diff --git a/app/services/tag_suggestions.py b/app/services/tag_suggestions.py
index 5e156a2..f57a42b 100644
--- a/app/services/tag_suggestions.py
+++ b/app/services/tag_suggestions.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ The result is grouped by category and annotated with whether each tag already
 exists in the Tag table (the modal dims disallowed auto-creations).
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
-import re
-from typing import Iterable
 
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
@@ -41,17 +39,14 @@ _WD14_CATEGORY_TO_KIND = {
 def _canonicalize_wd14_name(raw: str, category: str) -> str:
     """Rewrite a raw WD14 tag name to the canonical form ImageRepo persists.
 
-    - 'character' / 'copyright': title-case the display portion.
-    - everything else ('general', 'meta', unknown): underscore-to-space only,
-      preserving the user's casing for general topics.
+    - character / copyright: title-case each word.
+    - everything else: underscore-to-space, preserving user casing.
     """
     from app.utils.tag_names import normalize_display_name, underscores_to_spaces
     kind = _WD14_CATEGORY_TO_KIND.get(category)
-    if ':' in raw:
-        prefix, rest = raw.split(':', 1)
-        transform = normalize_display_name if kind in ('character', 'fandom') else underscores_to_spaces
-        return f"{prefix}:{transform(rest)}"
-    return normalize_display_name(raw) if kind in ('character', 'fandom') else underscores_to_spaces(raw)
+    if kind in ('character', 'fandom'):
+        return normalize_display_name(raw)
+    return underscores_to_spaces(raw)
 
 
 # Config keys with safe defaults (used if the row is missing from tag_suggestion_config).
@@ -107,19 +102,6 @@ def _existing_tag_names() -> set[str]:
     return {row[0] for row in db.session.query(Tag.name).all()}
 
 
-# Matches `Name (Fandom)` — used to recognize that an applied character/copyright
-# tag covers a bare WD14 suggestion like `Name`.
-_FANDOM_SUFFIX_RE = re.compile(r'^(.+?) \([^()]+\)$')
-
-
-def _fandom_suffix_prefixes(names: Iterable[str]) -> set[str]:
-    """Extract the `Name` portion from any `Name (Fandom)` entries in `names`."""
-    out: set[str] = set()
-    for n in names:
-        m = _FANDOM_SUFFIX_RE.match(n)
-        if m:
-            out.add(m.group(1))
-    return out
 
 
 def _wd14_suggestions(image_id: int, cfg: dict, already: set[str]) -> list[dict]:
@@ -129,11 +111,6 @@ def _wd14_suggestions(image_id: int, cfg: dict, already: set[str]) -> list[dict]
         .filter_by(image_id=image_id, model_version=wd14_ver)
         .all()
     )
-    # Bare names covered by an already-applied `Name (Fandom)` tag. WD14 emits
-    # bare names (e.g. "Ruby Rose") even when the curated tag is fandom-scoped
-    # ("Ruby Rose (RWBY)"); without this, the same character resurfaces as a
-    # duplicate suggestion and accepting it creates a second, fandom-less tag.
-    applied_fandom_prefixes = _fandom_suffix_prefixes(already)
     out: list[dict] = []
     for p in preds:
         threshold = _category_threshold(p.tag_category, cfg)
@@ -142,8 +119,6 @@ def _wd14_suggestions(image_id: int, cfg: dict, already: set[str]) -> list[dict]
         canonical = _canonicalize_wd14_name(p.tag_name, p.tag_category)
         if canonical in already:
             continue
-        if p.tag_category in ('character', 'copyright') and canonical in applied_fandom_prefixes:
-            continue
         out.append({
             'name': canonical,
             'category': p.tag_category,