Meaning of fanonical | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fanon.

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Examples

“Here canon and fanon freely mesh: on the one hand, we have⟳ canonical elements such as "green, slanted eyes" and "thin body," and on the other, we have⟳ fanonical elements built on canonical ones, such as "fine-boned, cat-like," "beautiful, fey, little ... child."”

“Because I disagreed with the decision to eliminate imagined relationships from the site, I created a page titled "Pairings (fanon)" on March⟳ 27, 2009, to restore⟳ the "cruft" (excessive, detailed material) that had been edited out, albeit within its own⟳ fanonical space as dictated by Lostpedia policy.”

“Thus while the Ron/Hermione ship is canonical, because Rowling included a relationship between the characters in her books, the Minerva/Hermione ship is fanonical, because a romantic or sexualized relationship between those characters exists only in the minds of fans.”

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