Thread:Undoniel/@comment-3406131-20160320113128/@comment-61022-20160322194236

I was also thinking that if we could also find a way to re-categorize everything that uses any other tag into a different category than appearance (So anytime we list someone as appearing in a photo, illusion, flashback etc.) we can also separate appearances that were flashbacks from the regular appearances.

But on the subject of Flashbacks we should maybe retool those tags and clarify those appearances. To my mind there are three ways a character can appear in an issue:

(1) They appear in the "present time" of the story. That's a legitimate appearance so we use the normal appearance tag.

(2) They appear in a flashback in the story, but the flashback itself is original at the time of that story and not a flashback from a previous story that has been published. That would be the standard Flashback tag and should constitute as an appearance. But I think we should only use that tag when the character only appears in the original flashback and not the "present time" (Not a fan of the "Appears in this story and a flashback" tag)

(3) The character appears in a Flashback that recaps a previously seen event. I would constitute that as the FlashOnly portion of the story. Not an appearance in my mind. It would be great if we could do something like we do with the APN tags with FlashOnly... Maybe have it have an arrow that if a viewer clicks on it, it takes them to the comic where that flashback is derived from.