Why A.B.A is PEAK FICTION

[@setagaming750]

Arc system works quite literally released a character with the unhealthiest relationship to ever grace this earth, followed up by another character with probably the healthiest relationship to ever exist in the Guilty Gear universe

[@totallynotdio1311]

And people simp over both of those relationships lmao...

[@evilded2]

I have no idea if you're talking about Elphlet > aba Or Aba > slayer

[@totallynotdio1311]

@@evilded2 aba and parcelsus followed by slayer and sharon

[@Jp63a]

@@totallynotdio1311 come on aba and para are getting better

[@wenofu477]

@@Jp63a i always have a split second of confusion when people shorten paracelsus's name because my name is para.

[@mc3941]

Paracelsus be like: 😬 | E

[@akiuta4]

I love this

[@BarrenAcc]

I'd say it's more of: 😐 | E

[@mylles1112]

OxxxO | E

[@ImCaitlyn1003]

I deadass read that as "PIE"

[@KianaWolf]

@@ImCaitlyn1003 Oh thank goodness I wasn't the only one.

[@Elementroar]

So they updated A.B.A and Paracelsus’ bios on GG World with the Slayer patch. One update is removing all the fluff about how Paracelsus “never agreed to be wed to A.B.A” and he’s now stated simply as “A.B.A’s husband”. So he accepted the marriage proposal, lol! The second big thing is that it’s revealed that A.B.A’s mental control over Para’s form is so strong, that he actually can turn into a human right now if A.B.A really wants him to, but she has a subconscious fear that he will leave her if he has legs so her own mental block has stopped this process the whole time. And “only Paracelsus is privy to this fact” and he hasn’t told A.B.A. So when he’s reassuring her that he won’t leave her in the arcade ending, he’s already mentally prepared to start shifting into a human form. That means he also knows if he doesn’t start changing, then A.B.A still subconsciously fears he will leave her. So basically Testament needs to come back and give some trust issues therapy to A.B.A before she’ll ever get Para in a human form.

[@bittersweetpepper2482]

But hey atleast he turned blue.

[@snowparody]

Wow that's incredible, but also a little worrisome if everything he says truly isn't genuine and just a manipulation tactic to become human

[@jacobkrakowski]

Oooooooooh. I feel like this makes that whole scene where Para says, "Would you mind saving me from this hell I'm in?" Make so much more sense to me as I though hes was just saying "Testament dawg please get me away from this crazy bitch." Which then feels like Testments response is just feel like "Nah dawg your on your fucking own." But with this new context feels like "this hell I'm in" actually means he keeps trying to let ABA know he cares about her but she just won't listen to him. Which makes Testament response feel more in tune with "sorry broski thats something your two love birds will have to figure out on your own" kind of thing. Which then explains why the true ending is just them on their own figuring out how to handle their relationship now without counseling.

[@arthurpprado]

I also really like how "Symphony" managed to touch on both A.B.A.'s obsession with idioms and how difficult her relationship with Paracelsus is because of their poor communication, all while putting the drummer into their own Moroha Mode because, oh my god, they went into a fucking frenzy

[@doodlederp2546]

Honestly with Paracelsus and Slayer having some lore together and both having wildly different relationships, I hope we get to see them interact.

[@missmarshmallow5775]

I'm pretty sure A.B.A. will be in arcade mode for Slayer.

[@peptopeko]

@@missmarshmallow5775 they didn’t even get a special interaction 💔

[@missmarshmallow5775]

@@peptopeko well shit. That means we don't even get Sharon and A.B.A. bonding over how possesive they are? Or Slayer being jolly about rematch

[@fattinuggies3571]

@@missmarshmallow5775man you would think with the audio drama they’d call back to it 😢missed opportunity

[@AnanasDragonSupremacy]

I forgot who made it but someone did a Reddit post entirely on how the Aba’s “Sex with a Key” meme is lore accurate

[@EssieBell-xu4yt]

Wait what?

[@xoLoveTruelySucksxo]

@@EssieBell-xu4yt its GG

[@thiaralovesu]

​@@EssieBell-xu4ytsex with a key

[@lukasmarek3424]

Yes

[@mariar.c.2462]

source?

[@dailysythequickiest]

imagine A.B.A's VA crying in public I'll be either running to find a key or just Running

[@badam6824]

Man turned into Bedman at 6:40

[@AkieTheLobster]

I love this comment

[@bunnywifalaptop3684]

CLOSE ENOUGH, WELCOME BACK ROMEO

[@megasocky]

@@bunnywifalaptop3684 this comment is crazy

[@Ramaguffin]

This has inspired me. Edit: done

[@patrickmills188]

I made him add the “Live Paracelsus Reaction”!

