Some of these have probably been addressed before, but I couldn’t really find anything about the subject when I tried to search it up, so apologizes if it already was.

We all know that when the artist/character owner says a character is a certain gender or age, or if a comic has additional context regarding said character, then the respective lore tag should be applied. If they don’t say it, then don’t add it.

But then we get to more subjective areas of it. Should we apply a lore tag to that one image in particular or should it be safe to “assume” that the lore applies to all images regarding it? Should an image with an ambiguously gendered character get the non-binary tag if the artist used they/them pronouns for a character once, but not actually say they’re non-binary? What about pronouns in general if the artist didn’t make a statement regarding the character’s gender, obvious or not? Should the lore tags always be sourced when applied to an already-uploaded image and risk removal if it’s not?

Stuff like that. I’ve been thinking about starting a lore wiki page that documents any statements made for the artist’s characters and I just want to see what the general consensus is for the more “grey areas” for lore tags.

Youre overthinking it. Basically it should be added to wikis for characters whenever available and always added without exception. Its really that simple.

Theyre the same as regular tags. You see a character who is canonically x or y or z in a way that the lore tags covers and you add it. Thats how twys works.

demesejha said:
Youre overthinking it. Basically it should be added to wikis for characters whenever available and always added without exception. Its really that simple.

I concur.

I feel like most of the examples in the OP can be boiled down to using common sense or simply cutting the bullshit and asking the artist directly.

demesejha said:
Youre overthinking it. Basically it should be added to wikis for characters whenever available and always added without exception. Its really that simple.

Theyre the same as regular tags. You see a character who is canonically x or y or z in a way that the lore tags covers and you add it. Thats how twys works.

popoto said:
I concur.

I feel like most of the examples in the OP can be boiled down to using common sense or simply cutting the bullshit and asking the artist directly.

So add them only if it’s made explicitly clear? No if ands or buts?

Might have been overthinking this, yeah. Thanks.

werideatdawn said:
So add them only if it’s made explicitly clear? No if ands or buts?

If it wasn't made explicitly clear it doesn't need a lore tag. the whole purpose of lore tags is for situations where the image/TWYS does not match up with artist/character owner intent. if we don't know that intent for sure, don't tag it or assume, just like we don't tag what isn't present in an image.

artist says a character is xyz, you tag that as lore if it doesn't match what's in the image. if the artist later changes their mind, use that decision moving forward. if they describe the character differently for a particular post, tag it as such.

it isn't the tagger's job to make assumptions, ever. tag what you see, lore what you know.

bm2012 said:
If it wasn't made explicitly clear it doesn't need a lore tag. the whole purpose of lore tags is for situations where the image/TWYS does not match up with artist/character owner intent. if we don't know that intent for sure, don't tag it or assume, just like we don't tag what isn't present in an image.

artist says a character is xyz, you tag that as lore if it doesn't match what's in the image. if the artist later changes their mind, use that decision moving forward. if they describe the character differently for a particular post, tag it as such.

it isn't the tagger's job to make assumptions, ever. tag what you see, lore what you know.

This.