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May. 5th, 2016 17:33![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eldabe1) Star Wars fandom is going through the "OMG IF YOU DON'T READ THE NEW EXPANDED UNIVERSE AND INCLUDE IT IN UR META, UR WRONG" phase, and I recognize this is a fandom that predates my experiences and whatever, but also no. I can write my Fin background fic in blissful ignorance of anything but the one movie he starred in and LAALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. #optionalcanon #forever
(I have a friend who earnestly explained to me that the Star Wars option canon was different because it was all internally consistent and beautiful and also Disney is RUINING it. And I was like, um, I'm pretty sure I read that one book about the married jedi and their babies, which is definitely not consistent and PS episodes 1-3 are canon to me, I am maybe not the fan-type you are looking for.)
2) Have I mentioned I have a roommate who is a Harry/Ginny shipper and sends me goodfic email recs? It's THE BEST. I have a lot of complicated feelings about the Harry Potter fandom, mostly concerning the absolute difficulty of digging for canon-compliant fix. I am a gumbly old canon-fan and I am tired of digging through tags.
3) I have decided that I'm not going to bother to try and see Ant-man or Avengers 2 before seeing Captain America 3. Maybe if they ever get to neflix. But all I really want to see is massive amounts of angst and friendship so backstory doesn't really matter, right?
4) I still have SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT X-MEN WHEN DID THAT MOVE GET SO CLOSE??? AHHHH.
(I have a friend who earnestly explained to me that the Star Wars option canon was different because it was all internally consistent and beautiful and also Disney is RUINING it. And I was like, um, I'm pretty sure I read that one book about the married jedi and their babies, which is definitely not consistent and PS episodes 1-3 are canon to me, I am maybe not the fan-type you are looking for.)
2) Have I mentioned I have a roommate who is a Harry/Ginny shipper and sends me goodfic email recs? It's THE BEST. I have a lot of complicated feelings about the Harry Potter fandom, mostly concerning the absolute difficulty of digging for canon-compliant fix. I am a gumbly old canon-fan and I am tired of digging through tags.
3) I have decided that I'm not going to bother to try and see Ant-man or Avengers 2 before seeing Captain America 3. Maybe if they ever get to neflix. But all I really want to see is massive amounts of angst and friendship so backstory doesn't really matter, right?
4) I still have SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT X-MEN WHEN DID THAT MOVE GET SO CLOSE??? AHHHH.
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Date: May. 5th, 2016 23:23 (UTC)What, you mean in the time between the prequels jossed some EU stuff, and the sequels jossing all EU stuff, there was consistent Star Wars canon? ;) Star Wars canon wars were immense (I assume they still are) because there's too much canon and it's not consistent at all.
I used to pick and choose (Zahn books count! KJA books don't!) but now I've come around to the "if it's not explicitly on the screen in the films, it doesn't count" brigade. I've been burned so much.
Looking forward to your Finn fic :D
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Date: May. 6th, 2016 00:16 (UTC)I call it all "optional canon." If I read it and I like it, I'll pick it up. Sometimes I'll only pick up optional canon for a fic or a meta or something and then put it down again. I've gotten very chill on extra-textual canon definitions.
(Still gotta finish the Zahn books. >.>)
Aw, thanks! Gotta get back to writing when finals end.
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Date: May. 5th, 2016 23:57 (UTC)no subject
Date: May. 6th, 2016 00:16 (UTC)Would like to see with friends. It's much better that way. :D
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Date: May. 6th, 2016 20:34 (UTC)