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Originally Posted by Eventhubs
Electronic Gaming Monthly posted an interview with Capcom's Yoshinori Ono concerning Poison's gender. The discussion starts from her somewhat humble beginnings to how she's blown up as a pretty popular character in her own right as of late.
Here's a snip to get you going.
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EGM: In talking to members of the trans community who have an investment or general interest in the character of Poison, one major concern I’ve heard has come from some of the videos shown for Street Fighter X Tekken in regards to win quotes. For example, in one video that was shown, both Ryu and Chun-Li made statements toward Poison regarding her not being a “real” woman in one way or another.
Capcom rep: Can I jump in really quick on this one? Those win quotes came from an earlier point in the game’s development, and while we haven’t publicized it too much, we’re actually working very closely with GLAAD. We’re very sensitive as far as not wanting to alienate anybody as Ono-san said, so we’re trying to be careful in that regard. It’s been an education process for us, but we do want people to know that we’re now working with GLAAD to make sure that anything that might be offensive has been very tailored to not be.
EGM: Ah — I’m really glad to hear that.
Capcom rep: At the end of the day, in the entertainment industry, you can’t go about willy-nilly and not be sensitive to these sort of things. Our goal here is to make sure we’re caring for all of our audience members, and make sure we’re not stepping on any toes. We want to make sure that the Poison fans out there—no matter which way they see her—are satisfied that the character is being portrayed in a way that suits their idea of the character, but also in a way that isn’t insensitive or demeaning in any way. So, we do take our responsibility in matters like this very seriously, and want to make sure we’re as inclusive as possible.
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Comments on Eventhubs are the predictable stupidity on the subject.
I guess this sort of confirms that she is a transgender woman. Though, I could have sworn Ono said otherwise last year.
On the one hand, I sort of wish she was a woman just to shut up the people that turn everything into "Lol, she's not a real woman, she's a dude!!1!" the second someone even mentions Poison.
On the other hand, I like that she's transgendered because it gives her a character. Otherwise she's "generic semi-naked fighting woman #44588". Plus it makes her unique in the game and that can only be a good thing.
They could do a lot with her backstory, being transgendered. Off the top of my head, maybe she could have been a new police recruit at Metro Citys police academy when she was male but, when she confessed to wishing she was born a woman, her fellow recruits weren't so accepting of her and were cruel and violent towards her.
She left the academy and became involved in managing small time pro wrestlers to get by. She eventually could afford to fixed her gender and began managing Hugo who introduced her to Mad Gear, which she joined to get revenge on the recruits (now fully trained cops) that had hurt and taunted her back then.
It would explains how she joined Mad Gear in the Final Fight games, it explains why she has a cop hat and cuffs and it gives her a reason to be fighting.
There is probably a huge amount of holes in that but it's just an idea. Like Q, I'd like to to know more about her origins and story.