Since the fans control the relevant discourse, they control the role the text plays within that discourse.
This is true - what I don't understand is why some of fans are actively trying to argue the comics into not-canon rather than simply ignoring them and allowing them to become not-canon by default. As they probably eventually will, simply because of their limited distribution in comparison to the TV show. It's not as if the Canon Police will show up and force anyone to write comic-compliant fic.
I don't even like the comics very much. I don't hate them, but I find myself rolling my eyes and muttering, "Lame," a little too often for comfort. I seriously doubt I'll ever use any of the comic stuff in my own fic, except maybe as background information. But I have no problem with them being canon. It's not like I was always overjoyed with everything that happened on the show, either.
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Date: 2007-05-10 02:14 am (UTC)This is true - what I don't understand is why some of fans are actively trying to argue the comics into not-canon rather than simply ignoring them and allowing them to become not-canon by default. As they probably eventually will, simply because of their limited distribution in comparison to the TV show. It's not as if the Canon Police will show up and force anyone to write comic-compliant fic.
I don't even like the comics very much. I don't hate them, but I find myself rolling my eyes and muttering, "Lame," a little too often for comfort. I seriously doubt I'll ever use any of the comic stuff in my own fic, except maybe as background information. But I have no problem with them being canon. It's not like I was always overjoyed with everything that happened on the show, either.