pic so
>in the worst ending he is successfully groomed by a fed into being a girl
Lol
What did Daisuke mean by this?
Daisuke had always been based people are forgetting the creation of guilty gear itself is based and that sol is his oc
An actual cool oc
It's not that, quit trying to justify your transphobia by claiming grooming
@@altenby8462 not fear, disgust
@Elysium phobia also means hatred of something
thanks for the upload swim, bridget's adorable:)
Bridget: "Mr. Dick in son...."
Me: *sweating* for Bridget's safety
It's fine, he groomed her into being a girl just like Bridget's parents and village did.
@@Nothyn You're delusional.
@@NothynYou're delusional.
It won't stop me from searching Bridget rule 34
Reminder that in one of the cut endings of the previous games Bridget wakes up in bed having slept with the >entire< female roster.
He's the most heterosexual man in Guilty Gear.
If that ending had happened. Bridget would now be the biggest lesbian in Guilty Gear. I like the mental image of her being the alpha lesbian. Hehe.
@@dragonsfire295 Men can't be lesbians. Bridget is a man.
@@ktrimpx Bridget isn't a man. The video shows that she's a transgender woman.
@@dragonsfire295 There's actually no such thing as transgender. That ideology is a recent invention and has been proven illegitimate. It's a work of fiction, no different from claiming to be "trans species" or "trans racial". In a healthy world we would be celebrating tomboys and feminine men for their differences, not gaslighting them into destroying their bodies. The world becomes a more liberated place when we disregard stereotypes about how men and women are "supposed to act and dress" and simply accept people as they are. As they ACTUALLY are, as feminine men and masculine women, not as made up identities invented by homophobic conversion therapists who actually want to kill LGB people.
Where is this cut ending?
He’s a man
i love her so much :)
Interpreting the Flawless Ending as being about Bridget accepting being "a boy" doesn't make sense, cause she'd been living presenting as male since XX (that's 6 years in-universe!), like she specifically asks Ky if it was scary to come out in public about being a Gear, but Bridget would not have to fear coming out *as a boy* at this point, because she'd been out as such for a long time.
Therefore, it really only makes sense for this to be about her being scared of coming out as not being a boy after all.
Also, I didn't think I'd have to worry about a _Stage 8 and Stage 9 KY-FLIPPN-KISKE,_ but here we are 8O
I personally h8 the Ilirya Kings matchup but was it any easier or harder then Nagoriyuki?
It’s like about the same, Nago does more damage and has better range, but he can get dizzied. Ky just goes crazy and can’t be dizzied, but feels rather tamed compared to Nago. So, I’d say Nago still.
@@swimcheesy186 Yeah I'm seeing a lot of vids of people beating S9 Ky first try, and never seen anything short of a dozen tries with Nago. Haven't had free time to learn Bridget myself yet, waiting for the weekend.
@@swimcheesy186 sorry pal, there's one one person allowed to dizzy ky, and it ain't you.
@@enricobaschenis4257 LMAO, you right 🤣
More proof bridget is a guy and is proud to be a guy.
Which is why "I'm a boy" was said in a very disappointed tone right? 🙄
@@jetlag1488 Which can being disappointed from still being misgendered for years, then still be misgendered even after being known as a bounty hunter, not just by those that have yet to meet Bridget, but also from the fact that the character's feats being spread world wide, yet identified as a different gender.
@@nejiharuno So how do you explain her happily saying "because I'm a girl"?
@@jetlag1488 Not sure how Bridget sounds in the JP version (not that I would be able to understand a word, so a moot point), as I uninstalled the game during the time Baiken was the new character. but in the dub from the video that has all the stages Bridget declaration has an awkward pause, like Bridget is testing the waters. Even though I think that's only due to lip syncing.
Edit: just remembered this is that video.
@@luigidavid8829 I wouldn't say excitement. But isn't unsure like the dub (testing the waters) made for Bridget. Where Bridget's pause in the JP version done it as a dramatic effect, like Bridget is readying to announce (which Bridget have done so, just me being captain obvious here).
