video game character from a long running series. first appeared in 2002, presented as a feminine boy who dressed as a woman due to societal norms in the village bridget hailed from. then didn't appear until showing up as dlc in the most recent installment earlier this year, where her story mode consists of her coming out as trans. naturally this makes the worst people on the internet very upset.

afaik she’s the origin of the slur “trap” used to refer to anyone perceived as a man but who can “trick” the viewer into thinking they are a woman. gets used a lot to refer to anime femboys but obviously is aimed at trans women whenever they show up with these people, and is also used irl some (the worst member of my high school anime club referred to some trans model who was in the news as this slur.)

so basically her being trans is a big deal because of her past as a tool of transphobia, and what she represented to transphobes, even if clearly the team at guilty gear didn’t mean to cause harm. her original role does contain several jokes about people flirting before learning she’s “male” so it’s not like they’re totally innocent, but i’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. she was a commonly requested character in all the games since her last appearance, so they probably spent a while trying to figure out how to bring her back without it coming off quite as transphobic as her original appearance and her popularity had become, and i think they succeeded