Unfortunately, he probably doesn't have a Metallicar.

[kungfuwaynewho]

When you talk about TV, usually you talk about canon.  What actually, factually happened in the episodes.  Some people expand canon to include what the writers/producers/directors/actors have to say.  Some include books or comics or other non-TV stories.  Some include generally accepted interpretations of subtext - for instance, neither actually says it, but it's clear that John and Delenn are in love with each other well before the end of S3; raising that point would almost always be considered consistent with canon.

What I want to talk about is fanon.  The things fans come up with on their own.  I'm not particularly interested in fanon that contradicts canon; that's just being an obstinate fan who ends up bitterly hating the source material.  But those little details that people come up with to flesh out the universe, be it in meta or fiction or something else, that may or may not end up becoming generally accepted.  nhpw brought this up the other day, about how in fic, you see a lot of "Sheridan is a god in bed."  That's definitely a fanon thing.  We (unfortunately) never learned on the show itself about his prowess, so that's an interpretation that was left up to the fans.

What fanon things do you accept yourself?  Which ones do you hate?  What's your own personal crazy fanon?  Me, for instance, I like to imagine that Sheridan listened to classic rock growing up because that's what his great-granddad listened to - remember, "As my great-granddad would have said, 'cool'"? - and that when his parents were running around doing diplomat-y stuff, he stayed with relatives.  He probably got shit for it at the Academy.  But when he's in his office, late at night, doing boring paperwork, he just rocks out to "Carry On My Wayward Son" or something.  Nothing in canon contradicts that, so I'm free to believe it as much as I want.

Also, when I imagine events S5 and later in my head, I can just pretend he doesn't have his stupid goatee and ugly brown hair; that is contradicted by canon, but since it's just in my head and I'm not doing fanart, I think it's okay.

Comments

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

First of all, if it didn't say Spain in your profile and if you hadn't made other comments here and there, I wouldn't have had a clue English wasn't your first language. JUST SAYIN'. Second of all, I so highly, highly doubt there would even be a need for 'judging,' come on. I've read your posts and such; you're a wonderful writer. Very descriptive and lyrical. Don't make me come up there.

Hee, okay, so I got on FFN and did a cursory search, and there's a 'rougecrayon,' but they're Canadian and only wrote one story, for Buffy. How weird that someone else has almost the same user name.

[un-crayon-rouge.livejournal.com]

Ok, so writing correct english isn't really my concern. I did learn most of my english watching Star Trek, so I figure I'll do all right writing fanfiction for it. I'm more concerned about extreme mushiness and very loose characterization. I like the idea for that story, and some parts of it, but I think it ultimately failed. I just didn't know how to do it better at the time. As I wrote in one of the author's notes, at some point the characters where just standing there and refused to talk. I finally had to force them to make the story end somehow, and that is never a good idea...