Hu / Isten Igeje

"Az előző bekezdést mind most találtam ki. De ez most már kanonikus."

—Sarah Monette

Egy nyilatkozat a mű néhány félreérthető vagy meghatározatlan részével kapcsolatban. Az Isten Igéje olyan végső hatalomtól érkezik, mint például az alkotó, a rendező, vagy a producer. Az ilyen rendeletek ellentmondhatnak korábbi kijelentéseknek azért, mert valaki hibát követett el.

A rajongók azért keresik az Isten Igéjét, hogy lecsillapítsák a Fanon vitákat, de előfordulhat, hogy a Hatalom továbblépett, és nem akar válaszolni. Sok esetben a hatalom nem érzi szükségességét annak, hogy válaszoljon; a további nyomás pedig elvezethet ahhoz a feltételezéshez, hogy a fandom elvakult a nézők pedig hülyék.

Fontos megjegyezni, hogy számos ember elutasítja Isten Igéjének fogalmát, csak akkor veszi kánonnak, hogy az eredeti forrásanyagban jelent meg, és ha az alkotó szerette volna, hogy egy olyan tény lenne kánon, amit az eredeti műve tartalmazott. Van, aki még ennél is tovább megy, a kánon bizonytalanságát jó dolognak véli, és úgy tekint Isten Igéjére, mint a rajongók képzeletének bilincsére — ezt a meggyőződést néhány modern irodalomkritikus is támogatja, nevezetesen Wimstatt és Beardsley a "Szándékos Tévedés"-ben, és Barthes A szerző halála című esszéjébe. Mindkettőnél az az érv, hogy a mű értelmezése nem korlátozódhat csupán arra, hogy felismerjük "a szerző szándékát".

Másfelől viszont nem minden történetnek van egy bizonyos alkotója, és a közreműködők esetleg nem értenek egyet a történet olyan értelmezéseivel, amelyek nem nyilvánvalóak. Ez különösen akkor fordulhat elő, ha már nem dolgoznak együtt, és főleg, ha kiesett egy bizonyos idő. Ebben az esetben több "Isten" adott potenciálisan ellentmondásos magyarázatot, így felmerül a kérdés, hogy kinek a szavait helyes figyelembe venni. Hasonlóképpen sok esetben az írók nem a történet szerzöi jogi tulajdonosai, ami azt jelenti, hogy nem ők a legvégsőbb hatalom, akkor is, ha támogatott az Isten Igéje elméletét.

Fontos emlékezni arra, hogy ha nem értesz egyet az Isten Igéjével, nincs semmi baj azzal, ha írsz egy ennek ellentmondó fanfictiont. Csak ne próbáld meg becsúsztatni kívánt Fanonod azon a rajongókhoz, akik elismerik a hivatalos kánont, vagy tényleges alkotói a műnek.

Ha a műnek több alkotója van, és ők egy kritikus ponton nem értenek egyet egymással, akkor valószínűleg a rajongók is támogatni fogják egyes, egymásnak ellentmondó nyilatkozatokat. Mi történik, ha több rajongó van megáldva az Isten Igéjével? Mi történik, ha egy szó nevetségesebbnek kerül ki a vártnál? Biblia harc! A 'Történet Biblia' egy sorozat részének írásakor használatos végleges iránymutatás. Ha két író oda-vissza idézi a Történet Bibliát, akkor Biblia Harc van.

Lásd még: Revízió, Kánon Diszkontinuitás, Teremtő Imádat, Törött Bázis. Ha az ige nem magától az alkotótól származik, hanem valaki olyantól, akinek kiegészítő szerepe van a teremtésben, akkor az Szent Pál Igéje. Ha az ige nem magától az alkotótól származik, de az idő múlásával is érvényes, akkor az Dante Igéje. Azonban nem mindig azt a választ kapják meg a rajongók, amit kerestek, ilyen például Isten Flip Flopja, vagy Isten Vállrándítása. Egyes esetekben az alkotó szándékosan félrevezeti a közönséget, ezek nevei a Hazug Teremtő és a Trollkodó Teremtő. Hasonló a Szerző Halála, Mi Lett Volna és az Isten Sosem Mondta Ezt. A Meleg Igéje szubtrope. Az elméletet viszont Jossolhatják. Tényleges szentírásért lásd a "Vallás"-t a Hasznos Tudnivalók címszó alatt.

