| #3101 by machan12 2023-03-08 at 17:19 | < report >Mrkew u28602 you're a pro, I'll wait for it to be approved, thank you!Last modified on 2023-03-08 at 17:19 |
| #3102 by Ninius 2023-03-09 at 11:14 | < report >Why is Subject of (Sexual) > Heart Shaped Cutout in Subject of (Sexual) and not in Clothing? When I saw this on a character I thought at first glance that it meant a literal heartshaped cutout of skin LOL |
| #3103 by kei-tr 2023-03-20 at 14:19 | < report >Role > Girlfriend/Role > Boyfriend traits should contain info about how "at the start of the game this character is already in a relationship with some other character as their girlfriend(s)/boyfriend(s)" and "this trait should not be used if a character becomes another character's girlfriend/boyfriend over the course of the story" like their tag counterparts Protagonist's Girlfriend as a Heroine/Protagonist's Boyfriend as a Hero (I know they are not precisely tag counterparts of those traits but that's beside the point). Otherwise, those traits could apply to almost every single main character, which defeats the purpose and it's completely meaningless. |
| #3104 by beliar 2023-03-20 at 15:44 | < report >First of all, Girlfriend/Boyfriend traits are not counterparts to the tags you have mentioned. There isn't a correlation between them. The traits' intended use is if a character becomes a boyfriend/girlfriend of another character at any point in the story. Secondly, just like the familial relations (sister, mother, etc.), girlfriend/boyfriend are not protagonist-centric traits. That means the traits apply if the character is a girlfriend/boyfriend of any character in the story. And yes, that makes them pretty much useless, but that applies to all relation traits, while we are waiting for the long-promised Yorhel overhaul wherein we will be able to link relation traits to other characters, thus showing who's sister is this character, or who's boyfriend is this one. |
| #3105 by chipp12 2023-03-20 at 16:10 | < report >Sorry if that was already discussed but I wanted to touch on this topic for a while. It seems like the search doesn't work with trait exclusion. For example if I try to search for Reverse NTR + Discreet Sex (and include both tag and trait to be sure to get all the results in case a trait was used without tagging) I get this page: link Now if I want to get the rest of results without any Discreet Sex at all I exclude both but still get novels with characters with Discreet Sex trait (in other words only the tag is being excluded). link Is it possible that this problem still wasn't fixed or am I doing something wrong?Last modified on 2023-03-20 at 16:10 |
| #3106 by kei-tr 2023-03-20 at 17:24 | < report >@3104 There are two major differences between girlfriend/boyfriend traits and other relations like sister and mother you gave an example: 1) Most of the time you become a girlfriend/boyfriend with someone over the course of the story, contrary to you already have a sister or mother at the start of a story. So it's natural to add sister or mother traits to a character from the get-go unlike girlfriend/boyfriend traits. 2) Most of the time characters only have a single mother, so it's not like you can add the mother trait to all heroines contrary to the girlfriend trait. Think about it. If you can honestly say they are indeed created with the intention of adding them to almost every single heroine and hero, then it's weird but ok. But I somehow doubt it's the case; I believe it's just an oversight.Last modified on 2023-03-20 at 17:44 |
| #3107 by beliar 2023-03-20 at 20:25 | < report >These traits are 12 years old. Of course traits were created without much thinking back in the day. If such a trait would be proposed today, it wouldn't be approved. Also you are not correct about the familial relations. For example, the mother trait applies to the mother of an established character at the start of the game, but also if the character gives birth during the story and becomes a mother. Moreover, if two characters with children marry during the course of the story, the children do incur the brother/sister traits. So, you can become a <insert a family relation> during the story, just like you can become a girlfriend. Admittedly, it's a rarer situation than a very common "girlfriend" trait, but it still happens occasionally. It's not an oversight, but rather a severe limitation on the early trait system, and it can be fixed if certain traits could be linked to characters. Sadly, this feature has been in hibernation for ages, and changing the description of existing established traits isn't gonna fix this. |
| #3108 by Mrkew 2023-03-20 at 21:32 | < report >#3103 That's why it's useful to use at least minor spoiler for when it happens outside of prologue, like I said on last page. |
| #3109 by SomeDude 2023-03-20 at 22:33 | < report >I think labeling it a minor spoiler might also depend... like if you're expecting a character to become the protagonist's girlfriend from the get-go, it wouldn't really be a spoiler to tag her as such, would it? If you're expecting her to become a girlfriend and she becomes a wife, however, then yeah, that's a spoiler. Or if they start off engaged or married and break off their engagement/marriage in order to become ordinary boyfriend and girlfriend, then it might also be a spoiler. It is a very common trait, sure, but it's hardly the only common trait. Many relationships in many VNs result in the boyfriend/girlfriend status... but not all of them. Plenty instead go sexfriends, marriage, sex slave, NTR, or just one night stand directions instead.Last modified on 2023-03-20 at 22:37 |
