Parallel to death of the author, I propose the term monofantheism, which is when fans get so enraged at a creator’s refusal to legitimate a particular headcanon that they forget having a plurality of headcanons is the *point* of fandom & declare the creator unfit to keep canon.
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I think there's a strong desire also among some fans to want to be able to claim superiority over others: either because they were able to make their ship cannon via lobbying, or by claiming superior analysis by "predicting" it.
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Either way, the whole mindset of "my headcanon is more valid than your headcanon because the creator said so" really, uh... fundamentally misunderstands what a headcanon IS: a personal desire founded in the text, as distinct from (but maybe overlapping) analysis the text supports
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