I get that this is supposed to be a serious and heartfelt scene and all, but I can't fucking get over Bridgette just dancing on the spot as all this is happening.
For ky after fighting through a war, falling in love with dizzy who was essential a 5 year old and daughter of the gear that started said war, the whole rivalry with sol, having a illegitimate half gear child that grows fast as hell, becoming a king, becoming a half gear, finding out said rival is his father in law, the whole valentine issue and everything else. I think his general mindset to things is. Im confused about this situation but it'll be okay
"I'm not strong like you" She says after her long youthful adventures ranging from getting a high class education, leaving home to save her parents from a stigma, becoming a ruthless bounty hunter, and all the while having the chance to change to be how she wants to be only to realize she already is the person she wants to be and finally saying it out loud. Bridget honey, you were never weak.
but she never said she was weak , she just said she's not strong like Ky which is.....true if you look back to Ky's history since GG2 . my boi come so far.
I hate arcade mode stories in strive. Bridget, Axl, Happy Chaos, really anyone - the story they're trying to give off is so poorly done. And when it's a huge part of a character's story arc, boy is it disappointing that it's just in arcade lol
@@pandorasboxofcatvideos5892 Well, of course. There's isn't really anything else to correct it to, at least I don't think; it's just cowgirl or cowboy.
@clips lol you are an actual child, what are you doing here. PARENTS IF YOU’RE READING THIS NOTIFICATION YOU NEED TO BE MORE STRICT WITH WHAT YOUR KID IS WATCHING.
@@TurtleChad1 I'll give you a few years to mature and realize not to hate people for how they identify and then we'll have this discussion okay? Now just finish your froot loops and get ready for your first day of school 😊
Actually, Bridget is trans but also not trans cuz there are 2 endings, one where she decides to be a girl and the other where he decides to be a boy but...yeah, kinda up to you, i like to think he is a boy who is comfy with feminine things Edit: Ok so they just announced that Bridget is officially a trans girl which I am kinda dissapointed and uncomfortable, not for her being trans but with the terrible and toxic trans rep they are giving us, good for her I guess
I don’t know anything about the lore, but seeing somebody bust a move without skipping a beat, while also having a very serious discussion about what kind of person they wanna be and the challenges that’ll come with that is oddly surreal.
@@franciscoguinledebarros4429 well considering they were basically groomed from childhood to "be a girl" even though they were a boy, it's kinda betraying their whole lifelong fight to reclaim their manhood they've been denied . . . kinda seems like a character regression.
@@TYGR2115 What a person identity is, is wholely up to them. It's not for you, Bridget's parent or anyone else to tell her what her ultimate goal should be. If that's what she feels is right, then it is right. Whatever decision a person makes, if they make it if their own free will and own accord then that is the right decision. You don't need to do the opposite of what you were made to do, just to prove that you have free will. The free will is in the self-making decision itself. Ironically, dictating what her arc should be is regression.
@@TYGR2115 You are looking for an arc about fighting against the pre-ordained fate. But this character's arc is about one of self-acceptance. This isn't the arc you're looking for. Doesn't mean it's bad or contradictory
Paraphrasing, but: "You've gotta learn to take a hit, and there are helping hands right infront of you." is probably one of the best lines i've ever heared.
@@TurtleChad1 Which is why we know gender is a schemata and therefore not tied to biological reality beyond the biological reality of the brain and its self-interpretation. The experience is literally more real than the classifications we give it.
@@thegibberishman3797 it's in both. Unambiguously Bridget says it's okay to call me a girl cause i am a girl. There's some nuance lost, but here's the quote from what I could hear お嬢ちゃんでいいですよ。うち、女の子ですから
Lewis and Ky, the best dads in the game, giving advice and financial support. No, not you Sol. Stop self-loathing and start properly raising and feeding your daughters.
@Joshua Gómez, well, then technically, Valentines are not his daughters. By the way, I'm not too versed in GG lore, but was Aria turned to Gear being pregnant, or how come that Dizzy is Sol's daughter, when Sol just punched Justice whenever they met?
@@So_Sunni, I don't know, thats why I asked. And, regarding your statement, do you imply that Justice and Sol lived peacefully somewhere before Justice got pregnant, so she hunted him to collect childcare money?
@@Andrew-Thalmann basically nobody knows how Dizzy was born, only that she is Justice's daughter. The reason Dizzy calls Sol dad is cuz when the topic of her family comes up, she and everyone else agrees that Sol is her father. Also Ram and Elphelt agrees that Sol is basically their brother in laws.
ASMR roleplay: loving and accepting cowboy grandpa counsels you through your gender dysphoria while you shake your hips and play with yoyos emotionally
I'm only here because people kept saying the translation for this game is wack. After referencing the surrounding context, I used that to make finding it in Japanese a lot easier and determined...no, this is perfectly adequate work. The ONLY thing about this that I can say is different is what the gendered thing is. The original is "ojou-chan" (Basically young lady) and in English it is cowboy...naturally these are a little different but no worries, the gender is the more important aspect. If you wanted to be as accurate as possible, you would have translated it as lad or lass, which is still far less formal but at least definitionally it lines up. TL;DR: anyone who says the translation is wrong is selling you something and I'm broke.
Personally I just think it's a bad move. Bridget being a girl... And giving into that... could all be because of grooming from her parents cause of superstition. I personally think their genderfluid so people can shut the fuck up tbh
I think its more like, they used cowboy and cowgirl because it translated so well with the character personality. Idk who that big fat dude is with the bull skull necklace, belt buckel and old western voice. But he sounds really Texan to me. That's like advanced American.
If I have to pick something as the best part of this it would be Goldlewis' "you got your whole life ahead of you, kid. Gotta learn to take a hit sometime". It's good to explore and try to fit in new things, and although failing hurts, it's good experience for finally finding yourself in the right spot. I hope Bridget gets to be happy in the end with the decisions made. Godspeed, and best of luck, yoyo master.
I remember my brother calling Bridget his waifu. Downloaded collections of pictures and so on until I said that he was a TRAP. It was that rare case when they try to kill you for telling the truth, because my brother thought all these years that Bridget was a girl.
I'll be honest, never thought I'd see official Guilty Gear lore where Goldlewis and Ky team up to talk a child through gender dysphoria but I'm here for it.
This isn't dysphoria, whole Bridget's story is like inspiration of David Reimer's life experinces. Instead of pos john money you get village authorities giving no option... I think overall there is just hate for femboys, which are popular in japanese culture and weestern culture don't see men being girly and feminine wearing skirts and don have any dysphoria, feeling ok being who they are to be valid. In previous entries Bridget was fine with the way he looked and considered people calling him girl weird, look up Bridget ending with Johnny. Feels forced af knowing whole story and lore and overall how similar it is to Reimer Twins story. How does it look like from ooutsider perspective when you have forced transition over small community superstition and leaving 2 options that are death or exile. Now just being coerced to admit it just for the sake of progress? It feels sooo wrong and I don't diminish anyone's life experience havin identity problems, but in this example it looks weird and predatory.
@@spindash64 Or one where, in his pursuit for world peace through Miller's Maxi Buns, ended up overtesting his food (AKA went from Taste Tests to full-on meals every hour)
While sol is the realist and coolest uncle you could have. 1. He doesn't care about your identity crisis (like fr no one really cares). 2. Has a cool dragon install unlike ky who doesn't go 5 miles into the air by using a dp or does big damage. 3. Lives by his own rules.
