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* Where do you people get the idea that Millia and Zato were ever in anything even resembling a romantic relationship? We know that Zato trusted Millia enough on a professional level that her betrayal led to his capture (which sparked his hatred for her). In Millia's Ending III in ''GGXX'', she claims that he saved her, raised her, "dirtied her soul" (which This Troper interprets as "probably killed her parents and definitely forced her to kill people", '''not''' "raped her or forced her to undergo a defloration ritual to gain hair-based powers she didn't even want") and loved her (in his own twisted way - his [[ItsAllAboutMe gargantuan ego]] probably led him to believe that the feeling was mutual). Due to StockholmSyndrome, Millia probably did feel a strong attachment to Zato - Venom suggests that he (Venom) and Millia are not so different, in that they both pursue Zato even after his demise - but this hardly implies romantic or even platonic love. Finally, my guess is that [[SugarAndIcePersonality Millia]] obsesses over (physical) chastity (or purity in general) as a means of [[BrokenBird compensating for the corruption of her soul/morals]] she has suffered.

** So, [[Creator/TomokazuSugita in Japanese]], That Man is [[Franchise/BlazBlue Ragna the Bloodedge]]? All jokes aside, if Sin ''was'' That Man, that also means he'd be responsible for the Crusades and would be the biggest enemy of Sol, his father figure. Raging OedipusComplex or not, why would Sin go back in time to orchestrate a horrific event that he has to live in the fallout of? Plus, Sin is dumb as a rock whereas That Man was a scientist and one of the three spearheads of the Gear Project. On top of this, while That Man regards Dizzy favorably, you'd think that, if he was Sin and as all-powerful as he is, he would've found a way to release Dizzy from stasis (or at least provided some tips to Dr. Paradigm and Ky, who were working to reverse Dizzy's condition), but instead is more concerned with helping Sol stop the threat presented by Valentine and the Vizuel. Never mind the theory that That Man might be Dizzy's father, which would be immensely {{squick}}y in light of this one.

* In fighting games like ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', the English dub voices generally use an accent to reflect the character's nationality. For instance, Zangief and Kolin speak with thick Russian accents, Hugo has a German one, so on and so forth. In ''Guilty Gear'' this is not the case, with a single exception. Axl. Given that he's from the past, one could assume that the reason he has a British accent while Venom and Bridget do not could be that they simply faded away with time over the years. Why did this happen? Who knows? Notably this is also true for Happy Chaos, Testament, Zato-1, Raven, Leo and Ky...even when the latter two speak their native languages (Leo's special moves and Ky's reaction to Faust's "Bone-Crunching Excitement" overdrive, respectively). To an extent this would be TruthInTelevision, as linguistics researchers have noted that regional accents have become less prominent and could disappear altogether over the course of a century.

* His dad. He just doesn't want to admit it.

** [[spoiler: Jossed to high heavens. He has one, and it's Asuka R. Kreutz.]]
** [[spoiler: And then it gets Jossed again in ''Strive'', when it's revealed that there were TWO people who bore the moniker of "That Man". One of them was Asuka, but the other was his teacher The Original, who came to be known by the name Happy Chaos in the present.]]

** {{Jossed}} in ''-Revelator-''. [[spoiler: That Man is actually Frederick's old scientist comrade, Asuka R. Kreuz.]]

* [[spoiler:Confirmed in both side materials and in ''Xrd''; "Sol Badguy", as a whole, is a ''nom de guerre''. His given name was originally Frederick[[note]]as part of Sol being a huge Freddie Mercury reference[[/note]], though his original surname hasn't been revealed (and may ultimately be trivial).]]
** [[spoiler:Further confirmed to be Frederick Bulsara.]]

** [[spoiler:Hinted to be true in 10th Memorial Book, except replace Dizzy with Sin, with Dizzy being the one doing the egg-laying. This does, of course, imply rather heavily that Dizzy herself was born in similar fashion.]]

* ''Accent Core Plus'', as well as ''Overture'' confirms that Justice ''was'' human at one point: she was turned into a Gear, like Sol, [[spoiler: and her name was formerly Aria]]. In addition, there's also theories that Kliff is Dizzy's father. He's certainly old enough and knows Justice about as much as Sol does. Dizzy also seems to recognize him somehow.

** [[spoiler: After 15 long years, this theory has finally been '''confirmed''' as of -REVELATOR-. The ''exact'' mechanics and circumstances behind it all are still a bit unclear - particularly exactly when Dizzy was conceived - but she is the child of Frederick and Aria, AKA Sol and Justice.]]

* [[spoiler:Mostly Jossed - Dizzy is straight up the biological child of Sol and Justice. Exactly how this has happened hasn't been made ''entirely'' clear yet, and the Backyard might well play into it somehow (especially with the reveal of just what originally sent Aria/Justice over the DespairEventHorizon), but evidently Dizzy does have parents, however absentee.]]

* [[spoiler:''Xrd'': Definitely nope.]]

* [[spoiler:Sort of. There's the "Illyria" plot with Sol, Ky, Sin, Dizzy, and others like Paradigm and Leo Whitefang, and the "Japanese" plot featuring the Jellyfish Pirates, Faust, Chipp, and eventually Baiken and Jam along with newcomer Haehyun. The plots do meet to some degree in ''Revelator''.]]

