Can I ask for clarification? What do you mean about participating in a ship war? I've been a part of fandoms where my main ship was pitted against another canon ship, and while I wasn't an active part of the war, I was still there passively. What would you have me put for that question?
If you have ever participated in a back-and-forth argument or debate over pairings or supported your ship by writing inflammatory things about the opposition. If you just quietly enjoyed your ship while others argued over it, you weren't involved. Does that make more sense? It is quite easy to get caught up in one and not something to necessarily be ashamed of.
I generally like canon pairings (such as SuFin or USUK). I'm not BIG into non-canon shippings, but I will look. (Weird shipping btw is yaoi or yuri in Final Fantasy XII. EVERYONE IN THAT GAME IS STRAIGHT. Except Vaan. But there isn't anyone for him to be butt buddies with. xD)
One of the interesting things about Hetalia is that almost any pairing could be called canon if you can just find the historical backing. But then the question comes up: Is all of history the canon or are just the webcomics the canon? Like you, I tend to like the ships that feature strongly in the comics, but I can't hold it against someone if they happen to like the tumultuous affair between the US and Vietnam in the 60s and 70s. Because the Vietnam War happened.
About FF12, which I tried to play but it was too hard so I quit, did it ever actually say that Vaan was gay? If so, when?
This isn't directly related to your poll but I've discussed with my friends about the fact that sometimes people call something canon when it actually isn't, in my opinion at least, and where does the borderline of canon actually go. I don't want to name any pairings but some of the most popular ones in my main fandoms are generally thought to be canon when I clearly think the opposite. And that kinda annoys me. Also, some people think non-canon and crack are synonymes but.. I don't think so. But anyway, this poll is a nice idea. :D
That is a very good point! There could probably be a whole other poll about defining what exactly "canon" means. I know the definition of the term came into question during the Great Harry Potter Ship Wars, with some saying that since JKR was writing Ron and Hermione's feelings for each other as a subplot, it was canonical that something was going on between them, and others arguing that a couple isn't "canon" until they are officially and permanently together.
And then there is one of my most hated fandom terms, "practically canon," which fans often use when certain details about characters, ships, etc. are so popular and accepted in fanon that they might as well be canon. Except, of course, they usually don't have a preponderance of evidence from the canon source. When people would say Sirius/Remus was "practically canon" I wanted to pull my hair out. Popular fanon≠practically canon.
For some reason or another, "the Great Harry Potter Ship Wars" sounds pretty awful for me.. *g* I have only briefly browsed through some HP communities and part of it is just so crazy.
And obviously, some people are immature enough to decide that something they like is canon and what they do not like is non-canon. I don't really get the fuss -- is it so difficult to take some pairing as it is in the actual series, like Sirius/Remus? I bet some of the fans are so obsessed with their "practical canon" thing that they seriously refuse to believe that their fanfics or whatever aren't part of the real series.
I was only ever a partial observer of the GHPSW (I say partial because I got most of my information after the fact and filtered through fandom wank). They actually were more entertaining than awful for those not directly involved, though I am sure they would get very tiresome if I'd been more invested in them.
What you go on to say, though, segues into a discussion of other popular fan-lingo: "personal canon" and "better-than-canon." I've actually seen people say that they love certain fanfics so much better than the original source they they've declared it their new canon. To me that seems kind of ridiculous. Shoebox Project or the Draco Trilogy (neither of which I have ever read or ever want to read) are not Harry Potter canon. Period. No matter how much someone likes them
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About FF12, which I tried to play but it was too hard so I quit, did it ever actually say that Vaan was gay? If so, when?
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It didn't, but it's so heavily implied that it's sad.....
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But anyway, this poll is a nice idea. :D
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That is a very good point! There could probably be a whole other poll about defining what exactly "canon" means. I know the definition of the term came into question during the Great Harry Potter Ship Wars, with some saying that since JKR was writing Ron and Hermione's feelings for each other as a subplot, it was canonical that something was going on between them, and others arguing that a couple isn't "canon" until they are officially and permanently together.
And then there is one of my most hated fandom terms, "practically canon," which fans often use when certain details about characters, ships, etc. are so popular and accepted in fanon that they might as well be canon. Except, of course, they usually don't have a preponderance of evidence from the canon source. When people would say Sirius/Remus was "practically canon" I wanted to pull my hair out. Popular fanon≠practically canon.
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And obviously, some people are immature enough to decide that something they like is canon and what they do not like is non-canon. I don't really get the fuss -- is it so difficult to take some pairing as it is in the actual series, like Sirius/Remus? I bet some of the fans are so obsessed with their "practical canon" thing that they seriously refuse to believe that their fanfics or whatever aren't part of the real series.
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What you go on to say, though, segues into a discussion of other popular fan-lingo: "personal canon" and "better-than-canon." I've actually seen people say that they love certain fanfics so much better than the original source they they've declared it their new canon. To me that seems kind of ridiculous. Shoebox Project or the Draco Trilogy (neither of which I have ever read or ever want to read) are not Harry Potter canon. Period. No matter how much someone likes them ( ... )
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