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Is there a tag for this? (popping-veins, anger symbol)

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angry said:

Shows that someone is angry or furious. Especially evident when three or four curves that seem to point toward the center (replicating blood vessels to the brain, which appear when one is angry) appears somewhere near the head.

Coincidentally enough, before reading this thread I came upon the veins tag today and, wondering what it was, checked and realized it was for... well exactly this.

But I'm not sure it's the best tag. Veins should probably be used for actual veins, if there's any need for that. This is a highly stylized, mostly anime/manga-specific motif.

anger_mark probably works, and can act separately from (but usually, or always overlapping) with angry.

I'd disagree with your assessment of post #1155132, given the slant of her eyebrows it would indicate that she is showing anger toward the viewer. Furthermore the visual is, as far as I'm aware, a visual indicator of anger (or annoyance, but that's also a character getting angry more or less). I don't think it is that uncommon for a character to be hiding their actual emotions, but using something like this comical visual to reveal their true internal feelings.

She's not so much angry as she is embarrassed but I don't think that really matters. The name doesn't have to be completely literal, and it's clear how it applies and what it refers to. Basically, in this case anger refers to a broader area of emotion spanning from just being annoyed to generally stressed. Anything that would cause the vein.

Besides, when I think of "popped" I think of something actually bursting, rather than a vein that shows up when people are angry.

Rampardos said: The name doesn't have to be completely literal, and it's clear how it applies and what it refers to. Basically, in this case anger refers to a broader area of emotion spanning from just being annoyed to generally stressed. Anything that would cause the vein.

This is my take on it. Sometimes we just have to apply words a little more broadly than their dictionary definition, but as long as the intent is clear, that's fine.

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