Ky: "stop right there, that's enough" *Bridget still dancing* Bridget "I dont know what to do" *still dancing*

@gidofter_lukge

Жыл бұрын

Not even revelations about the self can stop the shiggy wiggy

Ky inviting Bridget over and saying that Dizzy would be happy to them, I won't lie, it made me smile.

@JamesTheTurnbull

Жыл бұрын

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.

@SaiyanGamer95

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesTheTurnbull Unless I'm mistaken, Bridget and Dizzy are very good friends.

@TheSweetSpirit

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Max465

Жыл бұрын

Ky managing to be a better father figure to Bridget than he's ever been for Sin

@Renoistic

Жыл бұрын

Nice callback to the Bridget/Dizzy ending in XX.

"I hope my path will be a guiding light for someone to follow" : Ky's theme

@pedroian5964

Жыл бұрын

"i can feel the light even after the sun goes down" Bridget's Yo...

@deltacosmic5358

Жыл бұрын

WAIT bro did they do that on purpose

@stonecat676

Жыл бұрын

crying at the club rn

@LoveXKnife

Жыл бұрын

I CAN BELIEVE IN THE PATH IM ON FAITH PRIDE SO WHAT DO I HAVE TO FEAR?!

@charlescalvin8680

Жыл бұрын

@@LoveXKnife UNDER THE SACRED BRIARS

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.

@jojoreferences7766

Жыл бұрын

Tight, you're spittin

@xAnarchRadiostar

Жыл бұрын

Spitting facts!

@ShinKyuubi

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I can get behind that.

@DingusButDead

Жыл бұрын

TRUEE

@blazetbd1102

Жыл бұрын

SPITTING

Her gender is valid, but her nationality is not (she’s British)

@user-ky2rk8tp5g

10 ай бұрын

😂

@netsukii7594

4 ай бұрын

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)

@alexmal9021

Ай бұрын

​@@netsukii7594 🇺🇸 🦅👍 🇬🇧🐔👎

@tire_iron488

Ай бұрын

​@@netsukii7594 britain is nowhere near as bad as america

@SomeRandoDum

19 күн бұрын

​@@tire_iron488 just look at their food. I'd rather eat five big macs or even touch their food

See this was the context I was missing about all the endings, thanks for being good at the game.

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.

@Alice-May

Жыл бұрын

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.

@MattRogan28

Жыл бұрын

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

@theglitchcounter264

Жыл бұрын

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?

@Princessk8

Жыл бұрын

@@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"

@bipsahoy8064

Жыл бұрын

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

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).

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

@leonlopez5704

Жыл бұрын

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.

@elbrachoxddd5883

Жыл бұрын

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)

@mikumiku0047

Жыл бұрын

​@@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.

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.

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the wait and sorry to hear, hope your hand heals soon!

@uniquename6925

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@uniquename6925 If I may ask, how did it happen?

@uniquename6925

Жыл бұрын

​@@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...

@who7111

Жыл бұрын

@@uniquename6925 man’s gaming setup went so hard he broke his hands, also Jesus what’s your wpm

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.

@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS

10 ай бұрын

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.

@zabelinextreme927

9 ай бұрын

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.

@TheTruestZero

6 ай бұрын

@@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.

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.

@Hakokoro

Жыл бұрын

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.

@DatBisa

Жыл бұрын

@@Hakokoro The "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards"-mindset.

@generalgarchomp333

Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheSweetSpirit

Жыл бұрын

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.

@generalgarchomp333

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSweetSpirit exactly, though i suspect it's a mix between transphobia and people not wanting their "trap character" to have more depth.

Thank you so much, I spent hours trying to check all these lines.

Bridget is a sick yo-yo user, and that’s enough for me.

@Guitarz_fan

Жыл бұрын

Damn right

@blackAngelProductions

12 күн бұрын

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.

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.

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

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!

@cerberus400

Жыл бұрын

@Loque seado Nome importa Different results depending on whether you lost a round in a specific stage or ran it without losing a round.

@Alice-May

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@LenaSpark412

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@jackratscratpack9323

11 ай бұрын

@@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

I hope Dizzy and Jam return as playable characters just so I can see them reunite with Bridget

@darkmeme2289

Жыл бұрын

Lmao Jam finna rob again 😭

@sev1120

9 ай бұрын

I'd like Dizzy to be playable at some point for the interactions she'd have with everyone

"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.

@FullMetalSnorlax

Жыл бұрын

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.

