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Jan. 30th, 2006 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bard_linnPosted here, as it is locked on kiraya's journal as not to cause wank amongst friends.
I had that discussion with [name removed] again about FFVII and canon (on the complexity and purpose of Aerith this time, instead of whether or not the Cloud-Sephiroth dynamic consists solely of hate)... and really, it just becomes frustrating every time. I don't know if it's because it sometimes feels like he pretty much ignores anything that's not stated outright (Tidus/Yuna) or implied with a two-by-four (Royai, Yoruichi/Soi Fon), or because I'm not being particularly coherent in my arguments... Anyway, tell me if this makes sense.
Canon will inevitably have holes and contradictions in it somewhere; this is especially apparent in Final Fantasy VII, where (to borrow a favourite phrase from bard_linn) we have "plot holes big enough to fly the Highwind through." [Not my creation, btw. I picked it up somewhere] One of the things fandom does, though, is try to fix these holes and contradictions in ways that make some modicum of sense.
The big issue here, though, is the characters. In canon, we often have figures whose personalities are underdeveloped (Tseng, Elena), or villains whose motivations aren't sufficiently explained for our liking (Seymour, Nicolai), or people who are present for only a brief moment in canon yet capture our interest like nothing else (Zack), or those who are distressingly portrayed in a very one-dimensional manner (note the upsetting dearth of pre-insanity Sephiroth). It is only natural for fandom to want to explore these characters deeper, to work with what we do know about them and draw our own reasonable conclusions about them. By further examining these characters (and their relationships with each other), we can get to know them better, can discover things about them that canon is only vague to the nth degree about.
And for the record: yes, we realise it's not canon, but until the officiators of canon fill us in on the details (assuming that they ever get around to it), it's how we keep everything organised and functioning in the universe (a thing especially important to those of us who write fanfic, whether it be romantic or gen). It's not hurting anyone, and you don't have to accept it (by all means, theorise yourself; it's loads of fun), so just chill out.
Blargh, I still don't feel like I'm making any sense. Anybody?
kiraya's journal as not to cause wank amongst friends.I had that discussion with [name removed] again about FFVII and canon (on the complexity and purpose of Aerith this time, instead of whether or not the Cloud-Sephiroth dynamic consists solely of hate)... and really, it just becomes frustrating every time. I don't know if it's because it sometimes feels like he pretty much ignores anything that's not stated outright (Tidus/Yuna) or implied with a two-by-four (Royai, Yoruichi/Soi Fon), or because I'm not being particularly coherent in my arguments... Anyway, tell me if this makes sense.
Canon will inevitably have holes and contradictions in it somewhere; this is especially apparent in Final Fantasy VII, where (to borrow a favourite phrase from bard_linn) we have "plot holes big enough to fly the Highwind through." [Not my creation, btw. I picked it up somewhere] One of the things fandom does, though, is try to fix these holes and contradictions in ways that make some modicum of sense.
The big issue here, though, is the characters. In canon, we often have figures whose personalities are underdeveloped (Tseng, Elena), or villains whose motivations aren't sufficiently explained for our liking (Seymour, Nicolai), or people who are present for only a brief moment in canon yet capture our interest like nothing else (Zack), or those who are distressingly portrayed in a very one-dimensional manner (note the upsetting dearth of pre-insanity Sephiroth). It is only natural for fandom to want to explore these characters deeper, to work with what we do know about them and draw our own reasonable conclusions about them. By further examining these characters (and their relationships with each other), we can get to know them better, can discover things about them that canon is only vague to the nth degree about.
And for the record: yes, we realise it's not canon, but until the officiators of canon fill us in on the details (assuming that they ever get around to it), it's how we keep everything organised and functioning in the universe (a thing especially important to those of us who write fanfic, whether it be romantic or gen). It's not hurting anyone, and you don't have to accept it (by all means, theorise yourself; it's loads of fun), so just chill out.
Blargh, I still don't feel like I'm making any sense. Anybody?