@@rancorious7785 bro he's literally the anime protagonist sterotype. Do you really like that? Im all about keeping it real. Ky wears hope on his belt like he's supposed to be the next danganronpa protagonist. Sol wants freedom which is a lot more real because tbh freedom is a lot more worth it.
@@TheExiled112 Ky used to be like that, true, but a core part of his arc has been maturing past that. hes no longer the generic always sunny anime protag, he's now just a hopeful leader.
if GG still had insta-kills, Goldlewis' would be him signing a ton of paperwork at mach speed and it'd have unique text like Dizzy's, but his would be "Adopted"
I’ll admit, I like how they handled her coming out story. Cuz like, a lot of them usually have the character knowing that they were somehow different and only now realizing how to express that, and that’s valid but it’s by no means universal. Like, I’m bisexual but I only figured that out a few months ago. That said, I can see why some people aren’t happy about it, cuz Bridget’s whole backstory was about her rebelling against the societal norms of her village, but I think they’re misunderstanding the point of her development. Like Yukiko’s social link in Persona 4, the point of both their character arcs was never about rebelling against fate, it was about realizing there was never any fate for them to rebel against. The choice was always theirs, and they just made a choice that made them happy.
Bridget was also raised as a girl from birth because of a superstition. Bridget was female for so long that when "she" decided to go against it, there was already years of being told that being a boy would be trouble. Ending up with the point of saying "I'm actually a boy!" completely useless as Bridget goes back to Girl because it feels right. Obviously, the time of being told being a boy was bad left a mark. A mark nobody seems to address.
The choice literally was not always hers because bridget was FORCED to be raised as a girl her entire life. There's no choice there. And choosing to remain a girl afterward is like a child abuse victim choosing to remain with their abusive parents.
@@diamondmetal3062 exactly this. I still can't help but feel so many people haven't actually played strive because going through it all shows a lot. Her whole experience is getting the independence to choose her path and overcome those controlling her, including her self.
@@jamwrightiam I can see in isolation the point Sebastian is trying to make, that because Briget was conditioned so long to think of herself as a girl that she just goes along with it now, but as you said that argument falls apart at the slightest provocation because Briget chose to be that way independently from those influences; it would be like a straight person being told they've been brainwashed into thinking they're straight after the society they live in raised them on heterosexual mindsets, but they explored their sexuality and decided they were straight independently from their society.
@@Hjea Your point? People ignore the abuse, and act like it doesn't matter. "Bridget chose to be a girl!" After never actually working to figure out why. Bridget's only help were men that were the exact stereotype they don't like. Who cares about the threat of death or exile that was on Bridget's mind for over a decade, and the emotional abuse they got second hand from their parents being unhappy with what they were doing. The abused little boy running around in a modified nun's habit wants to be a girl. The abuse is never addressed, and it's honestly sad to see people act like it doesn't matter. Bridget should have sought professional help.
@@Olimar92 bro first off, its a fictional character so your tone needs to relax. Second, my comment didn't warrant this response as you clearly read what you want to read. I was saying how mental abuse and body dysphoria are not mutually exclusive: which to explain it like the dote you are it seems to mean that someone can be both at the same time not one or the other. 😴🙄
@@Olimar92As a trans guy, those things aren’t mutually exclusive. Her story is that she wanted to be masculine in order to prove herself to her village and to shut down their superstitious practices. And now, 4 years later she realized that she can chose to who she wants to be and that she doesn’t have to prove herself to anyone and that if she wants to be a girl then she can be a girl. She doesn’t have to give up how she feels for someone else’s sake. Plus being a child abuse victim doesn’t instantly give someone gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria can occur in people who have never dealt with mental health or anything of the sort. The fact that you think Bridget’s transition is because of how she was abused is disgusting and disrespectful to transgender people, especially trans kids who were abused for being trans.
@Nickolias I mean perhaps although I'm just speaking my own experiences here and asides I see no reason bridget can be a nerodivergent tra s girl like myself
“If I keep on faking it like this, I know I’ll regret it…” This line in particular hits deeply for me. I was watching this just now for the first time and when I heard that line I literally just instantly started to tear up
@@princessharu2833 Part of me is sad that Lilith was supposed to be EVEN MORE androgenous but I guess Capcom decided to give her more feminine traits. Not complaining tho, I still like her.
One small thing that I love about this is that her theme playing in the background is in tandem with where she's at in her life's journey. She's making her choice as the final resolution of her theme is playing and its beautiful. I love her so much!
Ky the hero "be courageous. Face your problems head on even if they come from within. I'm with you" Goldlewis the old man "Be who you want to be before it's to late and your old like me!"
I don't know anything about Guilty Gear and have only ever seen Bridget get called brisket and biscuit as a meme but I think this video might make me get into Guilty Gear
Ky being one of the ones to help bridget out is fucking great when realize the mental shit this man had to go through. Dude was a die hard christion and went through a war and had a VERY almost racial hatred towards gears because of it, fell in love with dizzy a gear and daughter of justice who started said war and struggled with his morality and religion for a bit, ended up a child with said gear and had to keep it hidden and also having to have sol raise sin, became a king when he was not in a giid state of mind, ended up becoming a half gear himself. I love that his advice basically sums up to him saying its okay to be scared, unsure and confused but do whats best for yourself and you'll be okay
His faith is stronger now than it was before. He was the only person who didn't accept Ino as anything else than a powerful being who tried to be a false god. Incredibly based character. I learned to main him from YWNBAW.
For those of you who think she's dancing, she's not. She's just keeping the hip cuff- er thing from falling. She's balancing like a hula Hoop. It's a genius design to keep the character shaking her hips lmao. So yea she's dancing but not, at the same time.
I dont go here so I don't know story nuances well enough to actually judge if this was a good story decision or not... But there IS something to be said for revisiting a thing that used to be forced on you and realizing that, now that it isn't forced on you, you actually like the thing. Often accompanied with thoughts of "oh god were they justified/right about it?" And then realizing you like the thing Not because of their actions, but in spite of them. And also being mad that you could've potentially enjoyed the thing earlier but instead spent tons of time denying/disliking/refusing it because it was forced on you. Also same train of thought with stuff thats associated with bad experience/bad people. At the end of the day its really a matter of "will you let that bad association close a door in life?" I think yes, no, for a while, not now but maybe later, are all valid choices. I don't know if that can be applied to actual gender. The closest example I can think of is former-tomboy women coming to appreciate pink/femininity but that isn't like an actual gender identity. Then again, I'm no gender expert. But food for thought either way. Edit: since people are misconstruing what I meant when I typed this. I posted this because tons of people in the comment section were like "its bad writing because it's weird for someone to do a total 180, going from total denial to acceptance" as if it's impossible or unreasonable so I brought up situations that have some similarities where doing a 180 makes sense. I explicitly never said anything on Bridget's situation (or changing your mind about a thing *while* its being forced on you) so don't strawman me in the replies
That's called grooming. And coming to accept it is the same mentality as Stockholm Syndrome. It's one thing to accept Bridget's particular story, but it is a tragic, cautionary tale. Not one that should be celebrated and certainly not replicated.
I hated my masculinity before until I had the freedom to choose. It was the lack of choice that made me resent my masculinity. Now I love my femininity and my masculinity. I'm bigender.
Oh shit no insinuation actually gettin’ straight to the point. Love the way each character has grown up to this point. Feels like it helps everyone connect to a specific character for the issues they work through. Favorite still is Ino and her crazy world-ending depression tho.
