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taotrooper) wrote2006-08-14 06:16 pm
taotrooper) wrote2006-08-14 06:16 pm
I think I just hurt my arm muscles
Something I saw in a forum (more specifically, it was someone wanting to ask CLAMP if Clef/Umi existed *snorts* well, not for them, you know...) made me wondering this.
When it comes to fandoms with multiple canons, and in which every canon has their official ships contradicted/sank by the other one(s), do you guys consider any ship "more canon" than other(s)?
For instance, the Angelic Layer series. In anime, the producers decided to make canon Oujirou/Misaki and Koutarou/Tamayo. However, CLAMP picked Koutarou as Misaki's guy, while Oujirou gave a damn about her in a romantic sense and went on a date with Tamayo, making everyone go WTF -manga!Oujirou has that effect on people, like any good Mihara. And speaking of Miharas, manga!Icchan was never interested in Shouko -can't recall if that one sailed in anime.
When it comes to CLAMP fandoms, I find myself considering the manga ships over the anime ones as Teh Canon. Actually, few exceptions aside (like the one-sided Meiling/Syaoran crush), I tend to take anime-only canon ships as borderline fanon. I mean, I'll grant they ARE canon because there's media supporting it, but not the canon I as a fan am bound to accept. I take CLAMP as the true canon source.
Now, that's in that particular set of canons. CLAMPverse aside, I probably could favor an anime/movie-only ship over manga/book-only canon if I really liked it. I can't think of an example right now, but I'm not as wanky to say "I'll never drink from this water". I'd probably think the first canon's ships are canon-er than mine, but I'd still be happy with my share of canon. Then, I wouldn't go and scream at the fans who say the ship from the canon without my pairing is the canon one.
So, what do you think? Do you care at all about that? Do you favor the canon with the pairing you like the most, or the oldest one, or both? Or does it depend on every case?
When it comes to fandoms with multiple canons, and in which every canon has their official ships contradicted/sank by the other one(s), do you guys consider any ship "more canon" than other(s)?
For instance, the Angelic Layer series. In anime, the producers decided to make canon Oujirou/Misaki and Koutarou/Tamayo. However, CLAMP picked Koutarou as Misaki's guy, while Oujirou gave a damn about her in a romantic sense and went on a date with Tamayo, making everyone go WTF -manga!Oujirou has that effect on people, like any good Mihara. And speaking of Miharas, manga!Icchan was never interested in Shouko -can't recall if that one sailed in anime.
When it comes to CLAMP fandoms, I find myself considering the manga ships over the anime ones as Teh Canon. Actually, few exceptions aside (like the one-sided Meiling/Syaoran crush), I tend to take anime-only canon ships as borderline fanon. I mean, I'll grant they ARE canon because there's media supporting it, but not the canon I as a fan am bound to accept. I take CLAMP as the true canon source.
Now, that's in that particular set of canons. CLAMPverse aside, I probably could favor an anime/movie-only ship over manga/book-only canon if I really liked it. I can't think of an example right now, but I'm not as wanky to say "I'll never drink from this water". I'd probably think the first canon's ships are canon-er than mine, but I'd still be happy with my share of canon. Then, I wouldn't go and scream at the fans who say the ship from the canon without my pairing is the canon one.
So, what do you think? Do you care at all about that? Do you favor the canon with the pairing you like the most, or the oldest one, or both? Or does it depend on every case?