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ct-hardcase · 4 days ago

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one thing I have noticed in the last few years of discourse about star wars canon is the attitude from some parts of fandom, where when people go "hey, I don't like this problematic aspect of canon/I don't like that this canon significantly contradicts the other", others will respond, stating that star wars is a tapestry of stories, and that it's fine, actually, because you can just take the parts you want and/or to just cobble one's own canon together from whatever.

this isn't bad advice per se, and if that's someone's preferred way of interpreting canon or dealing with discrepancies, I'm genuinely happy they reached that solution (hell, I even do it myself sometimes—rey mind-tricking finn and poe in the tros novelization is something I absolutely choose to ignore on account of it being ooc and not in the movie), but the majority of the time, I like treating canon as a puzzle that I can put together, and when some of the pieces simply can't fit right, or if there's blatant disrespect to the other stories in the tapestry (hi, caleb in tbb), I don't think it's wrong to be pissed at that and expect the corporate entity managing the product to do better.

#got reminded by it in the rc age discourse tags but it's been a running theme since pretty much the mandalorian #either way I'm very happy if people find their peace with canon but you are not better than people who want to interpret it as a whole #on a separate but related note this also applies to people who will bring legends material into a discussion about canon #without saying it's legends #like I'm very glad you have that interpretation but unless it's obvious that canon is being written with this legends supplement in mind #I am not worse than you for not bringing that material into my interpretation of a character #sw negativity #anyway!!!#also I know the mindset is 'why make yourself miserable with canon'#but sometimes gradually accepting it leads to fun things for me #I am not a fan of rey and kylo's romantic relationship and I was not a fan of the dyad #HOWEVER #forcing myself to accept that it's canon has led me to interpretations of those two characters I would not have had if I'd just tossed it o #and makes my experience of the ST canon richer #(also inspired my half-joking headcanon of rey finding a holocron of terec's and getting a 'how to detach from your force bond 101' lesson)

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