My favorite part about all of this is that the "That's a boy" rite of passage Internet conversation will now endlessly loop with "No that's a girl" from here until the heat death of the universe.
I nearly died the moment Bridget was revealed as a DLC character. My favourite fighting game character of all time coming back. Finally. :D A couple months before her reveal I figured out that *I'm* a girl. When I did I felt happy. I became happy. I don't own StrIVe yet, sadly. (Money problems suck) So I didn't know any of this about Bridget yet. But the moment I found out... I just about cried. Both me *and* my favourite fighting game character... figured out who we are. In the same year. That actually made me happier. I felt even more valid. I may still battle my own dysphoria, but I'm still happy with myself. I'm starting to love myself again. I'm feeling like... me, truly for the first time in my life. I will probably always love knowing that me *and* my fave fighter figured it out in the same year. We know who we are. And we're not leaving them again. :)
0:39 man I'm getting choked up... her story is wholesome, and the support she's getting from all these characters is not only wholesome but touching. 'Scuse me, gonna go cry now.
@@Positive-Vibes-77 man idk how you kept those vibes so positive but I respect the fuck out of you for it lmao. And yeah, fighting games are kinda known for not really doing character arcs and stuff so the fact that they can make me feel this strongly from a glorified PowerPoint voiceover is pretty impressive. I like this scene a lot, it's one of the only arcade modes I repeat for fun haha.
To quote a person whos described this situation perfetly way before it even happened. "In 2019 we're gonna have an anime character turn to face the audience, look the viewer dead in the eye, and say in perfect english "I am Transgender" and we'll still have otaku fuccbois trying to insist there's an intricate Japanese historical context for why they aren't."
@@niqothefoxThere have been many times characters, themes, or writing change in media *especially* in long running series, most of western comics, a lot of manga and games, etc. And sure people might be mad about it or not accept it for a while, it's never as up in arms as this. And in this case the people aren't mad st "it wasn't written well" or "it was jarring", they're mad it happened at all. Same thing has happened in manga recently and it isn't anything new. There have been manga with heavy themes of genderqueernesss that people exactly like that decide to dismiss for whatever reasons they find, most of which is just trap fetish. Sure you might not be one of those people but you sure are defending them. It rarely gets as clear cut as this.
@@niqothefox Yeah how could the character who kept dressing like a girl years after dispelling their villages' superstition and leaving said village come out as a girl, what a retcon.
@@niqothefox lmao i never said im accepting of bigots, have fun coping over nippon being your ideal little anti woke utopia, maybe one day you'll get a real japanese waifu
As someone who almost know nothing about Bridget before, this has been a rollercoaster. I thought Bridget is a girl then turns out Bridget is a boy but then turns out Bridget identifies as a girl
@@lalauniversalis9999 Being rich isn't a social concept, gender is. At least try to understand what you are talking about before you make yourself look like an idiot
@@Chan-md2hb otokonokos aren't transgirls. Japan also doesn't have gendered language, so it's not even in the Japanese version. They're a biological essentialist people.
I really don't mind who Bridget decides to be in the end but what bugs me is the feeling that I missed key emotional moments for them in between XX and Strive. Feels like I went to college, lost touch, came back home to find my younger sibling is a completely different person emotionally.
...Damn, just like in the song, but fans are on the other end of it. The song is about being gone for a long time, and wanting to come back and reconnect with the people you knew before, but being worried about how they'll perceive or appreciate you and how you've changed. Except *we're* the family and Bridget's the one who left and came back. Everything just got way more meta.
@@hokokotokokoto7082 It was translated by the series creator, whom is half-South African, speaks fluent English and said she was created as trans from the beginning.
@@hokokotokokoto7082 i do not mean to be rude but you do seem to be "coping" which means that you are just stating assumptions contrary to the truth instead of accepting it. Either that or you're genuinely just assuming based off a few bullshit anime dubs that translators are incompetent. It was in the original Japanese.
Seriously. I am a feminine guy, I don't want people to try and tell me that I'm actually trans when I know for a fact I'm not, it's downright insulting.
It's kinda why i'm not truly liking this ending... I get why it's there(and it would have made more sense with some more story to fill in between xx and strive) but it just felt like Bridget going from "i like this clothes even tho i'm a man, so call me man" to "yeah but actually..." Like the naming bit... As much as i don't like labels, that's fine and makes sense with bridget and the passage of time, but it also makes it pass off like gendered clothing/mannerisms are now again "the thing" when testament seemingly said "nah fuck that idgaf, i just wear and do whatever i want" with its themes. I dunno it just feels all over the place is all.
@@morganfitch8325 They haven't already? I've been constantly told half my life that I should come out as trans just for dressing how I want and being small in stature. I agree it's insulting and creepy. After moving back to America I even get ma'am'd constantly despite having a male voice and body. This dialogue is just disrespectful to the character.
@@wakkaseta8351 Yes I understand. I don't blame the people who do it, I am sure they are just scared of being attacked by the ones forcing these mindsets and losing their jobs or worse.
“A French king and the American Secretary of Defense give thoughtful advice to a trans bounty hunter” was probably the furthest thing from what I expected when I picked up GG.
I get that this is supposed to be a serious and heartfelt scene and all, but I can't fucking get over Bridgette just dancing on the spot as all this is happening.
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
It's a heartfelt scene, and you know groove is in the heart, so it makes sense that Bridget's groovin' out.
I think you mean "vibin'"
@@UmbreonMessiah groovin
this is just how it is when you come out
Both of them immediately enter "supportive but somewhat confused dad" mode
For ky after fighting through a war, falling in love with dizzy who was essential a 5 year old and daughter of the gear that started said war, the whole rivalry with sol, having a illegitimate half gear child that grows fast as hell, becoming a king, becoming a half gear, finding out said rival is his father in law, the whole valentine issue and everything else. I think his general mindset to things is. Im confused about this situation but it'll be okay
@@garytaylor8193 he’s just going with the flow
I confuse too. Did he get cursed and turned into a girl. and he excepted the fact that he couldn't go back from being his ture self?
@@Greenbandido no?, Trans
@@ruansasa289 I don't know guilty gear lore I wouldn't know
Bridget casually hitting the gritty while having a heartfelt conversation
Griddy
@@AZtronics gritty
@@The_ace-1233 ok, but you're wrong. Have a nice day.
@@AZtronics Gritty
@@The_ace-1233 the Nitty-Griddy
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, you’d know that awkwardly dancing while trauma dumping is a totally normal thing for teens.
Wait seriously?🤨 trauma dumping on TikTok while dancing is a normal thing for teens these days?🤨 I’m not too sure about that.
Do NOT compare Bridget to tiktok teenagers
YWNBAW
IM DEAD LMFAO 💀
“Trauma dumping”
Ky and GL: *giving serious advice*
Bridgette: 💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺
💀💀💀
🤣🤣
She also can't sit still
@@piztech5168 Is that how she cope her ADHD?
Dance the nerves away
bridget: *sad dialogue*
also bridget at the very same time: *vibing like a disco fire*
Eh, she's 19, that's just how teenagers operate nowadays
(remember that this game is 5 years later - she was 14 in the last one)
@@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 entonces sus rules 34 seran legales ahora? genial.
@@Pereza2013 🤮
@@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 Nah it is a unique personality to give off character. Grew up with this character.