I say Bridget sounds more resolved, coupled with the character's politeness and gratefulness for having an answer for the internal conflict that plagued Bridget. Sort like a "Thank you for this, I owe you!"
Could be wrong here, though. Like I said, I don't understand the Japanese language, let alone being able to dissect the written language due to how the Japanese structure their sentences, so the pause could be for something else and that would fly way over my head. Then there is the possibility, unless I heard wrong, that how things are conveyed via context and reading between the lines. All in all, I am shooting in the dark due to lack of experience.
Hah, just like Bridget’s Story Mode in her debut back in X2, Ky is once again her final opponent. Neat call back
Neat indeed, I hope they do this with all the season 2 characters! Ky makes for a really fun boss fight!
Him.
@@sprigganmint9291 her. Did you watch the video? Her story in this game is about her coming to terms with the fact that she's a transgender woman.
@OptimusPriming You think Bridget would become a "manly badass?" Now *that's* delusional XD
@@Sensiav703 after beating KY it left out of the open on what Bridget true self was. Most likely an ongoing story. Also the guide and the bio removed pronouns to further it.
Doesn't this imply that Bridget is only trans in the non-canon bad ending when the players loses a round? The flawless run just leaves it vague with Ky basically telling Bridget to remain true to his/herself. Bridget doesn't clearly identify as any gender in the flawless run.
Yes. Transgender ideology is built on self hatred and the religious worship of shallow, sexist stereotypes. It teaches people that they were born wrong if they're a girl who likes kickball or a boy who likes having long hair and cooking. There's no reason a man can't fulfill the same roles and adopt the same traditions as a woman, and vice versa. There's no reason to "change" your "gender" in the first place because "genders" ought to be equally able to pursue their passions. The concept of gender identity is inherently sexist and limiting. It's built on bigotry. The man who came up with "gender identity" is a murderer who caused two boys to kill themselves. In reality all we have is biological sex. Your sex doesn't determine your hobbies, your roles, your fashion or your personality. You choose those things. As an individual. Isn't that a better, more free world? One where sex is all that exists and people are free to pursue whatever they want regardless of their sex? "Gender" is a needless restriction and it does not serve as a genuine identity. The logical progression of breaking down the differences leads to tomboys and femboys. It leads to people who don't let their biological sex influence their hobbies or fashion. The transgender cult is all about building up those limitations and enforcing them so strictly that any little boy who so much as glances at a Barbie doll gets put on hormone blockers so that he can be railroaded into becoming "a girl" because "only girls like dolls". We used to have a culture that said "if you're a boy you ought to like sports" and now we have a culture that says "if you like sports you ought to become a boy". We skipped right over the healthy, rational middleground that says there's no reason a girl can't play kickball with her friends without mutilating herself and taking testosterone.
theres no direct statement or implication that bridget doesnt identify in the flawless run, its more like continued storytelling about coming to terms with yourself
@@sinobuz2580 but there isn't a statement or implication that Bridget does identity his/her/themself in the flawless run either. Bridget saying "I want to be like you," to Ky can be taken so many different ways from literally to figuratively.
This could arguably be considered worse for trans representation because Bridget only becomes trans when he/she/they aren't able to stack up to Ky no matter how hard they try. Its as if Bridget was defeated and gave up on any attempts to be strong and just decided to be a girl because he/she/they can't hack it with the boys.
@@sneakman9873 Bridget doesn't identify as a woman in any ending. A man playfully calling himself a woman is part of otokonoko culture. It's not a statement of identity. Bridge tis always male, no exceptions.
People are getting it mixed up because they're looking at it as an outsider. Being true to yourself and worry about what others think are common things for someone coming out as trans, but think of it from Bridget's perspective. He's lived his entire life as a girl, everyone he meets initially assumes he's a girl. Why would he be worried about what people think or about how his life mght change if the only thing he needs to do is stop correcting them.
Now think of the opposite, Bridget being who he truly is, a boy, would mean going against his parents and everyone else in his village have seen him as his whole life. He'd be changing himself aswell. Everything he's known and been his whole life. But thanks to Ky, he now has the courage to face that challenge and be who he really wants to be.
