Thanks for the answers! I was stumped on the "canon whore" question since it seemed counterintuitive to say that a "canon prude" or "canon virgin" was, well, someone who took reckless liberties with canon. (Though I suppose the extreme of someone who writes fanfiction in fandoms where she hasn't consumed any of the source would be a "canon virgin," and would certainly also be a "fanon whore."

I have also become much less of a canon whore (not that I ever was much of one) as I'm further removed from source and can't actually recall what happens in what order. I'm probably still pickier about BtVS, but with my own fic I tend to think more "somewhen that feels kind of Snish" than "between these two scenes in episode n.xy."

Also, the sudden affiliation of large percentages of the flist with comics fandom has done something to loosen my definition/understanding of canon.

Speak more about genderedness of canon whoredom? Does this relate to the series of fandebates?

Because that would be pretty cool in a whole huge number of ways, but reading and writing pr0n probably wouldn't be as interesting?

That is a very valid point.