@@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 'he'
Bridget: "I'm not strong like you Mr. Ky. I'm too scared of losing what I have"
Also Bridget: *(Emotional Dancing)*
"I'm not strong like you"
She says after her long youthful adventures ranging from getting a high class education, leaving home to save her parents from a stigma, becoming a ruthless bounty hunter, and all the while having the chance to change to be how she wants to be only to realize she already is the person she wants to be and finally saying it out loud.
Bridget honey, you were never weak.
but she never said she was weak , she just said she's not strong like Ky which is.....true if you look back to Ky's history since GG2 . my boi come so far.
I hate arcade mode stories in strive.
Bridget, Axl, Happy Chaos, really anyone - the story they're trying to give off is so poorly done.
And when it's a huge part of a character's story arc, boy is it disappointing that it's just in arcade lol
Every tiktok depressed kids.
Bridget: you can dance, you can jive, questioning everything in your life OOOHHOO
“Cowgirl- ERR, uhh, cowboy?”
He’s a little confused, but he’s got the spirit.
force of habit to correct to cowboy, I suppose
@@pandorasboxofcatvideos5892
Well, of course. There's isn't really anything else to correct it to, at least I don't think; it's just cowgirl or cowboy.
I know
Yes
male
Bridget: *(in the middle of a heartfelt conversation about indecision)*
Also Bridget: *(schmoovin and groovin)*
ADHD ?
A D H D
@@Durahan82 oMG TOTALLY
the king fe memes
Try *Strivin' & Thrivin'*
Bridget: "I'm too scared of losing what I have".
Also bridget: **doing tiktok dances**
reminds me of that one scene in Pompo where a girl does the hype dance while it sounds like she's crying
YEAH THAT'S SO FUNNY LMAO
@clips lol Bro you are literally what? 10-12? You don't even know what dignity is.
@clips lol you are an actual child, what are you doing here. PARENTS IF YOU’RE READING THIS NOTIFICATION YOU NEED TO BE MORE STRICT WITH WHAT YOUR KID IS WATCHING.
Sheesh this comment section very adult and wise. Very great fandom
I love that not only does Brigitte dance during serious discussion, there’s a joyous little bop playing in the back
Yeah it's Bridget, she is just happy gorl, even when everything goes complete mental
ah yes, a joyous little bop about crippling gender dysphoria.
@@El_chara confused boi*
@@tarkir1094it's confirmed that Bridget is a girl
@@nintende trans girl = confused boi
Goldlewis’ line of “you got your whole life ahead of you, gotta learn to take a hit sometimes” really hits hard for me
YWNBAW
@@minuteworld7027 man you are obsessed lol. 14 comments on just this video. you're either jobless or a child. big L
Bridget a boy btw
@@TurtleChad1 doesn't that make you gay for being attracted to her?
@@TurtleChad1 I'll give you a few years to mature and realize not to hate people for how they identify and then we'll have this discussion okay? Now just finish your froot loops and get ready for your first day of school 😊
If you just keep grooving the gender dysphoria can't get you.
Big brain Bridget
Just because a guy says they are a girl doesn't make them one
@@Determinator21 Being trans does, as recognized by doctors and scientists.
Actually, Bridget is trans but also not trans cuz there are 2 endings, one where she decides to be a girl and the other where he decides to be a boy but...yeah, kinda up to you, i like to think he is a boy who is comfy with feminine things
Edit: Ok so they just announced that Bridget is officially a trans girl which I am kinda dissapointed and uncomfortable, not for her being trans but with the terrible and toxic trans rep they are giving us, good for her I guess
@@Cosm00sss AKA a ⒻⒶⒼⒼⓄt
@@coolbanana165 No lol
I don’t know anything about the lore, but seeing somebody bust a move without skipping a beat, while also having a very serious discussion about what kind of person they wanna be and the challenges that’ll come with that is oddly surreal.
@@joaoii1082 does it? From what I got it's just a new development
@@franciscoguinledebarros4429 I don't really see that development
@@franciscoguinledebarros4429 well considering they were basically groomed from childhood to "be a girl" even though they were a boy, it's kinda betraying their whole lifelong fight to reclaim their manhood they've been denied . . . kinda seems like a character regression.
@@TYGR2115 What a person identity is, is wholely up to them. It's not for you, Bridget's parent or anyone else to tell her what her ultimate goal should be. If that's what she feels is right, then it is right. Whatever decision a person makes, if they make it if their own free will and own accord then that is the right decision. You don't need to do the opposite of what you were made to do, just to prove that you have free will. The free will is in the self-making decision itself. Ironically, dictating what her arc should be is regression.
@@TYGR2115 You are looking for an arc about fighting against the pre-ordained fate. But this character's arc is about one of self-acceptance. This isn't the arc you're looking for. Doesn't mean it's bad or contradictory
i want to see someone irl come out to their friends while dancing like this
i will do it
@Ivelios Xilosient i disnt do it yet
@@nicterida do soon please!
@@sleepynova4840 maybe in like 10 years
I get the outfit as well and I'll do it
Very cool, can't wait for this to spiral into a monthly argument where if someone brings up Bridget it becomes a warground
Already is.
Already is because transphobes are losers lmao
@@_Cetarial how? i mean the whole thing ends on her deciding she's a girl, what the hell is there to argue about?
@@mauroramondo5855 o you innocent soul
@@mauroramondo5855 I mean Canonically it ain't but I don't wanna sound like a nerd emoji
Paraphrasing, but: "You've gotta learn to take a hit, and there are helping hands right infront of you." is probably one of the best lines i've ever heared.
When they said "Chads" and "Kings" they were specifically referring to Goldlewis Dickinson.
When you think about it, they way you phrased it fits perfectly into a fighting game like this now.
@@MrWhatdafuBOOM Oh definitely, learning to "take a hit" is the first step to fighting game mastery. But the quote also applies generally to life.
Coming from the guy who doesnt think about the consequences of his actions, thats surprisingly good advice
Facts
Literally a second after the video ends
Ky: "So, you're done getting your life and future together? Good. *DRAGON INSTALL!"*
Then overhead kicks you 6 times over and you can't fucking defend cause ur dog wants to play
Got ahead of myself
you mean run into grab
@@niedoanimowanyrosomak9990 FOUDRE ARC FOUDRE ARC FOUDRE ARC FOUDRE ARF ARF AWOO🐶🐶
Do we know if there's a stage 9? If so that actually could be the case. I have yet to see anyone 2-0 her whole arcade mode yet
@@Ovonx no that's sol. Run up wild throw and repeat it 3 times. Its a full on comedy show.
"arent you a little young for a midlife crisis?"
yes :(
Biological reality is objectively true
You're a turtle. You've never been true about anything.
Overshadowing
Me: ha I haven’t had a mid-life crisis yet
*Mid-life crisis looms above*
Me: oh sh**
@@TurtleChad1 Which is why we know gender is a schemata and therefore not tied to biological reality beyond the biological reality of the brain and its self-interpretation.
The experience is literally more real than the classifications we give it.
Goldlewis and Ky: serious encouragement about being yourself.
Bridget: *indecision while happily throwing it back.*
Then he curls into a ball.
Sorry I meant she. Unless this is only in English and I wouldn’t be surprised.
@@thegibberishman3797 Nah its on japanese too
@@thegibberishman3797 it's in both. Unambiguously Bridget says it's okay to call me a girl cause i am a girl.
There's some nuance lost, but here's the quote from what I could hear
お嬢ちゃんでいいですよ。うち、女の子ですから
@@ShadowoftheMask Ty
Lewis and Ky, the best dads in the game, giving advice and financial support.
