About the incorrect use of the tag “laevatein (tail)”

I think some of flandre_scarlet's tags have serious issues. She tag laevatein_(tail) is completely incorrect — there has never been any official or fan-made setting where Flandre has a tail named Laevatein.
Laevatein is defined as the sword of flame, not a tail. Using it as a tail tag misleads people about the original concept. I suggest reviewing and possibly correcting or removing this tag to maintain accuracy.

東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Touhou Gouyokuibun ~ Suibotsushita Chinshuujigoku

東方求聞史紀　～ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense.

Taboo “Laevatein”
User: Flandre Scarlet
Notes: Seen in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, a type that stops just short (of full power).
Reference level: ★
A Spell Card that swings a large sword of flame.
No, calling it merely a large sword is a mistake — it is too large a sword.
It would be dangerous to swing around such a sword inside a house.
Even for a vampire, it’s probably too big to move freely or quickly.
However, because of that, it’s easy for her to manipulate the tip of the sword precisely.
But the true terror of this sword doesn’t lie in the blade itself.
When the sword is swung, fire bullets are born.

↑ Flandre’s tail has never appeared in the original works.
She is shown holding an S-shaped rod with both ends resembling spade symbols from playing cards.
Fan works often turn these spade shapes into the tips of a tail, but this is not part of her original design or setting.

The tag laevatein (tail) indeed indicates a tail resembling the spades-with-two-holes attribute also present in laevatein (touhou)

The games never depict Flandre with a tail, but many artists do, hence the existence of this tag.

The pixiv tags しっぽフラン and 尻尾フラン simply read `tail_flandre`
The best thing you can do is come up with a non-ambiguous alternate tag that'd replace laevatein (tail) to something else.

olafbruce said:

there has never been any [...] fan-made setting where Flandre has a tail named Laevatein.

I feel like this is pointless mincing of words, there are clearly many works depicting Flandre having a tail resembling Laevatein, which is what the tag is for. I don't think anybody is going to be misled into believing that Flandre originally has a tail but just in case I created a short wiki for laevatein_(tail).

Nameless_Contributor said:

I feel like this is pointless mincing of words, there are clearly many works depicting Flandre having a tail resembling Laevatein, which is what the tag is for. I don't think anybody is going to be misled into believing that Flandre originally has a tail but just in case I created a short wiki for laevatein_(tail).

I understand your point, but what I mean is that only the sword of flame can be called Laevatein.
The black rod that Flandre holds in the official artwork is not Laevatein at all, and this is clearly shown in the description of her Spell Card “Taboo: Laevatein”.

The spell card explicitly describes Laevatein as a huge sword of flame, not a tail or a rod.
In the original illustration, it’s clear that the black rod behind her is just part of the design — it was later fan interpretations that turned it into a tail.
It has no connection to Laevatein in canon.

To avoid confusion, I think the tag could simply be renamed to “flandre_tail”, which would better reflect its origin and appearance without conflicting with canon terminology.

olafbruce said:

I understand your point, but what I mean is that only the sword of flame can be called Laevatein. The black rod that Flandre holds is not Laevatein at all, and this is clearly shown in the description of her Spell Card “Taboo: Laevatein”

The card explicitly describes Laevatein as a huge sword of flame, not a tail or a rod. So using “laevatein (tail)” for a black, spade-shaped object doesn’t match either the official depiction or the original concept.

Ok, suggest a different name for the tag then.

Ylimegirl said:

Ok, suggest a different name for the tag then.

flandre_tail

olafbruce said:

The black rod that Flandre holds in the official artwork is not Laevatein at all

If that is your contention you should argue against the main laevatein_(touhou) tag instead of a tag which derives its name from that tag.

Danbooru tags are for searching, not for correctly describing things. That means if people widely use wrong terminology we have to follow that so people find what they are looking for using the terms they are familiar with. Another example from Touhou would be Su-san, in the game Medicine talks to the flowers calling them su-san but fans use that name to refer to the small doll in her character portrait, so we use that as a tag as well.