What a great way to wrap up panel programming at my first #WisCon. Thanks, panelists! #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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Favorite piece of fanon that you've decided is canon? Panelists and audience answers all really good. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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There's a great question worth asking of who gets the keys to cross over from fanon to canon (i.e. Doctor Who). #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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If the characters and world are recognizable is it really that much of an AU? #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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Where do you draw the line for what gets considered AU? #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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How do you interact with canon creators when they have their own fanon? COMICS. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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A thing where there was only ever fanon, but commercial interests are trying to establish canon: tabletop RPGs. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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How do we prevent fanon itself from being a barrier when everyone has their own canon?
We self select. #CanonVsFanon #wc41
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A panelist brings up the legal ramifications of interaction with fans. Can be damaging to community. #CanonVsFandom #WC41
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Authors purposefully avoiding fanwork to avoid being influenced (Sam aside: there are also legal issues sometimes). #WC41 #CanonVsFanon
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I'm not saying I submitted an exactly-100-word fic for the #WisCon drabble challenge but. I totally did. #WC41
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Playing Mass Effect felt like writing fanfiction by playing canon. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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Example: many licensed works assumed Allistair was king after DA:O. (Room is appalled. "He's a terrible choice!") #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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"The BioWare question."
Multiple endings that were all written by the designers, but there are clearly canon choices. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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So how do you play as a fan in a canon like that? #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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It's hard to be a purist in Arthuriana, there's so much stuff. What even IS canon? Is Le Morte d'Arthur too recent? #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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Arthuriana has come up, and I am excited. After Star Trek, it's the thing I have loved the longest. #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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A panelist brings up Greek mythology and all of the takes. How they all have beauty. Different forms of canon. #CanonVsFanon #wc41
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Can fans play where they want regardless of what creators do? #CanonVsFanon #wc41
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Stars, both Wars and Trek! ("They do not have to be rivals.") #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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"Rowling did a really good job of Jossing us." #CanonVsFanon #WC41
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"It's not canon, it's the author's headcanon!" #CanonVsFanon #wc41
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"Any idea why Community fandom really gravitated towards Troy and Abed, not Jeff?"
"Because they're great!"
#RepairingReality #WC41
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People avoid situations where they MAY be criticized so they don't put people who aren't like them into their works. #RepairingReality #WC41
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What characters get to be human in fandom? #wc41 #RepairingReality
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Talking abt marginalized fans marginalized w/in fandom. Fandom as microcosm of the world, same issues of exclusion. #wc41 #RepairingReality
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Sam add: #WynonnaEarp is such a great example of a positive interaction between creators and fans/their works. #RepairingReality #WC41
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Fan participation is encouraged "up to a point." Fan-only spaces create a wider space for these conversations. #RepairingReality #WC41
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The creators and makers of media are more exposed to fans and their fanworks. #RepairingReality #WC41
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"TV gives ordinary viewers models for good behavior." #RepairingReality #WC41
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