No, not you Sol. Stop self-loathing and start properly raising and feeding your daughters.
Wait, he got not ONE daughter? Who?
@Joshua Gómez, well, then technically, Valentines are not his daughters. By the way, I'm not too versed in GG lore, but was Aria turned to Gear being pregnant, or how come that Dizzy is Sol's daughter, when Sol just punched Justice whenever they met?
@@Andrew-Thalmann So you're saying Sol *didn't* clap Gear cheeks?
@@So_Sunni, I don't know, thats why I asked. And, regarding your statement, do you imply that Justice and Sol lived peacefully somewhere before Justice got pregnant, so she hunted him to collect childcare money?
@@Andrew-Thalmann basically nobody knows how Dizzy was born, only that she is Justice's daughter. The reason Dizzy calls Sol dad is cuz when the topic of her family comes up, she and everyone else agrees that Sol is her father.
Also Ram and Elphelt agrees that Sol is basically their brother in laws.
there is still a problem though
bridget is still bri'ish
Bri'ish is a sin unforgivable. It cannot be cleansed by any means.
that's why it took so long for her to transition
I don’t understand, if she’s British why does she talk like an American?
I accept her gender but not her accent.
@@Danmarinja this is the funniest fucking comment ive ever read about bridget oh lord
@@Danmarinja she's accent fluid, you bigot!
Cowgirl is fine!
Because...I'm a cow!
Stahp 😭
Romolla Origin Story (real)
Well that confirms it, she's a girl, because if she was a guy she'd be a pig, not a cow!
*(This is a joke)*
Holy cow
Moooooooove so I can combo
ASMR roleplay: loving and accepting cowboy grandpa counsels you through your gender dysphoria while you shake your hips and play with yoyos emotionally
😔💔 🥀
jesus that's wholesome
Brisket lore
thanks now i need to see an asmr like this or i will die
Shame that it ended with Bridget rejecting their sex and going full mental though.
I'm only here because people kept saying the translation for this game is wack.
After referencing the surrounding context, I used that to make finding it in Japanese a lot easier and determined...no, this is perfectly adequate work.
The ONLY thing about this that I can say is different is what the gendered thing is.
The original is "ojou-chan" (Basically young lady) and in English it is cowboy...naturally these are a little different but no worries, the gender is the more important aspect.
If you wanted to be as accurate as possible, you would have translated it as lad or lass, which is still far less formal but at least definitionally it lines up.
TL;DR: anyone who says the translation is wrong is selling you something and I'm broke.
Personally I just think it's a bad move. Bridget being a girl... And giving into that... could all be because of grooming from her parents cause of superstition. I personally think their genderfluid so people can shut the fuck up tbh
Also he speaks in a southern accent so it makes more sense in context
Cowgirl/cowbow is far superior from lad/lass
@@lesbianmortis1261 Either one works for me, it definitely fits better in English to use an informal phrase like that.
I think its more like, they used cowboy and cowgirl because it translated so well with the character personality.
Idk who that big fat dude is with the bull skull necklace, belt buckel and old western voice. But he sounds really Texan to me. That's like advanced American.
If I have to pick something as the best part of this it would be Goldlewis' "you got your whole life ahead of you, kid. Gotta learn to take a hit sometime".
It's good to explore and try to fit in new things, and although failing hurts, it's good experience for finally finding yourself in the right spot. I hope Bridget gets to be happy in the end with the decisions made. Godspeed, and best of luck, yoyo master.
This!
Nailed it.
"There's a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes" -Megamind
And nobody argues with Megamind
"Gotta learn to take a hit" oh well it's Goldlewis to say that his health pool is fucking huge
"I wanna be a yoyo man," he cried, "Make me a yoyo man!" But the yoyo master did not answer, she just kept on yo-ing.
i feel like if bridget stopped dancing she would die from a heart attack or something like spoink from pokemon
I'm slowly remembering the very complex background that Bridget's upbringing had. Kid had it really rough yet has such an optimistic attitude overall.
@@lalauniversalis9999 They can't keep getting away with itttttttt
I remember my brother calling Bridget his waifu. Downloaded collections of pictures and so on until I said that he was a TRAP.
It was that rare case when they try to kill you for telling the truth, because my brother thought all these years that Bridget was a girl.
@@Lain_Rockhart I'm glad your spoke up.
@@juice6521 I won't let 'em.
@@Lain_Rockhart Now they can sleep easy...I guess.
I'll be honest, never thought I'd see official Guilty Gear lore where Goldlewis and Ky team up to talk a child through gender dysphoria but I'm here for it.
Only in Guilty Gear
i think she's like 21 now lmao
Fairly certain Bridget is an adult
@@SisterRose six year from XX so Bridget is around 18-19.
This isn't dysphoria, whole Bridget's story is like inspiration of David Reimer's life experinces. Instead of pos john money you get village authorities giving no option... I think overall there is just hate for femboys, which are popular in japanese culture and weestern culture don't see men being girly and feminine wearing skirts and don have any dysphoria, feeling ok being who they are to be valid. In previous entries Bridget was fine with the way he looked and considered people calling him girl weird, look up Bridget ending with Johnny. Feels forced af knowing whole story and lore and overall how similar it is to Reimer Twins story. How does it look like from ooutsider perspective when you have forced transition over small community superstition and leaving 2 options that are death or exile. Now just being coerced to admit it just for the sake of progress? It feels sooo wrong and I don't diminish anyone's life experience havin identity problems, but in this example it looks weird and predatory.
Bridget: I'm too scared of losing what i have
Also Bridget while saying this: 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃
😂😂😂
Bridget internally: Solemn, transformative moment in her life
Bridget externally: DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDA
It's the town
Old man goldlewis being there for Bridget is so dang cute like a supportive grandpa that's also half gorilla and half kazuhira Miller
Bruh that comparison somehow fits too well
Thanks to you, I can't unsee that now.
The alternate universe where Kaz actually brought about world peace via Cheeseburgers
@@spindash64 Or one where, in his pursuit for world peace through Miller's Maxi Buns, ended up overtesting his food (AKA went from Taste Tests to full-on meals every hour)
@@spindash64 Ah yes miller's maxi buns my favourite lore of metal gear other than Huey's trial
It's so nice of Guillermo del Toro to help Bridget out :)
I've never drawn the comparison between him and goldlewis before. But you are so right.
"cowgirl is fine" out of context is insane
😶🤠💀
True
oh my god bruh oh hell naw
Who invited this kid?
I embrace it
A character will literally look at the screen and say "i am a transgender girl" and people will still try to find a way to say that the character isnt
That image is somehow still right to this day and I find that insane
Yeah, folks're also giving the same treatment to Yamato, and bringing Bridget into the convo too
I can see why they don't accept Bridget. He was forced to be a girl since he was little
@@jonal5126 she* Bridget is a girl
@@jonal5126 stop lying
"Why are you dancing?"
Bridget: "I always dance when I'm depressed."
"But you're always dancing."
Bridget: 💀
-- Airdash unlocked! --
Transphobes mad because the airdash will make her kit stronger
We climbing the mountain with this one?
@@ghostcassette6012 -Noose unlocked!-
@@calmestdragon3600Sorry I don't get the joke can you explain it for me?
@@PoorlyMadePurpleSocks42% club!
0:28
Bridget: I'm too scared to lose what I have
Also Bridget: 💃 💃
"Ain't you a little young for a midnight crisis?"