* [[spoiler:Quite fully Jossed. Dizzy is safe and Ky's still king, because the Conclave and Ariels weren't going to let such a useful symbol of hope go to waste. Unfortunately for them, they underestimated just how far he'd go to really serve his people...]]

* However, in Story Mode, Zato is perfectly lucid and not thinking of getting himself killed, even sharing some knowledge about his resurrection to Sol, Ky and Gabriel, [[spoiler:which has links with the revival of Justice.]]
** Unlikely as [[spoiler:Arakune was revealed to be a vessel and not what was once Lotte/Roy's body.]] Also Zato is probably content or smiling because he's A. blind and has no idea what's going on, or B. doesn't really have any emotions whatsoever. (Save for getting kancho'd by Faust)

[[WMG: Post-Revelator guessing: [[spoiler:Aria will have to deal with her time as Justice.]]]]
[[spoiler:So yay, Jack-O successfully merged with Justice! Aria's back! Yay, right? Well, probably not; Justice was resisting the merge with Jack-O initially because she didn't ''want'' to return to true life. Jack-O herself mentioned Justice seemed disturbed over her rampages, both recent and historical, and simply didn't want to come back. Sol and Jack-O then forced the issue. So Aria will be back, with all her memories... including all her memories of committing genocide of the Japanese and leading a century-long war of extermination. The next ''GG'' game, whether it be a ''Xrd 3rd'', a new entry, or what have you, is going to feature as one plot thread Aria coming to terms with all the things she did as Justice and just what that means for her as a person.]]

* Robo-Ky: Probably a Mk.III iteration. [[spoiler:Perhaps Venom raises enough money for Robo-Ky's body.]]

** Jossed. His new appearance comes from [[spoiler:using more of his magic than he could handle]]. It doesnt seem like he's hiding any malicious intentions either judging by his dialog and interactions.

* It only appears to be untrue because Bridget is a SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson.

** Then does that mean Robo-Ky's married to every female]] [[UnsettlingGenderReveal (except for Bridget)]] in ''Guilty Gear''?

Both have blue eyes, blonde hair and some sort of connection to God. Maybe Bridget is older than he looks?

** Confirmed in Season 2!

[[WMG: Bridget disappeared without a trace between XX and -Xrd- because the developers had no idea what to do with his appearance after a time-skip.]]
Simple as that.

* In fighting games like ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', the English dub voices generally use an accent to reflect the character's nationality. For instance, Zangief and Kolin speak with thick Russian accents, Hugo has a German one, so on and so forth. In ''Guilty Gear'' this is not the case, with a single exception. Axl. Given that he's from the past, one could assume that the reason he has a British accent while Venom and Bridget do not could be that they simply faded away with time over the years. Why did this happen? Who knows? Notably this is also true for Happy Chaos, Testament, Zato-1, Raven, Leo and Ky...even when the latter two speak their native languages (Leo's special moves and Ky's reaction to Faust's "Bone-Crunching Excitement" overdrive, respectively). To an extent this would be TruthInTelevision, as linguistics researchers have noted that regional accents have become less prominent and could disappear altogether over the course of a century.

* In fighting games like ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', the English dub voices generally use an accent to reflect the character's nationality. For instance, Zangief and Kolin speak with thick Russian accents, Hugo has a German one, so on and so forth. In ''Guilty Gear'' this is not the case, with a single exception. Axl. Given that he's from the past, one could assume that the reason he has a British accent while Venom and Bridget do not could be that they simply faded away with time over the years. Why did this happen? Who knows? Notably this is also true for Happy Chaos, Testament, Zato-1, Leo and Ky...even when the latter two speak their country's native languages (Leo's special moves and Ky's reaction to Faust's "Bone-Crunching Excitement" overdrive). To an extent this would be TruthInTelevision, as linguistics researchers have noted that regional accents have become less prominent and could disappear altogether over the course of a century.

** Double jossed when "Crawl" is also used for Ky as the final boss of Bridget's arcade mode story, implying that it's just the boss theme and not meant for any particular character.

* Specifically, that the version of Japan in Samurai Shodown is an alternate timeline not unlike the one from the audio dramas. During Baiken's arcade story she notes multiple times that she recognizes a past version of her homeland, but feels no sense of familiarity. She also tells Ruixiang about her own world, as if she knows she's not in "her" Japan. Even her prologue mentions that she "washed ashore in a strange land." All of these things imply that Baiken isn't just in the past, she's in another version of it. So how did she get there? Well, the promotional material for her gust appearance specifies Rev 2 as her source game, which is consistent with her design and moveset. Baiken does not make a significant appearance in the Rev 2 After Stories, so maybe this is where she was between that time and the events of Strive? Characters like Axl, I-No and Happy Chaos have shown that timelines can be a fickle thing in Guilty Gear, and considering that the last of those three just happens to be Baiken's entire reason for fighting...well, it may not be a stretch to assume that her pursuit of "That Man" lead her to another timeline's ancient Japan.

** Jossed. His new appearance comes from using more of his magic than he could handle. It doesnt seem like he's hiding any malicious intentions either judging by his dialog and interactions.