#(piano [engineer routine] knows but bass [combat routine] has no idea and when it's found out it breaks their brain a bit)

[bassdaily]

i have a headcanon where the reason Bass is constantly trying to fight and defeat Megaman is because she is actually a tomboy girlfaliure who can't express her emotions in a healthy way.

To be fair, the reason Bass is constantly trying to fight and defeat Mega Man is because "failure who can't express emotions in a healthy way" is actually canon.

He's a pretty typical edgy shounen rival, being a girl would add some interesting flavor and depth. "Angry Kid who keeps bashing their head against the wall in a fight they'll never win because they're a born loser but are too hopelessly stubborn to ever quit" hits a little different when that angry kid is a macho chick trying to prove that she's just as capable as any [mega] man. The daddy issues transcend gender, the personality and character traits work equally well either way, the fact Bass is overpowered (as a playable character) but always loses to Mega Man (as a game boss) same... but the vibe changes when she's the only daughter in the villains' skull-shaped lair, trying to out compete her two hundred brothers.

What motivated Dr. Wily to make his knockoff Mega Man a girl? Is this public knowledge, and if not, does Rock know? Did things go left when she manipulated her way into Light Labs to steal plans for Wily and realized that if Dr. Light tried to do any repairs he'd find out How does Bass herself feel about any of this, or is she oblivious to anything gender identity related, since her only concern is "who is the strongest"?

(I like the idea. But it is of utmost importance to me that any version of girl!Bass- whether she was built that way or transitioned at some point- looks and acts exactly the same. That chest armor works just fine, no sculpted tiddy armor please.)

On a related note, when MMX and MM7 came out in the early '90's, and quite a few people mistook Zero as a lady. Mostly because of the hair, but the boob lights did not help. I always thought Zero would've been a more interesting character that way.