Yes, yes I am.
I love how Goldlewis and Ky are the best supporting dads
While sol is the realist and coolest uncle you could have. 1. He doesn't care about your identity crisis (like fr no one really cares). 2. Has a cool dragon install unlike ky who doesn't go 5 miles into the air by using a dp or does big damage. 3. Lives by his own rules.
@@TheExiled112 I'd take Ky over Sol anyday
Goldlewis is the barbeque dad def
@@rancorious7785 bro he's literally the anime protagonist sterotype. Do you really like that? Im all about keeping it real.
Ky wears hope on his belt like he's supposed to be the next danganronpa protagonist. Sol wants freedom which is a lot more real because tbh freedom is a lot more worth it.
@@TheExiled112 Ky used to be like that, true, but a core part of his arc has been maturing past that. hes no longer the generic always sunny anime protag, he's now just a hopeful leader.
briget's cannon friends are now
funny bemoth tycoon man (goldlewis)
I RIDE THE LIGHTING SO I CAN DEAL DAMAGE (ky)
if GG still had insta-kills, Goldlewis' would be him signing a ton of paperwork at mach speed
and it'd have unique text like Dizzy's, but his would be "Adopted"
💀💀💀💀💀
the happy family of Goldlewis, Nagoriyuki, and Bridget
@@Xx_STRHMN_xX where does Nago fit into this?
@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 Goldlewis' story was literally him chasing and trying to capture Nago lol
"And there are heling hands right in front of you" your gonna make me fucking cry, i wish i had that type of support.
Same
Another title: supportive dad and brother supporting their sister
I like how they didn't bother to change the idle animation so it makes this soo much funnier
The Shiggy Wiggy
Of course, who else but the Secretary of Absolute Defense to be the greatest ally?
Discrimination based on gender identity stops you from seeing who the real enemies are, you know?
The US politician we need but don't deserve
@@itssovalentine the only good US politician
Haha. S.A.D.
this man is your FRIEND
he fights for LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
I’ll admit, I like how they handled her coming out story. Cuz like, a lot of them usually have the character knowing that they were somehow different and only now realizing how to express that, and that’s valid but it’s by no means universal. Like, I’m bisexual but I only figured that out a few months ago.
That said, I can see why some people aren’t happy about it, cuz Bridget’s whole backstory was about her rebelling against the societal norms of her village, but I think they’re misunderstanding the point of her development. Like Yukiko’s social link in Persona 4, the point of both their character arcs was never about rebelling against fate, it was about realizing there was never any fate for them to rebel against. The choice was always theirs, and they just made a choice that made them happy.
Bridget was also raised as a girl from birth because of a superstition. Bridget was female for so long that when "she" decided to go against it, there was already years of being told that being a boy would be trouble. Ending up with the point of saying "I'm actually a boy!" completely useless as Bridget goes back to Girl because it feels right. Obviously, the time of being told being a boy was bad left a mark.
A mark nobody seems to address.
The choice literally was not always hers because bridget was FORCED to be raised as a girl her entire life. There's no choice there. And choosing to remain a girl afterward is like a child abuse victim choosing to remain with their abusive parents.
@@sebaschan-uwu Except she’s not with her village. No one forced her, it’s what she chose.
@@diamondmetal3062 exactly this. I still can't help but feel so many people haven't actually played strive because going through it all shows a lot. Her whole experience is getting the independence to choose her path and overcome those controlling her, including her self.
@@jamwrightiam I can see in isolation the point Sebastian is trying to make, that because Briget was conditioned so long to think of herself as a girl that she just goes along with it now, but as you said that argument falls apart at the slightest provocation because Briget chose to be that way independently from those influences; it would be like a straight person being told they've been brainwashed into thinking they're straight after the society they live in raised them on heterosexual mindsets, but they explored their sexuality and decided they were straight independently from their society.
Bridget: “my dysphoria can’t hurt me if I keep dancing”
Mental abuse, not dysphoria. Bridget spent years being raised as a girl from birth, and hearing how twin boys are a bad thing.
@@Olimar92 those arent mutually exclusive you dote
@@Hjea Your point? People ignore the abuse, and act like it doesn't matter. "Bridget chose to be a girl!" After never actually working to figure out why. Bridget's only help were men that were the exact stereotype they don't like. Who cares about the threat of death or exile that was on Bridget's mind for over a decade, and the emotional abuse they got second hand from their parents being unhappy with what they were doing. The abused little boy running around in a modified nun's habit wants to be a girl.
The abuse is never addressed, and it's honestly sad to see people act like it doesn't matter. Bridget should have sought professional help.
@@Olimar92 bro first off, its a fictional character so your tone needs to relax. Second, my comment didn't warrant this response as you clearly read what you want to read. I was saying how mental abuse and body dysphoria are not mutually exclusive: which to explain it like the dote you are it seems to mean that someone can be both at the same time not one or the other. 😴🙄
@@Olimar92As a trans guy, those things aren’t mutually exclusive. Her story is that she wanted to be masculine in order to prove herself to her village and to shut down their superstitious practices. And now, 4 years later she realized that she can chose to who she wants to be and that she doesn’t have to prove herself to anyone and that if she wants to be a girl then she can be a girl. She doesn’t have to give up how she feels for someone else’s sake. Plus being a child abuse victim doesn’t instantly give someone gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria can occur in people who have never dealt with mental health or anything of the sort. The fact that you think Bridget’s transition is because of how she was abused is disgusting and disrespectful to transgender people, especially trans kids who were abused for being trans.
I love that while Bridget’s having an identity crisis she’s still dancing.
Come the fuck on. All I said was I find the dancing funny.
He*
oh no
been there girl
@@sprigganmint9291 SHE.
He*
Bridget: C-cowgirl is fine!
R34 Artists: *furious scribbling*
I spit lmao
WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Internet is so ruined, when trying to find references for a female wild west type character, I have to search "girl cowboy"
@@kaylons ** THE MONGOL INVASION **
spat
** IS LEAVING **
@@AutumnWoodham Maybe it's just me, but that probably says a lot about gender norms or sex norms
I'm going to interpret bright dancing and moving like she does as a form of stiming since it makes perfect sense for the situation
I doubt she's autistic because there's no evidence but I was thinking that as well.
projecting a little neurodivergency there cowgirl
@Nickolias I mean perhaps although I'm just speaking my own experiences here and asides I see no reason bridget can be a nerodivergent tra s girl like myself
I'm going to interpret it as limited development budget.
@@thelokksdoomcorner8329 most likely lol
“If I keep on faking it like this, I know I’ll regret it…”
This line in particular hits deeply for me. I was watching this just now for the first time and when I heard that line I literally just instantly started to tear up
L tbh
@@IMHOGSLICENah, W
@@IMHOGSLICE lol based
@@IMHOGSLICEAlso, cringe.
@@IMHOGSLICE I wonder how many friends you have
I hope that if Darkstalkers 4 happens, they give Lilith the same voice as Bridget since they used to have the same VA back in the day
Oh really? That’s pretty ironic
@@princessharu2833 Part of me is sad that Lilith was supposed to be EVEN MORE androgenous but I guess Capcom decided to give her more feminine traits. Not complaining tho, I still like her.
Darkstalkers 4? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one!
From one side, I hope what you said indeed happens
From another, Darkstalkers 4? That's the best joke I've heard all day, but here's hoping it happens
@@NataliaNeeSama she's perfect as is
One small thing that I love about this is that her theme playing in the background is in tandem with where she's at in her life's journey. She's making her choice as the final resolution of her theme is playing and its beautiful. I love her so much!
