Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14061097-20160420195004/@comment-25936766-20160521002653

68.194.169.97 wrote:

Who said I was denying it? Cannot not they coexist? Aren't Fanfics just as factual as their own canon? Cannot we choose to acknowledge both as real? One being the original? That's why it is called an AU, to call it delusional is rather exaggerated, dishonest, and taking fiction too seriously -"Cannot not"?

-Define "coexist". Fanfics and Canon cannot coexist, in the sense that canon is TRUE AND FACT and fanfics are not.

-"As their own canon"? You mean, at an internal level? The canon within the fanfic? That's different from the canon of the actual work the fanfic is of.

-No, you cannot acknowledge both as real. Because Canon is Real, Fanfic is Not Real.

-An AU is not necesarily a fanfic. A fanfic is not necesarily an AU. AUs are canon within themselves, with their canon being different from the one of the original work. AUs can be made by fans, or the actual creators of a work.

Fanfics can either happen in the universe of a work, and thus would need to follow it's canon except where required, or they can happen in an AU, in which case the canon may be different.

-I call it delusional because denying canon, ignoring canon, and making a fanfic and then saying it's Real, it's nothing but delusional. No exageration, full honesty.