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I mean, fair, but evidence not being needed doesn’t mean the fanon can’t be based off stuff within the show. I never meant to imply fanon content comes out of nowhere, just that it doesn’t need the explicit validation from canon (in which case, it’d be canon and no longer fanon, which sometimes happens, actually)
really? only one fanon?? the My Little Pony fandom–and every other fandom for that matter–has a larger collective imagination last time I checked.
when I said “fanon,” I meant it in the context of “a concept or idea that is shared among a fanbase that is not based on any official work.”
I’m still not sure about fanons being headcanons, though. a headcanon is not recognised as canonical to the source material, but it is heavily influenced by said material. fanon, while also not canonical, is completely independent of the source material and may not neccessarily be faithful to the original work. the one thing they do have in common is that they’re derived from an original work.
thanks for paraphrasing what I said earlier. and here’s what you said before I responded to you:
They are, though? And like, nobody says “Fanons” unless you refer to multiple fandoms because each fandom has ONE fanon, because again, its definition is that of headcanons that the fandom by and at large accepts collectively.
but fanons aren’t headcanons. that’s what I was meant to say. :/
Nah, I’m pretty sure you’ve got the definition of Fanon wrong and need to look it up. :/
@Yet One More Idiot
you got the canon part right, but you’re confusing fanon for headcanon and vice versa.
headcanons are either largely or loosely inspired by/based on the source material; fanons are entirely made up with no such connection/correlation to the official work, sometimes going against or contradicting it.
Headcanon is what you personally believe.
Fanon is what the fandom in general believes.
Canon is what is accepted as fact based on the source material.
The strict order of progression therefore must be:
Canon > Fanon > Headcanon
Eg. (for the 60s Star Trek series)
Canon = Captain Kirk’s middle name was Tiberius
Fanon = Lt Sulu’s first name was Hikaru (note: fans communally made this up themselves in the early 70s - it later became canon when the writers added mentioned his first name in one of the later movies in the 90s)
Headcanon = Kirk was Sulu’s bitch in bed (for instance)
Last I checked, “Fanon” refers to basically headcanons that the fandom at large accepts as true despite there being no explicit evidence of it. So confirmation is largely unneeded for it.
Can’t it be both?
^ this guy, though, is gay. :D
I don’t think I said ‘yes’ enough times
That is true
Knowledge is power.
France is bacon.
Words are one thing, actions are another.
Sounds like the premise of a fanfic I’d really like to read.
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