GG Xrd Rev2 - Sol vs Ky Full

Sol: Ky, all my life I've felt like a corrupted force of utter destruction. Like it was my destiny to kill all things. Gears are meant to die. I've seen you fight like you mean it. Like a man possessed. I've seen you show no mercy or regard at all to countless gears, and yet here I stand. So please, for my sake, come at me with everything. Fight me like you mean it. Ky: lol Sol, that's silly. I don't wanna kill you. Sol: YOUR WIFE'S UGLY Ky: SOOOOOOL!

Ky: YOU STARVED MY SON! Sol: YOU BANGED MY DAUGHTER!

KY is a soldier and warrior, Sol is a scientist forced to the front lines. KY has skill, Sol has power. KY is trained. Sol has instinct.

Really shows how hung up Sol is about the fact that being a Gear makes him “a monster”. He just doesn’t get that people like Ky, despite knowing that objectively Sol is a Gear, still see him as a person despite that.

this made me realize that sol is really a scientist first fighter second.

Sol's description of his first encounter with Ky is low key what every Ky mains strive for lol

Sol: I'm a monster Ky: I'm not gonna fight you Sol: Your wife ain't shit Ky: SOOOOOOOOL

5:05 That entire sequence is great. Sol tries to pull away for some breathing room, Ky pins his foot to keep him in place, breaks Sol's fucking weapon with an open-hand slap, then breaks the hilt of his OWN weapon on Sol's face, pocket-sands him with the fragments, THEN lets him back off - just so he can charge up the finale.

I think what makes this such a great moment is that Sol's actions are partially fueled by a deep self-loathing that he never managed to get over. He's thought himself a monster ever since he became a gear. He feels that if back then, Ky actually had figured out the truth and came to kill him for it, it would've been the ending he "deserved." It's a common sentiment amongst depressed people- an intense feeling of guilt at your very existence, and anxiety over when the facade will drop and other people will see you for the shitty person your believe yourself to be. By not fighting him 'for real' Ky essentially refused to reflect that anxiety back at Sol, knowingly or not- a kindness Sol feels he doesn't deserve. So the anxiety bubbles up and he lashes out, insulting people he cares about just to get a reaction that justifies his fucked up self-image. But after all that, Ky still shows him mercy. Sol is forgiven- For insulting Ky's wife, yes, but he knows he didn't mean that. He is forgiven for being a gear. He finally gets Ky to meet him on his own terms and is humbled, and then Ky helps him back to his feet.

He pushed the Dizzy button. He shouldnta did that.

Still a better in-law relationship than most actual in-laws

Ky: "Pocket sand? I can make god damn hilt sand!".

For Ky to fight monsters, he had to become one. A brutal, unfeeling killing machine. It's why he sandbags Sol because despite Sol being a gear, Ky doesn't see a monster.

I'm just imaging in sol's mind as KY broke the junkyard dog case, sol's like "dude that took me like a week to make"

real talk though holy SHIT what kind of giga-chad move is "smash the hilt of your sword to pieces against your opponents face and then GRAB the fragments and pocket-sand their sorry ass"

I love how steadily throughout the series Ky, even if he might not ever match Sol in raw power, has been learning his movements and keeping up with him. Far from the days where Sol would just consider him a nothing, Ky has become both a true friend and rival, as much as Sol hates it.

Something I just realized and a lot of people dont. Ky is handicapped in this fight. He is using Eclair not Thunderseal. Eclair is a powerful sword and well suited to Ky but its not on the same level as Thunderseal meaning going against Junkyard Dog, which is Fireseal and I think 2 other pieces of the set, its way underpowered. And Sol got his teeth kicked in. It may not always turn out this way in their fights but it goes to show just how scarily powerful Ky is.

Ky's come a long way from "Oh no, I'm falling!"

Why does Ky look fine in everything he wears god damn.

I seriously want a guilty gear anime adaptation of the whole story