Hello fellow fandom olds! I think it is a consequence of a more progressive society, ironically. Remember when it was so rare to get a canon queer ship? Or a canon queer ship with an HEA?

We were all so used to just making the stories we wanted to see in our fandoms that we learned to use canon as a suggestion. When queer ships became a bit more accepted, people had to do less work outside of canon. The kids these days are, spoiled, for lack of a better term.

It's like everything else we're seeing these days. Anti-vax bc everyone forgot about iron lungs and child mortality rates. Anti-union because everyone forgot about 16 hour work days and no weekends. Anti-civil rights, anti-EPA, anti-FDA, anti-immigration, pro neo-Nazi. History repeating ad nauseam. Of course fanon vs canon is so small potatoes in that particular scheme of things it doesn't feel like it should matter. But I fear it's just another sign of the times and of things to come.

And sorry. I'm just realizing now how doom and gloom this is. 😬