30 Days of Fanfic Writing Meme - Day Thirteen

 Today's question: Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?

 Um... have a comfy seat?  We could be here for awhile.

Short answer: it depends on the fandom. 

 I think the one I rely on fanon the most in is GI Joe, but that's because I've helped contribute to at least one ship that (I think) achieved fanon status.  Some of the fanon is better than the stuff that was in canon.

 Basically, if it works for what I'm writing, I'll use fanon.  However, if the fanon doesn't work, I don't (or I go AU).

 I think one of my favorite moments involving fanon was when I got a review on my ongoing Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys story where I made Nancy's mother's name Cecily, not Elizabeth.  (Her name is never given in the books, so no canon.)   The review informed me that "we" (I couldn't tell whether it was the Elizabeth Drew Foundation, or maybe the royal We) prefer Elizabeth.  But they liked the story.


The rest of the meme is here.