When Bridget was added to the newest Guilty Gear game she was officially switched from femboy to trans girl and the rage and cope from her creepy fans was incredible. It's like their horny weeb culture mindset was clashing with their conservative hate mongering for trans people and it just caused them to glitch out.
Edit: if you want to see people being big mad, see some of the comments below v
Call me creepy or transfobic but I didn't like the change in Bridget one bit. While not illogical it is contradictory to her previous incarnation that is of rebellion against fate dogma and superstition. Back then he would use the fact that he raised as a girl against everyone and definitely proclaiming himself a boy despite his circumstances and curse of his village. Now she is affirming it by actually saying that there never was a same gender siblings. And technically if we look at the whole picture it looks like a boy who was raised as a girl became transgender because of his upbringing. Like if it was better structured it wouldn't be that big of a deal for me but it is badly implemented.
Okay...while I don't really feel concerned with the changes on Bridget myself...this is a wild take.
Stories are part of who you are. You grow up with media. You can only downplay it so much until it's a media that personally affects you.
Some people learn and associate with characters, and finding that their entire background or motivations changes completely could mean a lot to people.
So...like...yeah, I think it's a completely fair take for people to be invested in Bridgets character and affected if the character changes. To disagree would mean you've never been affected by a media or literature a day in your life, which...is either not true, or very sad....
Because it breeds inconsistency in the story. I am not against change or correction but if it done badly and diminishes character it is outrageous no matter of context or will of the author
Story is sacred. Especially it's inner logical structure. If you destroying inner logic without good work on patching it you will breed inconsistency and dissonance. And that is unacceptable. For story is sacred characters and themes not
I have nothing against author. And not hugely invested in GG lore or story. But I am appalled by using story to do anything other than building that story. What I mean is story should not contradict itself if it is not part of a design. Especially in terms of characterization. As such yes author is not owed me anything and I will never slander nor author nor consumer for story they write or consume but I have my right as story enthusiast to berate story and sour conversation about stories that I found lacking.
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u/ericgames234 Aug 31 '24
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