Ky the hero "be courageous. Face your problems head on even if they come from within. I'm with you"
Goldlewis the old man "Be who you want to be before it's to late and your old like me!"
I don't know anything about Guilty Gear and have only ever seen Bridget get called brisket and biscuit as a meme but I think this video might make me get into Guilty Gear
you should
Budget
Ky being one of the ones to help bridget out is fucking great when realize the mental shit this man had to go through.
Dude was a die hard christion and went through a war and had a VERY almost racial hatred towards gears because of it, fell in love with dizzy a gear and daughter of justice who started said war and struggled with his morality and religion for a bit, ended up a child with said gear and had to keep it hidden and also having to have sol raise sin, became a king when he was not in a giid state of mind, ended up becoming a half gear himself. I love that his advice basically sums up to him saying its okay to be scared, unsure and confused but do whats best for yourself and you'll be okay
His faith is stronger now than it was before. He was the only person who didn't accept Ino as anything else than a powerful being who tried to be a false god. Incredibly based character. I learned to main him from YWNBAW.
@@pieterlindeque7798 You Will Never Bed A Woman?
@@pieterlindeque7798, why are you the way that you are?
GG lore makes me feel like I'm high as fuck.
@@TreyDobe As it should
"Years of academy training wasted!"
-R34 Artists right now
bridget still he a big ol phalic object down there you know it's not going to stop R34 artists.
@@Raya.T So does that mean it's considered Futa now? Y'know what? Don't answer that.
@@tristancampbell4941 Stop
You're provoking the artists
@@tristancampbell4941 nah futa is a different thing entirely than trans people
@@ladyinwight Oh, ok.
Lewis and Ky: *giving confidential boost*
Bridget: *vibing*
I love baguette
*spy disguise noises*
"very well"
brisket
Bakery
bucket
boulder
Goldlewis is such a gigachad. Such a handsome and beautiful man.
Southern Hospitality at its damn finest.
For those of you who think she's dancing, she's not. She's just keeping the hip cuff- er thing from falling. She's balancing like a hula Hoop. It's a genius design to keep the character shaking her hips lmao. So yea she's dancing but not, at the same time.
Yes he is. You keep the hula hoop on by spinning it, the cuff is not spinning so he's dancing just for the sake of dancing.
@@konstantdrachenfels5446 Bridget is trans be mad.
@@Deadwarrior000 okay, groomer
@@brucehc4975 go step on some sharp Lego
@@brucehc4975 average transphobe L
I dont go here so I don't know story nuances well enough to actually judge if this was a good story decision or not... But there IS something to be said for revisiting a thing that used to be forced on you and realizing that, now that it isn't forced on you, you actually like the thing. Often accompanied with thoughts of "oh god were they justified/right about it?" And then realizing you like the thing Not because of their actions, but in spite of them. And also being mad that you could've potentially enjoyed the thing earlier but instead spent tons of time denying/disliking/refusing it because it was forced on you. Also same train of thought with stuff thats associated with bad experience/bad people. At the end of the day its really a matter of "will you let that bad association close a door in life?" I think yes, no, for a while, not now but maybe later, are all valid choices.
I don't know if that can be applied to actual gender. The closest example I can think of is former-tomboy women coming to appreciate pink/femininity but that isn't like an actual gender identity. Then again, I'm no gender expert. But food for thought either way.
Edit: since people are misconstruing what I meant when I typed this. I posted this because tons of people in the comment section were like "its bad writing because it's weird for someone to do a total 180, going from total denial to acceptance" as if it's impossible or unreasonable so I brought up situations that have some similarities where doing a 180 makes sense. I explicitly never said anything on Bridget's situation (or changing your mind about a thing *while* its being forced on you) so don't strawman me in the replies
That's called grooming. And coming to accept it is the same mentality as Stockholm Syndrome. It's one thing to accept Bridget's particular story, but it is a tragic, cautionary tale. Not one that should be celebrated and certainly not replicated.
@@Brickcaster you good?
@@zanderarmstrong4761 I don’t think they are doing good, maybe even a little mad, perhaps. lmao
>bridhet's entire story of being literally groomed is now being (falsely) claimed by traineeslators
holy based
I hated my masculinity before until I had the freedom to choose. It was the lack of choice that made me resent my masculinity. Now I love my femininity and my masculinity. I'm bigender.
Big Zoomer energy from Bridget.
Immense existential dread but still vibing.
Just like from zombie land saga. Bridget is Bridget and we’re love them no matter what. Also how they hug their knees is too cute
ye
Oh shit no insinuation actually gettin’ straight to the point. Love the way each character has grown up to this point. Feels like it helps everyone connect to a specific character for the issues they work through.
Favorite still is Ino and her crazy world-ending depression tho.
Bridget up until strive has always asserted being male and hated being called female. It's just now Bridget is okay with whatever
@@ChaosKnuxxx No, it's peer pressure in the bad ending. ruclips.net/video/9W5ezv_xxOk/видео.html&ab_channel=SwimCheesy
@@ChaosKnuxxx IRL trans people try to be hypermasculine to no avail. I've read that some trans women liked this part of the story.
@@SPL1NGYDUDE Trans woman here! I can confirm, I find this part of the story extremely relatable.
@@alexiswatts1735 i can also vouch
Bridget is such massive ADHD energy
Well that would explain why I instantly gravitated towards Bridget LMAO
I only know HD
As someone with ADHD, can confirm.
Ok, yes. This.
@@Cat_Garfield As someone with ADHD, I too know of HD
The warmth this lil cutscene still gives me is... Hard to describe. I'm glad this is how her story turned out.
cutscene?
There are helping hands right in front of you.
*proceeds to full screen run up grab
*This is a certified Melee Marth moment.*
My favorite part about all of this is that the "That's a boy" rite of passage Internet conversation will now endlessly loop with "No that's a girl" from here until the heat death of the universe.
all because mentally...weird people, for lack of better terms, have to force themselves on everything.
That's a boy
@@PowerHungryFool No that's a girl
Benis
Bridget will forever be a Boy. Deciding your Gender on a whim isn't a thing.
Bridget: *talking about indecision in a sad tone*
Also Bridget: 💃🕺
She really do got that town in her
And everyone's voice
I bet this is going to be a wholesome and heartfelt comment section
Ha
god I wish
More than I expected
Imagine..
I nearly died the moment Bridget was revealed as a DLC character. My favourite fighting game character of all time coming back. Finally. :D
A couple months before her reveal I figured out that *I'm* a girl. When I did I felt happy. I became happy.
I don't own StrIVe yet, sadly. (Money problems suck) So I didn't know any of this about Bridget yet. But the moment I found out... I just about cried. Both me *and* my favourite fighting game character... figured out who we are. In the same year. That actually made me happier. I felt even more valid.
I may still battle my own dysphoria, but I'm still happy with myself. I'm starting to love myself again. I'm feeling like... me, truly for the first time in my life.
I will probably always love knowing that me *and* my fave fighter figured it out in the same year. We know who we are. And we're not leaving them again. :)
Happy trails, cowgirl
Good luck on your journey
That's nice.
0:39
man I'm getting choked up... her story is wholesome, and the support she's getting from all these characters is not only wholesome but touching. 'Scuse me, gonna go cry now.