@kinguuj

Жыл бұрын

I just, TOTSUGEKI!!!!!!!!!

@okamileek006

Жыл бұрын

@@tempoaccla4041 There's no femboy ending, they're all exploring the same conclusion

@enricobaschenis4257

Жыл бұрын

THIS IS THE POWER OF GENDER NEUTRAL

@Max1125channel

Жыл бұрын

@@enricobaschenis4257 NOW PREPARE FOR GENDER MIXUP

Thank you for clearing things up.

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.

Goldlewis is such a chad bro, i love him

@akiradkcn

Жыл бұрын

He is a glowlie lol

@Marziipan

6 ай бұрын

@@akiradkcn and i still like him he’s very chill i think

Remember, Bridget is a ruthless bounty hunter

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

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.

@ShadowFri3nd

Жыл бұрын

@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 you mean he/him right?

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

@@ShadowFri3nd She/her. I quite literally explained why she's a girl.

@geroldas

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense and speculation. You've no affirmation from the author. This won't be settled until they settle it themselves.

@drankydrank1

Жыл бұрын

@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

@callumbreton8930

Жыл бұрын

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

@Kirbonzo

Жыл бұрын

If you lose that's bad so um uhhhh (Immediate Edit: Im not gonna say anything else so I don't get murdered)

@LatinaCreamQueen

Жыл бұрын

Poetic almost. It's saying "no matter what happens, you're still you"

@nineouncenails

Жыл бұрын

@@LatinaCreamQueen only good comment here

@DkKombo

Жыл бұрын

Just like there are no definitive statements from the devs...

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.

I'M SO CONFUSED!! Also, Ky is the final boss? That's new.

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

YES, he is now! It’s pretty neat, I hope they do it for all the season 2 DLC

@tominator6684

Жыл бұрын

@@swimcheesy186 Either the final boss for Bridget alone, or for the whole DLC from this point forth. We'll see.

@quinttwo

Жыл бұрын

@@tominator6684 part of me really hopes so- they even gave Ky a new "super" for the occasion

@alpha-tomahawk532

Жыл бұрын

@@quinttwo What's the new super?

@quinttwo

Жыл бұрын

@@alpha-tomahawk532 it's around 40s into this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dq6LzLKLktvaXbA.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

ah yes…. *slaps the table* EMOTIONAL DANCING

Boss Ky is such a grind. The monkey's paw curled maliciously when they omitted Nago

Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit when "A Simple Life" started playing.

thanks for the upload swim, bridget's adorable:)

Thanks a lot man like others said this clears things up

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.

@GenocideHeart

Жыл бұрын

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.

@drewskidewsk

Жыл бұрын

@@GenocideHeart Ah I see, I understand this whole thing lot better now

@diegosonochi2775

Жыл бұрын

@@GenocideHeart It is not, in her bio she uses she/her

@GenocideHeart

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@diegosonochi2775

Жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

@invertbrid

Жыл бұрын

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.

@MasakanSolaris

Жыл бұрын

@@invertbrid That is exactly the right answer, you are you that's all that matters. If only more people understood that....on both ends.

@toxicitzi357

Жыл бұрын

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.

@MasakanSolaris

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@KrodaStagg

Жыл бұрын

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.

This is so heartwarming aaaaaaaaa 😭🥺😭😭😭💞🥺💞💕💝🎉🎉🎉

Ky, you absolute gigachad, I love you. I'll never call you a Vergil wannabe ever again.

@anotherinternetperson8495

Жыл бұрын

Don't insult ky like that Vergil can't double jump #1 sign of a beta male

@RETR0MAN1A

Жыл бұрын

@@anotherinternetperson8495 vergil doesn't need a double jump.

@idcbruhwhatever

Жыл бұрын

Ky literally was created before Vergil

@anotherinternetperson8495

Жыл бұрын

@@RETR0MAN1A his entire story is about wanting to be stronger He should want to double jump especially to be stronger than dante

@rob19ny

Жыл бұрын

Casual.

I've been bamboozled.

Thanks for the english version

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

Bridget’s story is so beautiful 😭

@RilfDanielson

Жыл бұрын

How is being groomed since birth beautiful?

@Hippieadjacent

Жыл бұрын

@@RilfDanielsondude stop being weird and go play guilty gear

@RilfDanielson

Жыл бұрын

@@Hippieadjacent Projection.

