Making this thread on account of a recent mass tagging of older pictures with these tags.

I'm of the opinion that traditional genderswap and rule63 shouldn't count as transtuck, and that the june_egbert tag shouldn't be invoked unless the author either could be presumed to or outright does use that name. (ie, even if its a transfem egbert, if it uses the name joan, jean, etc it shouldnt be tagged june). If the character is explicitly being depicted as, or can be presumed to be from the artists other works, contemporary fandom, etc. then it would be tagged as transtuck, otherwise just regular old rule63.

But, I am of course not a monolith and this is a community project, so I'm interested to hear others arguments on this subject.

EDIT: Quick followup, I just thought of this. If we were to only tag june_egbert on artwork that uses that name, where would June Eg8ert of godfeels fall?

late reply, i know, but now that we're trying to come up with definitions for each tag to keep in one place (baffling how there wasn't one already made back when the booru was started, and the only option is to scroll through a thread with 1000+ replies), it would be great to find an agreement on what i assume might be a controversial topic in regards to tagging.

agreed, transtuck to me = a trans male or female character. not a "what if" scenario in which they were the opposite gender all along

what was june egbert originally? i was under the impression it was just john but drawn as a girl with no further explanation why. i could be wrong though.
either way, if someone wants to search for june specifically, i don't think they care about what the artist calls her. i personally don't, though, so i can't tell but i feel like if someone were to do that, they'd just want to see female or trans female john.

agreed

i'm personally not even a fan of tagging fan characters or characters from other franchises (such as my little pony). so if it were up to me, i would remove that tag and tag it with june_egbert.
i've also never heard of this fanfic before, granted i don't usually engage in this sort of media, but still. i highly doubt most people would care one way or another.

in the end however, i suppose the best thing is to go with what the majority thinks... except there is no majority because nobody uses this site anymore. there are, what, maybe ten users actively tagging stuff? and even fewer uploading new artwork or participating in the forums.

I think it's just the catch-all tag for transfem John, which is different from other art of trans characters because June is dubiously canon. (Got canonized after a fan found Hussie's magical toblerone and made a wish on it.) She hasn't appeared yet in any official capacity but apparently she is going to happen in Hs^2... Someday.



I thought it was just useful as a catch-all term for transfem John art, but that's just me



I don't know if fanfic needs a special tag tbh. "au" I believe is sufficient unless this au is widespread enough to warrant it (like aquariumstuck or smth)