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# Do '''NOT''' add new characters to serve as guises of existing characters unless you are '''SURE''' that they should be added. Consult a mod before doing anything if you're not sure. | # Do '''NOT''' add new characters to serve as guises of existing characters unless you are '''SURE''' that they should be added. Consult a mod before doing anything if you're not sure. | ||
# Do '''NOT''' add guises to Pokemon or Digimon without consulting with worf first. Consider this your only warning. | # Do '''NOT''' add guises to Pokemon or Digimon without consulting with worf first. Consider this your only warning. | ||
# '''Irreconcilable''' changes to factual data, such as the character's birth date, justify new guises. | # '''Irreconcilable''' changes to factual data ''not covered by tags'', such as the character's birth date, justify new guises. | ||
# '''Major''' changes to character design, such as those tied to a change of character design''er'' in a reboot series, justify new guises. | # '''Major''' changes to character design, such as those tied to a change of character design''er'' in a reboot series, justify new guises. This does not include SD designs, which are treated separately (see below). | ||
# '''Major''' aging (baby vs child vs adolescent vs adult vs elderly) '''generally''' justifies new guises, but ''not always''. | # '''Major''' aging (baby vs child vs adolescent vs adult vs elderly) '''generally''' justifies new guises, but ''not always''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume it does. | ||
# Disguises that involve taking on a different identity, such as those of magical girls, '''generally''' | # Disguises that involve taking on a different identity, such as those of magical girls, '''generally''' justify new guises, but ''not always''. Unless a mod says otherwise, assume they do. A noteworthy exception is [https://anidb.net/ch1283 Kinomoto Sakura], who does not receive guises for each of her countless changes in magical girl wardrobe. | ||
# Major shifts in personality and relations '''may''', but '''generally won't''', justify new guises. Always contact a mod before adding | # Super deformed (SD or "chibi") guises should only be added when they have significance. A short special self-parody episode or a few short regular-episode scenes featuring SD designs '''do not''' justify SD guises, but an entire self-parody show with SD guises probably does. Assume they shouldn't be added and always contact a mod before adding any. | ||
# '''Minor''' changes such as one or two tags no longer being valid '''will never''' justify new guises. Don't bother with those. | # Major shifts in personality and relations '''may''', but '''generally won't''', justify new guises. '''Always''' contact a mod ''before even considering'' adding any. Be advised that, unless you have a ''very'' good case for adding the guise, it will be shot down. | ||
# '''Minor''' changes such as one or two tags no longer being valid as a result of a plot event or very minor design changes '''will never''' justify new guises. Don't bother with those. | |||
===Choosing the parent guise=== | ===Choosing the parent guise=== | ||