Ankh

[anarchy 103]

so i was playing as azazil and i came across the ankh when i died i respawned but i lost the short brimstone and the flight is this supposed to happen with the ankh now or is this a glitch anyone have answers

[Ottomic]

Unless they have changed it, the ankh resurrects you as ???. It's a different character from Az.

[anarchy 103]

wait that makes sense but in OG isaac when say samson or eve got the ankh they didn't loose rage or the ♥♥♥♥♥ of babylon/ dead bird so this happens now with all the characters now

[Muoviori]

Maybe the reason you lost the short brimstone and flight is because Azazel has a special version of Brimstone and Lord of the Pit which are not unlockable for other characters. If you check "things I've found" while playing on Azazel, it will not display those items.

[anarchy 103]

maybe if i run across the ankh as another character and i die then maybe that will confirm that theory

[CondoSlime]

if i die as a caracter like the lost can i still unlock things?

[anarchy 103]

unsure i haven't played as him much but usually to get the unlocks of a character you need to beat a run with that character

[Banshee]

Początkowo opublikowane przez pimhazeveld:

if i die as a caracter like the lost can i still unlock things?

If an item turns you into another character, you stay as that character. Final boss kill rewards will act as if you had been that character from the start.

As for the OP, that's definitely a bug caused by the character switching. The flight and short brimstone aren't items, they seem to be hard coded to Azazel. The other characters you mentioned all start with actual items, hence why they aren't lost even when the Ankh turns you into blue baby.