DPP: Canon v. Fanon

[workerbee73.livejournal.com]

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

[zenzero42.livejournal.com]

Hi, I wrote only a few times, usually I just lurk around. a lot :)

well, in my opinion Kara IS the best pilot ever.
no one else can do the thing she does. both because she has a incredible gift both because no one is crazy as she is.
and I have to confess that I thought, until today, that this opinion was shared by all the fandom, especially Kara fandom.

also bsg is an epic story, and kara is THE epic character of that story so she has to be the best pilot ever...

[innibis.livejournal.com]

That's good reasoning, since Kara is the hero of journey she probably is supposed to be the best ever. I still say it's impossible to tell who the best pilot ever is though. It's like saying someone is the best race car driver ever - it's subjective.