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Anime és Manga

• Oda Eiichiro, a One Piece alkotója összegyűjtött köteteiben vezet egy rovatot, amelynek célja az Isten Igéjének magyarázata a különböző One Piece részekben. Elragadóan lezser ezzel kapcsolatban, néha a jelenet közben ad magyarázatot, sőt, megengedi a rajongóknak, hogy írjanak kánont számára:
  Rajongó: Szerintem Chopper születésnapja december 24-én legyen!
  Oda: Oké.
• Egy interjúban a Death Note "Hogyan Olvasd" kötetében, Ohba Tsugumi kifejezetten állítja, hogy a lány a Death Note legvégén nem Amane Misa, és csak azért tette oda, mert jól mutat. Ezt sokan aktívan figyelmen kívül hagyják azon az alapon, hogy ennek így kellett volna történnie.
  • Ohba azt is kijelentette, hogy a halott karakterek örökké halottak, és nem jönnek vissza az életbe. Bocs, srácok, nem bujkálnak.
  • Ohba és Obata egyértelműen kimondják, hogy L hazudik a Lighttal való barátságáról, és Light, bár "sátáni" figura, őszintén szereti a családját, és az emberiséget, mint egészt. El lehet képzelni, ez hogyan megy le a rajongók egyes részeinek a torkán.
  • Mindazonáltal annak kapcsán, hogy L hazudik arról, hogy Lighttal barátok, a "Hogyan Olvasd" azt is kimondja L karakterlapján, hogy "A Lighttal való harc közben is L egy furcsa barátságot alakít ki vele." Tehát bár az állítás először hazugság volt, végül igaz lett.
    • Ez a könyv adja meg a legközelebbi választ Matsuda elméletével kapcsolatban arról, hogy Near irányította Mikamit a Death Notetal: az olvasók döntsék el maguk. Ugyanakkor az említett könyv azt is kijelenti, hogy Near becstelen és gonoszabb, mint Mello.
• Egy interjúban az X1999-ről, Okawa Nanase, a CLAMP forgatókönyvírója többször megemlítette a kérdezőnek, hogy Kamui és Fuuma között most már több van, mint barátság, annak ellenére, hogy halálos ellenségek, és bár a feszültség nyilvánvaló, szilárdan a "jó barátok" területen maradnak. Ráadásul Kamui még mindig szerelmes a halott gyerekkori barátjába, (a női) Kotoriba. Még azt is mondta a riporternek, hogy ne nevezze őket barátoknak, mintha senki sem találta volna még ki, hogy a CLAMP rajta van a homoszexuális kapcsolatokon.
• Kajishima Masaki, a Tenchi Muyo! eredeti alkotója és a Ryo-Oh-Ki OVAk ((Japánban még Kajishima kánonnak is hívják őket), nagyon szeret tie-in regényeket kiadni, ténykönyveket, doujinshiket és egyéb termékeket, ahol alaposabban elmagyarázza a művet — főleg azért, mert akkor még nem tudta finanszírozni a következő sorozatot, de még volt mondanivalója. Ezeket a műveket általában kánonként kezelik a japán rajongók, de nyugaton nem jelennek meg. Alapvetően ezek Kajishima kánonjai ha/amikor a jogtulajdonos (AIC) még több OVA-nak enged szabad utat. Addig abban a szokatlan helyzetben marad, hogy lényegében a saját animéjéről kell fanficeket írnia.
• A Hellsing írója Hirano Kouta megunta a válaszolgatást a részletgazdag-megszállott rajongók kérdéseire arról, hogy Alucard már nem töltötte újra fegyvereit soha és hogy hol tartja Anderson az összes szuronyát a mangában. Válaszolt a kérdéseikre egy kérdés-válasz Omakéban azáltal, hogy azt válaszolta "ezek mond kozmopisztolyok, és egymillió körig tartanak" és "Anderson négy dimenziós".
• A Digimon Adventure 02 rendezője megemlítette, hogy az Adventure 02 végére négy hivatalos pár volt, már ha a készítöknek sikerül megegyezniük arról, kinek kivel kéne összejönnie. Hogy a dolgokat szépen hagyja, négy párt tette a kalapba, és kettőt előhúzott közülük, és ez a két pár az epilógusban házasokként is mutatkik. Hivatkozásul a Matt/Sora és Ken/Yolei. A másik kettő Izzy/Mimi és Takeru/Hikari.
• Akamatsu Ken alkalmanként interjút at a lefordított Negima! Magister Negi Magi kötetek Omake szekciójában, ahol néha tisztáz megválaszolatlan kérdéseket az aktuális kötetről, ilyen például a pactio rendszer sajátossága, vagy az, hogy bírja el Kaeda hatalmas shurikenjét.
  • Ezenkívül Twitter fiókját is frissíti és egy online folyóiratban rámutat fejezetei hibáira (olyan fontos pontoktól kezdve, mint az egyik karakterének elemét jégként jelölték víz helyett, olyan triviális kérdésekig, hogy egy szereplőt helytelenül árnyékoltak) több más dolog mellett.
• Morikawa Jouji, a Hajime no Ippo alkotója megnevezi a legjobb három bokszolót a manga 361. fejezetében. A legerősebb bokszoló kétségkívül Takamura. A második Ricardo Martinez. Meglepő módon Miyatát nevezi meg a harmadik legjobbnak, és Ippot a nyolcadiknak.
  • Miyatát illetően ez teljesen érthető. A harci stílusa a "nagy kockázat, nagy jutalom" keveréke, hárítása kifogástalan, és kritikus sebességét rendkívül kockázatos ütések követik, amelyek JELENTŐS kárt okoztak Ippo Dempsey Rolljával szemben. Ez azt mutatja, hogy nem a fizikai erő az egyetlen módja a győzelemnek, mivel bár az ereje kevesebb, az ügyessége ellensúlyozza az ilyen gyengeségeit.
• A Dragon Ball alkotója, Toriyama Akira tisztességes mennyiségű információt biztosított egy guide könyvekről szóló interjúban a Saiyan biológia túlvilági működéséről.
• Kanzaka Hajime, az eredeti Slayers regények írója, és az anime fő írója gyakran válaszol és erősít meg kérdéseket a sorozatbeli fantázia elemek működéséről, vagy arról, hogy ki kicsoda vagy micsoda.
• A Fullmetal Alchemist alkotója Hiromu Arakawa kijelentette egy artbookban, hogy az egyetlen ok, hogy Roy Mustang és Riza Hawkeye nem házasok, az a katonai előírások. Ez lett az alapja annak, hogy a rajongók érvényesítsék észrevételeiket a kettejük kapcsolatának romantikus mivoltáról.
• A YuYu Hakusho alkotója, Togashi Yoshihiro kijelentette, hogy Sensui és Itsuki egy meleg férfi pár. Nyílt vonzalom viszont csak Itsuki részéről mutatkozik.
• A Tiger & Bunny rendezője és forgatókönyvírója tucatnyi csemegével szolgált egyes eseményekről és szereplőkről, a triviálistól (Keith egy kicsit egészségfüggő és Antonio fél a magasságtól) a komolyig (Kotetsu Végzetes Hibája abból ered, hogy fél, hogy árt az embereknek, miután megszerezte az erejét, és Maverick jobban belenyúlt Barnaby emlékeibe, mint ami a sorozatban látható). A Hős Pletyka Könyv még több információt ad — a pizsamáiktól az első szerelmükön át a napi menetrendükig.

