While I understand those who loved this femboy icon not being too enthused by Bridget being a canonically trans woman, there has been some pushback that has been, to be blunt, transphobic as fuck. (Obviously that's oversimplifying quite a bit and there is a lot of nuance and differing opinions, but you can see how some groups would be *incredibly* enthusiastic about this change and others. Even Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) people as a whole, not just femboys, liked Bridget for what she represented. Transmasc players see themselves in this character who was forced to be femme for her entire life now trying to burst out of that and be a man and Transfemme players see themselves in this character who likes traditionally feminine things, but was unfortunately assigned the wrong sex. While Bridget has certainly been a femboy icon for years, she has also been a huge icon for transgender players. After some support from Ky and Goldlewis in the new story mode, Bridget comes to terms with that and decides not to run away, proclaiming: "I am a girl".Īnd the internet exploded. Now whether they hit that mark is up to debate (poor Faust), but they certainly did with many characters, including one of the toughest ones so far.Īnd with Bridget? Soul-searching was also on the menu and, after obtaining strength and dispelling the superstition around twins, Bridget still didn't feel right about Bridget. Which is a fantastically positive design philosophy in a world that is sorely lacking in that. See with Guilty Gear Strive, characters have all been redesigned to "strive" to be the best versions of themselves. That's because, with this new release, Bridget has gone through some changes. You'll notice I didn't use pronouns for Bridget. And people (including me!) became hopeful that Bridget might just return after all and be handled well when added. Arc System Works did a phenomenal job in reimagining this character in such a positive light, a character that was defined as struggling and not being accepted. Testament went on a journey of self-discovery after their angsty phase in XX, rejected gender in its entirety, and have been living their best life as an agender immortal.Īnd everyone loved it. They added Testament to the game earlier this year (another character that didn't show up during Xrd) and knocked it out of the park with them. So while Bridget became a femboy icon across the game's fanbase (and just the internet in general), you can see how I had mistrust over a video game company, let alone a Japanese video game company, being able to handle that gender minefield.īut I underestimated Arc System Works. while doing so in a hyper-feminine outfit with a stuffed bear. Being born a boy, but forced to live life as a girl because of a superstition in the community about twins, Bridget went out on a quest to become stronger and assert that "I am a boy!". Personally, I was very against adding Bridget into Guilty Gear Xrd. After years of fan requests and Bridget missing the roster entirely in Xrd, the fans got what they wanted. At EVO 2022, fan-favourite Bridget was added to Guilty Gear Strive.
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