@bleepblock2177

10 ай бұрын

@@RilfDanielsonthe irony

@highsoldier420

6 ай бұрын

@@RilfDanielsonEvery accusation is a confession

"I don't want to regret anything" 😢😢😢😢😢

I’m ass at the game, and the Ky fight was inducing brain rot. Thanks.

1:15 That's... Kinda sussy, Bridget.

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

😳

@inkchariot6147

Жыл бұрын

Bridget can take the entire town inside of him all at once, this is nothing.

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.

@ettel8358

Жыл бұрын

"Cowgirl is fine. Because... I'm a girl!" How could you even argue against it at this point

@firetarrasque4667

Жыл бұрын

@@ettel8358 She literally turns to the camera and says "I am a girl"

@velvetdraws3452

Жыл бұрын

ik right, its the most obvious thing in the world yet some people still try to deny it in every way possible

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 💕

@FullMetalSnorlax

Жыл бұрын

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.

@ericmurotake5180

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@yagamijubei28

Жыл бұрын

@@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?)

Me too, Bridget. Me too.

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.

@zackwyvern2582

Жыл бұрын

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.

@tek87

Жыл бұрын

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.

@KittenChaos90

Жыл бұрын

@@tek87 I'm inclined to agree. That makes sense when you consider everything about the character.

@SaintMarianne

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Mutantvine

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@NottJoeyOfficial

Жыл бұрын

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.

@punishedcranky3119

Жыл бұрын

Wow dude look at all that cope

@nohandlesplease

Жыл бұрын

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.

@mhmm4553

Жыл бұрын

Being shityy on goldlews

@flamestoyershadowkill6400

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@SpanielTower

Жыл бұрын

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.

I have had little interaction with this game (most I've had is a colab with epic7) and I think i like funni coffin man

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.

@Margatroid

Жыл бұрын

Him. This dialogue is not the original Japanese and was edited by psychotic people in California. It's all fake.

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.

@invertbrid

Жыл бұрын

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.

@buttfok8952

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@ktrimpx And you realize that trans people ARE BORN, right?

@ktrimpx

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ktrimpx

Жыл бұрын

@@buttfok8952 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. :)

where can I find the cowgirl/cowboy retort to Goldlewis in this?

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

It’s an 8 minute video 🤣 but 5:03 is where the conversation starts

Thank you for clearing up all of the confusion, seriously. The flawless route is the intended route.

@mika9578

Жыл бұрын

The flawless route doesnt contradict the normal one

@Crazedviewer

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mika9578

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@MenuKnight

Жыл бұрын

@@mika9578 it would honestly be a really bad decision to make him come out as trans though because it goes against his entire character

@gorade1901

Жыл бұрын

@@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.*

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?

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

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.

@FullMetalSnorlax

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@enricobaschenis4257

Жыл бұрын

@@swimcheesy186 sorry pal, there's one one person allowed to dizzy ky, and it ain't you.

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

@@enricobaschenis4257 LMAO, you right 🤣

0:35 vs 6:17

does boss ky have anything different in his moveset, like boss nago?

@31Moth13

Жыл бұрын

He has a new Super. It's a bunch of strikes after the projectile super.

Arcsys sure opened a Big can of worms with that bad ending.

@fffeeelll7745

Жыл бұрын

"Bad ending" lmao

@Margatroid

Жыл бұрын

@@fffeeelll7745 "Nightmare Orwellian Hell Ending" is more like it

@Alice-May

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

People saying ky told Bridget to not change clearly did not watch the entire video, OR know anything about ky’s character

@Otoshi_Gami

Жыл бұрын

@@tempoaccla4041 to People's Headcanon yeah. they can believe what they want to believe. :p

@TheSweetSpirit

Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@LuciusC

Жыл бұрын

​@@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.

@TheDarkArcherz

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TheSweetSpirit

Жыл бұрын

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.

Im new to this game, I can guess what flawless win means, what does heart lose mean though?

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

You have 2 lives(or hearts) per game. If you lose one of your hearts, you get a different path.

@Alice-May

Жыл бұрын

1 heart loss means you've lost a single round out of a first to 2 wins match on a 1 previous stage. Basically instead of winning every fight without losing a single round, you lost 1 but then still beat that opponent twice to win the match.

Everyone fighting over which ending is cannon vs me remembering happy chaos upheavaling the cannonicty of all the arcade stories with bloody infinite timeline bullshit, just like Xx+ac

@Mutantvine

Жыл бұрын

Based Happy Chaos reminding people that character development is a suggestion, not a reality

@ElkaPME

Жыл бұрын

Based happy chaos

Someone knows what song it is as Video starts rolling?