Képregények

• Egy interjúban a Wizard magazinnal, az Avengers akkori írója Kurt Busiek és a művész George Perez mindketten közvetítettek egy Isten Igéje faktoidot, amelyet senki más nem erősített meg. A kontraszt feltűnő: Busiek elmondott egy egymondatnyi retkont, amely kitöltött egy elvarratlan szálat egy ismeretlen hetvenes évekből származó történetben; Perez felfedte, hogy a Skarlát Boszorkány, a kedvenc karaktere nem visel fehérneműt.
• Brian Clevinger saját maga jött a TV Tropes-hoz, hogy átadja Isten Igéjét az Atomic Robo-val kapcsolatban.
• Gerry Conway azt mondta ebben a podcast interjúban (kb. 34 percnél) (http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2009/06/gerry-conway-on-last-days-of-animal-man.html) hogy Gwen Stacy azért halt meg, mert John Romita fel akarta rázni a Pókembert azzal, hogy megöl egy mellékszereplőt. Romita May nénit akarta megölni, de Conway Gwen megölését javasolta, mivel őt egy meglehetősen szabványos szuper hős szerelemnek gondolta, Mary Janet pedig sokkal érdekesebbnek tartotta.
• 2010 decemberében a, Pókember alkotója, Stan Lee a következőt tweetelte: "Ezennel kihirdetem a világnak, hogy J. Jonah Jameson keresztneve — Jeremiah! És marad is — amíg meg nem gondolom magam!" (Bár ez kicsit ellentmondásosnak tűnik, mivel bár sosem erősítették meg a képregényben a tényt, hogy a neve John lenne, szinte mindenki ezt feltételezte, mivel apját és fiát is így hívják.)
  • Ha már Stan Leeről és J. Jonah Jamesonról van szó, Lee elismerte a Talk of the Nation nevű amerikai rádióműsorban, hogy Jameson saját maga morgósabb karikatúrája, és azt is mondta, hogy ugrana a lehetőségre, hogy őt alakítsa egy filmben.

Fan Works

• The author of The Lion King Adventures, ThatPersonYouMightKnow, has confirmed many things on the fan forum that pertain to the series. Here are some notable examples:
  • Tama and Tojo both went to heaven after dying, despite their sinister actions.
  • The Interceptor became the pride's best hunter after The End.
  • Haiba never entered a proper relationship when he grew up.
  • Haiba did eventually get over murdering Tama.
  • The fan nickname Anti-Haiba was accepted as canon.
  • Rafiki existed, hence why he is occasionally referenced, but ThatPersonYouMightKnow has confirmed that he died after Series 3.
  • Twiga, the giraffe from Haiba's Wish, is in fact gay.
• The author of Kira Is Justice uses Author's Notes often to elaborate about facts in the story, and is always happy to give Word of God.
• Sometimes used in White Devil of the Moon to address matters such as Nanoha's reactions to her past life as Serenity, and how four Inner Senshi are able to defeat six trained Bureau operatives despite being less well-trained and not having Usagi/Nanoha's leadership.
• The character's corner and author's note in The Tainted Grimoire have both clarified a few things, such as reasons for making one thing the way it is. Also, through private messaging, cuttingmoon57 revealed him/herself to be a fan of TV Tropes.
• Monica Gilbey-Bieber, the author of the Troll Fic One Less Lonely Gurl, has a commentary of his own fanfic in his blog. The commentary reveals interesting bits and trivia about the fanfic.
• In Perfection Is Overrated, the author notes detail information about things such as how characters (both the canon characters and SUEs) are portrayed, some of what the author hoped to get across, and various other information, such as the fact that any attempt at collaboration between the SUEs would fail.
• Magic Conan 14 gives bits of trivia on her profile page, on her blog and in author notes. One reference in The Dove Thief gets the award for most notable because there's an asterisk sitting in the middle of the fic.
• Bait and Switch has an "Author's Notes" section at the end of each chapter that explains various things (e.g. why the USS Bajor has more Beam Spam than the Enterprise-D ever did, that Tess Phohl is an agnostic despite her taking the name of an Andorian war goddess in vain, and why Section 31 Agent Grell is tolerated). The author has also posted a number of characters' backstories on the Star Trek fanon wiki Memory Gamma. StarSword later did the same thing with another fic, Red Fire, Red Planet.