[@acethurman71]

Good change

[@elionlyfans6869]

I dont even play guilty gear strive but I'm obsessed with this couple

[@R4ndomSparkl3s]

FR

[@Elementroar]

Also with the Slayer patch, it’s mentioned in the updated GG World bios that Paracelsus did try to mind control A.B.A before, but she is so singularly hyperfixated on him that he “yielded to her tenacious will”.

[@Sisyphussprime]

i love guilty gear cuz it`s normal if your favorite charecter is just a key.

[@BarrenAcc]

4:38 "the person of obsession is just the dumbest fucking thing possible" *How fucking dare you.*

[@lrgogo1517]

9:52 - These were the quietest THUDs I'd heard in my life. I straight-up *would not* have heard them if they weren't visualized.

[@Toxic-Pyro]

Yeah I didn’t catch that until the video was already up, my bad

[@Laraignee-pv2se]

@@Toxic-Pyro its funny though

[@Watburnt]

A.B.A's name could also be a reference to aba music structure which swaps from A to B back to A which would work with how her gameplan is structured of normal > Mahora > normal

[@bluhhgh]

Applied Behavior Analysis

[@sakarain]

10:25 LMAOO literally one of the silliest fg character to get tattooed that's so fucking funny

[@sophiebubbles07]

A.B.A is really popular on Tumblr. I frequent the Tumblr side of the Guilty Gear community and you’d be surprised how much art of A.B.A I’ve seen compared to everyone else.

[@nidgithm]

i haven't actively looked at gg stuff in like 2 years but when she came out for strive there was a sudden explosion of art on my dash lmao

[@Metal_Maoist]

I only learned that they didn't just make the human version of paracelsus up themselves from this video

[@thatcreepyfangirlstalkerch3572]

I really hope they flesh her out and extend her story now that she's gained more popularity.

[@renexuz1]

Smol stuff: -Order Sol was added in GGXX Slash, not Isuka -Mori voiced Paracelsus in the gameplay, but in the story of Accent Core Plus & the Audio Drama it was Osamu Ayutani -All Strive arcade modes are confirmed canon, including all paths (confirmed in Jack-O & Bridget developers backyards)

[@MikoMango23]

*Ryutani

[@renexuz1]

@@MikoMango23 Osamu Ryutani is a different guy

[@LoraLoibu]

"A.B.A. might be Portuguese though, I don't know" yeah sure i'll integrate that into my headcanon

[@butchellano]

as a portuguese feels good to be represented in guilty gear even tho it's just headcanon

[@LoraLoibu]

@@butchellano funny thing, i also am portuguese

[@ghostly_elly]

honestly.... this is such a real relationship between a person who is just now in society and a literal fucking demon key. like its SURPRISINGLY relatively healthy even accounting for A.B.A's jealousy and fear of abandoment (like fair, abandoment is all she ever knew and like she has the most precious thing to her and being scared of it leaving you too is scary). paracelcus isnt manipulating her to do his bidding but is honestly wanting to be by her side and help her get better and A.B.A just loves him a lot but is very very scared I love this honestly, maybe because i also have fear of abandoment but like... dude a woman with a massive fucking key shouldnt be my top 1 most real and wholesome relationship but like... IT IS

[@Syrius_Li]

Ain’t no way they found a way to put belts on Paracelsus

[@aidenmb7932]

Hell yeah another "Why ____ is peak fiction"

[@cFrogjar]

Oh wow that human Paracelsus is from an an actual GG and not just a fan creation

[@ElJp99]

bro is gonna make a peak fiction video for every gg character let him cook

[@terrafang7260]

i desire this key carnally

[@goodolnonamee]

WHAT

[@alekthecool123]

Same

[@nuke291]

Man this video literally has **EVERYTHING** you can know about the character in 13 minutes and has a lot of personality, good friggin' job dudeee, likeee

[@rpeterb]

Jealousy mode I call it the husband meter

[@MopeyToapy]

A ToxicPyro video about A.B.A on My Birthday??? WOWIE ZOWIE!!! I like A.B.A

[@FunnyValentineRE4L]

happy birbday

[@MopeyToapy]

@@FunnyValentineRE4L Woah Woah!! Thank You ♡

[@Wolf_Blob]

Happy birthday song in Italian! Tanti auguri a te~! Tanti auguri a te~! Tanti auguri MopeyToapy~! Tanti auguri a te~! 🥳🎉🎂🎈🎁 🔑

[@MopeyToapy]

@@Wolf_Blob THANK YOU SO MUCH ♡♡♡

[@FunnyValentineRE4L]

@@MopeyToapy should I sing it in my native language too or is it too late

[@DJCrazyFresh]

They’re both such a babygirl couple ❤️‍🔥

[@FunnyValentineRE4L]

2:39 PORTUGAL MENTIONED‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Sunny_001]

era isso que eu iria falar kakajaka

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

Now we need the wholesome couple of Slayer. The Vampire who has canonically never lost a fight, and is happily married to a seemingly immortal woman.

