The ramblings are great - I'm glad you liked this and found it thought provoking :-)
I agree entirely that there are certain things that do go hand in hand with continuities. And perhaps the substantial deviation from those is where the 'AU' label should come in. or 'crossover' if G1 Optimus IS a T Rex, for instance LOL
One of the things which intrigues me about this whole issue is the number of times people cry "that's not canon!" when, in fact, there's nothing to support whether it is one way or the other. That goes for so many scenarios and characters, who (unlike some of the more popular, colourful ones) never really get developed properly for one to be able to say a particular depiction, pairing or whatever is canon or otherwise.
What I think often happens is a writer's disappointment that their personal fanon - the way they have portrayed a character/pairing or whatever - hasn't been adopted universally by the entire fandom. Of course, there's no justification for that. How could there be? LOL fanon is fanon. But it's much easier to mask the emotion which accompanies this by accusing the writer of 'non canon.'
And there's my bit of rambling. Personally, I love it all - especially different 'takes' on things. So long as the story's good, and it's well written and entertaining :D
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Date: 2012-08-20 12:02 pm (UTC)I agree entirely that there are certain things that do go hand in hand with continuities. And perhaps the substantial deviation from those is where the 'AU' label should come in. or 'crossover' if G1 Optimus IS a T Rex, for instance LOL
One of the things which intrigues me about this whole issue is the number of times people cry "that's not canon!" when, in fact, there's nothing to support whether it is one way or the other. That goes for so many scenarios and characters, who (unlike some of the more popular, colourful ones) never really get developed properly for one to be able to say a particular depiction, pairing or whatever is canon or otherwise.
What I think often happens is a writer's disappointment that their personal fanon - the way they have portrayed a character/pairing or whatever - hasn't been adopted universally by the entire fandom. Of course, there's no justification for that. How could there be? LOL fanon is fanon. But it's much easier to mask the emotion which accompanies this by accusing the writer of 'non canon.'
And there's my bit of rambling. Personally, I love it all - especially different 'takes' on things. So long as the story's good, and it's well written and entertaining :D