when did fandoms all get so... weird about canon. like i feel like nowadays in many fandoms fans have this 'pick and choose buffet' attitude to canon, so that they're barely fans of the actual manga/show/book they're fans of parts of the source material that they agree with + parts of bullshit they made up that directly contradicts the source material.
now, i'm not against au fics or like bending/changing canon for the sake of fics of a certain tone or for the sake of smut or the sake of shipping - on the contrary, i am all for taking creative liberties to explore this or that in fanworks.
but. that's not canon which means that's not what really happened in the canon world and you can't just say "i don't buy this canon, therefore it didn't actually happen!"
Re: http://nohetaliacanon.tumblr.com/
now, i'm not against au fics or like bending/changing canon for the sake of fics of a certain tone or for the sake of smut or the sake of shipping - on the contrary, i am all for taking creative liberties to explore this or that in fanworks.
but. that's not canon which means that's not what really happened in the canon world and you can't just say "i don't buy this canon, therefore it didn't actually happen!"