[@lonewolffang]

Slayer (durng the thousand year war): I guess I'll beat up this talking keyblade.

[@kerryvanskonsol792]

@@lonewolffang more like Key-Axe

[@neor2354]

Wonderful video, don't worry too much about the videos being longer. It's healthy to combat the youtube short disease

[@diananer]

Okay we finally have some more A.B.A. lore because of Dizzy of all people. Apparently she’s good friends or at the very least acquaintances since they talk about their husbands and have tea together (Can Paracelsus even eat? Whatever don’t worry about it)

[@axe-tq2wn]

Only said “Flament Nagel” once

[@zhenjabile9075]

2:52

[@axe-tq2wn]

@ oh

[@bigrandy100]

im so obsessed with aba i love her character design and her entire character 4 that matter 😭 i dont even play guilty gear

[@USBmi]

You’re the entire reason I got into guilty gear, and ABA is my favorite character!

[@yoloboloyolo888]

I'm so glad your doing more guilty gear videos, they are so fun to watch

[@waow2859]

The Jpegmafia tattoo caught me off guard LMFAO. As if I needed more reasons to love him

[@glowstickspinalfluid]

i've been looking at a lot of aba videos to find context for the weird human key guy art i keep seeing and now i just wanna play guilty gear

[@foodyghost3178]

I thought that the reason her hair is green in strive is because of copper oxidation bc since she’s a homunculus her hair would be made of copper and over time it would turn green like the Statue of Liberty

[@ruthless_meh]

Number thirty four artists when they see 8:57 " F E R B , I K N O W W H A T W E ' R E G O N N A D O T O D A Y "

[@ruthless_meh]

Also, The fallen prayer stage you mentioned is basically the Glass Ocean starting levels in the video game Neon White

[@weebster-vo1zy]

Ayyyy Aba is the reason i got into guilty gear

[@Captain_Garchomp]

If you do decide to do more of these, I'd love it if you did Slayer since he's my favorite GG character after being introduced to the game

[@PyraBlitz6969]

TOXIC PYRO UPLOAD 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Hot_Tatar]

I had to write down what Paracelsus did irl in my notebook one day for school project lol.

[@casanovert]

HE DOESSSS IT AGAIN

[@benzur3503]

6:40 great Bedman impersonation

[@levisearls360]

i like to think that para actually is slowly falling for a.b.a. because thats just really silly

[@LunaMinuna]

12:08 Tbf Sol is a now a normal guy but plays like he’s a gear

[@demine100018]

5:57: honestly yea that a whole mood.

[@kakkadasekazvam3968]

Thank you for the dance of pearls segment

[@PoolNoodleGundam]

I was under the impression that Aba's new hair color was a refrence to how copper oxidizes-- it goes from that reddish bronze to that green turquoise, and A.b.a. is a homunculus.

[@Matryoshkandroid]

that was a headcanon from a reddit comment, not canon, fun idea though

[@errordrake5074]

And canonically Abas blood taste like copper

[@Matryoshkandroid]

@@errordrake5074 mercury actually, as she literally has mercury for blood

[@errordrake5074]

@@Matryoshkandroid oh yeah sorry lol

[@Elementroar]

Daisuke directly jossed this, he replied in a Rooflemonger interview that it was a fine idea but not canonically what happened. A.B.A literally just dyed hair. Her updated bio with the Slayer patch plainly states this now.

[@RedDragonEnigma]

I agree

[@bartlegoof5949]

my interpretation of the reason paracelsus doesn’t take control of aba is because he can’t because of the fact that aba is a homonculus and not exactly well put together mentally, that instead of taking control of her, he accidentally makes her fall in love with him and essentially stockholms himself

[@Elementroar]

This is already explained in his GG World bio officially. He DID try to takeover her mind, but her singleminded obsession was so strong he literally couldn’t. So he gave up and yielded to A.B.A. The bio also reveals he actually SHOULD be able to turn into a human form already, cos A.B.A has all the power to make him into whatever she wants him to be. But she’s subconsciously afraid Paracelsus will leave her if he has legs so she’s been mentally blocking his transformation. Paracelsus knows this is the reason and what’s happening, but hasn’t told her.