@starzeriten

Жыл бұрын

The Town Inside Me. It’s Bridget’s theme

@ArtaEva

Жыл бұрын

@@starzeriten it is not. Video starts rolling music plays. But thanks to you i'll change original comment to be more clear, so thank you =).

@fooblethegoblin9369

11 ай бұрын

it's Sign from guilty gear xrd if you're still looking

@ArtaEva

11 ай бұрын

@@fooblethegoblin9369 you forgot name of song? all i can find is Guilty gear Xrd - Sign - "insert song name"

I'm going to make all of Twitter seethe with rage with one word. HE

@Bluegoobs

Жыл бұрын

You can also make 4Chan and the KZread comment section seethe with SHE

@Bluegoobs

Жыл бұрын

the whole gender debate is stupid, you can make people angry by calling bridget she or he

@balanced2482

Жыл бұрын

I'm going to make all of youtube seethe with rage with one word. SHE

@crawlingboy

Жыл бұрын

He is a good boy and he wants to be a strong man Some more words to make twitter upset

Knowing the whole thing now I think this is better than seeing that one clip at the end out of context. Bridget is Bridget.

That fucking Ky, i lost 8 times and it always was with a FUCKING 5P AND IJUST GOT TO 8??? Also Persona 4 reference

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

Lmao, he was weirdly difficult! Not as bad as Nago in my opinion, since Nago just murders your health for mistakes! Might make an easy guide to beat him, since folks have been seeming to struggle.

Basically, gender identity is a really difficult thing for those who are confused. Quite a progressive message about gender from an anime game, all things considered

@cleigh3796

Жыл бұрын

A woman is an adult human female.

@JohnDoe-zu2tz

Жыл бұрын

@@cleigh3796 Define “adult” “human” and “female” please.

@cleigh3796

Жыл бұрын

​@@JohnDoe-zu2tz No. You're being obtuse and engaging in bad faith. Bad faith arguments and rhetoric are all you people have. And autogynephilia.

@JohnDoe-zu2tz

Жыл бұрын

@@cleigh3796 If you can't define those words, your definition is meaningless. You might as well say "A women is a xpsodtd." Also, attacking the person and not their argument is a sign of beta behavior.

@cleigh3796

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-zu2tz 41

Interesting. The choice is not that Bridget is a girl...but that she/he can make their own choice. Don't matter what people outside think, Bridget at the end of the day will be Bridget. Interesting take,and probably the best option if you want to go progressive, don't break a character and also don't write a weird kind of representation

@plaguedfrost1753

Жыл бұрын

Bridget says she’s a girl tho…

@liger4414

Жыл бұрын

@@plaguedfrost1753 Yeah. If you lose and get the wrong ending.

@animeproblem1070

Жыл бұрын

@@plaguedfrost1753 that's the bad ending

@plaguedfrost1753

Жыл бұрын

@@liger4414 ​ In GGWorld it confirms that her pronouns are she/her, and the website didn’t mention pronouns. They’re design even incorporates the trans androgyny symbol, although, the endings give Bridget room to figure out who they are and grow, so there may be something more to it? Confirmation in story?

@NingenShikkaku564

Жыл бұрын

@@plaguedfrost1753 No, you are being pandered by the american localisation team.

What makes this great is how supportive the big is

Bridget is best girl.

Damn thats alot of arcade dialogue

@RilfDanielson

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they had to do a lot of fucking talking to justify their character changes

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.

@Konda_X

Жыл бұрын

Yup the usual, along with media sites like Kotaku

@hectorrodriguezgonzalez8938

Жыл бұрын

Look at the in game bio

@SuperFroakie82

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperFroakie82 the game bio literaly uses she/her for Bridget , how can people don't get this

@SuperFroakie82

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

So iff you get a flawless run, the dialogue about being a girl never happens?

@cakessux5853

Жыл бұрын

yeah, the whole being a girl thing is the bad ending.

@jumnei5159

Жыл бұрын

@@cakessux5853 wait. So being trans is the bad ending? Lmao

@CKarasu13

Жыл бұрын

@@jumnei5159 Not quite. Bridget just doesn't make a choice.

@mika9578

Жыл бұрын

@@cakessux5853 lmao nah

@nilok7

Жыл бұрын

@@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 wish there were more of these unique character-specific intros outside of Arcade mode instead of just some generic opening dialogue, it makes the characters feel more connected.

