Current Events > Daisuke confirms unilaterally that Bridget is a woman.

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CyricZ
09/14/22 6:41:43 PM
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https://twitter.com/Rooflemonger/status/1569976110888423428?t=62VlYgYbYu0XQyhKokjNAg&s=19

I realize the arguments a bit old, but there were claims of ambiguity given the circumstances so it's nice to have specific confirmation.

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Accolon
09/14/22 6:44:20 PM
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So I no longer have to be gay for Bridget?

Good to know.

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Solid_Sonic
09/14/22 6:44:55 PM
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It's a matter of fact, I'll respect it, but I don't think it was a good direction for Bridget's character after they insisted on being treated as a boy in GGXX.

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gunplagirl
09/14/22 6:47:07 PM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
It's a matter of fact, I'll respect it, but I don't think it was a good direction for Bridget's character after they insisted on being treated as a boy in GGXX.
That isn't how trans people work and if you say you'll respect it then immediately say you disagree, I mean. Fucking hell.

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TMOG
09/14/22 6:48:32 PM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
It's a matter of fact, I'll respect it, but I don't think it was a good direction for Bridget's character after they insisted on being treated as a boy in GGXX.
You can use "she"
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ChrisTaka
09/14/22 6:49:24 PM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
It's a matter of fact, I'll respect it, but I don't think it was a good direction for Bridget's character after they insisted on being treated as a boy in GGXX.

They explain her transition in the same blog

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Reave314
09/14/22 6:52:06 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
That isn't how trans people work and if you say you'll respect it then immediately say you disagree, I mean. Fucking hell.

Bridget's not a real person, though. Their "self" is entirely based on the whims of the writers, so Sonic's saying they disagree with the direction the writers chose to take Bridget's character arc.
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Solid_Sonic
09/14/22 6:54:40 PM
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ChrisTaka posted...
They explain her transition in the same blog

Yeah, I can see that. I had only seen a small snippet prior to that Twitter post because someone just posted an excerpt where Ishiwatari says that Bridget identifies female without the context surrounding it.

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Solid_Sonic
09/14/22 6:57:11 PM
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Reave314 posted...
Bridget's not a real person, though. Their "self" is entirely based on the whims of the writers, so Sonic's saying they disagree with the direction the writers chose to take Bridget's character arc.

Actually I'm less bothered now that I know Ishiwatari also wanted to explain where the decision to recharacterize Bridget as female in terms of what she wants to be seen as by others.

What had me miffed was it felt like Bridget telling people they were male but dressed as a female was a unique identity. When this first emerged it felt like "you dress like a girl, you are a girl," was in play, which didn't seem fair or right for someone who didn't want to be called a girl as far as I knew. It was like denying Bridget's character any agency over their own identity, which was indeed disruptive to her character arc.

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Pastryarchy
09/14/22 6:58:45 PM
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The current series lore is whatever the writers feel like pulling out of their ass.

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Smackems
09/14/22 6:59:00 PM
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So what does this make me

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angeleyes94
09/14/22 7:02:22 PM
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Smackems posted...
So what does this make me


My little *****

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Solid_Sonic
09/14/22 7:07:31 PM
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Pastryarchy posted...
The current series lore is whatever the writers feel like pulling out of their ass.

Saying that feels like a cop-out.

Like people noticed how Kofi Kingston's character in WWE stopped caring about the WWE Championship as soon as he lost it to Brock Lesnar. Didn't pine, didn't feel like he needed to give himself another chance to go for it, the idea just left his character's head and he went back to hanging out with the New Day and acting goofy even though heading into WrestleMania 35 he was driven and charged to be champion.

It's the writer's decision, sure, but saying a character was written poorly is not unwarranted if they do something that doesn't align with where they were the last time you checked in on them. You learn to live with it if you want to keep following the work but it can be a noticeable thorn if it just feels wrong for the canon.

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Smackems
09/14/22 7:09:07 PM
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angeleyes94 posted...
My little *****
Brony?

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Robot2600
09/14/22 7:22:16 PM
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yes you are just expected to live with a character being trans

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Blue_Inigo
09/14/22 7:46:33 PM
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You'd think a character literally saying, "I'm a girl", would make this extremely obvious but some people had to go 20 inches up their ass to be contrary

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gunplagirl
09/14/22 10:23:57 PM
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Solid_Sonic posted...
What had me miffed was it felt like Bridget telling people they were male but dressed as a female was a unique identity. When this first emerged it felt like "you dress like a girl, you are a girl," was in play, which didn't seem fair or right for someone who didn't want to be called a girl as far as I knew. It was like denying Bridget's character any agency over their own identity, which was indeed disruptive to her character arc.
She had others force a gender identity on her which made her have to consider both what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman. Once she's no longer forced to be one or the other she realized which one she was more comfortable and happy with. That's some really basic stuff that plenty of transgender people can relate to because we also had an identity forced on us and it made us consider what that meant and how we felt about it.

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CyricZ
09/15/22 11:20:44 AM
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Sorry for the bump but boy did this nail it down:

https://twitter.com/MachiToons/status/1570144505801875458

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blackrider76
09/15/22 12:07:27 PM
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https://twitter.com/be_wormholed/status/1570402019852296194

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CyricZ
09/15/22 12:35:15 PM
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*taps on "but the Japanese fans said"*

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blackrider76
09/15/22 12:38:23 PM
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Wheres the trans community harassing JP artists sign?

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Blue_Inigo
09/15/22 12:39:21 PM
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It's like bruh, just look at the symbol on her head.

Listen to her theme

Listen to her words

She can't make it anymore obvious

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CyricZ
09/15/22 12:51:18 PM
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blackrider76 posted...
Wheres the trans community harassing JP artists sign?
You planning on creating one? Because that's how it's going to get made.

Like the old saying goes: "create the problem you want other people to fix".

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FortuneCookie
09/15/22 3:39:48 PM
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