CANON vs. FANON -- Reality vs. Imagination
People who aren't really part of any so-called obsessive fandoms may not be aware of this, but there are really quite a few large-ish battle being waged سے طرف کی sometimes even fanatic people, mostly on this one subject: canon. Is it equivalent to the Holy Bible یا not? Is the word of the مصنف really and truly what goes? But wait, maybe I should back up a little.
To put it simply, canon includes everything about a book series etc. that has been verified سے طرف کی the author/other creator. It can include anything from birthdays and deathdays to who married who, and indeed it's often the latter, usually referred to as "shipping", that lights the biggest fires. Everyone has their own personal favourite, and if JK Rowling never intended for Harry to be gay and fall in love with Draco Malfoy, so what? What does it matter that JRR Tolkien probably never have envisioned Legolas and Gimli embarking on a wild, inter-species romance? This, my friends, is what we call fanon. Anything and everything that isn't officially verified but is still recognised within fandoms as something some people "ship", think, یا otherwise believe.
But why should we be interested in the differences of canon and fanon?
Well, the reason is simple, really: I want to investigate whether people prefer canon یا fanon. This goal would be easiest to accomplish using a survey study. The most practical solution would probably be to design a series of سوالات and then start spreading them on the internet along with an میل ای address, mainly in places that members of various fandoms frequent, such as Facebook پرستار pages and other various پرستار sites and forums. It would be important to remember to spread the survey amongst multiple fandoms, unless the goal were to find out the percentage of canon supporters in a specific fandom -- which, in this case, it isn't.
Using this method, one wouldn't really need other materials than the سوالات themselves and a working میل ای address for جوابات to be sent to. Of course, having some kind of system to record جوابات and display them clearly at any part of the process would also be useful -- آپ could, for example, make a میز, جدول with the number of the سوال in the vertical row and a slot for each of the جوابات in the horizontal row, if the سوالات were multiple choice. This way آپ could easily keep track of how many people have picked which answer.
Some example سوالات that could be asked:
- On a whole, do آپ prefer canon یا fanon?
- When considering ships/pairings only, canon یا fanon?
- Do آپ consider Wikias (fan-made مضمون databases, based on the Wikipedia format) strict canon?
Also, it may be interesting to ask some demographical سوالات like age, gender and country to see whether stereotypes such as "young people believe everything and therefore support canon" یا "Indian people love happy endings" are true, even in the slightest.
My hypothesis is that if a "I support both" option is given, the vast majority will pick that. Speaking from personal experience as a member of a so-called obssessive fandom, it's near impossible to pick just one, because so many people ship so many pairings etc. that آپ can't ask them to pick only half of them. If, however, آپ were to be so cruel, I estimate that well over half would side with fanon, since the support of gay pairings and other unofficial things has skyrocketed in the past few years.
and that, my friends, is 600 words of pure bullshit, also known as the Psych research plan I'm turning in on Friday unless I can think of a better reseach سوال and type it all out before then :p
People who aren't really part of any so-called obsessive fandoms may not be aware of this, but there are really quite a few large-ish battle being waged سے طرف کی sometimes even fanatic people, mostly on this one subject: canon. Is it equivalent to the Holy Bible یا not? Is the word of the مصنف really and truly what goes? But wait, maybe I should back up a little.
To put it simply, canon includes everything about a book series etc. that has been verified سے طرف کی the author/other creator. It can include anything from birthdays and deathdays to who married who, and indeed it's often the latter, usually referred to as "shipping", that lights the biggest fires. Everyone has their own personal favourite, and if JK Rowling never intended for Harry to be gay and fall in love with Draco Malfoy, so what? What does it matter that JRR Tolkien probably never have envisioned Legolas and Gimli embarking on a wild, inter-species romance? This, my friends, is what we call fanon. Anything and everything that isn't officially verified but is still recognised within fandoms as something some people "ship", think, یا otherwise believe.
But why should we be interested in the differences of canon and fanon?
