Since I'm posting 7 years later, you might already have considered this, but could this phenomenon be covered by Fix Fic? Where part of the "fix" is disregarding events/works you dislike/refuse to accept as canon.
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I honestly find the idea of Fanon discontinuity to be really dumb to try to deny reality just because you don't like it, is like the nerdy version of "alternative" facts.
Is it fair game to list this trope in the main tropes page of a fanfic explaining what said fanfic don't acknowledge about the canon?
I've gotten into full on brawls with people on Instagram doing this shit to Toy Story 4, you can say it's non canon all you want, that's not gonna change the fact is it! Also, I don't like those two stick figures, they beat a guy up for mentioning a movie they don't like!
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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Example Sectionectomy?
, started by nuclearneo577 on Jul 16th 2011 at 9:10:09 PM
Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused, started by Silverblade2 on Feb 22nd 2016 at 10:24:14 PM
The note at the bottom of the main description says that this is only for "examples of the fandom as a whole disregarding an event". Yet there are entries which admit to being extremely controversial. SO, should we delete these entries or change the note on the main page?
My own Fanon Discontinuity list:
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- Spartacus: War of the Damned (Vengeance ended just fine for me)
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil Season 2 (wasn't as fun as Season 1 which had an adequate ending)
I don't have to Discontinuity Seasons 5 and above of Winx Club coz they're already non-canon to the Cinelume dub which I'm loyal to
Edited by Ghostkaiba297
Is there a term for fanon that is written partway through a work's run cycle, then debunked when that work continues and the canon takes it in another direction entirely?
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The term is "Jossed".
Also see "Fan-Disliked Explanation" and "Continuation" under "Alternate Universe Fic".
The main page is Fanon Discontinuity but the subpages are just Discontinuity. What gives?
The Protomen enhanced my life.
From the page linked: "This is an audience reaction trope about a fan response to works of fiction. It is not a place to get into a discussion about claims that people make about history."
Would an inversion of this be canon discontinuity that fanon considers canon? And are their any examples after this?
"Any campaign world where an orc samurai can leap off a landcruiser to fight a herd of Bulbasaurs will always have my vote of confidence" Hide / Show Replies
That would be Fanon + Canon Discontinuity.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
The current folder listing of the archived tales doesn't work. It's redirected like this:
- Fanon Discontinuity Anime And Manga
- Fanon Discontinuity Comic Books
- Fanon Discontinuity Film Film
- Fanon Discontinuity Literature
- Fanon Discontinuity Live Action TV
- Fanon Discontinuity Music
and so on, when actually I think it was intended to be like this:
- Fanon Discontinuity /Anime & Manga
- Fanon Discontinuity /Comic Books
- Fanon Discontinuity /Film
- Fanon Discontinuity /Literature
- Fanon Discontinuity /Live-Action TV
- Fanon Discontinuity /Music
emphasis on the slash after the "Fanon Discontinuity" topic.
Care to fix that please? I tried to edit the page, and it sends me to uncanney valley, where I'd rather not do anything, so I'd probably end up screwing the page.
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The current page quote doesn't really describe this trope that well, being more a joke about Comic Book Guy treating his comics as Serious Business rather than providing an example of a person refusing to talk about a Dork Age or a bad sequel or pretending it never happened.
Does anyone else think we should create a non-YMMV version of this trope for specific examples of fan works that ignore canon events? To use an example, while some Avatar: The Last Airbender fans declare Fanon Discontinuity on the comics, while many others disagree, so it's a case of YMMV. However, in The Stalking Zuko Series the author explicitly states that she doesn't like The Promise or consider it canon, and specifically contradicts it in a few ways (most notably the fic being a Zutara story), so while people's opinions may vary on the author's decision, it's a fact that she refuses to acknowledge the comics.
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