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I LOVE JOJOS I LOVE NIMONA I LOVE FFVIII I LOVE GUILTY GEAR MOST OF ALL X X

update i still havent played guilty gear since asuka trailer my laptop's health is in rapid decline and begins to emit flames whenever i open gamemaker

Last night I had this dream where it was revealed that in the Guilty Gear canon there was something called the “butternut squash” incident and we don’t know anything about it other than literally every single character in the series is aware of it. Also for some reason whenever it’s brought up in front of Axl Low he’ll start getting all defensive and acting like their trying to blame him for it.

when bridget was confirmed as trans a lot of people were upset that it felt wrong for how her story began, and on one hand i'm kind of able to understand their thought process?

like, i can get that the original idea was that by identifying as male, she was standing up to the superstition that male twins brought misfortune, and carving her own path regardless of her parents' worries for her safety

on the other hand though, i really like the idea that a trans character can come from absolutely anywhere! that a character doesn't need to have being trans be a core part of their character at their creation, and instead it can just... happen, just like it does in real life - sometimes there just aren't any signs, and that's totally valid!

i think it works especially well for bridget considering that she built up a lot of experience with what identifying as a girl feels like, and she was able to realise that that was the way she preferred to be - not a lot of amab people would have as much experience as she had with identifying as a girl, so i think it makes a lot of sense that she could decide that she preferred it in the end

pretty much yeah you shouldn't need to "justify" your character being trans, because realistically it just kinda happens regardless of whether it "works well" with your life experiences, the thing is euphoria and dysphoria don't discriminate who they'll affect based on their past experiences so there's no justification needed for a trans headcanon or canon imo

this is so true and part of why bridget is such a groundbreaking character imo

like, up until strive her whole deal has been about proving she's a boy and proving her masculinity to other people, and to have a character who's existed in that way for so long actually reflect on and question that core part of their identity after YEARS is wild.

you can think of it as a retcon but it's so so perfect in its message when you realise it's about agency and bridget choosing what's right for herself despite all the pressure she's been placed under, by herself and by other people's expectations, to continue being defiant and continue living this protest that's clearly starting to wear her down a little.

in the end it shows that she's making the choice to put her own wellbeing first and thats such a brave and powerful message for such a long running character

I havent stopped thinking abt the lyrics of The Gravity bc like.

They make so much sense but also are complete nonsense and say so much abt Asuka's condition and outlook while also just being a very pretty musical sendoff to GGST's second wave of returning characters

"Has the universe turned black?"

"Did the sun ever defy fate?"

"Beyond it all, do you recognise me?"

"Does meaning have meaning?"

(I know the official lyric is as the universe turns black, but that lyric being a rhetorical question fits better with the themes of the song and Asuka's questioning of humanity's fate as a whole so i like it better this way)

I HATE to think abt how much mental anguish asuka is going thru because of everything that he's had to do and has had done to him, like yeah he's still going about his eternal quest for truth and he's still looking for meaning despite the cold unfeeling universe he seems to live in, but "beyond it all", he's first and foremost wondering if his friends still care about him, or even RECOGNISE him after his name has been dragged through hell and back by chaos???

hes such a hurt little guy please can someone go and check on him

i havent even touched the game since Asuka's release since my computer prepares to travel into the future every time i try to run the game so yh