Film

• Ridley Scott has been very clear in interviews in stating that, in his film Blade Runner, Deckard himself was a replicant. The only clues that this might be true in the movie, though, are the fact that Deckard's eyes briefly luminesce in one shot (and he's out of focus and in the background, at that) and the origami unicorn left by Gaff (Edward James Olmos) after Deckard dreamed of a unicorn. Unfortunately for anyone who saw the film in theaters and was trying to add up the clues, the unicorn dream was one of the victims of the Executive Meddling that the film underwent after leaving Scott's hands. The final half of a line by Gaff at the end of the film ("You've done a man's job sir... but are you a man?"), which raises the issue even if it fails to resolve it, was also cut. (It appears in its entirety in "Dangerous Days," the documentary about the making of the film in the 5-disc Final Cut collector's edition.)
  • This is also a very good example of a deeply conflicted idea among the core creative team, as nearly everybody else involved with the making of the film believed that Deckard is a human, albeit one whose humanity has been ground down by the nature of his job. From Philip K. Dick (who wrote the original novel), to Hampton Fancher and David Peoples (who wrote the screenplay), to Harrison Ford (who played Deckard), the list of people who thought Scott was wrong is extensive, and powerful enough in creative terms to give Auteur Theory advocates a headache. It was hardly the only case of duelling Word of God during the filming; the scene where Deckard essentially forces Rachael to kiss him (with all its squicky undertones) was another case where the screenwriters (and Rutger Hauer, who played Roy Batty) deeply disagreed with Scott's take on the material. It's very possible that the conflicts are what make the film such a Cult hit: whatever your take on the film, it's likely there was someone involved in making it who shared that view, simultaneously vindicating your reading and providing lots and lots to debate about with other fans.
• Ridley Scott again; is Hannibal Lecter a madman? While most, including Anthony Hopkins, would not deny it, Scott does not think so. In Scott's own words in his audio commentary on Hannibal, "There is something very moral about Lecter in this film. The behavior of Hannibal is never insane – [I] didn't want to use that excuse. Is he insane? No, I think he's as sane as you or I. He just likes it." Having said that, Scott went on to say that he did think that Verger's objective in the film, wanting to capture Hannibal and subject him to a horrible death by torture, likely made him replace Hannibal as the true antagonist.
• In the introductory documentary from the VHS Special Edition of Star Wars: A New Hope (as well as an interview for The Mythology of Star Wars with George Lucas and Bill Moyers) George Lucas stomped on the idea that "bringing balance to the Force" involved equalising the Light and Dark sides — apparently, the Dark Side is inherently an imbalance. Wookieepedia has the relevant quotes in their article on the Chosen One.
  • There's an interesting twist on this in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Every character to appear in the Cantina Scenes in A New Hope and the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special has his or her own species and Backstory. Some of this came about through various authors, some of it was composed by fans and put on the databank, meaning that fans get to make their own Word of God. Most of this will never be used, and the people who write the books will blithely ignore it if they want. Some of the entries are pretty formulaic, but there are some gems in the Databank. Like the entry for Slyther Bushforb, which is Noir IN SPACE!
  It was a dark night, one that would have undoubtedly been stormy had Coruscant's Weather Control Network permitted it. Not many Nuknogs ever left the filthy swamps of Sump, which is why he knew the dame that walked into his office was trouble with a capital trill.
• Toho has stated that King Kong won in both the American and Japanese versions of King Kong vs. Godzilla.
• Pan's Labyrinth left it ambiguous whether the fairy tale stuff was real or all in Ophelia's head, as if it was intentionally open to interpretation and left for the viewer to decide. However in the DVD commentary, the director Guilermo Del Toro says that it was real, or at least that he believes it is.
• The original Total Recall (1990) leaves it ambiguous whether Arnold Schwarzenegger's character actually is having the adventure, or he is hallucinating as his brain is being fried by a memory-implantation malfunction. The fact that the film ends with a fade to white instead of black suggests it's a hallucination, and Paul Verhoeven confirms this in the commentary; Arnold Schwarzenegger played the part using the assumption that it was real.
• In Mr. Brooks, it's implied that Mr. Brooks' daughter killed a man and hid it from him, but it was off screen and never shown. We never find out definitively whether she did it or not, and some viewers don't accept that she did. However, the DVD commentary says definitively that she did.
• In The Dark Knight, though it's not actually explicitly stated, Harvey Dent/Two Face is, according to Christopher Nolan, dead. Additionally, the screenplay explicitly states that Harvey/Two Face "dies from a broken neck". Even if it’s a case of two separate personalities, that still doesn’t allow Harvey to die and Two-Face to live.
  • Aaron Eckhart has also mentioned in interviews that he asked Nolan if Harvey Dent/Two Face was dead. Nolan confirmed it to Eckhart.
• The director of the 2008 The Incredible Hulk had a rare chance on the DVD commentary to fully explain a cliffhanger ending, as he himself doesn't know whether Bruce has turned evil: if his next appearance is in the Avengers film he has, and if it's another Hulk film he hasn't.
  • Since The Avengers has hit the theaters this situation can be solved: Although there is a lot of tension in the beginning and everybody treads very carefully around the Hulk, he is part of the team and drives into the sunset with Tony Stark.
• This trope is the reason that the Wachowskis refuse to talk about their own interpretation of the Matrix trilogy; in the introduction they wrote for the Ultimate Matrix Collection, they state that they don't want their own opinions to be cited as definitive, since the blind acceptance of dogma flies in the face of the trilogy's themes.
• Misled in Halloween II (1981). It was initially stated by the creators that Michael burned to death. However, they were forced to retcon this in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers due to poor reception of Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
• Hot Fuzz includes a special feature called the Fuzz-o-Meter, which pops up bits of trivia about the film. Much of the trivia includes bits and pieces about the story or characters that had been written into the script, but never made it to film. One of the 'facts' claims that the film was inspired by true events, only they involved zombies.
  • Another 'fact' states that director Edgar Wright's eyeballs exploded during post-production.
• In Saw, the commentaries have answered a few unanswered questions, specifically in Saw 3D, in which the writers have stated that Hoffman does not escape the bathroom and dies there, and that the two pig masks who helped Dr. Gordon capture him are Brad and Ryan from the opening.
• For the Friday the 13th series, there has been a bit of debate (particularly by a stubborn wikipedia admin) as to whether Jason is dead after being completely incinerated in Earth 2's atmosphere (except for his mask) at the end of Jason X. Though a comic and a novel series retcons this, most Jason comics fit into Canon Discontinuity, and it's Word of God that Jason is listed under the Jump to Death menu on the official DVD, with "Atmosphere" even listed as cause of death.
• During the dubbing process of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen Soundwave's English voice actor (Frank Welker) was brought on to dub the character for the French and Italian versions (amongst others, sans Japanese and German *Considered to be sub-standard*), he described the process as very hard and that "Soundwave in French is not to be believed".
• On the DVD commentary of Sideways, the actors mention that according to the writer/director Maya does not live there any more when Miles knocks on her door.
• During the filming of The Lord of the Rings, Ian McKellen had the costumers sew a pocket into his robe in which he carried a copy of Tolkien's book, for use in settling debates about the author's intent.
• Writer Parker Bennett of Super Mario Bros. (1993) clarified many details about the universe's backstory in a 2010 interview with The Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive website.

