Topic: Transformation[BUR]

The bulk update request #12784 is pending approval.

Reason: styles and types

consensual_transformation should be aliased to transformation, just like consensual_sex is aliased to sex. We assume consent by default, and have forced_transformation for non-consensual transformations.

watsit said:
consensual_transformation should be aliased to transformation, just like consensual_sex is aliased to sex. We assume consent by default, and have forced_transformation for non-consensual transformations.

ah pardon me ya thats true, BUR corrected.

linear_transformation seems potentially ambiguous, on top of not having a very clear name. A transformation that goes from one thing to another (e.g. a human to a wolf) is a linear transformation, the name doesn't indicate to me that it's talking about a transformation that starts at one point on the body and moves outward. But this is also a problem with still images that don't show a progression, like
post #3455548 post #4389720
who's to say these are or aren't linear transformations? We don't see its progression to tell if it's starting at some point and spreading out. Given tags like asymmetrical_transformation and disproportionate_transformation, this doesn't seem like it adds much utility.

painful_transformation doesn't seem useful either, given pained_expression+transformation. Similar for public_transformation with public+transformation.

timed_transformation sounds like it can be better served by having a tag for timed progression in general, which can be searched with transformation. I don't know if there is such a tag, but it may be a good idea to make one if not.

stacked_transformation also feels kind of sketchy. Aside from the name not being clear what it's referring to, it also seems more subjective in nature.
post #3018168 post #2985038
makes no sense to have the tag. And I see it often used for feral_to_human and human_to_feral, because there's an anthro-looking mid stage (which shouldn't be surprising since anthros are a mix of human and feral animal forms; it'd be pretty random if its up to the tagger to decide if it's human-to-feral or a "stacked" human-to-anthro-to-feral, etc). As far as I can see, out of the 74 posts with the tag, I only see these two:
post #1485952 post #5635246
that would really classify for something like this.