Rainbow is a pegasus pony from Cloudsdale. Sudan and Islam don’t even exist in her universe, and she obviously doesn’t use a wheelchair. The term you’re looking for is “AU”.
There’s nothing wrong with personal AUs, but they’re not headcanons. And at a certain point, just admit you’re making an OC.
dash still plays with her my little muslim action figures sometimes off camera.
Alright, that’s a fair point. I can admit to that at least.
Some people can just get a little bit annoyed when the wrong word is used to convey an idea. They can end up being called pedantic, but really, they’re kinda right. :)
No, you’re about right. Actually, that’s a better explanation then I had in mind.
My argument, however, is why does it matter? Or, rather, why does it matter if someone uses the term incorrectly when it doesn’t have any real impact on the canon outside of someone’s perspective.
I think the difference is that a headcanon is a “fact” the fan has made up to try to explain something in the canon (or to fill in something that is missing in the canon, like a missing name for a character).
An AU is when you take the characters, settings, or established events of the fandom and completely re-write them. It’s a completely different scale of alteration.
Believing that Rainbow Dash’s parents originally named her Sparkly Twinklehooves but she was so embarrassed by that name that she changed it, counts as headcanon.
A setting where the characters are, and always have been, centaurs is an AU.
…I think.
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Okay. Show me a definition of headcanon where it has to be possible. And if the problem is just a label and that they should be calling it an Alternate Universe where character X is interpreted as Y, then why is it so upsetting? It’s all just fanfiction/fan art.
The problem is when they are clearly nonsensical, yet you parade around like your headcannon could have a sliver of possibility. Like I said, if you have an alt interpretation of a character, that’s your business.
Yes, it is. The post says “Alternate Versions of Ponies are AUs, not headcanons.”
My rebuttal was “I agree, but this feels like just an excuse to play Fandom Police”.
I fail to see what isn’t the point of the post.
That’s not the point of this post.
Good advice. Maybe you should take it yourself. :)
Jokes aside, this is the internet. Where opinions can be shared, both in the hopes of sharing information and in the hopes of finding like-minded individuals. If it bothers you to see some other headcanon, then nothing’s stopping you from ignoring it if it bothers you.
Then interpret it to yourself.
But, on the OTHER hand, I feel the spirit behind this message is wrong. It’s not some kind of criminal offense to say Rainbow Dash is a Muslim or needs a wheelchair. Yeah, I do think that second bit teeters on AU, but it’s their business. Not my business, not your business. If an alternate interpretation of a character bothers someone, then that guy really needs to rethink their priorities. Because, well, who cares? Like, who really cares? And besides, these kinds of AUs and Headcanons or whichever you wanna call them can be the stepping stones for OCs and fandom is often the springboard for original projects. It’s always gonna be easier, and more fun, to concoct different interpretations of characters and it’s not like everyone’s gonna have this universal idea of a character anyway.
Again, I can get the message, but this just feels like a mean spirited way to shut someone up and tell them their different interpretation is wrong.
what could be more stupid than human religion in Equestria?
the AU tag is for when the ponies discover a portal to an alternate universe. using it as nothing more than an insult for stories that you don’t think are headcanony enough to be allowed to be called a headcanon is stupid. every story that didn’t literally appear on the show is not canon. nobody will agree on how not-canon stories should be allowed to be, before they are an alternate universe, so it’s a bad tag that just makes people disagree with each other.
besides it’s scootaloo who’s a muslim.
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The only thing we know of that pony is… Is a pony.
There are way more important things in this world.
eh idk