DPP: Canon v. Fanon

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Canon \ˈka-nən\-- n.  The authentic works of a writer; a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works.

Fanon \ˈfa-nən\-- n.  A term used in fanfiction to describe commonly accepted ideas among authors even if they are not actually expressed in the canon work.

So today I'm curious about fanon.  Is it supported by the source material?  How the hell did we come up with it?  Does it enrich our experience of the text and other stories?  Help or hindrance?

YOUR MISSION:
A.  Help me come up with a list of commonly accepted fanon ideas in the K/l-verse.  Here's a few to get us started:

1.  Kara and Lee are like the best pilots ever OMG.
2.  Lee and Zak's family had money.
3.  Zak was brilliant in another area other then vipers, such a raptor piloting or communications.
4.  Kara was a high-school pyramid champion.
5.  Starbuck and Apollo and famous throughout the Academy, and later after the show starts, throughout the Fleet.
6.  That there is such a thing as a D-CAG (deputy CAG).

I'm sure I've left out a bunch-- that's where I need your help.

B.  Discuss.  Are these ideas supported/not supported by canon?  How does it enrich the development of the characters as you see them?


Good luck.  : )

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/wisteria_/]

#4 has always bugged me, especially the whole "Legend of Starbuckandapollo" which was lovely in Fahye's(?) story but got way overused after that. (And hey, I'm totally guilty of that myself!)

Did we even see them flying together more than a handful of times? 33 through AoC, then skip ahead to Final Cut through Pegasus, plus a few times during early S3. Unless I've forgotten something, that's it for the entire four seasons. And while they both seemed to enjoy flying, there was no direct indication that they particularly enjoyed flying with each other more than with other pilots.

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

For a show about spaceships and pilots... there was surprisingly little flying in it. I would've liked more.