The tag alias #65791 lay_the_dragon -> dragon_on_knight has been rejected.

Reason: More descriptive name. Could also be knight_on_dragon if that's preferred.

EDIT: The tag alias lay_the_dragon -> dragon_on_knight (forum #388792) has been rejected by @slyroon.

The tag is named that way for a reason, it's a meme

I know it's a meme, but "lay the dragon" is more of a line in the meme itself than a name for the meme. It's not really clear what it refers to by itself.

There doesn't seem to be a point in changing the name, and it just introduces the problem of people getting the syntax "wrong" and tagging knight_on_dragon instead of dragon_on_knight

the (s)layer described in this tag does not necessarily need to be a knight, really, just any kind of medieval/fantasy warrior that might be expected to fight a dragon.

donovan_dmc said:
The tag is named that way for a reason, it's a meme

I mean, it's not _really_ a meme, it's just like-- a trope, or a trope reversal? or a trope reversal that became its own trope?

it's like death_by_snu_snu, it's a situation that's common enough to deserve a tag, but it'd be hard to actually give it a concise name with plain english, so we give it a name that's allegorical.

Since we're discussing this, why is this separate from the slay_the_princess_(meme) tag? Is that supposed to be only for direct pastiches of post #204756? If so, it needs some cleanup and a rewrite to the wiki entry.

errorist said:
Since we're discussing this, why is this separate from the slay_the_princess_(meme) tag? Is that supposed to be only for direct pastiches of post #204756? If so, it needs some cleanup and a rewrite to the wiki entry.

That tag doesn't really make sense either, "lay the dragon" always involves a character in a role where they'd usually "slay" the dragon choosing to romantically or sexually pursue the dragon. "Slay the princess" never involves a character killing the princess.

It's only more confusing considering now that "Slay The Princess" is a video game.

The tag alias lay_the_dragon -> dragon_on_knight (forum #388792) has been rejected by @slyroon.