This Canon Question

[ayngelcat]

Which seems to have loomed again on anon threads.

For what it's worth, I've always liked this old essay, which describes TF as a 'mythology' rather than 'canon.' Maybe its why I've never gotten hung up on the canon issue.

I'm interested in peoples' views (but please no wank - its just an idea I can see some merit in!)

http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/Fanfic/Canon

Comments

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

I really like that, and I think it's a large part of the appeal of TFs to me. I've never felt so compelled to create something for a fandom before (not even for the Cthulhu mythos), and I think it's because there's so much potential here.

That said, sometimes I like getting hung up on the canon details and using them to help shape my writing. But I'm not going to let Vortex's lack of claws in G1 stop me from giving him claws in fic if I want, and I certainly won't be leery of fusing together aspects from different continuities in anything I write. If people don't like that, there's plenty of other fic for them to read. And if they do, then that's really nice.

[ayngelcat.livejournal.com]

I agree, there is. And so much an open book, as I just said to dragondancer515. It's a shame when people get all canon nazi-ish. And I can't help feeling there are often underlying motives other than a real belief that 'this isn't canon' whether the accuser acknowledges this or not.

Perish the thought of Vortex with no claws! Bring on the claws, I say, canon or no <33333333333333

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

And I can't help feeling there are often underlying motives other than a real belief that 'this isn't canon' whether the accuser acknowledges this or not. I think you might have hit on something there.

Mmmmm, Vortex...

Talking of canon, we were re-watching that first Insecticon episode today and it made me wonder why Skyfire/Sideswipe isn't a more popular pairing.

[ayngelcat.livejournal.com]

Ha! Yes, funnily enough, I was watching that episode the other day (I LOVE that episode) and also wondered the same thing! LOL Judging by this and the Mirage and Skywarp pic, I'd say the fandon just doesn't go for some of these pairings so gratuitously offered up!

It's an ambition of mine to one day post all kinds of pairing pics like this and invite fics/drabbles :DD

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that'd be fun :D I've already written Skyfire/Sideswipe before, but I'd probably be up for trying that out again. They've got the potential for interesting size kink, not to mention happy enthusiastic boinking :P

[ayngelcat.livejournal.com]

You have? Well I'll be daimed. Awesome! Can I possibly have link? :-)

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

It's this one. The smut is consensual, but there's a dubcon element in that Sunstreaker is watching them and Skyfire doesn't know.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/307219