Literature

• Much of the information regarding what happens to the characters after the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has come from interviews with J. K. Rowling, or postings on her own website. Many of the interviews are archived on Muggle-net or The Leaky Cauldron. Rowling is also writing a Harry Potter encyclopedia which will contain background information which never made it into the novels, thus turning Word of God into All There in the Manual when it's published.
  • The strength of Word of God in the Harry Potter fandom seems unusual compared to many other literature fandoms, possibly because of the sheer amount of interview material given by Rowling. The massive success of the series made her very powerful, to the point that most people in the fandom have read a great number of interviews, and everything she says gets archived and treated as gospel truth (even though she sometimes contradicts herself or changes things later on). It's nearly impossible to find a Harry Potter roleplay or fandom community that doesn't treat interview material as equally important as the content of the actual series, and individuals who try to theorize about or play characters based solely on the book content will find themselves attacked for not knowing enough about the character.
  • JK Rowling loves giving Word of God so much that she is apparently launching a whole new website just to give her fans some more.
  • However, her claim about Dumbledore's sexuality could be an exception: a large part of both fandom and critics refuses to accept it, since it heavily changes the understanding of some of the character's motives and doesn't fit into their mental image of Dumbledore.
• David Weber, writer of (among other things) the Honor Harrington series, occasionally makes proclamations on points of confusion by fans, on the newsgroup featuring him (alt.books.david-weber) and the Baen Bar, a forum maintained by Baen Books, the publisher of many Science Fiction and Fantasy works. These are occasionally collected, and posted here for perusal by those not reading the forums and/or newsgroup, maintained by Joe Buckley (who's a regular Red Shirt in various Baen-published novels; Honor Harrington has had several Buckleys killed in and of itself).
• Neil Gaiman has said in interviews that he intended Silas from The Graveyard Book to be a vampire. On the other hand, he also said "If you miss it, that's fine. You'll just get a slightly different book."
• Aaron Allston, writer of part of the X-Wing Series, in his faq posits what he thinks happened to his characters in the twenty or so years between Wraith Squadron and the Vong War, as well as some details that never made it into the books, like ship names.
• John Scalzi parodied the controversy over the canonicity of J.K. Rowling's Word of Gay for Dumbledore by posting a list of facts about the protagonist of Old Man's War on his blog and declaring them canonical. They included "He is allergic to blueberries" and "He is distantly related to Dwight Eisenhower".
• Orson Scott Card's book Empire (a prequel, of sorts, to the X Box Live Arcade game Shadow Complex) ends with an interesting, and quite apt, afterward written by the author about the problems of extremisim in the American Political Parties, which we're told is what moral of the book was meant to be.
• For a while, Lois Lowry refused to explain the Gainax Ending of The Giver, which could be interpreted as either the main character's triumphant escape from his dystopian society or a Dying Dream as he froze to death. However, after asking if anyone had any questions at the author Q&A of the 2009 National Book Festival in Washington, DC, Lowry added, "Jonas is alive, by the way. You don't have to ask that one."
• Brandon Sanderson provides a lot of Word of God on his books mostly in the chapter annotations and blog on his site and also in interviews, which are usually linked to on his blog.
• Sir Terry Pratchett used to post regularly to the Usenet group alt.books.pratchett, giving Word of God on things like how Rincewind's age relates to how much time has passed since CoM, how many Patricians we've seen and how the clacks was constructed.
• Jim Butcher has given so much Word of God over the years that it has been fan-dubbed the Word of Jim, most of which can be found on the Jim Butcher Forums. Interviews, convention panels, forum threads, you name it; if he says it, it gets written down as truth—even Twitter has been used to convey Word of Jim. There's so much Word of Jim there's even a board dedicated to archiving it.
• Isaac Asimov used to tell a story about how he once got into an argument with a literary critic—who didn't know he was speaking with the author—about the meaning of one of his stories. At the end Asimov pulled out what he thought was his trump card: "I should know; I wrote it!" to which the critic replied "What's that got to do with it?" Asimov later turned this into a story with William Shakespeare (brought forward in time) flunks a class in his works.
• Anne McCaffrey, starting in the mid-90s, put out several Word of God proclamations regarding The Dragonriders of Pern series. She also responded personally to emails during the period from the early 90s through the very early 2000s, and the resulting canon arguments based on interpretations of her letters could get fierce. Now, people are more likely to just attribute things to Anne Science and move on, and in some cases even the books themselves aren't considered canon by many groups, especially those written by her son.
  • The most notable of her edicts was the one titled "Pern's Renewable Airforce". There were two versions of this, one from 1997, and an edited and slightly saner version which was propagated in 2000. The earlier version prompted many fan groups to suddenly require characters to adhere to rules regarding sexual orientation that in many ways made no sense, like all male green and blueriders suddenly having to be gay, and absolutely no lesbian or bisexual dragonriders, period. People who entered fandom before this point or through a group which never adopted these rules still largely think they're absolutely insane; people who started later tended to accept them more as a matter.
  • Then there was the tent peg, full sources for which are scarce on the web a decade and a half later, but the full thing was circulated around the same time as the original Renewable Airforce memo.
• In the Wheel of Time book series, many fans speculated that Demandred was disguised as Mazrim Taim. This theory persisted until Robert Jordan himself discredited it. [1]
• Tamora Pierce has done this on numerous occasions. The blog Words of Tamora Pierce has gathered numerous statements taken from forum discussions, con appearances, etcetera, although it's limited to the Tortall Universe and hasn't updated for a couple of years. You can also find her on Mark Reads under the username "scrivener212," every now and again.

Live Action TV

• In later seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, questions not answered in the actual show tended to be addressed only in Joss Whedon's interviews. Some fans considered anything Joss said in an interview to be canon, while others did not and were annoyed by this practice.
• Responding to a message board request, Coupling creator (and sole writer) Steven Moffat wrote a breakdown of the characters' lives several years after the fourth and final season. This gave Moffat the chance to write an "ending" for the character of Jeff, despite actor Richard Coyle leaving the previous year.
  • Unfortunately, because the primary source (an old Dr. Who forum called Outpost Gallifrey) has closed, The Other Wiki wouldn't keep it on the show's page anymore because of lack of citation, so if it pleases the crowds, here is the text to be preserved for everyone to read:
  "Sally said yes to Patrick, they got married and are very happy... especially as Sally beat Susan to the altar, and finally did something first. Patrick is now a completely devoted husband, who lives in total denial that he was anything other an upstanding member of the community. Or possibly he's actually forgotten. He doesn't like remembering things because it's a bit like thinking.

  Jane and Oliver never actually did have sex, but they did become very good friends. They often rejoice together that their friendship is uncomplicated by any kind of sexual attraction - but they both get murderously jealous when the other is dating. Jane has a job at Oliver's science fiction book shop now - and since Oliver has that one moment of Naked Jane burnt on the inside of his eyelids, he now loses the place in one in every three sentences. People who know them well think something's gotta give - and they're right. Especially as Jane comes to work in a metal bikini.

  Steve and Susan have two children now, and have recently completed work on a sitcom about their early lives together. They're developing a new television project, but it keeps getting delayed as he insists on writing episodes of some old kids show they recently pulled out of mothballs. She gets very cross about this, and if he says "Yeah but check out the season poll!" one more time, he will not live to write another word.

  Jeff is still abroad. He lives a life of complete peace and serenity now, having taken the precaution of not learning a word of the local language and therefore protecting himself from the consequences of his own special brand of communication. If any English speakers turn up, he pretends he only speaks Hebrew. He is, at this very moment, staring out to sea, and sighing happily every thirty-eight seconds.

