FF: Canon, fanon, apocrypha

[Alex Corvus]

No: HPFGUIDX 12460

Heidi wrote:
>In which category are those of you who are "canon purists" going to 
>put things like the upcoming JKR books Quidditch through the ages and 
>Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
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Personally, I'd accept JKR-written books as canon, much the same way I accept
both The Hobbit and LotR as Middle-Earth canon. The same way I accept that
godawful X-Files movie as canon, even though I don't want to. Unless some
conflict develops between the 7 HP books and the other books, in which case
I'd give the 7HP primacy. An expansion of existing texts by the creator in the
same universe is just adding onto canon.

>And what about the video games (including the spells one) which is 
>coming out later this year, where JKR has approved all 
>the "fact" things in there?
>Will those become Canon?

Not to me. JKR has approved the script for the movie, that doesn't mean I'm
going to accept the movie as canon, as compared to the books. I don't accept
pro SW or Trek novels as canon, either. I'm not entirely sure about this, but
my SW fanboy source is telling me that George Lucas has said that the pro SW
novels are *not* canon, even though they're approved.

Gah! And having invoked Lucas in a discussion, I now have to go sprinkle
myself with salt and water in a cleansing ritual and lie down for a bit ...

Alexa


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