fan canon

fan canon

Aspects or material that are not officially part of the source material (of a work of fiction) but that fans promote or think could logically exist or occur in the source material. Also known as "fanon" and "head canon" (although the latter can also be applied to an individual fan's ideas, as opposed to those that have gained widespread currency). That pairing must be fan canon because I definitely don't remember seeing those two kiss in any episode of the series.
See also: canon, fan
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • canon
  • head canon
  • fanon
  • slash fic
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • tie-in
  • Does (one) look like (something)?
  • dredge
  • dredge up
  • them as has, gets
References in periodicals archive
For example, some Qumranic texts imply a confrontation between the community and that of the temple priests in Jerusalem." This "paradigm shift by heresy" is closely paralleled by the television series "Beauty and the Beast," whose third season was broadly rejected by fans on the basis of its already formed "fan canon"; see Jenkins, Textual Poachers, 147-54.
Editorial In(ter)ventions: Comparing the Editorial Processes of the Hebrew Bible and the Star Wars
The potty-mouthed character, played by Dublin-born actor Brendan O'Carroll, recorded the video message for fan Canon Graham Francis.
MRS BROWN'S MESSAGE TO VICAR FAN
It's an expression of love to build a fan canon, but it would conflict with my own ideas.
A weird, wild trip to Night Vale