Tiger & Bunny: Superheroes vs. Civilian Identities

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BUR #61061 is pending approval.

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create implication kaburagi_t._kotetsu_(civilian) -> kaburagi_t._kotetsu
create alias wild_tiger -> wild_tiger_(tiger_&_bunny)
create implication wild_tiger_(tiger_&_bunny) -> kaburagi_t._kotetsu
create implication barnaby_brooks_jr._(civilian) -> barnaby_brooks_jr.
create implication barnaby_brooks_jr._(hero) -> barnaby_brooks_jr.
create implication antonio_lopez_(civilian) -> antonio_lopez
create implication rock_bison -> antonio_lopez
create implication huang_pao-lin_(civilian) -> huang_pao-lin
create alias dragon_kid -> dragon_kid_(tiger_&_bunny)
create implication dragon_kid_(tiger_&_bunny) -> huang_pao-lin
create implication ivan_karelin_(civilian) -> ivan_karelin
create implication origami_cyclone -> ivan_karelin
create implication karina_lyle_(civilian) -> karina_lyle
create implication blue_rose_(tiger_&_bunny) -> karina_lyle
create implication keith_goodman_(civilian) -> keith_goodman
create implication sky_high_(tiger_&_bunny) -> keith_goodman
create implication nathan_seymour_(civilian) -> nathan_seymour
create implication fire_emblem_(tiger_&_bunny) -> nathan_seymour
create implication yuri_petrov_(civilian) -> yuri_petrov
create implication lunatic_(tiger_&_bunny) -> yuri_petrov
create implication ryan_goldsmith_(civilian) -> ryan_goldsmith
create implication golden_ryan -> ryan_goldsmith
create implication lara_tchaikoskaya_(civilian) -> lara_tchaikoskaya
create implication magical_cat_(tiger_&_bunny) -> lara_tchaikoskaya
create implication sengoku_subaru_(civilian) -> sengoku_subaru
create implication mr._black_(tiger_&_bunny) -> sengoku_subaru
create implication thomas_taurus_(civilain) -> thomas_taurus
create implication he_is_thomas -> thomas_taurus

The character tags for Tiger & Bunny have been a mess for a while now. All of the main characters have two tags, one for their normal persona and one for their superhero persona, but the way these tags have been used have been... inconsistent, to say the least. For my own uploads, I've typically used just the civilian tag for posts of the characters out of costume, and both tags for when they're in costume. As an example, post #11129916 is tagged Huang Pao-Lin + Dragon Kid, while post #11130145 is just Huang Pao-Lin. I've seen this same approach used on other people's posts as well, but as I mentioned, it's anything but consistent. There are plenty of posts that use just the hero tags, or use both tags even when nobody's in costume. With topic #35617 hopefully standardizing how superheroes and their civilian identites are tagged, I was thinking this same approach could be used for Tiger & Bunny.

A few additional notes:

  • While Barnaby Brooks Jr. doesn't have a superhero persona like the other characters, I've included hero and civilian tags for him in the BUR, as they're still unique designs. It's just a bit weird to me that something like post #1141597 has two chartags for Kotetsu, but only one for Barnaby, despite them basically being the same thing.
  • I'm also adding qualifiers to the tags for Wild Tiger and Dragon Kid, as I feel like their names are generic enough to warrant it, the former especially.

BUR #61062 is pending approval.

create alias wild_tiger -> wild_tiger_(tiger_&_bunny)
create implication wild_tiger_(tiger_&_bunny) -> kaburagi_t._kotetsu
create implication rock_bison -> antonio_lopez
create alias dragon_kid -> dragon_kid_(tiger_&_bunny)
create implication dragon_kid_(tiger_&_bunny) -> huang_pao-lin
create implication origami_cyclone -> ivan_karelin
create implication blue_rose_(tiger_&_bunny) -> karina_lyle
create implication sky_high_(tiger_&_bunny) -> keith_goodman
create implication fire_emblem_(tiger_&_bunny) -> nathan_seymour
create implication lunatic_(tiger_&_bunny) -> yuri_petrov
create implication golden_ryan -> ryan_goldsmith
create implication magical_cat_(tiger_&_bunny) -> lara_tchaikoskaya
create implication mr._black_(tiger_&_bunny) -> sengoku_subaru
create implication he_is_thomas -> thomas_taurus

Alternatively, we could just skip the civilian tags entirely. While it is inconsistent with what's been proposed for the Marvel and DC tags, there aren't any superhero personas in T&B which are used by more than one character, which is absolutely not the case for western comics. It'd also take a lot less effort to garden, as all that would need to be done is correct any mistags, rather than populating a bunch of new tags.

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