Turns out we all jumped the shark early, this was never about Bridget coming out as trans, it was about him finally getting the courage to be a man.
So, a couple of things to speak now that all of the arcade dialogue it's available:
First, (and it shouldn't be surprising) Twitter people, especially the gender-sensible people, jumped the gun WAY too fast and assumed that "girl" ending was the true ending when it was the "easy way out" ending; since, argument-wise, is the least satisfying and most "out of the water" out of them all.
Second, the "true" ending is basically that, up to the battle with ky, bridget still is a man and after the fight, he (for simplicity sake) says " i want to live as my true self, at least that's how i feel right now" with no mention of gender what so ever. Meaning that, until something is REALLY set in stone aside from the bio, bridget's tecnically still a man from a story perspective.
As for the fan side...
most of them are gonna be happy, since i saw a lot that accepted the "change", but now i wonder?. And the twitter fans (you know, the ones that only like the character because of gender and never knew this franchise before) are either gonna shit on other fans, calling them transphobes or worse.
It being up in the air is the best possible ending as it would be fitting with Bridget's character arc. That said, choosing to live as a boy despite his society not wanting him to would also be scary for Bridget.
Hit the nail on the head
It's about time someone mentioned that all the twitter convo is from people who've openly admitted they don't know the franchise
Back to my original problem though. Why is there no tech yet? Cuz of this situation
@kollie79 yeah, that's why i wrote "true" ending, obviously it's not the definitive ending, but it's true in the sense that is not a "oh btw, i'm a girl now".
@kollie79 probably about being who he is and not being peer pressured (like on the normal ending/on his upbringing). It's a lot more complex than just "hes a girl" or "hes a femboy". He is what he wants to be, not what others think.
@kollie79 Ok first: don't call me desperate; i did my argument with a reasonable point of view, so don't say things that are not true.
Second, as Bigcat said, the flawless ending it's an "up to the air" since it doesn't tell anything about gender and makes sense taking into account bridget previous lore.
"i want to live as my true self" that's it, nothing mentions girl or boy, just "my true self".
Knowing the whole thing now I think this is better than seeing that one clip at the end out of context. Bridget is Bridget.
So the ending where the bridget says he is a girl is because he accepting the way he raised as a girl. Like, I was born this way, then this way is fine. Because he didn't want to upset his parents who raised him this way. Accepting the society think of himself.
While in Ky ending, when Ky said don't lie to yourself, no matter what society thinks, is when bridget say he want to live as himself. In this case I think bridget want to live as a boy, like his lore as always to be.
She*.
Bridget spent all last game proving that the twin superstition was wrong, and that same-sex twins aren't a curse.
In GGS, she's conflicted, because she's happier as a woman - but she can't go back to her village because she fears THAT WILL PROVE THE SUPERSTITION RIGHT. She's a woman. Not a man.
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 then why does the Japanese official website for the game clearly state "男の子である"?
@@Freezorgium The localizers for the English version are literally the OG Japanese writers. She's a girl.
@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 he*
The answer was right there and you chose to ignore it
@@Soogooroo She's already accepted as a man. She's a woman, that's literally her entire conversation with Ky.
0:35 vs 6:17
funny that independent of the run's route, every dialogue has something to do with Bridget being trans
I think the reason why Bridget's gender isn't included in the true ending, or is assumed that Bridget stays a guy, is because it's an inverse of a coming out story
Generally, a person who is born trans is pressured into behaving like the sex they were born as, but grows confident and realises that "you know what? I'm gonna be my true self and I don't care what others think," whilst conforming to their family's view is often seen as the bad path since they aren't their true self.
Likewise, Bridget was born a guy but raised and forced to behave as a woman. The true ending has Bridget start acting more like their true self, whilst the bad ending has Bridget conform to their family's expectations. As long as Bridget is being their true self it shouldn't matter if he's trans or not, and I think in this case it makes more sense as a character that Bridget remains a guy.
Besides it's not like Arc Sys hates trans people or anything; one of their coolest characters is the most badass non binary character in all of video gaming
My interpretation exactly, except the "no matter what others think" might be for Bridget to go against their family's expectations, thus seeing themselves as a guy.
