as small as a world and as large as alone

7:51am July 28, 2015

natalunasans:

nenilein:

I really hate it when people confuse the terms “Canon”, “Headcanon” and “Alternate Universe”. 

“Canon”: Something that has been outright been stated in canon outside of a joke, in a way that unambiguously means this exact thing and nothing else.

“Headcanon”: It was never unambiguously specified in canon, but I interpret this on my own in a way that goes along with canon without contradicting it. 

“Alternate Universe”: My game, my rules. 

They are not interchangeable terms. 

somehow i didn’t realise that headcanon must not contradict canon.
it seems like there’s something in between HC and AU, though? I tend to call some of those retcons, but that’s probably supposed to be something that canon does (or you could do it within your own story if your intentions changed while you were working on it?)
i’ve also heard it’s only an AU if something fundamental to the story is changed (ppl who died didn’t die or something)…

I really think this is only one definition of headcanon.  People can definitely have headcanon that appears to contradict canon.  Alternate universe is a very specific thing, not “my game, my rules”.

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