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tag kiba
Tag description True fangs, tusks, or other pronounced canines & incisors. Not moe fangs or shark/jagged teeth.
note Non-cartoonish fangs and tusks are hot

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  1. zmmr 12d ago
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    +Non-cartoonish fangs and tusks are hot

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fuckriri1234
fuckriri1234
ykw im sold. don't think there's an english equivalent so i retract my previous comment
zmmr
zmmr
@Osamu09 The tag is about fangs, tusks and other pronounced canines or incisors that aren't cartoonish. They're part of the anatomy, consistently shown in the character's mouth. Kind of like realistic popped veins on a character vs the cartoonish anger symbol 💢. The difference is in what the artist wants to convey about the character--the former is a defining anatomical feature, and the latter is a light-hearted minimalist design which is often temporary. Another example of the latter is how cat ears sometimes pop up on non cat-girls when they do cat-like things like lapping milk, prodding objects, or cuddling. "Long teeth" could work if it didn't include shark or Tarkatan teeth, which don't fit what I want the tag to represent, since I want the tag to indicate **prominent and pronounced** canines or incisors. Those should have their own tag. I would try "prominent teeth" or "pronounced teeth" but I'm afraid people will misunderstand the tag as long but evenly pronounced teeth.
Osamu09
Osamu09
my assumption was that we're not considering "tusks" because those are very unusual and in fact I haven't seen an example yet. If we want to include those then I can see how "kiba" could be preferred, though that's just because in english we use 2 words, but there's many such cases, so I don't feel like that justifies using a japanese word @zmmr I think that's kinda nitpicking. It's just artistic choices. "moe fang" doesn't mean it's not a real fang, it just means it's considered cute I think to solve most issues we could change the name to "long teeth", that way tusks can be included (since they're technically teeth). Though in that case some fangs, especially for humans, wouldn't be part of this tag. For example just looks like a normal moe fang to me, and it's not really long, it's just more pointy
zmmr
zmmr
@Osamu09 "Kiba" covers all fangs AND tusks. Fangs as in elongated and pointed canine or incisor teeth. Like how wolves have canine fangs and vampire bats have incisor fangs. A character doesn't have to have 2 or 4 fangs, it can be just one. But that doesn't include a singular stylistic flat triangle that makes an anime character look playful like a moe fang, which either defies anatomy or disappears when the character shows a full-teeth smile. Examples: Kiba, real fang: , Moe & flesh fang:
akashako
akashako
@Osamu09 would you consider mammoth tusks, fangs?
Osamu09
Osamu09
@zmmr in this case "fang" is definitely good enough as a replacement. I'm not really sure what you mean when saying that "fangs" doesn't cover all "kiba" actually now that I'm re-reading the description, you're saying that "moe fangs" don't count. In which case I'm confused. Like do they have to be on both sides? Or is there some other differences that I'm not understanding? Can you send some examples?
zmmr
zmmr
"Use Hepburn [romanization] for Japanese names" Fangs does not cover all pronounced canines and incisors
fuckriri1234
fuckriri1234
"use english terms" should be called fangs