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Frankencanon
| Synonyms: | continuity soup |
| See also: | canon, fanon, crossover |
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Frankencanon is a fannish term used to characterize the unholy mishmash within a single fanwork of details drawn from different adaptations of a canon or series within a franchise. It may have originated in or been popularized by MDZS fandom.
Usage Examples
[lunarwriter75]
Some other fic writer coined the term ‘frankencanon’ and it stuck. I read the novel so soon after watching the show that it’s all a blend. I think I end up using mostly novel TL with cql looks.[2]
It's also possible that they'll zero in on treating BG3 as its own thing while stripping the wider canon for parts. Like there's a whole bunch of Witcher fic writers that came in via Netflix but rapidly peeled off to do their own gradual frankencanon thing as they worked through the sources.[3]
I’ve enjoyed several fic (sadly, I can’t remember names or authors) that lampshaded Mo Xuanyu and Wei Wuxian “looking nearly identical” in modern frankencanon AUs.[4]
Fannish Resources
- frankencanon tag at AO3
References
- ^ tweet by Zizzani, Archived version, 19 August 2020.
- ^ tweet by lunarwriter75, Archived version, 19 August 2020.
- ^ Re: Baldur’s Gate - staying power, Archived version, fail_fandomanon, 2023-09-10.
- ^ Re: Cnovels - MDZS, Archived version, fail_fandomanon, 2024-03-04.