Cannon= that which goes kaboom!
I had dinner a few nights ago with confettiofstars and her husband. They helped clarify some of the technological problems I was having writing a space opera. Much as I like seeing big fancy spaceships and watching things go kaboom, I don't think I'm quite cut out for writing those scenes. I notice the same tendency with my comic fic as well. I gravitate towards the quiet character moments. Those moments are lovely and all, but they do not a novel make, no matter how much I cobble them together.
She was commenting to me how easy in some ways the HP and SG fandoms have it. The canon is fairly closed with just the books or episodes to work from. I've always considered the HP movies a separate canon, like the LoTR or X-Men movieverses. Her primary fandom right now is Star Wars. She's been catching up with some the stuff that's been released, especially the video game canon. Whole gobs of new canon to absorb and freak out over. And frankly I agreed with some of her points of contention and I'm not even a fan!
But I found myself explaining how comic books worked, specifically the old DC Multiverse, what a retcon involved and why I found myself in pocket universes of fandom. I've been reading the reports on Infinite Crisis with mild amusement. Not because of the future implications (the Year Later rumors scare the bejezus out of me), but because all the characters I never thought I'd see again after Crisis on Infinite Earths are back. The other Earths, the other timelines, the other versions of heroes, have come home to roost. It's kind fun to watch it unfold.
(I finally did pick up my copies of "Infinite Crisis", along with umpteen weeks of other comics to read. I also picked up previews for the Avatar Press' "Stargate Atlantis" mini series. I may scan some of the character sketches. Their Weir is ugly honestly from what I've seen, but they are using that severe season 1 style.)
She was commenting to me how easy in some ways the HP and SG fandoms have it. The canon is fairly closed with just the books or episodes to work from. I've always considered the HP movies a separate canon, like the LoTR or X-Men movieverses. Her primary fandom right now is Star Wars. She's been catching up with some the stuff that's been released, especially the video game canon. Whole gobs of new canon to absorb and freak out over. And frankly I agreed with some of her points of contention and I'm not even a fan!
But I found myself explaining how comic books worked, specifically the old DC Multiverse, what a retcon involved and why I found myself in pocket universes of fandom. I've been reading the reports on Infinite Crisis with mild amusement. Not because of the future implications (the Year Later rumors scare the bejezus out of me), but because all the characters I never thought I'd see again after Crisis on Infinite Earths are back. The other Earths, the other timelines, the other versions of heroes, have come home to roost. It's kind fun to watch it unfold.
(I finally did pick up my copies of "Infinite Crisis", along with umpteen weeks of other comics to read. I also picked up previews for the Avatar Press' "Stargate Atlantis" mini series. I may scan some of the character sketches. Their Weir is ugly honestly from what I've seen, but they are using that severe season 1 style.)