  What he doesn't know, of course, is that even now a beautiful Israeli girl he once met in a bar, is heading towards his apartment, having been directed to the only Hebrew speaker on the island. What he also doesn't know is that she is being driven by a young ex-pat English woman, who is still grieving the loss of a charming, one-legged Welshman she once met on a train. And he cannot possibly suspect that (owing to a laundry mix-up, and a stag party the previous night in the same block) he is wearing heat-dissolving trunks.

  As the doorbell rings, it is best that we draw a veil."
  • Moffat also demonstrated his power on his twitter, in relation to Doctor Who:
  "Not it isn't [his name]. That's just what some guy CALLED him. And WHOOSH! that's canonical now. See my power!!!"

• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: According to this Vulture article, the inspiration for Galadriel's romantic subplot with Sauron and her Xenafication is based on what Galadriel says to Frodo in chapter seven of The Fellowship of the Ring.
• In weekly podcasts, the producers of Lost have occasionally clarified plot points, such as confirming Jae Lee's death in "The Glass Ballerina" was a suicide. However, they are not always to be taken at their word: before season 3, in a long list of things we wouldn't see, they named "Desmond running naked through the jungle." Which did show up.
  • Notably, they had to step in after the series finale to explain the images shown above the series finale's credits of pieces of flight 815 on the beach, devoid of people, were only to create a breather before the news started up, and did not, in fact, imply anything.
• Nearly two decades after the series finale of Family Ties, and after a couple years of speculation from fans, Gary David Goldberg (the creator of the sitcom) has finally given his own input on Alex P. Keaton's current political leanings. Quite naturally, his response has managed to alienate certain fans of the show. The speculations have arose during the 2006 US elections, where Michael J. Fox (who played Alex P. Keaton) was lobbying for the legalization of ESCR. Furthermore, Michael J. Fox has also given his input on Alex P. Keaton's current political leanings (and place of residence).
• TV execs had told creator Ryan Murphy he had the greenlight for season 3 of Popular, which is why the season 2 season finale was a cliffhanger. After the series was cancelled, Murphy released the rough outline of season 3 that he'd already worked out.
• Dan Schneider who runs iCarly is very active in this regard. In addition to twittering, set pictures and livejournal discussion, he also posts episodic fact sheets. Some of these contain Word of God interpretations of events on the show, one example from the iFight episode is that Carly was at least a little jealous when Freddie made some comments about Shelby being hot and future wife material.
  • His blog for the finale of the show, iGoodbye is an example of the creator using his Word of God to make things unclear rather than clearing up misconceptions. This episode featured a Last Minute Kiss moment between one pairing, and the other major pairings supporters were not happy with it. Knowing that he had a Spin-Off show involving the 'third wheel' to promote, he took to his blog to creatively muddy the water, attempting to confuse the meaning behind the kisses, the romances, how much the romances meant in the context of the episode and the very idea that there was a romantic hookup involved. All without giving either side any additional content or clarity beyond what happened in the episode itself.
• The Star Trek franchise as a whole is subject to one of the more controversial "words of God" in science fiction fandom: Paramount Studios (owners of the franchise) and Gene Roddenberry (creator of the franchise) established prior to Roddenberry's death in 1991 that only live-action Star Trek productions count as official canon; the 1970s animated series plus the novels, comic books and other spinoffs were not to be counted. That hasn't stopped some creative script-writers from sneaking references and concepts from the "expanded universe" into TV episodes and films.
  • An attempt at subverting this occurred when Jeri Taylor, co-creator of Star Trek: Voyager, wrote an original novel, Mosaic, based upon characters she helped create. Although originally thought to be the first canonical novel, given her special status (the only other Trek creator to pen a Trek novel was Roddenberry himself when he wrote the novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture), it was later confirmed that the non-canon rule still applied, even to Taylor's novels.
    • What ultimately came of it was that, while Taylor may have intended Mosaic, as well as a follow-up novel focused on the other characters, Pathways, to be the canon background and story for the characters, and while she may have had these backgrounds in mind during her time on the show, once she stepped down from her position as executive producer, later material could and was established that was contradictory with them.
    • D.C. Fontana is also considered a Trek creator. She wrote much of the continuity for TOS including Spock's background, plus several episodes. Her novel Vulcan's Glory, is accepted as canon by many fans, but officially it is not.
    • In the opening when the Voyager tips its underbelly to reveal three gray patches. John Gross of Ambilin Imaging *and later Digital Muse and EdenFX* ends up confirming what should be considered a very minor Special Effects Failure as those three gray patches are where texture should go.
  • He also canonicized the proper term for a Star Trek fan. Once at a convention, he used the term "Trekkie" and a fan corrected him with "Trekker" - the response? "No, it's Trekkie. I should know, I created them!"
• On a now-defunct section of Sony's website, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak said that the show got rid of the returning-champions format because it was deemed unfair: a contestant might be great at solving puzzles, but have little to show for it thanks to just one Bankrupt, while the dummy of the group could end up having victory dumped in his lap again and again.
• J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, was one of the first to interact directly with fans via the Internet, via USENet and CompuServe. He often directly answered fan questions, explaining many things about each episode. Fan website The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5 has archived most, if not all, of his comments, sorted by episode. A more direct link is here.
• The Community episode Remedial Chaos Theory has the show's timeline branching based on the outcome of a roll of a die. Due to the episode being aired out of order some plot details from the episode intended to air after it such as Shirley calling Britta's lighter a Marijuana Lighter implied the canon timeline was the one based on the winner of the roll being Abed. Word of God in the form of a blog post from show creator Dan Harmon on his official blog (Entitled "Fine, we're geniuses but not EVIL geniuses") apologized for the confusion and stated that the canon timeline was actually Abed grabbing the dice, making Jeff get the pizza.
• In the eighth season finale of Scrubs, the Janitor finally reveals his real name as Glen Matthews. Throughout the series, the Janitor has many aliases, and seconds later after he reveals his "real name", someone walking by calls him "Tommy". However, series creator Bill Lawrence stated on his Twitter account that Glen Matthews is the Janitor's real name.
• House of the Dragon: Although there's been no reference to him in the first season, the October 11, 2022 entry on George R. R. Martin's blog states that Daeron Targaryen, youngest - and nicest - son of Alicent and Viserys, has not been Adapted Out and is currently in Oldtown (where he was Ormund Hightower's squire, per the books).
• Horatio Hornblower: According to Jamie Bamber, the character he portrayed, Midshipman (later Lieutenant) Archie Kennedy, is the third son of a Scottish lord. He mentioned it in an interview for the A&E Network and it appears in the book The Making of C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Given Archie's status as a Composite Character and Ascended Extra, the majority of his backstory is composed of either the actors' and writers' statements about him, or Fanon.

