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

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

I think she only tries to run away once he wants to talk/force a point and turn it into something more.

Well, considering he wanted to "turn it into something more" pretty much all the time... no wonder they had problems ;)

But don't you think, deep down, she wanted the same thing but just couldn't give in to her own feelings - probably for fear of getting hurt?

Quoting you again: "Oh kids, they're so frakked up." :P

And I miss them so much. :(

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Yes of course! I think she was afraid of her own desire for him.

But I also don't think Kara believed Lee always wanted to turn it into something more. I think Kara believed he never fought hard enough for her and wasn't sure he really could or did want her. She implies that in UB a few times: "What choice did you make huh?" and "The old man's got chops. He knows when to make his moves, when to hold back. I wish I could say the same for his son." and to Sharon about him making the same mistake since she first met him (although daybreak flashbacks again don't make senes in that light.) And then in Taking a Break she goes to him and says "I thought we wanted the same thing" and he denies it, says he can't take the chance/risk his marriage again.

Sigh. They were always at cross-purposes. Never on the same page at the same time until s4/4.5 when they were in synch in all their (limited) scenes. And the writers just blew it in the end anyway. **grumble**

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

He "says he can't take the chance/risk his marriage again."

That is the only moment in the whole show I really, really hated him. I couldn't believe my own ears. That was so not the moment to chicken out.

Off topic: I read your "Lee Adama's top 25 defining moments". It is a really great selection. :D

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Aw. I didn't hate him, it was baffling and maddening and made no sense, but the writers failed to be consistent with Lee so often I just chalked it up to writerFail. Heh.

Oh thanks! Glad you liked them! :)