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perpetual_motion) wrote2008-02-07 10:43 pm
perpetual_motion) wrote2008-02-07 10:43 pm
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That word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Or, the English major takes another crack at things.
A cannon is something you use to fire a heavy projectile at an enemy.
Canon is the accepted rules of a particular fandom as agreed to by the original creators of whatever fandom. The following exceptions are allowed, but must be noted:
1. Personal Canon--the idea of a fan as to the way a character may respond to a situation not given in the official canon.
2. Retconned Canon--Canon from the creators that is later explained out of existence. For example, in the pilot of "Psych", Lassiter said he was in a trial separation with his wife and had been so for five months. In "From Earth to the Starbucks", Lassiter, while drunk, admitted that the separation was going on two years.
While it can certainly feel as if some people shove canon into a cannon and fire at you at very high and dangerous speeds, I promise you there's a difference between the two.
A cannon is something you use to fire a heavy projectile at an enemy.
Canon is the accepted rules of a particular fandom as agreed to by the original creators of whatever fandom. The following exceptions are allowed, but must be noted:
1. Personal Canon--the idea of a fan as to the way a character may respond to a situation not given in the official canon.
2. Retconned Canon--Canon from the creators that is later explained out of existence. For example, in the pilot of "Psych", Lassiter said he was in a trial separation with his wife and had been so for five months. In "From Earth to the Starbucks", Lassiter, while drunk, admitted that the separation was going on two years.
While it can certainly feel as if some people shove canon into a cannon and fire at you at very high and dangerous speeds, I promise you there's a difference between the two.