Zene

• Gyakran feltételezik, hogy a "Dancing with Myself" (Tánc önmagammal) című Generation X/Billy Idol dal a maszturbálásról szól, de Idol elmondása alaján valóban a partner nélküli táncolásról szól. A klipben azért táncol egyedül, mert mindenki más meghalt, és zombievá vált.
• Bob Dylantől szokatlanul, hivatalosan is megerősítette hogy a Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Az alföld szomorú szemű hölgye) a feleségéről, Saráról szól. [A 'Sara' című dalának egyik sora 'Writing Sad Eyed Lady for you' (neked írtam a szomorú szemű lányt)]
• A Rap Genius, nevű weboldal, amely lehetővé teszi a felhasználók számára, hogy elemezzenek egy rapdalt, lehetővé teszi a zenészeknek/producereknek, hogy módosítsák azt.

Újság Képregény

• Amikor Krazy Kat, nevű karakterének neméről kérdezték, George Herriman a következőket mondta:
  ""Nem tudom. Egyszer elgondolkoztam azon, hogy lány, sőt, rajzoltam pár panelt, ahol terhes volt. Nem ugyanaz a Kat volt az. Aztán rájöttem, hogy Krazy olyasmi volt, mint egy szellem, egy tünde. Nincs nemük. Így Kat nem lehet fiú vagy lány. Kat egy szellem pixie, vagy valami hasonló. Értem, mire gondolok?""
  • Ennek ellenére az 1962-es animációs sorozatban Krazyt kifejezetten nővé alakították, hogy elkerüljék a vitát.
• Ami Olivier B. Bommel - az anglofónoknak Oliver B. Bumble - második nevét illeti, volt egy vita az Isten Igéje körül, a Tom Poes hetimagazin egyik lapján kijelentette egy szerkesztő, hogy ez a "Berendinus" rövidítése, de a szerző és az alkotó kijelentették, hogy a B csak egy betű.

Tabletop Games

• The CCG Yu-Gi-Oh game has what's known as "BKSS — Because Konami Said So", a phenomenon where certain cards are given rulings that make no sense whatsoever, but are rendered iron-clad enforceable, because Konami — the game's creator — said that's how it went. At one point, UDE, the English Yu-Gi-Oh distributor, refused to administer a ruling on the card "Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster" that completely contradicted the card's text itself; when this discrepancy was pointed out to them, even Konami themselves admitted that the ruling was in error, yet still refused to change it.
• Magic: The Gathering has a seasonally updated database that updates the wording of every card in the game, to the point that year-old cards already have official wordings that differ from what is printed on the cards. While these changes do not usually affect how the cards work, every so often the game is given a major overhaul that changes many things at once. Changes to timing rules with the advent of 6th Edition, the Grand Creature Type Update of 2007, and the changes to combat rules and terminology for Magic 2010 come to mind.
  • The card Time Vault. For many years, Wizards of the Coast had evoked errata to curb card power and keep what were considered the 'functional intent' cards in place. After sweeping cleanup of power controlling errata on other cards, Time Vault continued to suffer with such errata under the claim that it was the functional intent of the card. Eventually, a player was able to address Richard Garfield, creator of Magic, about the card. Garfield confirmed the card was supposed to function as it was originally printed. The errata was fully undone shortly afterwards.
• Gary Gygax, in the years before his death, went onto a number of Internet forums and served as something of a Word of God in that he offered rules clarifications and design justifications for the Dungeons & Dragons rules system he created.
• Another example in D&D comes from Keith Baker's presence on the official Dungeons and Dragons forums, where he goes by the handle HellCow. As creator of the Eberron Campaign Setting, his posts regarding the world of Eberron are largely taken as "Word of God" for the setting, though he purposefully makes sure that he is ambiguous enough that DMs can make their own choices on how they want their world to run.
• GURPS has the "Word of Kromm", referring to the rule interpretations of Sean Punch who not only designed much of the third and fourth editions but is the editor of all official material put out for the game.
• After going "it's only the most popular theory" for dozens of books, in the Gehenna book White Wolf make it very clear: Caine was the first vampire.
• The writers for Exalted appear regularly on both the White Wolf forums and rpgnet and say a great deal...or, more often, offer a few tidbits for a forthcoming release while giggling and waving non-disclosure agreements. Here and here are collections of said Words, the latter skewing more towards the current writing team.
• 2E Mutants & Masterminds had a forum for system developer Steve Kenson to answer the questions of the players although he often answered questions indicating that a particular ruling was only his opinion in his games.

Színház

• Samuel Beckett a Godot-ra várvájában:
  • Azt mondta Colin Duckworthnek, hogy Pozzo nem Godot. A kijelentés Duckworth En attendat Godotjának bevezetőjéből van.
  • Többször kijelentette, hogy "Godot nem Isten".