So what I'm getting from this is if you get a Flawless run then Bridget is still a boy because in the Stage 1 Ending (Flawless Win) scene Bridget corrects Goldlewis and says that he is a boy and if you don't lose a Heart for the rest of the run, Bridget will remain a boy which to me the Flawless Run is the canon outcome for Bridget's arcade story. So that's all I needed to know and I will keep calling Bridget a boy. Thanks for the video! I got the clarified information I needed

@cakessux5853

Жыл бұрын

unfortunately, people take the bad ending as true canon, even though it completely goes against his entire character arc but people are blinded by the fact that they got a speck of non-canon representation and deem it canon...

@TJF588

Жыл бұрын

Just because in that ending she doesn't outright state "I'm a girl!" -- as she does in an ending where she and the two upstanding characters supporting her all share a perspective of being true to oneself regardless of others -- doesn't make that ending contradictory to the throughline of her story in GGST, her identity.

@daydream2392

Жыл бұрын

@@TJF588 Put a little more tough to the endings of strive. The good endings ends with Bridget accepting he is a boy, the rest goes with him saying he is a girl. That says a lot. Aren't you forcing the ending you want?

@TJF588

Жыл бұрын

@@daydream2392 Katano, literally three days ago: "By the way, although the difficulty and story dialogue of Arcade Mode change depending on your match results, this doesn’t change the main plot, nor are there alternate endings such as 'good' or 'bad' endings. The same goes for other characters’ Arcade stories as well. In general, these variations show other aspects of the characters." Also Ishiwatari, also literally three days ago: "We’ve received many inquiries about Bridget’s gender. After the events of Bridget’s story in Arcade Mode, she self-identifies as a woman. So, as to whether 'he' or 'she' would be the correct pronoun for Bridget, the answer would be 'she.' "As mentioned in her character profile, Bridget was born as the younger twin son and then raised as a girl by her parents to protect her from a village superstition. Despite their intentions to protect Bridget, it pained her parents to do so as they felt they were forcing her to live a certain way. Bridget, realizing this, attempted to bring wealth to the village while behaving like a man, thus overturning the village superstition, as a way to free her parents from their guilt. As a result, the superstition faded, and nothing remained to restrict how both Bridget and her parents lived. "After this, Bridget tries living as a man, but it doesn’t feel right. This is where the Arcade Mode story begins. After her exchanges with Goldlewis and Ky, Bridget faces parts of herself she has tried to ignore, and makes a big decision for herself. I hope that all of you will watch over her path after her courageous choice to stay true to her own feelings." www.guiltygear.com/ggst/en/news/post-1657/ 11th volume of “Developer’s Backyard”(9/14 Release)

It won't stop me from searching Bridget rule 34

I love bridget.. boy or girl does not matter to me

@succubuscherry8845

Жыл бұрын

best boy

@Bloodyfiesta

Жыл бұрын

@@succubuscherry8845 🤓☝️

Goldlewis is the best Dad ever.

Why is Goldlewis a fucking G?

Reminder that in one of the cut endings of the previous games Bridget wakes up in bed having slept with the >entire He's the most heterosexual man in Guilty Gear.

@dragonsfire295

Жыл бұрын

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.

@ktrimpx

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonsfire295 Men can't be lesbians. Bridget is a man.

@dragonsfire295

Жыл бұрын

@@ktrimpx Bridget isn't a man. The video shows that she's a transgender woman.

@ktrimpx

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@kenkaneki3873

Жыл бұрын

Where is this cut ending?

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.

@arthurboyle7982

Жыл бұрын

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.

@alexandermostepan8891

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@micah459

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, like I'm so confused

@micah459

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@arthurboyle7982

Жыл бұрын

@@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

So what do we learn about Goldlewis from all this? I dont really get what he's revealing about his character.

@malacara1335

Жыл бұрын

Discord mod

@joyconboyz4525

Жыл бұрын

He's a redditor and a discord mod lmao

@NTN_WOODMAN

Жыл бұрын

@@joyconboyz4525 Hol up. We them Boyz

@Dreikoo

Жыл бұрын

We learned how he got his last name.

@clarehidalgo

Жыл бұрын

Goldlewis thought conforming to society and suppressing his true feelings would protect his family but in the end he only pushed them away

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

@Maldito011316

Жыл бұрын

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.