| #3110 by kei-tr 2023-03-21 at 00:16 | < report > It is a very common trait, sure, but it's hardly the only common trait. Degree of how common they are changes. For example: let's say 15% of all heroines are sisters, and that can be considered common, sure. But I wouldn't get surprised if 99% (maybe even more) of the main characters are girlfriends/boyfriends. Plenty instead go sexfriends, marriage, sex slave, NTR, or just one night stand directions instead. That doesn't mean they are not girlfriend/boyfriend at the same time or some point or route. In case of my point isn't clearly understood here is an example: I was checking out Kunado Kokuki and saw every single heroine had Role > Girlfriend trait. But it's impossible to determine if one/some/all of them are girlfriends from the start or if they become girlfriends after you enter their route. As I said, the overwhelming majority of main characters are becomes girlfriends/boyfriends at some point. So, adding those traits to every single one of them is unhelpful. It's like adding ear trait to every one of them. Every human being has an ear, so how is that gonna help? But if the usage of traits is limited to relationships already established at the start of the story (like their tag counterparts), then it gonna make it easy to distinguish the existence of those relationships and prevent getting confused from being unable to determine if relationships are established from the beginning or after a specific route started.Last modified on 2023-03-21 at 00:24 |
| #3111 by SomeDude 2023-03-21 at 02:07 | < report >When every heroine has a certain trait, it's more indicative of the genre and setting than it is of VNs as a whole. For example, most of the heroines of a high school romance would have the girlfriend trait, sure. And all of them would have the high school trait, while many would have the classmate trait, and the school uniform trait, etc. But in, say, a hardcore rape game featuring an all-adult cast, they might not have any of these traits. Just because a trait is common, doesn't mean it's useless... the purpose of these traits is to inform people about the sort of content present in these VNs. When the heroines all have a "girlfriend" trait, all it does is tell the reader that it's a dating sim, which will attract people who enjoy dating sims and discourage people who don't. |
| #3112 by Mrkew 2023-03-21 at 02:08 | < report >A plot focused game will still have token relationships because of how routes work. That trait is not at all indicative of the genre. |
| #3113 by Ezezin 2023-03-22 at 07:46 | < report >Do we really need separate traits for Role > Priest and Role > Priestess? I think those traits should be merged, since we can filter characters by sex anyway. |
| #3114 by bassttark 2023-03-22 at 08:04 | < report >#3105 Your search query is wrong. In your link, you are searching for a visual novel that "Has a character that matches this filters: no discreet sex", so if there is any character that does not have discreet sex the vn is good, even if all the other characters have discreet sex. If you want visual novels with no discreet sex you should select "Does not have a character that matches these filters: discreet sex", so link instead of your link . |
| #3115 by dostedt⭐ 2023-03-22 at 08:11 | < report >#3113 My question would be what it should be called after a merge. The main issue I have are the child traits. If we call it "Priest" after the merge, one of the child traits will be Miko, which is a female only trait which would a bit weird to have under a male term of Priest. If you call it "Priestess", the child trait Christian Priest, a male only trait, would be under it which would be weird. There would need to be a new term used for the trait and the two gender specific names as aliases at the very least.Last modified on 2023-03-22 at 08:14 |
| #3116 by SomeDude 2023-03-22 at 08:22 | < report >#3116 You could just merge and rename them as Clergy, a term which encompasses a broad range of religious occupations. I can see Miko being a child trait of Clergy while Priest and Priestess are basically synonyms.Last modified on 2023-03-22 at 08:23 |
| #3117 by barfboy 2023-03-23 at 01:13 | < report >I would agree with that, especially since priest/priestess typically have duties and restrictions which general clergy do not. The boys passing out communion are clergy and are certainly not priests. I don't know enough about shinto but I think Miko do general duties at shrines, much like monks while a priest/priestess is there to lead services. Shinto has priestesses, yes? I don't think shinto priestesses are Miko. I think that's a different category entirely. So I think a broad clergy trait would be great and priest/priestess should be a subtrait beneath it. Miko would therefore be a subtrait of clergy as would Christian priest and nun. Then general priest/priestess can be merged without any fuss. |
| #3118 by carri-mihome 2023-03-24 at 16:08 | < report >The description of Made-up Words links to a nonexistent Wikipedia article (deleted three years ago for not being notable). That sentence should probably be removed (as it sounds like the link is for a subproject of Wiktionary or otherwise a project endorsed by them, and that one should check there if the words used by the character count as being made-up), or replaced with a link to a concept such as nonce word or protologism if an explanation of what a made-up word is is necessary. |
| #3119 by carri-mihome 2023-04-14 at 17:44 | < report >The example link for Mules gives Forbidden/403 error. |
