What officially happened in a story — canon — as opposed to headcanon, fanon, and what should have happened, from Sherlock Holmes societies into every fandom, and the record's entry for the word that has caused more arguments than any plot.
Filed as evidence: a job listing that asked candidates to demonstrate "Canon energy". Screenshot attached. The listing has since been edited.
The record notes 'is it canon?' is the fandom's founding question and that 'canon' is now used about real life — 'that's canon now' — for anything that happened.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
