So, as it turns out, not everyone enjoy images that depict or will lead to a possible cruel, horrible scenario - like post #397265 for example (bad example). Since we now have a implied_cannibalism tag, I don't see why we can't have a tag used to describe images depicting a scenario, or preparing for a scenario that could/will lead to torture, horrible rape, death etc.

So, does anyone have any idea for such a tag? A tag like implied_torture or implied_death would only make it so that images where there specifically will be torture will be hit if a person blacklists that tag. Or is the best alternative to make both implied_death and implied_torture valid tags?

Peekaboo said:
So, as it turns out, not everyone enjoy images that depict or will lead to a possible cruel, horrible scenario - like post #397265 for example (bad example). Since we now have a implied_cannibalism tag, I don't see why we can't have a tag used to describe images depicting a scenario, or preparing for a scenario that could/will lead to torture, horrible rape, death etc.

So, does anyone have any idea for such a tag? A tag like implied_torture or implied_death would only make it so that images where there specifically will be torture will be hit if a person blacklists that tag. Or is the best alternative to make both implied_death and implied_torture valid tags?

What about the sinister tag? Hardly any posts, and it has potential to be used for these situations.

I suppose sinister might work, though personally I've read so many old comics that it's tough to take that word seriously.

I vote sinister, or maybe another descriptive word such as macabre, grimdark, etc

Peekaboo said:
So everyone alright with me using sinister on any dark/evil/fucked up images I upload?

Yes, and are we going to use it for imminent bloodshed images? a tag like that would indeed probably violate TWYS but is understandably a good tag for people browsing comics and don't want to see bloodshed, and te blacklist doesn't apply when you browse comics by post

I vote for the tag 'macabre'.

Should it have the prefix of imminent?

Rainbow_Dash said:
Should it have the prefix of imminent?

If it's not currently happening in an image, yes.

Okay now I have two different answers.

So we are saying yes, have it on images where the gore hasn't happened yet but will soon, and we have another saying that it should be on the entire image set as a whole because the precursing gore is usually just as blacklisted as the actual gore

I am 50/50

Sometimes when I browse, I can see why I wish I could have blacklisted the whole comic as it was traumatizing and never even made it to the gore, but sometimes a comic or see or images will be tolerable and even pleasant to view until the gore actually kicks off

Peekaboo said:
Now I'm confused, what comics are we talking about? I thought we were talking about single images like this one where it is implied that horrible rape, death will take place.

Yes, comics or types of images, sorry for the confusion

So situations where it is disturbing and dark and evil feeling... I support the tag 'macabre' for that. It's defined as, 'Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome, grim, ghastly', which I think perfectly suits that concept. If it's lighthearted then suddenly GORE next image in the set, it shouldn't be tagged macabre, but if it's sufficiently horrific before it even gets to the gore and would result in mental trauma, it should be tagged macabre.

The first things that pop into my mind when I hear the word 'macabre' are gothic art and Tim Burton's movies. And the Google image search result for that word is quite tame.

I'd prefer sinister over that. (Or how about grisly? Might be too subjective, but I think it fits better.)

It's between macabre and sinister. To me sinister implies malevolent intent, meaning a person of some kind doing harm, whereas macabre (to me anyway) feels more like a general feeling of decay and grim dark feeling, whether evil intent is there or not

post #393562
Plus you need a mustache to be sinister!

Peekaboo said:
In my opinion, ever since the end of the 18th century, the term sinister is mostly if not only used to describe something evil, cunningly wicked. I don't think macabre has the same rung to it. Well, 2 for sinister and 2 for macabre.

My vote counts as two! We are going to the lake and that's final

If you say sinister refers to cunningly wicked, then wouldn't macabre be more suited as the general term for dark and disturbing?

Rainbow_Dash said:
...then wouldn't macabre be more suited as the general term for dark and disturbing?

It's not particularly dark or disturbing.
I recommend taking a look at that Google image search: http://www.google.com/images?q=macabre

Edgar Allan Poe is a good example of macabre. I don't think it's dark enough for this, or at least it doesn't squick me on the same level as the examples posted in the OP.

...If Edgar Allan Poe isn't dark enough for you, what the fuck is?! Seriously. o____o;

https://www.google.com/images?newwindow=1&tbm=isch&q=macabre%20photography&revid=1425611952&ei=qVDsUtf3DI3soASD4oC4BA&ved=0CCEQsyU

123easy said:
...If Edgar Allan Poe isn't dark enough for you, what the fuck is?!

Dexter and Hannibal, for example.
I can't stand to even watch those, whereas macabre art doesn't phase me at all. It's pretty much what I'd expect to see on an average gothic rock album cover, or in Vertigo comics...or in an amusement park horror ride: tame compared to things like implied torture, gruesome rape, snuff, etc.

....o.o What are you smoking? Hannibal is a thriller/suspense villain, not a macabre one. Dexter is... I can't think of the right description since it's 4:30 AM and I'm tired, but he's not a macabre character.

Exactly my point. 'Macabre' is not a good tag to describe those kind of things, sinister would work better.

Genjar said:
Exactly my point. 'Macabre' is not a good tag to describe those kind of things, sinister would work better.

And my point is that they aren't appropriate to the concept. Yes, Hannibal kills and eats people, but the threat of him lies not in the gruesome practice but in his cold intelligence and malignant charisma. When he has the man's skull open and the brain exposed and feeds him his own brain? that's a macabre moment. But that is a vanishingly small part of who he is, which is why he himself is not macabre.

Dexter has macabre moments as well, when it goes to the scenes where he has a victim beneath the Torture Tool Of The Day, but the majority of the show does not focus on those moments- Yes, they are an important part of the show, but they are rather small compared to the examination of his character and thoughts and interactions with the people around him.

Also, I went out the other side of sleepy to that knurd-like tired state. So if it makes sense now but not in the morning when I wake... sorry. I hope it does.

Why not just flippin impending_rape, impending_gore, impending_watersports, etc? It's really simple that way.

AKBAR_THE_CORNCOB said:
Why not just flippin impending_rape, impending_gore, impending_watersports, etc? It's really simple that way.

well for one, impending means it hasn't happened yet, so you'd be tagging something that isnt even occurring in the image

I have a new idea, why not scary_aura, for stuff like this:
https://e621.net/post/show/423448/anthro-anthrofied-black_eye-blood-breasts-equine-f
And it can be used for small gore, blood, undead, etc. Ya know?
Gosh i feel like we're making a brand spankin new ass pokemon...

AKBAR_THE_CORNCOB said:
scary_aura

That's the most unspecific, vague, pointless, subjective, non-descriptive, impractical, useless tag I've ever seen and it should be killed with fire.

SirAntagonist said:
That's the most unspecific, vague, pointless, subjective, non-descriptive, impractical, useless tag I've ever seen and it should be killed with fire.

(°_°) ow bro... ow...