Comment by iorgfeflkd on 30/07/2014 at 04:16 UTC

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I don't get it.

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Comment by [deleted] at 30/07/2014 at 04:22 UTC

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"Headcanon" is when a fan of a work of fiction creates an explanation or event in their heads.

For example, one might create a "headcanon" around explaining something left unexplained in a book or movie, and choose to believe the explanation that sounds best to you, even though it doesn't change anything in the actual book or movie. That is to say, you create a "canon" (continuity) in your head.

Canon is pronounced like "Cannon", a type of weapon that fires projectiles using explosions.

Comment by fr0stbyte124 at 30/07/2014 at 04:21 UTC*

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Edit: Let's go with that ^

Here, the cannon became real because he got the other guy to believe in it.

Comment by The_Easterbunny at 30/07/2014 at 20:16 UTC

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http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

for all your future needs.