[@ChargedStrike]

Thank you for the fun video! A.B.A is back and better than ever.

[@808voo]

Any blazblue fans in the chat

[@AziDoesQuestionableThings]

who up turning they wheel of fate

[@eternalsleepyboyvibes]

when she REBEL on my 1 until i ACTION

[@the_supern0va238]

She blazin my blue til I central my fiction

[@SgNysilon]

Who up ironing their tager?

[@Kolanappen1]

@@SgNysilon ⚰

[@Lummox874]

Aba and Elphelt would be great friends since Aba only thinks about Paracelsus, and Elphelt has a restraining order from Nagoriuki.

[@Hue5366]

0:03 nope gorilla is my favorite guilty gear creator

[@windws7137]

3:33 music Quicksilver- Guilty Gear Isuka at 0.51 timestamp

[@CrimsonTintedGlasses]

I really like her theme: "Symphony." It's weirdly inspirational, about accepting yourself and all your strangeness compared to everyone else and trying to do whatever you can to change the world if that's what you want. Almost makes you forget all her yandere-ness. Almost.

[@OmnicJesus]

I LOVE MENTALLY ILL GOTH WOMAN

[@youngsinatra1]

Thank you for the video because I literally just got back on GG Strive. Now for the Slayer (+ Nago?) video

[@dangdart3236]

tell me how it took me over HALFWAY THRUGH THIS VIDEO (after already knowing the character) to notice the key in her head

[@nicknick_nick]

In ggxx she says axl doesn't have any depth to his attacks...foreshadowing? Her dizzy quote seems to be connecting both the glass house thing and the bible.

[@a_wild_Kirillian]

Great video, thanks =)

[@mikerprod]

Bro broke the 2 month edging streak

[@professionalatfarting]

...what?

[@Mr.Skeleton-El]

Now Elphelt next I swear she’s one of the best written characters and it’s majorly slept on by most people. I promise

[@lukejones7164]

Yes, Elphelt is very underrated

[@cycoxius957]

No she's not

[@Mr.Skeleton-El]

@@cycoxius957 Yes she is.

[@epic.8528]

WE'RE SO BACK

[@dprime2185]

He’s back

[@Drakenn100]

Imagine being in chemistry class and telling your teacher "I'm gonna call it degree celus because it's easier than saying degree celsus" xD

[@AirIUnderwater]

Absolute Cinema.

[@sakarain]

4:33 I never really thought of ABA as a yandere until her iteration in strive. am i dumb in thinking it's amplified in strive?

[@stefanobrucculerihartley3317]

love the video, the faust one too. he is my favorite characetr too

[@yogfigs]

Castlevania in da music perhaps

[@alfacides9144]

🇵🇹🔥!!🔥 PORTUGAL METNIONED 🔥!!🔥🇵🇹 Ower woman are indeed crazy

[@Hababalooo]

10:26 I feel like that's supposed to be surprising

[@chester1882]

Toxic Pyro is peak Guilty Gear

[@anitabath8315]

Awesome video about the second best character imo. Also, I think you said Paracelsus correctly more than you thought you did, so I think that’s cool. (:

[@waalker1206]

Banger video 🎉

[@ICapybara_]

2:40 Funk is from Brazil tho, not Portugal. Great video nonetheless, A.B.A is one of my favorite characters from the entire series xD

[@user-Miha.]

A.B.O.B.A

[@KA7L3N]

PORTUGESE A.B.A?! Ive never felt more reprensented in my life/hj (I need this to be canon cuz shes literally the reason I know abt Guilty Gear and Im Portugese)

[@Teezy07]

I can’t wait for the anime

[@magneticrice5072]

The lord has fed us once again!

[@diananer]

*ABA DABA DOO!!!* I was on something writing this, I’m positive

[@lebro4401]

Based A.B.A enjoyer

[@connerallen934]

1:52 Origin: flask omg I cannot 😂

[@finallyanime]

Nice vid

[@StewartHiles]

I laughed so much during this, great stuff, great editing

[@thynErro]

Robo Ky Mk2 and his Ragna the Bloodedge looking ahh.

[@junkoxeno_7734]

JUUUDGEMENT

[@gabrielboudjema4076]

5:45 THANK YOU I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THINK IT'S ACTUAL BULLSHIT ??????

[@KingNerdius]

Good video

[@Iniqui-tous]

I missed you and about aba too. Perfect

[@marysue4891]

sorry about the key simping it will happen again

[@Dhampire1976]

Why Raven is peak fiction when

[@ivysaur9550]

I better see one of these for slayer

[@TheDog-kk4sn]

Para is so bae