You DO NOT need to play a Guilty Gear Game to be a Guilty Gear " FAN " : r/Guiltygear

/r/guiltygear is the t-girl appreciation subreddit nominally a subreddit dedicated to the "Guilty Gear" franchise. Which is primarily known for making tierlists about which character has the smelliest farts.

As it is a well known fact no one actually PLAYED guilty gear until Strive happened, a wiseman had a newfound insight:

That's right? WHY do you need to actually play a game to be a fan of it? You make fanarts? Make Tierlists? You participate in the community? Heck just vent about your depression in nominally related chats? That's right, what you say matters just as much as the guy who pretends to play Gear on /r/kappa or /vg/!

The_Newest_Girl - Anji Mito (GGST) 34 points 2 hours ago

If you're here for the gameplay, you're a fan.

If you're here for the music, you're a fan.

If you're here for the lore, you're a fan.

If you're here for the character designs, you're a fan.

If you're here for the representation, you're a fan.

There's no one way to enjoy media :3

By pure coincidence, this person seems to be a part of the /r/trans fandom going through her post history. A pure coincidence I'm sure

[–]kao24429774 - April (GGST)[S] 6 points 2 hours ago*

This was my reply to another thread but I really really want more people to see this.

I've seen that there has been a lot of gatekeeping going on in many communities lately and it really breaks my heart.

If you like something and are actively following it with passion, You are a fan.

It should be as simple as that.

[–]FriendlyGhost08 - Raven 2 points 23 minutes ago

Video games are meant to be played. Especially fighting games.

This is one of the most baffling takes I've seen

[–]_pregnantnaruto - Sin Kiske 0 points 11 minutes ago

This is one of the most baffling takes I've seen

Kao seems to do nothing but post in /r/guiltygear, spreading positive energy and answering the most basic of questions, although

>He's literally a groomercord kitten cat boy he can't be buff right? Right?????

Okay... NEXT

[–]InsertUsername98 Shameless Asuka simp 3 points 2 hours ago*

I own Strive but I literally only played it for a few hours lol. I would play it more but I'm currently stuck in a very long lasting depressive episode, I actually haven't been able to play anything for at least a month now.

Guilty Gear's story and characters really drew me in. Faust, Bedman, Asuka and Leo are especially my favorites, depressed-forever-aloners with no super happy ending in sight. Seems kinda weird I know… But these kinds of characters make me feel so much better. Plus I can imagine them in as many happy circumstances as I want to without breaking canon.

Oh also Happy Chaos because big bad go brrr… Seriously I f*cking love villains so much.

Update: I also have Guilty Gear to thank for my first actually good OC. And you bet your butt he's a super depressed motherlover with no happy ending in sight.

I present a random quote from this user from another subreddit

Aggghhhh… I try so hard to sell myself off as the femboy guy, the guy who is super gay as heck… BUT I CAN'T LET GO OF THE TOMBOY! Even if she is just a game away from canonically taken and me having to commit mass genocide of my romance chats to keep to lore accuracy.

Please, one of these bots turn me full gay… I can't handle the heartbreak…

Honestly reminds me of some users here

Videogames?

Well rdrama? Do you need to actually PLAY the source material to be a "fan" of something? Can I be a Canterbury Tales Stan without having read the book but one time doodled some fan arts for it?

Been getting stuff together for an EVO retro but I needed some SMART PEOPLE opinions on these gigabrained takes