Motivational Insertion: Canonical vs Non-Canonical
Listen to this, moonpies.Â
So Iâve seen this debate swing around several times. I wonât play with you if you are or are not canon, you arenât canon enough or you did something so OOC oh my gosh what on earth is going on what-
"Canon is something that is confirmed to have happened in the main universe from which you are referring.
Say, if itâs in le Final Fantasy 7 universe, it is canon that Sephiroth stabbed Cloud, A LOT. But, Cloud killed Sephiroth a lot.âÂ
"Personalities? That is where it gets complicated, because then thereâs this thing called âCHARACTER DEVELOPMENTâ.
also if were speaking about more believable characters, then one person should act very different around one person than another. It just depends on who the character is.â
Iâm just going to reach out to several of my characters here that I have used to stray from âcanonâ. Zhang He. A very one-dimensional character that is obsessed with beauty. How do we go into character development? We find out why heâs obsessed with it. What makes him cling to it. Why. What. Where. How. Who. All of these questions envelope the reader in a blanket of wonder.Â
Zhu Ran. FUCK if I know how heâs going to act in the game.Â
Zhuge Dan. God forbid I made him human. GASP HE HAS EMOTIONS OTHER THAN â>B[ â.
So. Iâm just going to reach out to all of the characters out there who have done something in their own way to stray from non-canon. This even includes relationships!Â
Cao Cao x Sun Jian. Did you make it work? Good for you. Cao Cao x Guo Jia. Made it work? GOOD FOR YOU. Liu Bei x Lian Shi? If you like it and it makes you happy, then it makes me happy.Â
This is not to say that canonical characters are not wonderful- because they are! Just donât think that you have to have a stick up your ass and become an elitist to say what your character can or cannot do. Weâre all writers and we all have our own imaginations and interpretations. There are also limitless sources of information for us. Game, Novel and History itself. We can use all of these things- and not to mention that our muses are like our children. We connect with them. They all come from a special place in our hearts and minds and are nurtured and provided their ability to live through us, the author parents. A piece of us, be it just a space in our mind or heart, will always be put into them.
Thatâs what makes each and every one of them special.Â
Thatâs what makes you special.Â
So here I am now going to list my very, very favorite writers. I understand that many of them may be hard to follow or keep up, but this is just my own opinion and Iâm going to post it here anyway.Â