@robertgray3710

Жыл бұрын

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

@Alice-May

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@williambaggott5056

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Yunglex313

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Thanks for the upload and gameplay. There has been too much wild stuff going on with the social medias and I'm curious as to what actually happen to Bridget. This clear me up about his ending. Thank you. 🙏🏻

After watching the whole thing in context, I’ll say this: It is not as simple as “Bridget is a trans woman.”

@raywing00

Жыл бұрын

Shhhhh "don't be such a transphobic bigot eRmaIgawd"

@ktrimpx

Жыл бұрын

But it is as simple as "Bridget is a male and he's happy with it".

@ericmurotake5180

Жыл бұрын

@@ktrimpx Not that either. Bridget is Bridget. Trans, Demigirl, non-binary, androgyne, or just... Bridget. They're who THEY choose to be, not what anyone else wants them to be.

@crawlingboy

Жыл бұрын

@@ericmurotake5180 he chooses be a dude for the whole game series I do not know where you young kids get this stupid idea of him being anything else

@altenby8462

Жыл бұрын

No they're trans, both endings are canon

People don't seem to understand how the Arcade mode works. The solo boss fights are for Extreme only. It's an extra bonus thing, not a true ending. If you play perfectly on Normal you'll still get the team-up fight.

Cute

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.

@KumaOso16

Жыл бұрын

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.

@anotherinternetperson8495

Жыл бұрын

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

@emanuellucianogota3595

Жыл бұрын

@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".

@smearierbrutebr

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@emanuellucianogota3595

Жыл бұрын

@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".

GROOMER GOLDLEWIS GROOMER GOLDLEWIS

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

Y'all love throwing around the word groomer huh.

@Jaco9307

Жыл бұрын

@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 Grooming is when you tell people its ok to be themselves apparently🥶

i feel like Flawless is more canon and true to Bridget's growth after heartfelt talk about being lost, lying to oneself and avoiding the past form goldlewis and ky. Goldlewis is still recovery from turning back on his family, lost count years he last spoke to them but refuse to let Bridget do the same and live in regret. Ky who was an merciless gear killer that sol fears at the time, till he met dizzy, he did regret sealing dizzy in overtrue for her protection and sending Sin to Sol to watch over him because the idea of his people knowing the queen and prince being gear would stir negative impact to the kingdom, after sins' birth he slowly became gear, instead of being angry of his body is slowly changing, he accepts, he knows Sol (Father-In-Law) is part gear and doesn't affect him being human anymore, Ky still has wife, son and his adoptive daughters who loves him dearly. Bridget is moved by their words but he's still going to live his life as a boy who grew up an all female household. Bridget is born as male, raised by women and will no longer be ashamed of it anymore

@CharroArgentino

Жыл бұрын

Both endings are literally the same, I don't understand why people are reading this as Bridget considering herself a man still, both endings have the same type of dialogue about being true to yourself. The only difference is in the flawless one Bridget doesn't say what it is, but in the Lewis one, she explains the doubt was that she was still pretending to be a girl despite it not serving any purpose anymore since literal years, so she was considering himself a girl because he wanted to. Interpreting "being true to yourself" as being a man because Bridget was born a boy is such a close minded mentallity, it's extremely obvious both endings are about coming out.

@reddishcarp1237

Жыл бұрын

@@CharroArgentino no

@RilfDanielson

Жыл бұрын

@@CharroArgentino if people played the past games and only saw the flawless ending here, they would assume Bridget's "true to oneself" means he is going to be a man.

Bridget Top Tier, cus of Gender Neutral Frames

I guess Bridget wasn't impressive enough for Nago

@enricobaschenis4257

Жыл бұрын

(nago, sitting in the snow by himself) "...it's quiet today."

@rulerofeverything4949

Жыл бұрын

Or she just didn't feel like hunting down someone as strong as the dandy.

@enricobaschenis4257

Жыл бұрын

@@rulerofeverything4949 "Yeah, i'm good on vampires. The last one kicked my ass, then i challenged him to a yoyo match, and then he kicked my ass AGAIN, then he teleported away to have sex with his wife. I'm not subjecting myself to that shit again. what do you mea- the fuck's a samurai?"

So if you go flawless it's essentially a more complex story?

@kloud1559

Жыл бұрын

While there's not much pointing to Flawless being Canon (or the different dialogs being seprate at all) but I think we can assume the more complex ending and the one with story building is the Canon ending as Brig isn't gonna get his story arc finished in a single line in an instant like so many people wanna believe.