| #3120 by carri-mihome 2023-05-11 at 10:15 | < report >✧ Cancer - the link is dead; working one. ✧ Chimera - unnecessary Japanese alias ✧ Harpy - the link is dead; should link to Wikipedia like Siren does (it's already a monster girl in the original). ✧ Hellhound - the monster girl link is dead; working one. ✧ Mimic - the link is dead; replace with Wikipedia one. ✧ Minotaur - the monster girl link is dead; working one. ✧ Siren - the link works but it's to the disambiguation page and not to Siren from mythology. Unnecessary Japanese alias, too. ✧ Slime - the link is dead; suggested replacement that isn't tied to a franchise (it mentions slime girls, DQ slimes and other kinds of slime monsters). ✧ Werecat - the werecat link is dead, though instead of the single-franchise MGE wiki I would suggest a Wikipedia link (not moe but more detailed). ✦ Arachne - the arachne link is dead; should be replaced with this generic one one on half-spider people, but if you want a Japanese spider girl specifically, working MGE wiki link or more detailed link from Monster Musume. Suggested addition to the description: Has its origin in the story of Arachne from Greek mythology. ✦ Beelzebub - the link is dead; working one. Should be a subtrait of Insect - or better yet, merged with Insect or Monster Girl (while all Beelzebubs are tagged with Insect, one of them lacks Monster Girl trait); the Beelzebub appears to be monster girl encyclopedia franchise deciding to name a fly girl monster after a demon prince, and it's niche compared to some other humanoid bug types bundled with Insect. ✦ Lamia - the lamia link is dead, but since it's used for other half-snake characters than specifically the monster girl Lamia (and not necesarily female ones), I would suggest making "Snake person" the main title and Lamia, Naga, Snake girl its aliases. Description change to faciliate that: A snake person is a half-human, half-serpent monster most often depicted with the upper torso of a human and the lower half that of a snake. Common snake people subtypes are Lamias and Nagas. If Lamia's changed to snake person, Snake trait should have "Lamia" word changed to "snake person".Lamia origins are rooted in Greek mythology, where she is a mistress of the god Zeus, causing Zeus' jealous wife, Hera, to kill all of Lamia's children and transform her into a monster that hunts and devours the children of others. Nagas come from Hinduism and are a very diverse group of snake-related entities, ranging from nature spirits to gods, that reside in the netherworld and can occasionally take human or part-human form. But if you disagree, here's a Lamia wiki link that's not solely focused on monster girl mating rituals. ✦ Medusa - the monster girl link is dead; working one. Or, if you generously apply my suggestion to rename Lamia to Snake person, and to make it less about a single franchise's serpentine depiction, the monster girl part could be changed to this: Monster girl Medusas exist too as a type of snake person, having in common the same appearance: upper body of a human woman and the lower body of a snake. They differ from other snake people in that they possess the ability to cause the body of whomever they make eye contact with to harden like stone. ✡ Made-up Words still links to a removed Wikipedia article, and the website it was about doesn't work anymore, so that mention can be removed.Last modified on 2023-05-11 at 10:27 |
| #3121 by wuthgeca 2023-05-21 at 17:59 | < report >The description of Loner links to a deleted Wikipedia article. |
| #3122 by carri-mihome 2023-05-21 at 18:53 | < report >The deletion page says Loner article covers it for humans, so the dead link could be replaced with that. |
| #3123 by carri-mihome 2023-05-25 at 00:13 | < report >I hope it's not too early to discuss the rejection of Kabedon (not my request but I disagree with the reason for the rejection). It's a kink similar to Subject of > Bridal Carry about the power dynamics in the situation (a stronger or higher in hierarchy person trapping a weaker character, preventing them from running away from the impending scolding or flirting or love-making) and it making your heart go doki doki (when romanticized in fiction, at least). I don't think the onomatopoeia is necessary for the application of the trait if that's what would make it hard to apply. It's just Japanese language having a name for every sound imaginable and something for mangaka to use when they want to highlight a dynamic situation (or supposedly something to do with construction methodology in Japanese architecture and cultural aversion to bothering others through being hearable) and only mentioned everywhere because it's in the name. In a VN it might be silent or the action it's attached to described in text instead of a slam sound playing, or the camera may shake when the action occurs - but either way, the assertion of dominance itself is what matters and not how audible it is. It's even CG material: link link link link link (link) link and so something people only doing CG gallery tagging could do (doesn't require additional context). It would be better as a "Subject of" trait (so you know if a submissive protagonist gets subjected to it, or who a dominant one does it to) or a pair with "Engages in" (for people who want to know which ikemen does it to them), though, and I'll understand if you're unhappy with the proposed description and want a better one to be provided. |
| #3124 by NaioHoras 2023-05-27 at 02:40 | < report >Subject of > Erectile Disfunction should have been an alias for Subject of > Sexual Dysfunction as I don't think there's many instances needing for new trait.Last modified on 2023-05-27 at 02:40 |
| #3125 by beliar 2023-05-27 at 12:01 | < report >I wondered why we do not have such a trait. I simply used the wrong keywords to check for its existence. You are right, I don't think there are a lot of instances to justify a secondary trait. |
