BUR #26753 has been rejected.
mass update ips_cells -favgroup:32618 -> same-sex_reproduction -ips_cells
mass update favgroup:32618 -> ips_cells_(meme)
deprecate ips_cells
NOTE: This post was previously worded significantly differently as I was pretending to be two separate people. You can see the original wording for reference in the expandable in the end of this forum post for clarity's sake. Below is a reworked version meant to be less embarrassing.
I don't think "IPS cells" is the best name for images of children of same-sex couples. That Saki reference is extremely obscure in the current day - I have personally never heard of that scene or that manga before coming to Danbooru and hearing of that tag, and yet gay/lesbian couples' fanchildren are everywhere to be found.
Looking back to previous topic #16176, science babies was proposed as an alternative, but I personally believe it's yet another obscure and uncommon term best left as an alias - I've never seen it before Danbooru either, moreover, it's rather inaccurate if taken literally - those fanchildren are often depicted quite a bit older, and the actual method of reproduction doesn't necessarily follow scifi conventions either: anal pregnancy in yaoi, female fertilization in yuri, omegaverse rules, turning one character into a futanari or cuntboy, magic - just to name a few methods. And sometimes it's irrelevant to the story and all we get to see are the children without diving into whatever biological marvel occured to bring them to this world.
"Same-sex reproduction" as a tag name should be a decent alternative as it neither implicates the method or the offspring's age; moreover it's descriptive and doesn't rely on obscure references.
While we're at it - should this tag imply if they mated? ITM is specifically for fanchildren, and same-sex reproduction tends to be limited to the realm of fanworks, but there's no hard rule to prevent original works from featuring that aspect, and in my opinion the current IPS cells wiki is a bit unclear on how to handle it.
Additionally, there are some odd cases, for instance post #140341 with neither the scene reference or visible offspring, but just a lesbian pregnancy. I'm not sure what to do about them, though they'd still be a result of same-sex mating.
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i don't think "ips cells" is the best name for images of children of homosexual couples... i've never heard of that scene from that manga before, but i've seen tons and tons of cute artworks of gay (and lesbian) couples with their young xD
i saw "science babies" was previously suggested in topic #16176, but i don't think it's a good name either... i've never seen it either, and a lot of the time there's nothing "scientific" about those children, sometimes it's magic, sometimes it's omegaverse rules, sometimes one partner has different bits down there than one'd expect, sometimes it's something silly like anal pregnancy or female fertilization, and sometimes the story just doesn't bother telling us xD and sometimes they're quite much older than babies, too!
this name should be rather "origin-neutral" and "age-neutral", meaning it should be quite perfect for this task!
also, should this tag imply if they mated? those couples are usually unfortunately going to be non-canon, but i can't see why an established series wouldn't do it, either...
EDIT: there are some odd cases like post #140341, where there's no reference to the scene or offspring in sight, just homosexual pregnancy... but they shouldn't be a problem, right? that'd still be a result of same-sex reproduction...
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