Mmm, yes, non-canon can be the way to go! Completely non-canon ships are almost never attacked, in my experience, unless they somehow get overwhelming enough to dominate a fandom (and I've never seen that happen.) And fans with such ships tend to be less prone to being bothered by canon ships.
In SGA, I believe part of the problem with the McKay/Keller wasn't just that Rodney was getting shipped with someone other than John - it was that simultaneous with the McKeller, the amount of John-Rodney scenes in canon took a sharp downturn. In the show itself, I didn't romantically ship J/R (well, not much, anyway) but I did "friend"-ship them, and the friendship pretty much ended in canon when the McKeller started. While as there never was much Daniel/Janet in canon (and there was none by the time Vala appeared, because of Janet's death) so nothing for the shippers to get upset over.
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Date: 2009-02-27 02:21 am (UTC)In SGA, I believe part of the problem with the McKay/Keller wasn't just that Rodney was getting shipped with someone other than John - it was that simultaneous with the McKeller, the amount of John-Rodney scenes in canon took a sharp downturn. In the show itself, I didn't romantically ship J/R (well, not much, anyway) but I did "friend"-ship them, and the friendship pretty much ended in canon when the McKeller started. While as there never was much Daniel/Janet in canon (and there was none by the time Vala appeared, because of Janet's death) so nothing for the shippers to get upset over.