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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 iorgfeflkd at 30/07/2014 at 12:06 UTC
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Why does he say "Headcannon:" instead of "Headcannon?"
Comment by avsa at 30/07/2014 at 20:36 UTC
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Never heard this expression, but sounds like the exact purpose of /r/asksciencefiction
Comment by _F1_ at 30/07/2014 at 21:23 UTC
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Canon is pronounced like "Cannon"
"canon" is slow and "cannon" is fast.