THE GLOBE’S RAREST AND JOVIAL AFRO GIANT!!

Charlotte from Samurai Shodown is a super interesting character in that she is inspired by a real-life assassin from the French Revolution as well as Oscar from Rose of Versailles. And both Charlotte and Oscar share some parallels to the Chevalier d'Eon, a French knight who transitioned back in 1777. And it might seem like Samurai Shodown strips Charlotte of any queerness or transness, and to an extent it does... save for her ending in Samurai Shodown II, where she chops off her long hair, allegedly because she needs to train more. Symbolically, though, she's removing herself of one of the signifiers of femininity in a moment that's actually pretty open to interpretation. It's also just a beautiful moment to see in a video game, of a character taking control of the way they present to the world.