Well, the reason is simple, really: I want to investigate whether people prefer canon یا fanon. This goal would be easiest to accomplish using a survey study. The most practical solution would probably be to design a series of سوالات and then start spreading them on the internet along with an میل ای address, mainly in places that members of various fandoms frequent, such as Facebook پرستار pages and other various پرستار sites and forums. It would be important to remember to spread the survey amongst multiple fandoms, unless the goal were to find out the percentage of canon supporters in a specific fandom -- which, in this case, it isn't.
Using this method, one wouldn't really need other materials than the سوالات themselves and a working میل ای address for جوابات to be sent to. Of course, having some kind of system to record جوابات and display them clearly at any part of the process would also be useful -- آپ could, for example, make a میز, جدول with the number of the سوال in the vertical row and a slot for each of the جوابات in the horizontal row, if the سوالات were multiple choice. This way آپ could easily keep track of how many people have picked which answer.
Some example سوالات that could be asked:
- On a whole, do آپ prefer canon یا fanon?
- When considering ships/pairings only, canon یا fanon?
- Do آپ consider Wikias (fan-made مضمون databases, based on the Wikipedia format) strict canon?
Also, it may be interesting to ask some demographical سوالات like age, gender and country to see whether stereotypes such as "young people believe everything and therefore support canon" یا "Indian people love happy endings" are true, even in the slightest.
My hypothesis is that if a "I support both" option is given, the vast majority will pick that. Speaking from personal experience as a member of a so-called obssessive fandom, it's near impossible to pick just one, because so many people ship so many pairings etc. that آپ can't ask them to pick only half of them. If, however, آپ were to be so cruel, I estimate that well over half would side with fanon, since the support of gay pairings and other unofficial things has skyrocketed in the past few years.
and that, my friends, is 600 words of pure bullshit, also known as the Psych research plan I'm turning in on Friday unless I can think of a better reseach سوال and type it all out before then :p
;]]]]]] I was bored. And please, no Femonk/Travtina comments.
1. Helena سے طرف کی MCR
Because 2 people already covered it and it's full of win.
2. Girlfriend سے طرف کی Avril Lavigne
I always find it funny when guys sing it. xD Especially the "Hell yeah, I'm the motherfucking princess!"
3. 17 سے طرف کی Jet
Coz he is... 17, I mean. :p
4. NYAN CAT song
He knows all the lyrics. ;]]]
5. Waiting سے طرف کی Green دن (or any of the songs off Warning)
Because I am currently addicted to the song.
6. Destroya سے طرف کی MCR
I am a perv ;]
7. Baby سے طرف کی Justin Bieber
Coz he lied to us all about doing it.
8. Addicted سے طرف کی Simple Plan
Becauseeeee... I dunno. lol
9. I Wanna Be Sedated سے طرف کی The Ramones
Because... it rocks.
10. Sing سے طرف کی MCR
Appropriate, isn't it?
11. a redneck country song
lol I dunno any, but it'll be funneh if he does.
12. Time to Dance سے طرف کی Panic!
Because I کہا so.
1. Helena سے طرف کی MCR
Because 2 people already covered it and it's full of win.
2. Girlfriend سے طرف کی Avril Lavigne
I always find it funny when guys sing it. xD Especially the "Hell yeah, I'm the motherfucking princess!"
3. 17 سے طرف کی Jet
Coz he is... 17, I mean. :p
4. NYAN CAT song
He knows all the lyrics. ;]]]
5. Waiting سے طرف کی Green دن (or any of the songs off Warning)
Because I am currently addicted to the song.
6. Destroya سے طرف کی MCR
I am a perv ;]
7. Baby سے طرف کی Justin Bieber
Coz he lied to us all about doing it.
8. Addicted سے طرف کی Simple Plan
Becauseeeee... I dunno. lol
9. I Wanna Be Sedated سے طرف کی The Ramones
Because... it rocks.
10. Sing سے طرف کی MCR
Appropriate, isn't it?
11. a redneck country song
lol I dunno any, but it'll be funneh if he does.
12. Time to Dance سے طرف کی Panic!
Because I کہا so.