Came up on a pic recently:
accessory swap+**[character tag]**, what to tag if the character the accessory belongs to is not in the picture?
(Way way back I created the “trixie’s hat” and the “applejack’s hat” for this exact same purpose, because those two items seemed the most common. I never was 100% happy with doing it like that though (or especially the “trixie’s cape” tag I also made).
I think there are a bunch of “clothes” “hat” or simply untagged pics that are accessory swaps of this type too.
IMHO it would be fair to tag the character who is the accessory’s owner, because in a sense they ARE in the picture, through their clothing. It is also the only way how the majority of these could even be searched for.
Case in point, example:
Twilight wearing Ash Ketchum’s hat:
AJ with Luna wings and crown:
It seems obvious that Ash Ketchum or Luna would be tagged, even though they are not IN the picture, right?
Oh, you could argue that some of these are “cosplays” but who says a character wearing another’s clothes does not fall under “cosplay” in this sense too then?
My argument is ultimately a practical one: how else are you supposed to search for these objects, if not by the character they belong to?
Would love to see more input/consensus on this. :)