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Chris Opperman's avatar

The fact that everything in Jack of Fables may or may not be canon makes more sense than if it was all to be taken strictly literally. *rim shot*

Although in my headspace canon, one time Jack inspired the Phantom of the Opera by trying hard to get laid while recovering after a run-in with Sheriff Bigby.

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Eric Hinkle's avatar

I always took it for granted that the author/creator of any given work was the only one fit to decide what was and was not canon in it.

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Bill Williams's avatar

I like to think that the readers decide what's in their personal canon. Don't like Snyder's Batman stories- POOF! and they're gone. Captain America was a werewolf for a while- BANG! and it never happened. (Yes, I think in Adam West Batman sound effects.)

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Eric Hinkle's avatar

Your mileage may vary, but I vastly prefer Capwolf to 'Captain Hail Hydra'.

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Bill Williams's avatar

Agreed, but by then, I had given up on weekly comics except for Daredevil.

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Bigby's avatar

Your attitude to your own work is then diametrically opposed to that of Allan Moore, for example.

As a fan, you naturally want to be able to stay in the world you love, without logical errors. Peter Jackson, for example, played a very dangerous and risky game and won, imo. Others have failed terribly.

Fables is your work, so it's your choice. Especially with things you love, unfulfilled expectations hurt the most.

But the news of new Fables stories reconciles. That may also be, cause I live out my gaming instincts differently on the PC. A screwed-up film adaptation, on the other hand, would cause me physical pain.

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Ian Miller's avatar

I think a lot of use nerds grew up really liking the idea of these alternate universes as history, not really constructed fiction with Themes, yo, so we were overly troubled by inconsistencies and less troubled by things like what the author Meant. I think that's why the questions of canon matter so much to a lot of us.

Though when it comes to the canon of Western literature, that's more of a political battlefield for control of values formation, and a whole other thing. :)

Really appreciate this essay!

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