Tag aliases: severed/detached_head -> disembodied_head

create alias severed_head -> disembodied_head
create alias detached_head -> disembodied_head

Since we already have a disembodied limb tag, we might as well make similar aliases for that:

create alias severed_limb -> disembodied_limb
create alias detached_limb -> disembodied_limb
create alias severed_hand -> disembodied_limb
create alias detached_hand -> disembodied_limb

Should things like post #1430155 (or other posts where there isn't visible blood) count as "severed"? I think that implies cutting of some sort, which doesn't seem to be the case there. So maybe disembodied_head would be more accurate?

Toks said:

Should things like post #1430155 (or other posts where there isn't visible blood) count as "severed"? I think that implies cutting of some sort, which doesn't seem to be the case there. So maybe disembodied_head would be more accurate?

Edited. There is a bit of overlap with decapitation as the tags are currently used...

Related: topic #2231

so disembodied as umbrella, add decapitation when it's clear that action has taken place? As opposed to something that is legitimately just a floating head, no decapitation required?

Right. Decapitation for the action, disembodied_head for the head itself.

Makes sense. Won't implicate decapitation -> disembodied head because you could have clear evidence of a decapitation (guillotine or headsman's axe in action) with the head out of frame.

I'd think it would be important to maintain he difference between 'disembodied' (naturally separated, typically for supernatural beings,) and 'severed,' that is, cut off by some artificial means (decapitation, for example.)

It's the difference between a character like Celty (DRRR) or Sekibanki (Touhou,) who, being dullahan, never had their heads attached in the first place, and, lets say, Louis XVI.