Forum:DigiDestined/Chosen Child vs. Tamer

When referring to people with partner Digimon (e.g. Category:Male DigiDestined and Category:Female DigiDestined), should we be using the term DigiDestined for them all? I know it's nitpicky, but I assumed the DigiDestined were chosen by a higher power and are a special subsection of Tamers, while Tamers are a generic term for anyone with a partner... which leaves a sticky case where the Frontier children are DigiDestined but not Tamers (unless you want to count the Spirits as "partners"... But I might be introducing my own take on things into the situation, so...  Thoughts? Lanate (talk) 02:22, 14 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Gawd, I hate the term "DigiDestined"...part of the dub's reasoning to stick Digi- on everything. In 02, wasn't everyone who had a partner a DD/CC (ie everyone around the world w/ a Digivice and a Digimon)?  And, in Battle of Adventurers, (one of them), didn't Omnimon refer to the Tamers as DigiDestined?  I don't see how the Frontier group could be Tamers...what are they taming?  The Spirits? Rad140  "RAWR?  NO UPDATES!?"   02:54, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

For the most part, I thought that [Tamers Omnimon thing] was a dub mistake.

Tamers, I thought, was the generic term, considering its widespread usage (Tamers series on Wonderswan, Guard Tamers of World 2, V-Tamer, 02 Chosen being called Tamers in V-Tamer...) with Chosen Children restricted to a few. Besides, I thought that the Tamers' partners came from their strong desires granted by DigiGnomes, rather than being given to them for a set purpose, as was the DigiDestined. Lanate (talk) 03:06, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Tamers specifically refers to those who tame their partner Digimon; DigiDestined/Chosen Children refers to those who have been chosen by the Powers That Be to save the Digital World. As far as I can tell, it's a bit like a Venn Diagram, and there's no one term that applies to all of the Digimon protagonist children and only those children (we can't just use "Children" after all). 05:47, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Then can we create separate listings then?


 * Sorry, I was confused by the V-Tamer/Adventure 02 cross, which called the 02 people Tamers. Lanate (talk) 03:47, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Retracted earlier statement -- DigiDestined is simply a type of Tamer, per the Re cards. 00:58, March 12, 2014 (UTC)