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A.B.A speedpaint

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THI S IS ALL I GOTTTTT

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sketch

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Spoilers lol

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croshaw

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Art Stream

I'm going live soon! I'll be drawing and listening to music, I'm still recovering from a cold so I might not talk much

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A.B.A in the mangas

Hey if/when the Guilty Gear XX Slash Comic Anthology Vol.1 & 2 get scanned, can everyone who remembers this post please scream at me. I need more A.B.A content... I need to know the full context of the A.B.A and Bridget holding hands and being friends panel.

The Guilty Gear XX Slash The Midnight Carnival 4Koma Kings Manga that was just scanned is not enough, I need more!

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funny manga panel

So I decided to sort characters via their weapons.

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I understand where this sentiment comes from and I can understand how that would be people's interpretation of their relationship, but it leaves out a lot of stuff from their relationship and characters on their own that I can't ignore.

Yes, their relationship is not healthy and A.B.A. was ignorant and not mature going into this relationship this is her first relationship of any kind, but Paracelsus is also immature and has never had a relationship before.

Para had just gained consciousness on the battlefield when he met Slayer. Before that, he would manipulate his wielders with what they wanted before taking over their minds. All he knew and all he wanted was blood and the thrill of a fight as he is an axe first off. I wouldn't expect a knife that had just gotten consciousness not to want to be used as a knife. Slayer wanted to see what he'd turn out to be as a person so left him on the ground to ruminate and think for like 20 years. All he knows is that he's an axe that hungers for blood. He didn't want anything else.

Para seeks out people who would use him for what he's meant for making A.B.A more possessive of him. I wouldn't expect them to act any differently. A.B.A is looking for a connection, Paracelsus is looking for a wielder. This is not grooming. Paracelsus is not in a position of power to make her do anything, A.B.A actively ignores him and doesn't even want to know his name or who he was before they met. She has an ideal lifestyle that she wants to achieve, that is one of the reasons she seeks a body for Paracelsus. He has vocalized many times that he doesn't want. It is also not grooming the other way, Paracelsus has denied her advancements and has run away from her multiple times but she either catches up to him or he comes back. (If we're going with the manga) Despite her unusual affection, she does still give him blood.

Speaking of the blood thing A.B.A isn't human and keeps blood packets on her I don't see that being an aspect of manipulation or anything on Paracelsus's end, A.B.A chooses to give him it and she can recover from it with no problem, there's also not really anything showing within the game on how that interaction turns out. But in the manga (Guilty Gear XX Slash manga: 4koma Kings), there is a panel of him looking guilty when she talks about how she's already drained from blood. We don't know how she gets her blood packets but I doubt she'd give it all to him she does need some for herself.

In the Night of Knives vol 2 CD, we hear the first time A.B.A used Paracelsus as a weapon. He didn't force her or mind manipulate her, she got herself into a fight with one of the most powerful characters in this universe and he begged her to let him help. Yeah yeah, Paracelsus did ask Slayer to be his wielder but it was what Slayer said after that that really made A.B.A mad. Anyways...

Then 5 years go by from xx+Rcore and he has sworn off blood, A.B.A looks considerably better health-wise and Paracelsus is goopy. Para's mind thing can go both ways and A.B.A's emotions are intense and it has made Paracelsus start to enjoy the kind of life A.B.A wanted since they first met. "I never knew I could do what I hated in you." - Monster Song (Demo) by Dom Fera He doesn't want to fight anymore, he has stopped taking blood from A.B.A but the damage has been done. A.B.A is paranoid, easily defensive, and has learned how to fight. Not to mention A.B.A still has that quirk of not listening to Paracelsus. At some point, their behavior has switched. They still have a lot of thinking to do, they were so close to agreeing on something, and they're finally taking the steps to do it.

I am not saying they didn't do anything wrong, Paracelsus Moroha mode was the manipulation I believe he was referring to. I just think these are just very natural progressions to their characters and situations and I do blame how A.B.A is now to be the byproduct of Paracelsus but they are learning. This is not grooming they are both in the same state. Age, positions of power, and knowledge of the world is not hold up above the other's head.

There's no one like them here. They're odd and that's what A.B.A's theme is about.

I can agree that I also wish for her to have a birthday but she had a lot of things to worry about then thinking of the day she awoke, she wasn't meant to be alone for it but she was and she required blood transfusions often. It's also not like Paracelsus has a birthday that would be fucked if he had a birthday but not her.

I know this seems to be the "guilty gear fandom scares me a little" proven right but I'm just really REALLY invested with A.B.A's character, and she's fun to play.

My hot take is that I thought it was Really obvious that Paracelsus' and Aba's relationship was an allegory for grooming (not explicitly sexual but still) and he's a lot of the reason she seems super mentally ill. Like. Even before I read up on all her xx lore I thought he was so obviously manipulative (even admitted it) and I find it kind of disturbing that her arcade mode in strive ended with a stay with your abuser type relationship. I think I could have been neutral if she fully didn't deny the manipulaton (which as like. the first level of his awfulness towards her).

I'm not saying she's fully innocent but I am saying you can track her behavior back to what caused it specifically and a good chunk of it is the abuse.

She went from being physically trapped in Frasco to being trapped in an abusive relationship bc she's convinced he loves her so she's still not actually free which is a big part of her character.

I also don't like Symphony for the same reasons. And that she got an anniversary instead of a birthday because she revolves around that damn key despite having a lot of character traits that are just her own that are then never brought up.

I'm just mildly horrified how much people boil down her complexity to crazy girlfriend trope and then don't seem to see how fucked their relationship actually is.

This is on anon bc the guilty gear fandom scares me a little

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I think it stands for

Artificial

Body or Built

Alice

On her glove within her old design said Alice on it. So that could be what her creator Dr. Paracelsus, wanted to name her.

what do you think abas name stands for

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I'm not a fan of the pregnant paracelsus meme nor abacelsus fan children but... I had to do it

original meme by @/the_angler_mann on twitter

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I’ve dying to do this ever since Jetsetclassic posted Paracelsus’s VA singing

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Dragon Ball Z: Budakai Tenkaichi 3

We played the almost 20 year-old game Dragon Ball Z: Budakai Tenkaichi 3. Does it still keep up? Find out in our new video, please watch

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