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[['''Headcanon]]''' (also seen as "head canon") is an interpretation of events or elements of a [[Fandom]], used to provide a personal explanation or enhancement of [[Canon]] elements, but not found within or supported by the official canon. Differs from [[Fanon]] in that it is not an accidental fan mutation of the core work, but a deliberate act of enhancing or supplementing canon for one's personal satisfaction, usually shared in a context that makes its non-canon status clear. It also differs from [[Fanon]] on the collectivity of its use: a headcanon is usually linked or traced to a single particular person who originated it, while fanon tends to be more of a "collective" creation by fans, sometime traceable to a single point of origin but usually [[Memetic Mutation|memetically mutated]] to its current form; thus, a headcanon ''can'' become fanon if enough fandom members embrace and propagate it.

Not to be confused with [[BFGWeaponized Headgear|headcannon]], no matter what ''[[xkcd]]'' says.