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** Other example can be fan-made character Ran Cossack - there are people that absolutely sure Ran was is one of VideoGame/MegaMan games.

* ''GirlGenius'' has a few, most prominent being that [[spoiler:Gil and Zeetha]] are siblings, although whether they're half-siblings or not is debated. Everyone knows this (to the point where the spoiler tags are probably unnecessary). It's definitely where the storyline seems headed, but it still hasn't actually been confirmed by either canon or WordOfGod.
** On a less spoilery note, the GirlGenius [[TheWikiRule Wiki]] has a [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Construct list of construct classifications]], which was invented wholesale and has never been mentioned in the comic.

* Spoofed in a ''[[WalkyVerse Shortpacked!]]'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/comic/book-4/07-the-tome-of-the-ages/directtv/ comic]]. One of the characters discusses striking a TV commercial with Doc Brown from ''{{Back to the Future}}'' from her [[FanonDiscontinuity personal canon]], because she can't see where it could fit in with the trilogy.
* ''{{Bob and George}}'' almost single-handedly created the idea of the Cataclysm in ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' fandom, as an explanation for the absence of the original series characters (or any mention of them) in the ''X'' series. The most common interpretation of it is that Zero went on a rampage after his initial activation, killing Dr. Light, Mega Man (as well as the rest of the Light-bots), Bass, and even Wily himself before being shut down by Sigma; this interpretation has absolutely no basis in the canon itself. Other authors also attempt to explain why no records of Dr. Wily or Mega Man (among others) seem to exist in 21XX. Possibly the best version of this story can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/717531/1/ here]].

* Because it often parodies the rules of the ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' game, many fans of the ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'' hold the game rules as fanon, creating game statistics for the characters and then using those statistics (or really, any rules they can find) to argue why certain events in the comic should not have happened the way they did. This, despite the author's repeated {{Word of God}} insistence that he doesn't follow the rules closely when writing scenes and fans shouldn't expect them to line up. And even if he were adhering to the rules strictly, he's already specifically mentioned custom classes and feats, so there's no way to know what stats any given character has anyway.

** Other example can be fan-made character Ran Cossack - there are people that absolutely sure Ran was is one of MegaMan games.

*** Now Jossed by the revelation that Mom's first name is [[spoiler:Roxy]] and Bro's begins with the letters "Di-"

** A number of fanworks have taken to portraying Terezi's love of red chalk as being [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin akin to a drug addiction]].

* ''{{Bob and George}}'' almost single-handedly created the idea of the Cataclysm in ''Game/MegaMan'' fandom, as an explanation for the absence of the original series characters (or any mention of them) in the ''X'' series. The most common interpretation of it is that Zero went on a rampage after his initial activation, killing Dr. Light, Mega Man (as well as the rest of the Light-bots), Bass, and even Wily himself before being shut down by Sigma; this interpretation has absolutely no basis in the canon itself. Other authors also attempt to explain why no records of Dr. Wily or Mega Man (among others) seem to exist in 21XX. Possibly the best version of this story can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/717531/1/ here]].

** One common tendency in fanon is to apply colours to the original clothing of each of the kids, which is all drawn as white. Generally the colours match their respective merchandise shirts from Topatoco (John = pale blue, Rose = pale purple, Dave = red, Jade = white with black sleeves), but everything else they wear doesn't have similar basis. Within an hour of his first appearance, people decided that Jake's jacket was a medium-green in order to match his shirt logo.

*** In the same vein, Gamzee is often drawn as the tallest of the trolls.

* Spoofed in a ''[[WalkyVerse Shortpacked!]]'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/comic/book-4/07-the-tome-of-the-ages/directtv/ comic]]. One of the characters discusses striking a TV commercial with Doc Brown from ''{{Back to the Future}}'' from her [[fANONDisContinuity personal canon]], because she can't see where it could fit in with the trilogy.

* Spoofed in a ''[[WalkyVerse Shortpacked!]]'' [[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/comic/book-4/07-the-tome-of-the-ages/directtv/ comic]]. One of the characters discusses striking a TV commercial with Doc Brown from ''{{Back to the Future}}'' from her [[DisContinuity personal canon]], because she can't see where it could fit in with the trilogy.

** There was also the idea that Lord Tyrinar and Elan & Nale's father are one and the same. It seemed to many like this was where the plotline was going, and it would have made such perfect dramatic sense that it was almost universally assumed by the fans for years, but it was eventually {{Jossed}}, to the joy of the smaller contingent of fans who disagreed with the theory all along. (With a little OrIsIt along the way: [[spoiler: Elan's father ''did'' rule Tyrinaria, but Lord Tyrinar was just one of his figureheads and is dead in the present time.]])

*** Equius refers to Karkat as a "tactical midget" at one point, although whether he was referring to Karkat's physical height or strategic capacities is anybody's guess.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fanart, there's the notion that [[BizarreAlienReproduction Troll sex]] involves the couple vomiting into a filial pail after making out. This can be traced back to one single piece of Sollux/Aradia fan art, and has no basis in canon, though given Andrew Hussie's habit of [[SureWhyNot appropriating cool ideas from the fandom]], there is at least a minor possibility that it will make it into the comic.

* Because it often parodies the rules of the ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' game, many fans of the ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' hold the game rules as fanon, creating game statistics for the characters and then using those statistics (or really, any rules they can find) to argue why certain events in the comic should not have happened the way they did. This, despite the author's repeated {{Word of God}} insistence that he doesn't follow the rules closely when writing scenes and fans shouldn't expect them to line up. And even if he were adhering to the rules strictly, he's already specifically mentioned custom classes and feats, so there's no way to know what stats any given character has anyway.

* In ''{{Homestuck}}'' fanart, there's the notion that [[BizarreAlienReproduction Troll sex]] involves the couple vomiting into a filial pail after making out. This can be traced back to one single piece of Sollux/Aradia fan art, and has no basis in canon, though given Andrew Hussie's habit of [[SureWhyNot appropriating cool ideas from the fandom]], there is at least a minor possibility that it will make it into the comic.

** The fandom has pretty much decided that Karkat is shorter/smaller than most of the other trolls. However, there's no mention of this anywhere (and due to the art style, it's impossible to tell how tall/short anyone is).

** A number of fanworks have taken to portraying Terezi's love of red chalk as being [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin akin to a drug addiction]].

** Eridan's lusus has no importance to the canon whatsoever. In fanon, he gives Eridan a hell of a FreudianExcuse for his assholery [[spoiler: and [[CompleteMonster complete monsterness]]]]

*** Rose is also generally considered by the fandom to be blonde. Given the above WordOfGod about Dave's hair, this is now all but explicitly {{Canon}}ical, considering [[spoiler: she and Dave are [[SummersFamilyTree Paradox siblings.]]]]

** Feferi being overweight, although in canon she looks no larger than the other troll girls.

** Feferi being overweight, although in canon she looks no larger than the other troll girls.

** There's also the idea that Lord Tyrinar and Elan & Nale's father are one and the same. It seems like this is where the plotline is going, and it would make such perfect dramatic sense that it's been almost universally assumed by the fans for years now, but it hasn't been confirmed in the strip itself or by [[WordOfGod Word of the Giant]]. It's now been {{Jossed}}, to the joy of the smaller contingent of fans who disagreed with the theory all along. [[OrIsIt But then it turns out there's more to the story than anyone realized...]]
** It was {{Fanon}} for a while that Belkar was ChaoticGood, but this was {{Jossed}}.
*** No, it was an Epileptic Tree that had some very vocal supporters (actually, CN probably had more) but never a majority view.