#shared headcanon

[gisellelx]

I too will die on the Feb 17th hill for carlisles birthday, thank you for validating me 😂😂

I mean, I’m pretty sure I personally built this hill? So hell yes I’m dying here. 😂🤣😂 You and anyone else are welcome to enjoy this hill and die on it as you wish. It’s a really nice hill; very picturesque. I’m very pleased to discover that there’s a crowd of other people on this hill with me.

[drgeoduck]

I have a problem with shared headcanon

Shared headcanons are distinct from fanon.

Fanon is where a fan theory/headcanon has come to be accepted as canon by the fan community despite not being supported by canon--in fact, often being refuted by canon. As a fan creator, it's usually best to avoid fanon whenever possible.

Shared headcanon is a different animal. A shared headcanon occurs when one fan creator does something, it's popular, and then it starts getting copied by others. Fanon usually starts as shared headcanon, but not all shared headcanons eventually become fanon.

A major type of shared headcanon is the preferred ship. From one fandom I spend some time in, Yuri on Ice, there are tons of these preferred ships. For example: Guang-Hong and Leo are always shipped together. It's rare to find either of them prominent in a story where the ship does not occur. At least it makes a modicum of sense, as they spend a lot of time together and are shown to be good friends. Michele/Emil on the other hand is less so, as Michele constantly displays irritation towards Emil. Perhaps least explicable is the preferred ship of Phichit/Seung-Gil, as those two never interact directly. Their only interaction being a brief dream sequence of Phichit's in which several skaters, one of them Seung-Gil, appears.

Now there's nothing wrong with these ships as such. What I have a problem with are these ships becoming the default. When you like a side character, but the only content you find for them is a ship you don't like, that's a frustrating situation.

Another type of shared headcanon is the character headcanon. To look at My Hero Academia fandom as an example: the character of Sero Hanta is very often depicted in fanworks as a cannabis smoker, and of Hispanic ancestry (not always both, but often yes--and yes, unfortunate implications). And if you are looking for a different characterization of Sero, good luck.

Can something be done about it? "Exclude" tags in AO3 are great, but that only hides the pieces you don't like. The dearth of side character without the headcanons you dislike remains.

When it gets down to it, you might have no other choice but to write the story you want to read.

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[mizjoely]

I was just thinking, assuming that genuinely using the common, juvenile term "girlfriend" probably gives Sherlock an ulcer, lol, what if he refers to Molly as his "one person". It's unique, nonrestrictive, and even a bit odd, but the two of them certainly know the true significance of the term. "Hello, I am Sherlock Holmes and this is my one person, Molly Hooper. She matters the most, she sees through my bullshit, I trust her, I need her, I love her. My one person."

That’s super adorable!

[darthstitch]

twilightshadow wrote a most excellent little story that ties in nicely with my Corporal Bear universe. Steve really needs to learn how to stop upsetting Bucky, is all I'm saying.

[harleyedhunter]

Pigtails & Co.

Between Bill being in an MC, owning and riding a bike, and Jo having always wished that she could follow in her father's footsteps, Jo ended up talking Dean and Sam into helping her out some. All three ended up with bikes, and training wheels, that got the baseball card treatment so they'd make noise when ridden, and they called their little club "Pigtails & Co." 

It amused and cracked Bill up so much that he went out and got them all denim jackets with a little logo for the name as well, much to Ellen rolling her eyes at her husband.

[harleyedhunter]

Headcanon

Bill and Ellen's start was a little rocky, but his charm won her over as the days progressed. He knew that he was winning her over too as she tended to smile all the more around him or at things that he said. They became official the day he brought her a bouquet of wildflowers, and from that day forward he's always called her his Wildflower.