The tag alias #74718 canon_couple -> canon_couple_(lore) is pending approval.

Reason: Canonicity of relationships relies on information beyond TWYS. Therefore, this tag is better-suited to lore.

I'm still holding out for romantic_relationship_(lore) 🤞
That name would work for poly relationships + imo, it is less confusing, since the current canon_couple tag excludes OCs and unofficial ships

wandering_spaniel said:
I'm still holding out for romantic_relationship_(lore) 🤞
That name would work for poly relationships + imo, it is less confusing, since the current canon_couple tag excludes OCs and unofficial ships

I was actually going to propose lorification for romantic_couple and married_couple too, but wanted to start simple given the strong resistance to lorification in my other requests.

wandering_spaniel said:
I'm still holding out for romantic_relationship_(lore) 🤞
That name would work for poly relationships + imo, it is less confusing, since the current canon_couple tag excludes OCs and unofficial ships

I agree that romantic_relationship_(lore) would be the best, most flexible tag, with canon_couple and romantic_couple being aliased to it.

and how would this work for canon couples of other copyrights when considering the "artist lore takes precedence", that e6 uses for lore tags. should this be given an exception, or should it be kept standard despite the possible contradiction?

siral_exan said:
and how would this work for canon couples of other copyrights when considering the "artist lore takes precedence", that e6 uses for lore tags. should this be given an exception, or should it be kept standard despite the possible contradiction?

I'm not sure what you mean by "of other copyrights".

beholding said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "of other copyrights".

IE princes tiana and prince naveen are a canon couple per disney, but if an artist draws them and says that they are not.

because lore tags take artist precedence.

Ie for example when an artist takes a character that is trans in a show, but makes them not trans in their own headcanon, they do not get the trans_lore tag because in the artist's lore they are not trans.

manitka said:
IE princes tiana and prince naveen are a canon couple per disney, but if an artist draws them and says that they are not.

because lore tags take artist precedence.

Ie for example when an artist takes a character that is trans in a show, but makes them not trans in their own headcanon, they do not get the trans_lore tag because in the artist's lore they are not trans.

I interpret 'canon couple' to mean they're being portrayed as a couple AND this matches canon.

If the artist draws them existing platonically in the same picture but says they're not a couple I think that'd be a good example of the artist's word taking precedence.

If the artist draws them dressed as a bride and groom making out and boinking and saying "we make a more iconic couple than peanut butter and jelly!" but says they're only pretending to be a couple and not actually a couple? That's confusing as hell but whatever, I guess?

beholding said:
I'm not sure what you mean by "of other copyrights".

"of other copyrights" means non-artist copyrights, such as the aforementioned Disney or Warcraft, and et cetera. on e6, artist lore and thus, their "canon", is what's considered first for tagging lore tags; the other various ways to create lore or have canon are second to artist's interpretations or designs, thus a copyright's lore, like Lor'themar and Thalyssra being married in Warcraft, could be contradicted by an artist. ergo, how should canon_couple be treated in instances where the artist contradicts a copyright's canon? how should some artist's Lor'themar / Sylvanas ship be tagged when it's the artist's canon, to them at least.

siral_exan said:
and how would this work for canon couples of other copyrights when considering the "artist lore takes precedence", that e6 uses for lore tags. should this be given an exception, or should it be kept standard despite the possible contradiction?

This is exactly why I want it to instead be romantic_relationship_(lore) for any romantic relationship as defined by the artist

siral_exan said:
"of other copyrights" means non-artist copyrights, such as the aforementioned Disney or Warcraft, and et cetera. on e6, artist lore and thus, their "canon", is what's considered first for tagging lore tags; the other various ways to create lore or have canon are second to artist's interpretations or designs, thus a copyright's lore, like Lor'themar and Thalyssra being married in Warcraft, could be contradicted by an artist. ergo, how should canon_couple be treated in instances where the artist contradicts a copyright's canon? how should some artist's Lor'themar / Sylvanas ship be tagged when it's the artist's canon, to them at least.

I think regsmutt's interpretation provides a straightforward guideline for these edge cases.