Someone finally gets it, in some comment sections it’s people saying someone’s transphobic explaining the bad ending, it’s about caving to pressure rather than embracing who you truly are not about the ending being bad because Bridget became trans
@@Maldito011316 they do see her as a guy though. Her entire motivation is that she got people to stop believing that superstition and could live as a man but feels like she has no purpose.
Your reading makes no sense unless you just ignore how things have changed by the time Strive takes place.
I respectfully disagree, mainly because this whole idea of "bad endings" doesn't exist in Guilty Gear. None of the other characters have arcade modes that greatly deviate from each other like this one supposedly does. They had slight variations due to the characters present in each scenario, but their end results always made the same conclusions about each character. I doubt that Bridget of all characters would be the exception to that.
I can understand how the flawless run is definitely more vague, but then even, I find it that it's more likely that she's indeed trans. Ky mentions that he's not going to lie to himself or his family, and Bridget replies that she wants to be like that too. If she indeed was still a guy, why would she be lying to herself about being a girl, when she not only makes no previous reference to doing this but is also okay with saying that she's a boy at the beginning of the arcade mode? That, alongside with all the other dialogue options, makes it pretty clear to me that her "true self" isn't suddenly referring to her sticking as a dude.
Combine that with all the other pretty self explanatory evidence out there (the trans symbol she's wearing on her hat now, the glossary listing her gender as she/her, the multiple English Voice Actors confirming she's trans), and it starts to become nonsensical to think that she's somehow not trans by now.
I would also like to disagree that Bridget being trans has to do with family expectations. While her parents certainly raised her as a female out of necessity, her Strive bio says that it caused her parents pain, or in other words, they didn't want to raise her as a girl. She then tries to go out and prove as a man that the superstition is wrong and succeeds, but it leaves her feeling empty. I feel like this is pretty obviously implying that she wanted to try and be a man not because it was what she actually wanted, but because it was what she thought she needed to do. That, along with the 6 years canonically between the games, gives enough reason to separate her decision to be trans with her upbringing. It's kind of like having your parents force you to get a haircut that you end up liking anyways. Sometimes that's just what happens.
I like your theory, but imo it has more against it than for it evidence wise.
@@williambaggott5056 I just want to say that listing a voice actor's word is in no way a trustworthy source and is and opinion and should not be used as evidence of the original writer's vision. Their job is to portray the character, not dictate their story. Any thing they say, without context given from the actual creator, is their own interpretation.
I do like that they took are character who was FORCED to dress as a girl, trampled over how the character felt neglected and oppressed by their community by FORCING them to dress and identify as a girl, and then made them WANT to be a girl and somehow have some sort of dysphoria when Bridg NEVER had any kind of expressed internalized dysphoria in prior games they were in.
Moral of the story. "Gr00ming works".
Frankly I despise what they did to my boy, current devs on the story can kiss ass.
Move set is nice though, lots of zone and mobile.
Transphobes learn what the definition of grooming is. Challenge level: impossible.
@@eldrideinherjar6711 Except I'm not afraid of nor do I hate transsexuals you intellectual light weight.
Also, what occurred to Bridget in that town was literal forced conformity into a manner of acting that ran counter to their natural personality, UNDER THREAT OF DEATH. It is the literal definition of grooming. In any other case you would be screeching about how the straight people are making a "transgender girl" act like a boy. Take your head and remove it from your sphincter.
@@eldrideinherjar6711 The thing is, both parents never wanted to bring Bridget to the fate where he now is, it's just there's nothing else they could do. While yes, they're responsible for Bridget's upbringing, but not out of their wishes. Besides, flawless ending is a lot more true to Bridget's character than the non flawless one.
If you do think about it, the village basically pushed the entire family akin to grooming.
@@eldrideinherjar6711 describe grooming then. This is literally the definition
@@ElkaPME The flawless ending doesn’t change anything.
In fact, all of the endings can be interpreted as Bridget accepting that she’s trans. The “worst” ending is just more blatant than the others.