decided to explore the "what" tag this time and one of the first things i saw was

post #708703

theres a good number of these kinds of pics i'm sure. 6 others from the tumblr this one is from as well.

maybe we should have a tag for these "unique" pokemon.

There is already a pokemon_fusion tag, if that's what you mean.

If you're suggesting there should be a tag for Wigglychamp, Lickieotto, Geofairy and the every combination possible, it would just create clutter and many of them would go largely unused if ever used at all.

I think tagging them as hybrid along with their base species and pokemon_fusion is sufficient.

Portmanteau species names seem like they'd just create clutter unless they're something that can exist in real life, where there's a documented consensus on what the official name is. (Zonkey, liger, beefalo, wholphin, etc.)

oh, ok, didn't know there was one already.

and we now have a fishfox here at e621.

chdgs said:
There is already a pokemon_fusion tag, if that's what you mean.

If you're suggesting there should be a tag for Wigglychamp, Lickieotto, Geofairy and the every combination possible, it would just create clutter and many of them would go largely unused if ever used at all.

I think tagging them as hybrid along with their base species and pokemon_fusion is sufficient.

Portmanteau species names seem like they'd just create clutter unless they're something that can exist in real life, where there's a documented consensus on what the official name is. (Zonkey, liger, beefalo, wholphin, etc.)

Or unless they're really frickin' popular in the fandom, such as the folf.

ShylokVakarian said:
Or unless they're really frickin' popular in the fandom, such as the folf.

Maybe I'm just being persnickety, overcritical, and ignorant: But Folf appears to be mainly a vanity tag.

post #611498 These look like plain wolves to me.

post #622237 Some sort of malamute/husky mix?

post #558514 A corgi.

Probably doesn't help that wolves and foxes are both very canine-like (lupine/vulpine) so the mix of traits or indication of hybridization isn't as obvious as something like Dracophins.

chdgs said:
Maybe I'm just an overcritical and ignorant, but Folf appears to be mainly a vanity tag.

These look like plain wolves to me.
post #611498

Some sort of malamute/husky mix?
post #622237

A corgi.
post #558514

Probably doesn't help that wolves and foxes are both canine-like (lupine/vulpine) so the mix isn't as obvious as something like Dracophins.

I tend to think of them as looking like wolves (with maybe a slightly shorter muzzle), but with all the sexual mannerisms of foxes (subby as fuck, mainly).

I just used folfs as an example because they're the most popular.

ShylokVakarian said:
Or unless they're really frickin' popular in the fandom, such as the folf.

I'd prefer a more standardized and predictable way to handle those that don't resort to portmanteaus, such as fox-wolf (or something like it). Even if it leads to an increase in clutter it's probably better than the myriad of rabbitcat/cabbit/kibbit/whatever else someone might come up with as a tag.

But yeah, uncommon ones probably don't really benefit from a dedicated tag (as chdgs already mentioned).

parasprite said:
I'd prefer a more standardized and predictable way to handle those that don't resort to portmanteaus, such as fox-wolf (or something like it). Even if it leads to an increase in clutter it's probably better than the myriad of rabbitcat/cabbit/kibbit/whatever else someone might come up with as a tag.

But yeah, uncommon ones probably don't really benefit from a dedicated tag (as chdgs already mentioned).

Most people use folf to describe "fox-wolves", so that one should probably remain as is.

ShylokVakarian said:
Most people use folf to describe "fox-wolves", so that one should probably remain as is.

that's because a folf is a fox/wolf hybrid as the word implies (or should imply as it sounds pretty obvious imo).