#canon vs headcanon

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Canon is nothing but the sandbox I strike with lightning to forge the glass that is my world.

#canon vs headcanon #fandoms #fandom #fanfiction #fanfics #fics #writing #enjoy this terry original

[grape-souffle]

#NOT BUT ACTUALLY THO #No hate to the fandom but seriously-- #undertale #undertale fandom #undertale papyrus #Undertale fanon #canon vs fanon #canon vs headcanon #fanon vs canon #headcanon #fanon #papyrus #character archetypes #best of tweets

[artbybai]

Canon VS. Fanon Super Broly ✨🥦💪

(Template by @/TAGASAING on Twitter!)

#artbybai #art #fan art #dragon ball #dragon ball super #dragon ball super broly #dragon ball fanart #broly the legendary super saiyan #dbs broly #broly #canon vs fanon #canon vs my style #canon vs headcanon

[artichow]

he's so normal

#ngl i don't like that i went all out on the posing in the canon one and he just looks like he's standing there in the second but!! #listen he was so hard to draw for some reason it's been so long!! #and i needed it all the important design elements to be visible #i feel like i have more rambling to do on my ryuga design(s) but maybe later fdjhs i'm glad i was able to put this down already #he's such a blorbo i'm rotating him so hard in my head #how fucked up can he get #mfb #metal fight beyblade #beyblade #beyblade metal fight #beyblade metal saga #ryuga beyblade #ryuga #canon vs my style #canon vs headcanon #artidoesart #beyblade fanart

[asnarkyandironicusername]

The marauders fandom’s obsession with shipping the allegorical nazi characters with the very people they detest and see as lesser is so wild to me. And like, I’m not talking about random Slytherin characters we don’t know or situations like Andromeda & Ted where she rebukes her family after some deprogramming. I’m talking the well-known death eaters, the ones thought to be favored by Voldemort, with muggle-borns or Remus Lupin or James. Like, you know they hate them and want them dead, right?

And I’m all for ship what you want, like I’ve silenced the tags I don’t want to see so it’s no skin off my bones, but when they get rude or insist people just “don’t understand the character” I’m like…have you read canon? “Moonwater” or “Moonprince” or Snape/Lily (IDK if they have a ship name) did not nor would not ever exist *in canon*. Cool beans if you you want to ship it, but don’t tell people they’re wrong or don’t get the characters when they point that out.

#fanfic #hp fanfic #harry potter fanfic #marauders era #the marauders #fandom #canon vs headcanon #canon vs fanon #fanon #canon

[skrimbloz]

Did one of these thingys to practice drawing Lloyd :p

I was having the longest fight with myself wether I should give him dark roots or not then decided not to in the end to go along with my headcanon that his hair is blonde due to dragon heritage, designs where he has the dark roots look so cool tho 💔💔

I tried to use soft shading with the on model drawing to match the lighting in the show but GOD THATS SO DIFFICULT. IM TEAM HARD SHADING FOR LIFE.

Also I showed some of my freinds this drawing and they said my design looks like Yoongi, now I CANNOT unsee it

Anyways this was fun!! idk if i’ll do other characters using this template, depends on time and what other drawing ideas I have to get round to heh

#lego ninjago #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #ninjago fanart #robinzart #canon vs headcanon

[daydreambonsai]

thought i’d join this little trend hehe!! love my girl <3

#kasumi #kasumi toyama #canon vs fanon #canon vs headcanon #headcanon #canon #bandori #bang dream #garupa #popipa #poppin party #toyama kasumi #you have no idea how much i loathed doing the bandori style #thats why its so low quality #i hate lineart and cel shading orz #continuing the theme of my college girl kasoomi headcanons #shes 19! just like me fr!

[ramghosterr]

in my head there are two versions of traffic!grian. if you ask me what i think the correct, canon interpretation is, that answer will be Way Different then my fanon version of him, which aligns more with how i write him in fanfics.

canon traffic grian moves from person to person quickly, and doesn't tend to make alliances with the same person twice. his relationships with others are fast and bright like a fire, until the fire goes out. he's fiercly loyal to those he cares about, but that disappears if they betray him (or what he views as a betrayal). he doesn't take kindly to being forced into something he's not willing to do. he's a survivor- he's careful and maybe even paranoid, and he often makes it pretty late in the game because of this. he enjoys the game a little too much, and takes delight in a successful trap (even if he's not on red). he's a force of chaos, who can't be forced into a box but will stay by your side until he outlives you.

fanon traffic grian is different. he's still loyal, but he forms attachments quickly and never really forgets about them, even if the people in those relationships hurt him. he holds his friends close to his heart, even after a new game has begun. he feels trapped, and scared- this is his punishment from the watchers, and he blames himself for what everyone else is going through. because of this, he pushes the people he cares about away. he's a tragic hero, a pyrrhic victor, a falling icarus. yet he still loses himself in the chaos, thriving in the danger and high emotions of the game (perfect for a watcher). he's scared but trying to be brave, guilty but trying to be strong, and traumatized but trying to push forward because he has no choice.

those are two different people. and that's okay. it's why it's called fanon.

#3rd life #last life #double life #limited life #traffic series #life series #grian #grianmc #watcher grian #life series grian #canon vs headcanon #i love them both dearly #but fanon grian is just easier to write bc he's closer to my personality #that's how it be sometimes #ramghosterr original

[grizzabella-02]

Canon Childe and Fanon Childe are two very different people but I love them both with my whole being

#Fanon childe: a fucking frat boy #Canon childe: will stab you cause hes bored #canon vs fanon #canon vs headcanon #genshin #genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #childe tartaglia ajax #ajax #fatui harbinger

[rei-is-hiding]

#it was so fun to draw omggg #i don't think i have a consistent art style but i needed to stop myself on the canon mai a lot bc i started “reificationing” her #she wears the ember island outfit again <3 #you can't tell i'm obsessed right #somebody requested her on my original post ty <3 #mai #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla mai #avatar mai #atla fanart #mai fanart #canon vs fanon #draw fanart of a character #art challenge #drawing challenge #fanart challenge #canon vs my style #canon vs headcanon

[thatcasualgamergirl]

I remembered this template exists and decided to take a crack at it

If anyone wants to join in, feel free.

