#personally I'm conflicted whether to consider that last comic canon or not

[jeeaark]

half-orc, half-githyanki greygold. my brain stopped working....and i'm pretty sure lae'zel is in shutdown mode and needs to be revived quickly.

At first, I thought Lae'zel would've been more conflicted about Githgold; something something illusions and not the real deal. But now I'm thinking she'd just be perplexed. Why pretend to be buff when you can be actually buff?

[highbrowhapticsnx01]

Canon, or not to be?

To put it lightly, canon can be a tricky thing. There are many variables that make it arguably acceptable (or not). Overall, I think remaining canon is very important and agree with Judith Okuda in the previous video when she described it as perimeters.

Whether a story is told strictly text, as in a novel, or a tv show, defining the parimeters, and or rules, is the foundation of understanding the world and characters within a imaginative universe. Often times when something is off canon it can conflict with previously established informaition which can be extremely distracting to the audience.

Where canon could be useful is when writers may want to take a different, creative approach. In this sense, paramiters could limit and or restrict creative efforts. I'm fairly new to the Start Trek world and have not encountered uncanon content yet. Where I do have more experience is Star Wars and Marvel comics. Those world have expanded so much that it can start to feel like anything goes. Many character personalities unpacked personal histories feel less interesting with the bigger the changes are made. That's hard to enjoy and stand by as a fan. In fact, now the term canon is used by fans as a definition of acceptance or rejection of any newly release content and whether it's worthy to be considered in alignment with original work.

For example, The Last Jedi. As a fan, it had felt that Luke, regardless of all the supporting evidence, (story flashbacks, etc.) of what happened to him brought him this point in time; the decisions he had [apparently] made and the current behavior he exhibited. For me personally, I struggled to relate to 'new Luke' because there was more [prior] content which laid the foundation of his character which revealed his character in a wholesome light, completely contrary to his weathered character in The Last Jedi. Therefore, I don't accept it as canon.