Grooming is pretty damn wholesome
@@jeffprime4495 admirable attempt
@@Positive-Vibes-77 man idk how you kept those vibes so positive but I respect the fuck out of you for it lmao.
And yeah, fighting games are kinda known for not really doing character arcs and stuff so the fact that they can make me feel this strongly from a glorified PowerPoint voiceover is pretty impressive. I like this scene a lot, it's one of the only arcade modes I repeat for fun haha.
Don’t be afraid to listen to your own heart.
GoldLewis and Ky: valuable words of advice
Bridget: y’all mind if I buss it down rq?
To quote a person whos described this situation perfetly way before it even happened.
"In 2019 we're gonna have an anime character turn to face the audience, look the viewer dead in the eye, and say in perfect english "I am Transgender" and we'll still have otaku fuccbois trying to insist there's an intricate Japanese historical context for why they aren't."
@@niqothefoxThere have been many times characters, themes, or writing change in media *especially* in long running series, most of western comics, a lot of manga and games, etc. And sure people might be mad about it or not accept it for a while, it's never as up in arms as this. And in this case the people aren't mad st "it wasn't written well" or "it was jarring", they're mad it happened at all. Same thing has happened in manga recently and it isn't anything new. There have been manga with heavy themes of genderqueernesss that people exactly like that decide to dismiss for whatever reasons they find, most of which is just trap fetish.
Sure you might not be one of those people but you sure are defending them. It rarely gets as clear cut as this.
@neetneme Parents who's child is coming out as trans: "this goes against the narrative of you being a boy for the last 20 years, stop retconning"
@@niqothefox Yeah how could the character who kept dressing like a girl years after dispelling their villages' superstition and leaving said village come out as a girl, what a retcon.
@@niqothefox thank you cis otaku for your concern on the quality of trans representation lol, im sure it's very genuine
@@niqothefox lmao i never said im accepting of bigots, have fun coping over nippon being your ideal little anti woke utopia, maybe one day you'll get a real japanese waifu
Bridget will stay vibing during the worst of situations
Brisket: "I'm a girl!"
Chuds who need to gtfo the internet and touch grass: "Nuh-uh!" 😡
Skibidi dub dub dub
brisket
brisket
I highly agree
i love burrito 💙💗🤍💗💙 she's so female i love her
Baggute is so cool
@@hwelseBasket :)))))))
0:20 Dancing and vibing while having a personal crisis. S tier coping
Bridget: i'm so scared
also Bridget: 💃💃
Your demons can't catch you if you've got the moves
it's her undiagnosed autism and adhd
YEAAAAAAAH !!!!! THAT'S WHY SHE'S THE GOAT !!!! *THE GOAAAAAAAAT !!!!!!*
As someone who almost know nothing about Bridget before, this has been a rollercoaster. I thought Bridget is a girl then turns out Bridget is a boy but then turns out Bridget identifies as a girl
well I'm not rich despite identifying as it so no, that's not how that works.
@@lalauniversalis9999 You say you're alive, but you don't get to decide that, now do you? Hop to it!
@@lalauniversalis9999 Being rich isn't a social concept, gender is. At least try to understand what you are talking about before you make yourself look like an idiot
I don't think Bridget identifies as a girl. He's just a trans girl.
@@Chan-md2hb otokonokos aren't transgirls. Japan also doesn't have gendered language, so it's not even in the Japanese version. They're a biological essentialist people.
Dialogue: Heartfelt conversation about courage and self worth.
Animation: ITS TIME TO GET FUNKY-
As a dysphoric person, i too like to do the Fortnite dance when I'm feeling dysphoric
I really don't mind who Bridget decides to be in the end but what bugs me is the feeling that I missed key emotional moments for them in between XX and Strive. Feels like I went to college, lost touch, came back home to find my younger sibling is a completely different person emotionally.
...Damn, just like in the song, but fans are on the other end of it. The song is about being gone for a long time, and wanting to come back and reconnect with the people you knew before, but being worried about how they'll perceive or appreciate you and how you've changed. Except *we're* the family and Bridget's the one who left and came back. Everything just got way more meta.
What bugs me is that he was a perfectly good transvestite and they just retconned it away.
@@Bluesit32 It's not a retcon. It's character growth.
@@Ephelle Its the bad ending
@@Ephelle Seems more like regression. Succumbing to the will of their family and village.
people will see this in the game and say "no its not canon"
translated by Americans yes it's probably not canon
@@hokokotokokoto7082 It was translated by the series creator, whom is half-South African, speaks fluent English and said she was created as trans from the beginning.
@@hokokotokokoto7082 i do not mean to be rude but you do seem to be "coping" which means that you are just stating assumptions contrary to the truth instead of accepting it. Either that or you're genuinely just assuming based off a few bullshit anime dubs that translators are incompetent.
It was in the original Japanese.
these lines hit far harder and closer to home than i want them to.
Bridget swaying like a metronome is not helping.
"I'm not strong like you, Mr. Ky. I'm too scared of losing what I have" 😢
*Continues dancing to the background music
losing what though? his clothes? Do clothes make the girl?
"Cowboys? Cowgirls? I'm an equal opportunity Ass Buster."
(A quote from Duke Nukem but I changed it a bit)
someone was talking about they dont like how feminine dudes are seen as trans in denial and I agree
Seriously. I am a feminine guy, I don't want people to try and tell me that I'm actually trans when I know for a fact I'm not, it's downright insulting.
It's kinda why i'm not truly liking this ending... I get why it's there(and it would have made more sense with some more story to fill in between xx and strive) but it just felt like Bridget going from "i like this clothes even tho i'm a man, so call me man" to "yeah but actually..."
Like the naming bit... As much as i don't like labels, that's fine and makes sense with bridget and the passage of time, but it also makes it pass off like gendered clothing/mannerisms are now again "the thing" when testament seemingly said "nah fuck that idgaf, i just wear and do whatever i want" with its themes.
I dunno it just feels all over the place is all.
@@morganfitch8325 They haven't already? I've been constantly told half my life that I should come out as trans just for dressing how I want and being small in stature. I agree it's insulting and creepy. After moving back to America I even get ma'am'd constantly despite having a male voice and body. This dialogue is just disrespectful to the character.
@@Nyasahi
I think you can thank the *"it's ma'am!"* guy that was trending a while back for that.
@@wakkaseta8351 Yes I understand. I don't blame the people who do it, I am sure they are just scared of being attacked by the ones forcing these mindsets and losing their jobs or worse.
Bridget is that last braincell in my brain during a test.
We love Bridget.
Now please stop killing me with a yo-yo
“A French king and the American Secretary of Defense give thoughtful advice to a trans bounty hunter” was probably the furthest thing from what I expected when I picked up GG.
Rookie mistake
This Is not what i expected to find when i searched "asmr 10 hours of volcanic viper"
There’s this whole heartfelt moment going on and Bridget is just jamming the entire time
The "everyone is gay for Bridget" thing has reached new levels.
they are no longer gay
it's not gay anymore... it was, and it was funny
now it's just straight and that's not fun
GGX2 Bridget: "I'm a boy!"
guys: "lol everyone's gay for Bridget"
Strive Bridget: "I'm a girl!"
those same girls: "lol everyone's gay for Bridget"
@@jeeBisOkay I'm sure at least half the people will be considered gay, which will count as everyone according to internet logic
@@jeeBisOkay transitioning just so you can keep being gay for Bridget, now that's dedication
00:47 I love the stimming motion it's so cute!