#but when creators reveal additional details about the characters or the world then idk why you'd want to pretend it's not canon or isn't
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Unpopular fandom opinion but: "If it's not in the movie/book/show itself then it isn't canon, idc what the creator says!" is such a stupid af bullshit take lmfao.
#like not everything can be condensed into the source material like you'd like it to#it's such a backwards and limiting way of looking at media too#isn't it much more fun to look at the additional information/extra stuff revealed about the world and characters that the writers have#oh so lovingly provided for you?#if the creators say something then it IS canon#yes ik that not everybody has access to social media to find out information that wasn't revealed in the show#but that doesn't mean it's not canon just because not everybody sees it#i see so many people say stupid shit like 'if the creator actually cared enough about this detail then they'd put it in the story! therefor#it's not canon!' and while yes sometimes that may be true#other times it's not included simply because the creator couldn't find a way to include it or--depending on the medium--there was no way to#include it#and this is not me talking about 'x would not fucking say that' instances or justifying bad writing being covered up by going on twitter#but when creators reveal additional details about the characters or the world then idk why you'd want to pretend it's not canon or isn't#official just because it's not in the story#another stupid thing i see people say is 'those are just the creators headcanons' which is the stupidest and most pretentious thing in the#world#headcanons refer to what you think about OTHER PEOPLE'S characters that are not your own#you wouldn't call art a creator made of their own character 'fanart' an author's thoughts on their own characters is not a 'headcanon'#that is just so naive entitled and disrespectful#and people say this about author's interviews and the likes but like...what's the point of getting those interviews if you're not going to#take them as canon?#they add to the worldbuilding#that's the fun! that's the spice! that's the appeal!#come on now you guys i'm tired#fandom#my post
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[mild spoilers for .hack//Sign lol]
im going to catalogue my .hack thoughts here i've decided
i have been going through the entire .hack franchise since last April, starting with .hack//Sign because a friend introduced me to it and reminded me of my early obsessions with "Media Where The Main Characters Go Into A Virtual Gamer World That In A Technical Sense Sucks Ass But 8 Year Old Me Wanted To Be There More Than Anything Else"
This is the Purposefully Unfinished .hack//Sign thoughts post as I'm currently leading a large amount of my friends through Sign and they haven't seen the end yet so I can't talk about the end bits but all .hack//Sign fans should know that Yes I am an immense fan of That Part
Never thought how cool the concept of someone actually being stuck in a videos game really could be until this anime. I heard plenty about SAO and other "Virtual Gamer World" media out there pulling bits like "but if u die in game u die for real" and the like and not much else so seeing an anime that is vague enough about the actual events taking place that the question of "what DOES happen when you die if you're stuck here?" ends up being kinda scary! Especially with the addition of the actual coolest thing I've seen a VGW media do literally ever which is oh idk
actually making the game part a game
especially when being sold about SAO by my brother who braved the entire first season, it seems like none of these media make an effort to make the Game Part of the world like. a real game? not that they need to limit themselves to how a game functions to tell the story but it always feels like the rules of the game come second to The Protag Who's Above This Actually
and alternatively, .hack//Sign is all about a bunch of players just playing the game! People who pay a monthly fee (god i feel that) to play an open ended game where the biggest appeal comes from playing however you see fit, when so much is possible but all within a ruleset that a game could have. And technically a ruleset a game DOES have since .hack//Sign was created to be a precursor to the events of the .hack//Infection PS2 series, so it's all full circle! Small details like a limited character creator, items used to escape the dungeons or reveal the map, or even just your avatar freezing in place because you went afk are all prevalent in the anime and it makes it feel so much like a place to care about instead of a backdrop for a Normal Boy to do Cool Moves for Free
This also doubles up as the reason why I'm so attached to the escalating nature of What's Really Going On in '.hack's "The World" as even when it gets so intense it could even be considered out of hand, it's all hidden within something that is, to the average person, a regular ass video game to pass the time with your friends online. Technology like VR and super-huge MMOs have just touched down in this franchises world and have a strong public appeal. Nobody has reason to doubt this video game, making those who are caught up in the true secrets of the game all the more relatable. It's awesome I love it
I'll say more about .hack//Sign later once my friends who can see this (hi guys) have wrapped up Sign as well. But as someone who doesn't watch a lot of anime and Sign was like, my 3rd anime ever, it blew my mind into small pieces. I love .hack
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