Monday DE: Canon, shmanon
Oct. 14th, 2019 01:27 pmGoooooooood Monday, Vietnam!
Today's DE has once again been inspired by a post on Tumblr, because if you think my Good Omens obsession is dying down any time soon, you clearly are not paying enough attention. ;)
The post (by prokopetz) lays out some variants on headcanon, along with definitions:
- Headcanon: I can muster a cogent argument for why it would make more sense or make for a better story if this were the case, or a logical suggestion for something that happened 'offscreen'/isn't explained in canon.
- Heartcanon: I don't have a particular rationale for why this ought to be the case, I just like to imagine it's true because it gives me the warm fuzzies.
- Gutcanon: It's not that I actively want this to be the case - it just unaccountably feels like it should be.
- Junkcanon: I like to imagine it's true because it gives me the other kind of warm fuzzies.
- Spleencanon: I insist that this is the case specifically to spite the author, because, like, f*ck you, sir or madam.
So, please tell me your head-, heart-, gut-, junk- and/or spleencanons for your characters/canons!
Today's DE has once again been inspired by a post on Tumblr, because if you think my Good Omens obsession is dying down any time soon, you clearly are not paying enough attention. ;)
The post (by prokopetz) lays out some variants on headcanon, along with definitions:
- Headcanon: I can muster a cogent argument for why it would make more sense or make for a better story if this were the case, or a logical suggestion for something that happened 'offscreen'/isn't explained in canon.
- Heartcanon: I don't have a particular rationale for why this ought to be the case, I just like to imagine it's true because it gives me the warm fuzzies.
- Gutcanon: It's not that I actively want this to be the case - it just unaccountably feels like it should be.
- Junkcanon: I like to imagine it's true because it gives me the other kind of warm fuzzies.
- Spleencanon: I insist that this is the case specifically to spite the author, because, like, f*ck you, sir or madam.
So, please tell me your head-, heart-, gut-, junk- and/or spleencanons for your characters/canons!
