Forum:Furigana

So I've been really confused as to how you guys do things here with regards to. On pages like Deva or Royal Knights, you insist on using the literal kanji reading when the point of furigana is that it overrides that reading. If some material says in some written form but you only ever hear デーヴァ in the anime, what is the purpose of providing the "Jūni Shinshou" literal reading to people who come here? Only 十二神将 by itself is "Jūni Shinshou". When it's written as it's just "Dēva".— Ryulong  ( 琉竜 ) 23:11, January 8, 2018 (UTC)
 * The kanji are supplementary to the katakana, and providing a secondary meaning. For example, the Deva are just the, in meaning, pronunciation, and most spellings. The "Twelve Heavenly Generals" bit is given in rare, supplementary descriptions, and is as if I said in English "The Deva (y'know, those twelve general dudes)". It's not as if the furigana was "fureimu aro" and the kanji was "an arrow made of flame". It's not even like Matadormon, where there's a clear pun on the pronunciation of the kanji being performed. These instances are pure abusing the format for purple prose.
 * From what I understand of how furigana are usually done, the original Digimon merchandise is bastardizing that format for puns and in-jokes. We are attempting to mimic that usage here, without miscommunicating that the kanji are actually intended to be read as the primary meaning. 16:06, January 9, 2018 (UTC)