#capcom add birdie to SF6 and make him fat and sexy as FUCK challenge

[tuxxydo]

OMGGGGGG I'm so excited for birdie to be in sfvi and shed some of the fatphobic tropes baked into his sfv characterization while STILL keeping him fat and sexy. Also my personal headcanon for why birdie gained weight regardless of what canon says is because eagle prefers fat men and he wanted to impress him and when he met eagle again, eagle was MORE than impressed (he entered a relationship with him afterwards)

Like come on birdie and eagle sound like a kinky gay leather couple, of COURSE birdie would willingly gain weight for him

Capcom put Birdie in this unlockable art for luke just to taunt me.

But yeah I also can't wait for Birdie to come. There's 3 details in the game that allude to him (to the point where it feels very suspicious) and it would just be nice to see. :') There's so much fatphobia built into his characterization in 5 and i rlly hope they dial it back; especially since, they laid foundations in 5 that can be built upon in 6.

And it's funny cus there's 3 characters I can think of that also had foundations in 5 that were expanded upon in 6: Luke, Blanka and Rashid.

Idk much about Luke but it seems he's carrying Guile's legacy (seeing as it's implied that Guile trained him ((correct me if i'm wrong))). With Rashid. He was basically the Ryu of SF5 and the main character and now in 6, while the stakes aren't as high he still seems to be a modern foil to Ryu; seeking out strong fighters to better himself (and live-streaming on the side. youtube/twitch king). And with Blanka—the blanka-chan dolls that were once a scam, have become so popular to the point blanka uses their likeness to push his jungle guide side-hustle to help his momma.

I talk about it in the tags of this post, but Birdie has the same thing going on; where he spent SF5 running from Shadaloo and eventually finding refuge under the kanzuki estate. But at the end of 5 he ditches Karin and goes off on his own—giving SF6 the perfect opportunity to build off of that in a meaningful way.

When If they plan on adding Birdie in I hope to god they actually do sumn. Luckily, based on the art at the top they do intend on keeping him fat (thank god), so stonks are looking good!

Also, I love your headcanon for Birdie's weight gain! I'll take ANYTHING over the actual reason we got...