hi this drives me crazy
canon is what happens in the text. e.g. merlin tries to poison morgana
a headcanon is a fact that you have personally made up as an elaboration of canon. it is your invention. e.g. i think morgana and gwen had a teenage lesbian situationship before the events of canon. or, i think modern morgana would love evanesence.
an interpretation is how one reads the existing text. it is not an invented fact nor is it a headcanon, it is a reading. e.g. i think merlin tries to poison morgana out of misplaced self-hatred. or, i think that one line was delivered with suppressed malice and shows a nuanced relationship.
fanon is the general fandom’s accepted headcanons and interpretations that elaborate or recontextualize canon. e.g. merlin is a badass waif and morgana is a bitch.
these are all different words with different meanings.
It shouldn’t bother me as bad as it does but I also like to see what my mutual are up to and enjoying and sometimes I’ll be reading a thread where someone along the line of reblogs completely fucks the word and I’m like “huh… weird plot twist but okay” for something they headcannon lol
Not saying my mutuals do this tho, not that I’ve noticed. #ilovemymutuals