@ainzooalgown9952

Жыл бұрын

if you suck at the game your Bridget loses his manhood

@kloud1559

Жыл бұрын

@@ainzooalgown9952 bro turns submissive and breedable after losing 💀💀💀💀

@AdamSmasherReal

Жыл бұрын

@@kloud1559 >n-no flawless isn't canon! Bridget is trans I swear!!! Cope

@ilyamuromez6412

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamSmasherReal maybe Bridget is both

Bridget's whole ass plot is just "just 🐝 urself", if you're reading deeper into it, go take a shower.

@CeruleanSeal

Жыл бұрын

I stared at that emoji for so long thinking it was a golden smoking rifle and I was about to throw hands

@malacara1335

Жыл бұрын

@@CeruleanSeal I simply don't care, take a shower.

@Sevendiamond639

Жыл бұрын

@@CeruleanSeal bro Fr thought a bee emoji was a gun 💀

Hah, just like Bridget’s Story Mode in her debut back in X2, Ky is once again her final opponent. Neat call back

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

Neat indeed, I hope they do this with all the season 2 characters! Ky makes for a really fun boss fight!

@sprigganmint9291

Жыл бұрын

Him.

@dragonsfire295

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Sensiav703

Жыл бұрын

@OptimusPriming You think Bridget would become a "manly badass?" Now *that's* delusional XD

@SourPatchKun

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

What happened to Lewis’s family?

@RetroRageasaurus

Жыл бұрын

I'm real sad, it sounds like he got divorced because of his job choice :(

@RetroRageasaurus

Жыл бұрын

+ Just adding to say that his struggles are also apparent in his theme song

@swimcheesy186

Жыл бұрын

Idk man, but I wanna know. What happened to the funny coffin man? 😭

@Vernafveik

Жыл бұрын

Lewis' job requires him to be absolutely confidential and secretive about everything, even to his own family. It's likely he isolated himself from his family and friends in order to focus on keeping it so, which lead to of course him never being there when needed and basically no longer existing to them.

So if I'm understanding this correctly, Bridget is trans...but only if you're don't play perfectly? And before anyone goes "B-B-BUT BRIDGET IS STILL HECKIN' TRANS, CHUD!", Bridget's story is that he had to be raised as a girl because his dumbass village thinks twin boys are cursed and will bring doom upon them, so he set out to be strong and successful man to prove to the villagers he isn't cursed. The quote at the beginning is a reference to this. His story and what Ky said about going public about gears make no sense he just wanted to be a girl all along because everyone already thought he was a girl. And there's the fact he only calls himself a girl if he lost a match at some point. Bridget is "trans" because he's giving up and conforming to everyone's view of him because he doesn't think he's strong enough to be a man. And in the Japanese version, he apparently calls himself a girl in a playful manner, giving up on trying to correct people and just rolling with it for laughs. His storyline is all about trying to come out as who he really is, but who he really is is a boy, so everyone's huffing copium and saying that conformity is a good thing if you conform in the right way. If you all need to cling on to a fictional character that badly, go cling to Erica from Catherine or Luka from Steins;Gate. Not only are they actually transsexual, but Luka's gender issues are an important part of her character and even the storyline.

@Margatroid

Жыл бұрын

"His storyline is all about trying to come out as who he really is, but who he really is is a boy, so everyone's huffing copium and saying that conformity is a good thing if you conform in the right way." You're pretty observant. The larger lesson you can glean from this, which is important, is that young people at the present moment are in fact hyperconformist, and are obsessed above all else with putting themselves and others into predefined categories. This is an incredibly noncreative way of seeing the world, and represents extreme dominance by the left hemisphere of the brain, which only wants to acquire things and gain status, and cannot feel love, and cannot see creative connections between things. We are in an age full of these kinds of people, and nothing is more threatening to them than a character like Bridget who completely defies their expectations by being a completely weird individual. They want to shove that individual into a box more desperately than anyone else, because their existence proves that the box is fake. And so we see this foaming-at-the-mouth effort to label Bridget as "trans." But in the end, it all falls apart, because it makes no sense and is completely fake. I think you could probably pick your friends, based solely on who is able to understand this, vs who would become incredibly uncomfortable and repressive at the mere suggestion that characters like Bridget exist. In fact, everyone who's really interesting is exactly like Bridget: a weird individual. And everyone who's desperate to shove themselves into some kind of approved box is by definition completely uninteresting, and should basically be ignored.

