Yes, as I understand it, most of SGA fandom liked *parts* of the series, but were frustrated with the series as a whole - and then when those parts were excised (less team, less McShep scenes), stopped liking the show. That was the case with me before I got into the fandom - I found the show mildly entertaining but mostly "WTF"-inducing until 3rd season, and that was because the John-Rodney friendship and teaminess became explicit. And then I still would WTF anything with Pegasus natives and call where they ripped off their scifi from, but once I was into the friendshipping/slashing, then there was always stuff to squee over, and reason to go back and rewatch, picking up subtext I'd missed before. But the most interesting parts of the show to me were always the stuff that was there accidentally...
But, yes, fanon can't replace canon - it's too nebulous, as you say - which is why when canon gives something that I really don't want, it's so frustrating. It can be a character death or a ship; either way, it means that the nature of the fic is altered, when I don't want it to be.
(Gundam was almost definitely Gundam Wing - did it have Heero and Duo and such? It's not the first Gundam by about two decades, but it's the one that caught on with fangirls. And no, that canon wasn't really worth it...)
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Date: 2009-02-27 01:38 am (UTC)But, yes, fanon can't replace canon - it's too nebulous, as you say - which is why when canon gives something that I really don't want, it's so frustrating. It can be a character death or a ship; either way, it means that the nature of the fic is altered, when I don't want it to be.
(Gundam was almost definitely Gundam Wing - did it have Heero and Duo and such? It's not the first Gundam by about two decades, but it's the one that caught on with fangirls. And no, that canon wasn't really worth it...)