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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What I see happen a lot is: fans decide a particular character or pairing is queercoded and/or just wants them to be canon gays, expressing this to the creators; not wanting to be dicks, the creators say "we're happy fandom exists," and fans tinhat this as a covert promise.
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Like: particularly with TV shows, individual actors, writers or even showrunners aren't in a position to make promises about future character developments in response to fan queries. But the alternative to encouraging fans to enjoy their headcanons is to come off as anti-fan.
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