My only concern is that there's nothing that makes it clear they're Trans...just sexy.
But that's the thing - you can't show that a character is trans unless it's either a very badly-passing man in drag (which has plenty of Unfortunate Implications) or go into NSFW territory. The character is played by Laverne Cox, an actual trans actress, so you can't be more obviously trans than that. A caption can explain that she's trans whereas the other characters on the picture are cis.
I suggested Cox not on the basis of her being “obviously trans” (that has its own Unfortunate Implications) but that her interpretation of the character is at least definitely trans per WOG. I was thinking we could use text/caption to point out the trans part. That would otherwise need dialogue or some other indicator.
Edited by Synchronicity on Dec 28th 2020 at 10:21:42 AM
Oh, I wasn't saying we should use the original, it's just that there's a bit of a tradeoff depending on what we go with: a more immediate (but less respectful) illustration, or an actual Trans character w/ a trans actress. I'm okay with the Cox one if we can get a decent caption.
OTOH, using Curry might better convey how dated and problematic this trope can be.
Edited by WarJay77 on Dec 28th 2020 at 12:31:24 PM
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We shouldn’t value complaining about a Tropes existence when it comes to Image Pickin’.
I’d leave this page as BUPKIS, given that anything that could portray both the “Fetish” and “Transgender” aspects of this Trope without sacrificing one aspect over the other (I tried to consider the “mix it up” poster from Cyberpunk 2077, but the bulge probably wouldn’t fly with advertisers).
The way you worded it seemed like complaining.
Edited by GeneralGigan on Dec 30th 2020 at 2:28:21 PM
SKREEEEEEEONK!It wouldn't be a complaint, it'd just show how the trope tends to manifest. Some tropes are based around or are offensive stereotypes. Reflecting that in an image isn't a "complaint", just honesty.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI don't think this is a BUPKIS case. I previously said I think the current already does a decent job. Would it be ideal if we could demonstrate the transness visually? Yes. But will I settle for an image that relies on text to do that as long as they are obviously more sexualized than the cis character? Also yes.
Edited by Synchronicity on Dec 30th 2020 at 2:05:04 PM
Again, can we use in-game images to show the movesets of the two characters from the current image?
Keet cleanupHere's something I cobbled together from Street Fighter V (I used Sakura since Rose isn't in SFV. Chun-Li was my original choice, but I wanted someone with a similar number of special moves. Still didn't quite line up.)

The moves lists were screenshots I took directly from the website (since the in-game ones didn't suffice), but the text is barely readable at wikisize. I could have enlarged it, but it would have blurred the text and I didn't re-type it because, well, what would be the point of using the website photos?
I could do another edit, but despite the time I wasted throwing this together, I still stand by my original vote. Either keep the current or remove it altogether.
Edited by thecarolinabull01 on Dec 30th 2020 at 10:08:34 AM



Yeah, the benefit to using the original movie is that Frank is obviously a man dressed in woman's clothing. The issue is, again, he's not even technically Trans.
Edited by WarJay77 on Dec 27th 2020 at 7:37:51 AM
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