The tag alias #74659 true_love -> love has been approved.

Reason: "True love" is subjective and thus outside the scope of TWYS, and I see no purpose in making it distinct from "love".

EDIT: The tag alias true_love -> love (forum #435219) has been approved by @Cinder.

Is there even a distinction to make between love and romance/romantic? From a TWYS perspective, these seem the same.

watsit said:
Is there even a distinction to make between love and romance/romantic? From a TWYS perspective, these seem the same.

Counterpoint: post #5286844

Because English does not distinguish between different types of love, it can also be tagged for familial or general love, not just romantic love. That it violates TWYS is a valid concern, but a discussion for another time.

Is there a canon couple tag? That seems to apply to a significant portion of these.

beholding said:
Counterpoint: post #5286844

Because English does not distinguish between different types of love, it can also be tagged for familial or general love, not just romantic love. That it violates TWYS is a valid concern, but a discussion for another time.

That's a good reason to get rid of it. It's a random mix of a euphemism for sex, romantic displays, and general affection, which are all separate concepts that shouldn't be mashed together under one tag, IMO (would you want post #5268254 and post #5286839 to both be identified with the same love tag?). And also a number of posts that are tagged because the tagger says so, like post #5286812 and post #5278734. It may be better to disambiguate for sex, romantic, some tag for platonic affection or close friendship, and whatever else "love" can mean to someone.

regsmutt said:
Is there a canon couple tag? That seems to apply to a significant portion of these.

canon_couple.

regsmutt said:
Is there a canon couple tag? That seems to apply to a significant portion of these.

canon_couple
I've argued for this tag in the past but honestly these days i might rather just replace it with a romantic couple lore tag. It does have a slightly separate meaning (doesn't cover crossovers or fan ships and probably not OCs) but maybe it's more trouble than it's worth

wandering_spaniel said:
canon_couple
I've argued for this tag in the past but honestly these days i might rather just replace it with a romantic couple lore tag. It does have a slightly separate meaning (doesn't cover crossovers or fan ships and probably not OCs) but maybe it's more trouble than it's worth

Agreed, it should absolutely be a lore tag since it relies on external information. (The same probably applies to other "couple" tags, honestly, but that's a topic for another time.)

Re: Watsit's points, should we request to alias love to a love_(disambiguation) tag and propose creation of some kind of "platonic love" tag?

The tag alias true_love -> love (forum #435219) has been approved by @Cinder.