it's just that I'd be much happier if fandom treated them more as a separate canon than what it does.
Mmh yes that would be helpful. I like that AO3 has the option to separate canon like that by having categories for the book canon and film canon of various fandoms. And sometimes even a mishmash-canon option.
It's more like that in the LotR fandom, isn't it?
I'm not sure... I am not very very active in the fandom atm. But since there's so much material that hasn't been filmed (e.g. The Silmarillion), people at least usually clearly mark which canon they refer to in their art and fic.
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Date: 2014-04-23 04:04 pm (UTC)Mmh yes that would be helpful. I like that AO3 has the option to separate canon like that by having categories for the book canon and film canon of various fandoms. And sometimes even a mishmash-canon option.
It's more like that in the LotR fandom, isn't it?
I'm not sure... I am not very very active in the fandom atm. But since there's so much material that hasn't been filmed (e.g. The Silmarillion), people at least usually clearly mark which canon they refer to in their art and fic.