The bulk update request #11740 is active.

create implication venom_raccoon (24) -> rocket_raccoon (3824)
create implication venom_raccoon (24) -> venom_(marvel) (1938)

Reason: Venom Raccoon is a combination of Venom and Rocket.

EDIT: The bulk update request #11740 (forum #459800) has been rejected by @spe.

Unless this is an official/canonical form, it should be aliased away like other fan-made hybrids.

Or if it is an official/canonical form, it should stay separate for searchability reasons, like how link and link_(wolf_form) are separate. If someone wants to look for posts with both Venom Raccoon and Rocket Raccoon, a search for venom_raccoon rocket_raccoon shouldn't give results that have just Venom Raccoon, or if someone wants to search for posts with Venom Raccoon and not Rocket Raccoon (or blacklist posts that have Venom Raccoon unless Rocket Raccoon is also present), venom_raccoon -rocket_raccoon should catch that instead of nothing.

The bulk update request #11740 (forum #459800) has been approved by @spe.

watsit said:
Unless this is an official/canonical form, it should be aliased away like other fan-made hybrids.

Or if it is an official/canonical form, it should stay separate for searchability reasons, like how link and link_(wolf_form) are separate. If someone wants to look for posts with both Venom Raccoon and Rocket Raccoon, a search for venom_raccoon rocket_raccoon shouldn't give results that have just Venom Raccoon, or if someone wants to search for posts with Venom Raccoon and not Rocket Raccoon (or blacklist posts that have Venom Raccoon unless Rocket Raccoon is also present), venom_raccoon -rocket_raccoon should catch that instead of nothing.

It is a canonical form of rocket_raccoon introduced in marvel_rivals, so it could imply that tag since (as far as I'm aware) it hasn't made an appearance in any other Marvel media. However, the name is bad, and implying venom_(marvel) is even worse. It's not Venom any more than any other Symbiote character is Venom. Something like rocket_raccoon_(symbiote_form) seems like the best choice to me.

We really should start implying character tags to a base character form, but today is probably not the day for that because setting all of that up will be quite a bit of work (though if anybody wants to start cooking up BURs, be my guest!), so for now just implying marvel_rivals should be enough.

Side note: the latest season of Marvel Rivals has introduced a number of Symbiote forms of various characters, so symbiote squirrel_girl and symbiote jeff_the_land_shark, for example, will probably also need character tags and implications.

(side side note: interestingly, somebody seems to have made a fan version of Symbiote Jeff long before this form officially came into existence. Clearly different design from the official one.)

edit: apparently I was wrong about this form not existing prior to the release in the game assuming this comment can be believed, but the rest of my point still stands. The design from the comics does seem pretty much the same as the one from the game, however as far as I'm aware the one in the game is not explicitly fused with Venom as he is in the comics, so still probably a bad implication considering the tag is being used for both.

edit 2: the name that the game itself uses is "Symbiote Raccoon"

The bulk update request #11758 is active.

remove implication venom_raccoon (24) -> rocket_raccoon (3824)
remove implication venom_raccoon (24) -> venom_(marvel) (1938)

Reason: ...damnit wrong button

EDIT: The bulk update request #11758 (forum #459923) has been approved by @spe.

The bulk update request #11758 (forum #459923) has been approved by @spe.