@daydream2392

Жыл бұрын

@@Margatroid Wow such good comments in here. I think the game here is pretty clear about what Bridget true identity is. He's been struggling to come out and call himself a boy because everyone seeing him as a girl and expecting him to be a girl (ironically, same in most comments) That's what every good ending show. Also, with your comment @Margatroid what is your perspective of Bridget? I see labeling Bridget as trans would actually state him as an even more confused individual.

@Margatroid

Жыл бұрын

@@daydream2392 I'm glad somebody read that comment! And you're right, it is ironic that in most of these comments people are expecting him to be a girl, even though the entire story of his character from the beginning has been about him struggling to prove his masculinity. To be honest I think most of these people don't know anything about Bridget's story from the past 20 years, and don't care about his identity at all, but rather just want another character they can put into a "trans" box, like they're "claiming him." It's creepy behavior because it shows a lack of empathy and a lack of concern for who he really is and for the vision of the artist who created him, and a total lack of respect for the fandom that has existed around GG for two decades. It's just totally selfish. But yeah, I agree with you that if he was actually rewritten as "thinking he's a girl," it would show that he's deeply confused and basically has given into peer pressure and allowed other people to tell him who he is, instead of finding his true self inside, which obviously is that he's male, as he's known all along! It would be like he went crazy and lost himself, and that would just be sad. I'm glad that it wasn't really what happened! Before I looked deeper into this, I believed what I heard online, and it really bothered me for a while. I have always loved Bridget a lot, and I care about who he is!

@daydream2392

Жыл бұрын

@@Margatroid "like they are claiming him" I found that statement quite interesting. I remember seeing a fanart of Venom waving the pridde flag that made me upset. I can say Venom is an interesting character by its own (and one of my favorites) and i can't say much about his "love" for Zato cuz i'm laking of some games/drama cd's. But yeah, seems like they are desperate for claiming characters as if they were theirs. It seems to be the same obsession with Testament today, i'm glad we still have a male voice in the english version. But yeah, i don't think Testament have much to aport to this game. Some of his dialogs seems like him expecting the characters to "understand/accept" who he is or what he is all about. I really like that Bridget Still is faar more complex than that, and his story as it is is Still present.

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.

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Freezorgium

Жыл бұрын

@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 then why does the Japanese official website for the game clearly state "男の子である"?

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

@@Freezorgium The localizers for the English version are literally the OG Japanese writers. She's a girl.

@Soogooroo

Жыл бұрын

@@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689 he* The answer was right there and you chose to ignore it

@nomypfpisnotanimeitsffxiv3689

Жыл бұрын

@@Soogooroo She's already accepted as a man. She's a woman, that's literally her entire conversation with Ky.

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 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.

@RayOfTruth

Жыл бұрын

This isn't XX. Strive doesn't have bad endings and both are canon.

@OtepRalloma

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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?

if you were to ask me about this, i would say that the arcade scenes, barring a few overlapping scenes here and there, happen in a sort of sequence, with the first fight against ky being the midpoint. so imo, both arcade endings are canon, they just happen one after another.

There's a lot of people here thinking they'll get a flawless run on their FIRST playthrough lol. Arcsys wanted the story out in the ending they knew you'd get first and reinforce it in the later flawless run.

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@Loque seado Nome importa Basically you get one ending for some stages if you got a flawless victory or another if you lost a round in the best of 3 match. Most people will get the ending for losing a round on stage 7 before the one for a flawless victory. In Strive at least, the endings don't really contradict each other and instead just show different interactions between what are fundamentally the same characters with the same stuff going on in their heads. Basically if you lost a round on Stage 7 and still beat it and stage 8 is done without losing a round you get the scene where she outright admits she's a girl. The other alternative scenes still imply it heavily and her entire theme song is pretty clearly about gender dysphoria. Her conversations with Ky in the stage 8 flawless ending and the stage 9 ending are both pretty clearly them talking about coming out, with her thinking of him going public about gears as analogous to her coming out as trans. By the time Strive takes place in the series no one is forcing her to pretend to be a girl and there is literally no reason for her to be afraid of being a guy and others finding out anymore, since the main driving force behind claiming she was a guy was that she was working to disprove a curse that male twins from her village were bad luck. Her village dropped the superstition due to her excellent bounty hunting skills and the money they brought in, and after 6 years of not having a purpose or actual reason to be a guy or a girl she comes out as a girl since she's finally free to decide for herself and not based on her safety or what others might need from her.

There you go. The true ending is literally Bridget accepting his true self. The losing runs are where he succumbs to others pressures to be a girl. It's that simple. Fuck whatever outside statements are made. Bridget is not trans.