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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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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I also think a lot of fans tend to mistake the headcanons of actors - and sometimes the support of their showrunners in voicing those headcanons - with an actual promise of future content. Actors aren't writers! And the alternative to that support is keeping the actors quiet!
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That does happen, but that is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about things like when the text explicitly frames two men or two women as a couple and then pulls a "haha JUST KIDDING THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS CAUSE THEY'RE STRAIGHT."
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Like, I'm not a big Sherlock fan and I've never shipped Johnlock, but WOW does that show queerbait its main characters a lot. That is the level of baiting I'm talking about.
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