Evil / fake / clone Mane Six tags :D

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We should decide on tags specifically for the clones of the Mane Six from The Mean 6. I’ve seen stuff like “fake Twilight” and “evil twilight”, but both of those are also used for stuff like the changeling impersonating Twilight or any picture of Twilight as a villain, respectively. Honestly I’m good with whatever :P
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Like you said, evil twilight stuff is too generic.  
[pinkie clone](/tags/pinkie+clone) is already in use for mirror pool stuff. Having clone pinkie alongside it could muddle things.  
Fluttershy wants to be a tree means tree fluttershy would soon be a mixture of old fluttertee and new clone stuff.
 
The mean six could be called simulacrums, but getting things like simulacrum rarity to stick might be advanced tagging.
 
Alternatively, tag them mean twilight, mean applejack, and so on. That prefix doesn’t seem to be in use, and matches episode name.
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Besides individual names, I also think we should have a standardized group name for them. So far, I’ve seen evil mane six and clone six both used. As far as I can tell, the former is used for any situation where the mane six, whether real, imagined or knock-offs, are evil, whereas the latter is just for the Chrysalis-made clones from the latest episode. Personally, I think we should have clone six imply evil mane six, and then have both imply mane six and the appropriate character tags (i.e. the mane six’s character tags for both and then whatever character tags we settle on for the clone six for clone six).
 
So that
 
evil mane six -> mane six, applejack, fluttershy, pinkie pie, rainbow dash, rarity, twilight sparkle
 
clone six -> evil mane six, mane six, applejack, fluttershy, pinkie pie, rainbow dash, rarity, twilight sparkle, [character tags for the cloned mane six]
 
And then obviously add descriptions to the tags to make it easier to understand which is intended to apply where.
 
At least that’s my proposal. If anyone sees issues or problems with this that I missed or didn’t think of, go ahead and poke as many holes in it as you wish.
 
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I’m gonna go ahead and second the “mean x” format. Seems the simplest and easiest to remember.
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Looking at this. I’d say using Clone 6/C6 for them works better as a group (that way it doesn’t get mixed up with the episode), and the mean ponyname for them individually.
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alright i guess i could take a whack at this. here’s what i’m thinking from going over this page:  
  • use mean twilight sparkle, mean rarity, mean fluttershy, mean pinkie pie, mean rainbow dash, and mean applejack as tags.  
  • make them the blue character tags.  
  • have some kind of “blanket” tag for all six of them (clone six is fine unless someone has anything they think is better)
     
    that said, should we continue to tag the six as the original names as well? true they’re entirely separate characters but they’re still clones of the mane six. i’m honestly leading toward no, but i’m open either way.
     
    and of course, what should we do for implications? if we do keep the original names too then obviously the clone names should imply the original, but should they imply clone or anything else?
     
    finally, should we have a special “species” tag for these kinds of clones or is that too superfluous?
     
    hit up with some yays and neighs and i’ll be back in a few days to straighten it out. we can always change it later too, if need be.
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  • use mean twilight sparkle, mean rarity, mean fluttershy, mean pinkie pie, mean rainbow dash, and mean applejack as tags.
 
I’d go with this, yes. It just seems a lot easier to remember than if we came up with specific individual names.
 
  • make them the blue character tags.
 
I support this too. They are separate people, after all, from the main main six.
 
  • have some kind of “blanket” tag for all six of them (clone six is fine unless someone has anything they think is better)
 
“Clone six” has my support as well.
 
that said, should we continue to tag the six as the original names as well? true they’re entirely separate characters but they’re still clones of the mane six. i’m honestly leading toward no, but i’m open either way.
 
That’s… a very good question. I honestly don’t know – I could see an argument for either option.
 
and of course, what should we do for implications? if we do keep the original names too then obviously the clone names should apply the original, but should they imply clone or anything else?
 
Clone… yeah, probably. As for whether they should imply the originals’ names too, I guess I’ll see what other commenters think.
 
finally, should we have a special “species” tag for these kinds of clones or is that too superfluous?
 
I feel that that’s probably superfluous.
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imo I don’t think the original six should be tagged in with the clone tags. Since these are clones of the Mane 6, and not them in a different persona or anything (like how Flutterbat or Raripunk are different parts of the original character, so they don’t have their own character tag).  
Plus there is the chance of people wanting to see art of any of the mane 6, but not wanting to see images of the clone six instead. Not having the implications for the original character would be better.
 
As for group names, either clone six, or Mean six, since i have seen people refer to them more as the Mean 6 instead of the clone six. Maybe make it something like “Mean six (group)” to avoid confusion with the actual episode? (like how we have both “The Washouts (episode)” and “The Washouts (group) as tags.  
Or if we are going with clone six, an alis for “Mean six (group)” might work.  
Also are we gonna alis the “Mean Twilight/Rainbow/Rarity/Fluttershy/Pinkie/Applejack” tags to the clone tags, or just leave them?
 
And trying to make a “pecies” tag for them seems like it would be too specific, since “clones” aren’t really a speices. Unless you mean clones that are made the way they were made in this episode.
 
Thoughts?
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alright, updates. i’ve made the tags, but didn’t set any implications or delete any existing tags. i kind of want to leave all the sort of but not really ones (clone twilight, evil twilight, fake twilight, etc) up for a bit to sort of ease people into the new ones. that’s my excuse for being too lazy to remove tags right now and i’m sticking to it:  
mean twilight sparkle  
mean rarity  
mean applejack  
mean fluttershy  
mean pinkie pie  
mean rainbow dash  
mean starlight glimmer
 
i used the mass tagger so i may have mistagged a couple, and also i don’t know what to do about the gameloft pictures since gameloft scares and confuses me and i don’t know if they’re meant to be the clones or just evil versions of the mane six. if anyone wants to clean up after me feel free to it would be much obliged.
 
other than that i’ll just wait a while, see what (if anything) else is said and suggested, then just make a judgment call in the end based on what’s been posted here. also boobs.
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okay i’ll fix that when i get around to it. i’m walking a triangular line between drunk, sleepy, and “no fucks to give” right now. it’ll be sooner rather than later though.
 
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if it ever becomes a thing where people are making these specific clones i’ll make the tag. it’s not that it’s not valid, but i doubt anyone would watch, filter, or search it (the mean 6, clone) will probably suffice.
 
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you forget that i wield the dark powers of the tyrant hole. it’s never too late to create and add a new tag; site staff have mass-tagging functions.
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oh it is. i type in the tag i want to add, go through the gallery and check off every image i want to add it to, and then click tag. for very obvious reasons it’s too exploitable to be made available for the regular users. the less time we spend tagging images, the more time we can spend arguing over what kind of creature would hatch out of humpty dumpty.
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