Of headcanon

[vampirenaomi]

I think it's generally agreed that fighting about headcanon is pointless. Live and let live and all that. However, you can't just make shit up and say that nobody can argue about it because headcanon is sacred. In order for an idea to qualify as headcanon, it needs to work with actual canon. That's the whole point. It's something that's not

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[mizu_takishima]

headcanons are pretty darn awesome, even the zany ones, but the only times I don't like it are when:

A) Someone insists that their headcanon is TRUFAX and will actually argue with you if you don't agree with them
B) When they act like the creator SHOULD make their headcanon actual canon, otherwise the series is total crap.

B is especially disrespectful. I generally don't like it when people act like headcanons are better than real canon, but I can at least understand it so long as they don't act like the creator owes them anything, or that the series would be terrible without their ever-so precious headcanon >_>

[vampirenaomi]

There are pretty much only two occasions when someone's headcanon gets under my skin. The first is when it's implausible, but that's because I work with the definition that headcanon has to work with real canon. I didn't even realise some people use the term to refer to any kinds of ideas they have. The second is when people insist that their headcanon is better than someone else's when the two ideas are both plausible. That's just a matter of taste, and there's no point in fighting about it.

I've never actually ran into your example B. Wow, some people think highly of their own ideas. :O

[mizu_takishima]

Agreed! If they're both Plausible then why fight about it? XD

My definition of headcanon is pretty much what you have in mind, (at least, that's how I govern my headcanons. I try to make 'em work/plausible otherwise I'm just making shizz up!) but sometimes it depends on the series. Then there's AU's to consider. (for example, if your fandom is about animals, and you wanna imagine the bazillion types of lives they could live "if they were humans", or even if you switch around who the main focus is...it can get pretty multiverse-y!)

But yeah, I think example B is pretty rare but it can happen @_@ (Or people only like the series because they adore ONE CHARACTER...but that's another story!)

[vampirenaomi]

Yeah, I agree. And even AU can be seen in different ways. For some people, it's staying within the canon universe but changing something about established canon (such as what would have happened if Spain had raised Veneziano and Romano had worked for Austria) or changing the universe entirely (such as when Germany is a baker who falls in love with France the struggling poet who visits his shop every day). I've seen so much wank about which definition is true that it's not even funny.

[mizu_takishima]

(such as when Germany is a baker who falls in love with France the struggling poet who visits his shop every day) eee that's a friggen adorable AU idea!! ; u ; maybe its just new to me since I normally don't look up stuff for that pairing? Ah now I want to though~

I haven't really seen people fight about the definition, so I guess I'm lucky in that respect :'D somehow I always end up being caught in the crossfire of shipwars though

[vampirenaomi]

I don't usually read that pairing either, but as soon as I finished writing that comment, I got this urge to find a story exactly like that. XD

For me, it's the opposite. I've never been in a Hetalia shipwar or even seen one take place. Watching wank unfold is kind of my guilty pleasure for boring evenings, so I sometimes wish I'd get to see some real fighting. I guess I hang out in the wrong places.

[mizu_takishima]

lol I see XD (glad I'm not the only one who had that urge!)

Yeah it mostly happens among popular pairings. Like if you wanna see some wank, just go on tumblr and look under usuk, fruk or spamano tags xD Wank is my guilty pleasure too, that's part of why I love this comm so much

I like all of those pairings too though, along with like EVERY OTHER PAIRING EVER, so while USUK & FRUK fangirls are going at it, I'm either like "I CAN'T CHOOSE SIDES DANGIT" or I sit in my little FRUS boat between the two while neither side acknowledges my ship as a threat :'D

[hoshiko_2000]

'For me, it's the opposite. I've never been in a Hetalia shipwar or even seen one take place. Watching wank unfold is kind of my guilty pleasure for boring evenings, so I sometimes wish I'd get to see some real fighting. I guess I hang out in the wrong places.'

It used to be for me as well, but now it just depresses me :/. Probably because I've seen too much of it.

[hoshiko_2000]

'The second is when people insist that their headcanon is better than someone else's when the two ideas are both plausible.'

Oh God, THIS ^. On one occassion on a forum I kept being repeatedly told by the same person that a pairing I had was 'impossible'. Every single time I so much as mentioned it. It wasn't impossible. There was, in fact, evidence to support it. It just contradicted the pairing they shipped that particular character with. I didn't even ship the pairing, I just suspected it was possible, and said that. The thing that pissed me off was how they kept insisting it was 'impossible', when, as I pointed out, the topic was subjective not objective, and nothing was proved either way.

[hoshiko_2000]

'B) When they act like the creator SHOULD make their headcanon actual canon, otherwise the series is total crap.'

Oh God, I hate this >.<. It's so arrogant.

[mizu_takishima]

yeah ; 3 ;