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Jan. 24th, 2024 12:06 amTumblr did a "what is canon" poll and it didnt have the right divisions for me to say how I figure.
Although actually canon is whatever makes the story go today. I mean my fandoms are Whoniverse (canon is bigger on the inside and got fully rebooted in universe so good luck) and assorted comics (ditto actually), with multiverses both in universe and as a way of explaining all the tie ins out here, and... there is no canon, only story.
But, also:
Canon is a thread that makes this story in particular make sense.
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Tie ins make it so you can't even draw a clear bright line between the fictions that create the Whoniverse and the kind of encylopedia or archives books that are just rearranging the fictions to report on them. Because you get new little notes from the characters around the edges of the collected information, sometimes written by the same real world people as do episodes. And just as often contradicted by them next time it's their turn with the story.
Canon can be perceived as a nested hierarchy, but it twists in and out of different mediums so much it dont really work well to try it. The more expensive productions ie TV seem to be more central, everything else refers back to them but not necessarily each other, until, well, it doesnt this time.
The only thing I will say is no amount of out of character or behind the scenes stuff is canon. Doesnt matter how many times anyone says it, if they're saying it out of character, it isnt canon, it's word of god. Whole different thing.
But of the rest, what is canon?
Good luck figuring that out.
Although actually canon is whatever makes the story go today. I mean my fandoms are Whoniverse (canon is bigger on the inside and got fully rebooted in universe so good luck) and assorted comics (ditto actually), with multiverses both in universe and as a way of explaining all the tie ins out here, and... there is no canon, only story.
But, also:
Canon is a thread that makes this story in particular make sense.
( Read more... )
Tie ins make it so you can't even draw a clear bright line between the fictions that create the Whoniverse and the kind of encylopedia or archives books that are just rearranging the fictions to report on them. Because you get new little notes from the characters around the edges of the collected information, sometimes written by the same real world people as do episodes. And just as often contradicted by them next time it's their turn with the story.
Canon can be perceived as a nested hierarchy, but it twists in and out of different mediums so much it dont really work well to try it. The more expensive productions ie TV seem to be more central, everything else refers back to them but not necessarily each other, until, well, it doesnt this time.
The only thing I will say is no amount of out of character or behind the scenes stuff is canon. Doesnt matter how many times anyone says it, if they're saying it out of character, it isnt canon, it's word of god. Whole different thing.
But of the rest, what is canon?
Good luck figuring that out.