I might do this again with another one of my faves (not pertaining to DB)

#caz’s art tag #canon vs headcanon #canon vs my style #vegeta #dragon ball #dbz #dragon ball z #dbsuper #dbs #dragon ball fandom

[rottencandyapp1es]

I wanted to give the canon vs. artstyle challenge a try!!

#art challenge #art meme #canon vs my style #canon vs headcanon #legend of zelda #zelda #loz #tloz #majoras mask #mm #loz mm #fierce deity #legend of zelda fanart #zelda fanart #loz fanart #fierce deity my beloved

[dumbassv32]

i haven't used this many papyrus references in Forever

#31st art #papyrus #undertale #utdr fanart #canon vs headcanon

[jazryde]

🤎 I love drawing her ❤️

#lisa the rpg #lisa rpg #lisa the joyful #lisa the painful #buddy armstrong #lil buddy #lisa fanart #fanart #digitalart #art challenge #canon vs headcanon

[semisweeteas]

i often forget i have a tumblr, but i did this thing

#digital art #digital illustration #omori #omori fanart #omori slime girls #slime girls omori #omori medusa #medusa omori #canon vs headcanon

[jinkieswouldyoulookatthis]

Subtext

So I know that there is a lot of discourse on and around subtext and whether or not it is, or should be, considered part of canon, here are my thoughts on the subject.

Subtext is part of canon, but not in the way that most people seem to think. Subtextual elements exist in a work and, as such, are a part of the work's canon. But here's the kicker... what those elements mean is not part of canon. Subtextual elements exist, they are part of a story, but the meaning of those elements, left unspoken and unclarified, is a matter of interpretation. Any meaning that is gleaned through interpretation is subjective. Things that are subjective are different for different people, they cannot be agreed upon, and often are widely and wildly disagreed upon, so they fall into head canon or fanon territory. Now, I've seen folks who claim that calling something fanon/hc is insulting and belittling, that's not what I mean here. Head canons are valid, in that what you are seeing and interpreting, rings true to you. I may not agree with your head canon, but I will never say that you are wrong to head canon it the way you do. But at the same time, a head canon is not canon.

Example... In a literature class I took in college there was this one day when we were analyzing a short story. I don't remember what story it was, it was rather boring and didn't stick with me. But the professor was asking us what the author meant by having it be raining in this particular scene. No one was speaking up so she randomly called on me. This was a mistake, but whatever. I, irritated without realizing at the time why, answered, "because the story exists in a world with climate and localized weather and the author was setting the scene." Or something to that effect. And the teachers tsked at me and called on someone else who then said that it was to convey a sense of sadness. This was the answer the teacher was looking for. Now, at the time, I didn't have the words to explain why this entire thing annoyed me so much, but I do now. The issue that I had was that she'd asked what the author meant by the inclusion of this potential piece of subtext. I know that rain and other gloomy weather is often used to denote negative emotion, it's a pretty common thing to do. But what I don't know is what the author meant by it when they chose to have it raining in that scene, because it could have been put in purposefully to convey the emotional subtext of the character, but it also could have simply been a detail the author added to help flesh out the little world they were building in their story, to ground it and give it more of a sense of realism (a thing that authors 100% do). We don't actually know which they meant by it. If she'd asked, "what do you think the rain signifies about the character in this scene?" Well, that would have gotten a different answer out of me. And, truth be told, I did know what she was looking for, the answer that she wanted, it was fucking obvious, but I also knew that she asked the question poorly and in bad faith and that rubbed me the wrong way because the answer I gave was just as valid as the one she was looking for.

The existence of the rain in the story was part of the canon. It was raining. What that rain actually meant in the story was a matter of interpretation though. It's potential meaning(s) = subtext. Because there were more than one interpretation of what it meant, no one interpretation could be part of the canon. However, each interpretation is an equally valid head canon. The story didn't lose anything by head canonning that the weather was just weather, it was still obvious, from the rest of the text, that the character was fucking sad, so the soggy subtext provided an optional extra layer of texture, but no additional meaning. (Honestly it was just a stupid example from the getgo and, obviously, still rubs me wrong 30 years later.)

This is how subtext works. It is used to add levels of unspoken depth to a story that are not actually needed to understand the story on a base/fundamental level. Any reading of meaning from subtext is subjective. Readings that are agreed upon by a group of people are fanon, while more individualized readings may just be head canon.

Again, because I know that there will be someone out there that is just chomping at the bit to accuse me of being insulting towards their read of subtext...

YOUR HEAD CANON IS JUST AS VALID AS MINE and that is precisely why our head canons are not, in fact, canon.

We have these three different terms to use for reasons, each one means something different from the others, they are not strict synonyms. Just because you've only ever seen people use the term fanon in a pejorative way, doesn't mean that it only means something pejorative or that you can just chose to use the term canon (when you actually mean fanon) instead to sidestep what you see as a negative connotation. Utilizing all three terms allows us to have a better and more nuanced discussion of a work. But if we refuse to use two of the terms, we are limiting and confusing our discussion in ways that lead to unproductive arguments.

#canon vs headcanon #canon vs fanon