2, 3, and 20 for both aigis and bridget? :]
2. Favorite canon thing about this character?
For Bridget I like that despite being the best silly yoyo girl in the game she has some real moments of hesitation and discomfort. Strive of course digs deeper into that whole thing but I think that despite poor translation xx still does a good job too. Bridgets happy go lucky personality mixed in with her goal are clearly a distraction for her, seeing it as a the big fix all for her problems. Which is why I relate to her so much. There aren’t many real moments with her in xx but I absolutely love the official art of her that shows her resting in a train and looking up, its one of the few arts of her that show how alone she truly is. And even when the superstition is lifted in her town and she can return she chooses to continue being a bounty hunter and avoiding her family. I just really like the story of Bridgets denial of her gender identity to accepting it and fully coming out. Even better is her line with Sol in the match opening which implies she’s finally been visiting her family and town again after her talk with Ky.
For Aigis I really like the clear progression of her Character throughout the game, from being the strange humanoid robot made to destroy shadows, to a emotional character who feels guilt for her past actions and gains true emotion and purpose from the protagonists. Her arc in the answer is also just the best. Denying her humanity because the one that gave it to her is gone forever and the guilt and grief that surrounds her is to painful for her to continue being human. The ending of Fes always gets me emotional. Aigis being drawn as human in that scene shows just how much she has truly changed and grown to accept herself. Along with the answer ending letting her finally live a normal life with her friends in there remaining year of school without letting her guilt push them away further.
This has basically just been and over analysis of both their stories and journey to happiness. But i cant help it, it’s why they are my fav girls!! :3
3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?
Hmm for Bridget, some of the uncomfortable interactions she has. Like with I-no and Johnny in her story mode for xx, but thats their fault not hers. I dislike her story in plus r (although the missing brother thing has tons of potential that I love) but that’s technically not canon since Daisuke didn’t write it.
For Aigis, the bathhouse scene definitely. Reload also made her character really weird in my opinion, like the character development she has in Fes and portable had been watered down a lot in that game, so much so that they removed her human features for the ending… They changed a lot of her lines too and it feels like they just wanted her to be the haha funny not human character which I dislike. I have no idea what they do for her in the answer remake and I’d rather not find out.
All my opinion though, so it’s ok if you like Reload.
20. Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share dosent matter?
Bridget and Aigis!! They are besties in my heart!!! Bridget would be so amazed by Aigis’s power and interesting appearance and Aigis would enjoy Bridgets yoyo tricks! They are similar but also very different which makes for an interesting dynamic in my opinion, I should definitely write about them more to show my full vision!
Bridget and Bedman (Romeo) interacting would be cool, they have something in common for caring about their siblings a lot, and denying parts of themselves. Delilah too of course! Bridget would be the cool cousin that visits and shows off her epic yoyo skills! Bridget with her possessed bear Roger and Delilah with her giant possessed robot bed.
Aigis and Mitsuru are interesting to me. They surprisingly don’t interact much despite Aigis being built by her family, which I always found to be a really underdeveloped thing that would have been cool to show more. They both lose the people they tried so desperately to protect in the end and they were both forced into this role of getting their personas and fighting during the dark hour. They feel like two people that wouldn’t say much to each other but just sitting quietly next to one another is enough to understand everything they need to know. Like a silent friendship/sibling relationship if you will.
Sorry for how long this is I got a bit carried away lol >_<
