Headcanon Fodder

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever watched a movie or show, gotten sucked into a mystery and come up with your own idea of what is going to be revealed – only to find out that you’re wrong? Do you accept what’s now established as canon, or do you get attached to your own “headcanon?” We are living in the golden age of headcanon, especially in sci-fi fantasy, where many storytellers are following the template of J.J. Abrams and his Mystery Box approach. So, we did a call out to our listeners, to find out what headcanons they came up with or heard about, and why they think those headcanons work better than what ended up on screen, or on the page. Featuring Larry Brenner, Mark White, Josh Sawyer, Doug Tricarico, Chris Landon, and Judd Winick, who had the opportunity to turn his headcanon into canon. There aren’t major spoilers in this episode, but we discuss plot points in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, The Mandalorian, the first Matrix, Iron Man 2, Hawkeye, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Inspector Gadget, Citizen Kane, and Batman comics. This episode is sponsored by Inked Gaming and Realm. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you’re interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:33.2	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds. Show about how we create them and why we suspend
1:37.4	or disbelieve. I'm Eric Polinsky.
1:43.0	We are in a golden age of head canon, although that may not be a good thing. Head canon is
1:49.3	a term for when a storyteller is creating a mystery or telling a story that isn't finished
1:53.3	yet, and the fans fill in those gaps with their own ideas of what's going to happen, or
1:59.2	what will be revealed, and when their head canon doesn't turn out to be canon, the fans
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