Video Games

• The Exile in Knights of the Old Republic 2 is canonically female, which caused an outcry among fans, since the Handmaiden romance was far more interesting and rounded than the alternative. This was likely in response to the angry response in making Revan canonically male, despite Female Revan fanfic and fan art having a 5:1 ratio over male Revans. Making the whole thing clear as mud is that while Leland Chee (the canon keeper of the Star Wars Expanded Universe) declared the canonical genders of male Revan and female Exile, Word of God from BioWare and Obsidian was the opposite. Obsidian's own trailer and promo art refer to Exile as "he" while David Gailder of BioWare went on fan boards and admitted he viewed the character of Revan as female, even writing an epilogue of sorts. For good or ill, it's the verdict from LucasArts that stands.
• Most Word of God for the Half-Life series is collected at the "Marc Laidlaw Vault" (named for the game's writer).
• The Metal Gear Solid series contains a great number of mysteries, many of which are introduced in one game, with potential answers hinted at in that game or its sequels, only for the true (and completely different) answers to be revealed in even later games. To this end, in the voice credits for Metal Gear Solid 4, the final game which answers all important questions, Hideo Kojima (the series' longtime writer/director) is credited as the "Voice of God".
• The Japan-only video game Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 had a set of unlockable files, supposedly based on those of the shadowy organization SEELE and revealing the deep secrets of the series, based on a series of interviews with the show's creator, Hideaki Anno. The extra information might not allow Neon Genesis Evangelion to make complete sense, but it certainly does help...
  • The main oddity is that the supposed God is notoriously unwilling to divulge any information about the series he worked on, generally advocating "Death of the Author" to the point of "Suicide of the Author". All the actual information seems to have come from an older Proposal, which could technically fit, but just somehow feels....off in relation to the actual finished product.
• In 2011 a The Legend of Zelda art book and encyclopedia called Hyrule Historia came out included with an in-game timeline section from director Eiji Aonuma. This timeline is Nintendo's first complete document on the series chronology, which up until that point had been solely the realm of vague hints and fans Wild Mass Guessing.
  • A less timeline-centric Word of God involved confirmation that the Zora became the Rito, a fact only loosely hinted at by Medli's implied Ruto ancestry in The Wind Waker.
  • Another statement from Hyrule Historia is that the Hero's Shade from Twilight Princess is the spiritual manifestation of the regrets of the Link seen in Ocarina of Time.
• The Super Smash Bros.. Dojo includes a lot of clarifying information about the storyline of Super Smash Bros.. Brawl, since all the characters are Heroic Mimes.
• Back in the old days of Fallout 2, there was much confusion regarding Super Mutant sterility especially given an offhanded comment made by a certain Super Mutant. And lo', clarification was given by Chris Avellone in the Fallout Bible that said comment was indeed a poor-taste joke and that mutants were definitely and undeniably sterile, Despite this, the entire community ignored this and still bicker amongst themselves like frellin' idiots to this day. Amen.
• There's still a Fallout 3 fan controversy although The Word from the lead designer is: Fawkes ''is'' and ''was'' male.
  • Look at his vault suit tatters. The seam patterns match the Male vault suit. This could have been cinched before it got out of hand. Though it's likely someone who can't let it go will insist "she" was crossdressing or something.
• Shadow of the Colossus featured sixteen colossi that are not named in-game. Eventually names started to pop-up with sources claiming to be from either Dengeki or Famitsu, which are usually Word Of God sources for Japanese games. Fumito Ueda eventually stated in the official artbook that none of the colossi have names — only nicknames given by the staff during development.
• Resident Evil 5 with the death of Albert Wesker, a major plot driven and entirely important story character. This drove fans to disbelieve his fate heavily, many of which fought between each other as to the character's potential mortality. Lo and behold, Hand of God states in a paraphrase that " Wesker will NEVER return". However, most fans have either accepted it or rejected it entirely based on different reasons. Even years afterwards, some fans still believe the word to be wrong, regardless of already being possibly replaced which is hinted in the game as him having a brother who may be alive.
  • The exact words of producer Masachika Kawata: "Even if you want Albert Wesker to come back, there's no chance he's coming back from that."
• The Medic from Team Fortress 2 despite have numerous allusions to the Nazis in his spoken lines and overall character, the creators have said that he is in fact not a former Nazi.
  "Medic is not a Nazi not because it’d offend people, but because it’d be too easy/lazy to slap that kind of label on him. They want a more dynamic character."
• In a September 2012 interview with Game Informer, Mario creator Shigeru Miyomoto had this to say: "[Nintendo's] current story is that the seven Koopalings are not Bowser's children" .
• According to this interview with Persona 4's staff, all the entries in the Persona series do in fact take place in the same verse.
  • Related to that, an interview with Atlus in P4's DoubleJump guide confirms that the blue butterflies in Persona 3 and 4 are supposed to be Philemon.
• At the end of the Dark Seed II wrongpurae, slowbeef said he contacted the creator of the game, who said that it was intentionally left vague whether or not the dark world actually exists, or if Mike Dawson is just crazy. Fortunately, nobody cares about Dark Seed canon.
• At Sonic Boom 2012, Takashi Iizuka confirmed the canonical backstories of Silver the Hedgehog, Eggman Nega and Blaze the Cat.^note Silver and Nega are from the future of Sonic's world as said in the Rivals series, while Blaze is a princess from another dimension as said in Sonic Rush At Sonic Boom 2013, he also explained why the moon looks fine in every Sonic game set after Sonic Adventure 2: it's still blown in half, it's just the "good" side we see.
• During Dragon Age II, several characters make comments that hint that Fenris' former master, Danarius, had....more interest in him than just a super-powered bodyguard. Bioware eventually confirmed this.

Webcomics

• The Order of the Stick creator Rich Burlew has outright stated, several times that Belkar is Chaotic Evil (and no other alignment is remotely compatible with either his observed behavior or things like the effects, or lack thereof, of various spells on him); this doesn't stop some fans insisting that he is Chaotic Neutral. He's said it in the Giant In The Playground forums, he put it in this comic, not only explicitly states that Belkar is Chaotic Evil, but lampshades it by making it the literal Word of Archon (angel). And if you still don't believe it (fool), Belkar even says so himself here
• 8-Bit Theater creator Brian Clevinger has had to repeatedly enforce the idea that Black Belt was Killed Off for Real to the point where a strip which was (presumably) created to actually shoot down a fan theory was titled "Now Shut Up".
• Similarly, the writer of In Wily's Defense assures quite often that Pharoah Man is dead for good and created a strip to reaffirm that.
• Tom Siddell, author of Gunnerkrigg Court, is very helpful about providing background info and answering fan questions. So much, in fact, that it's become necessary to make an index(called the Word of Tom) to keep track of it all. There were two threads on the forum (54 combined pages, and counting) consisting of nothing but Tom answering fans' questions. The forum threads have since been abandoned in favor of Tom's formspring account, in which he has answered over 5000 questions at the time of this edit
• In an Irregular Webcomic! forum thread:
  Does that mean, that every Death was originally the first person to die by that method?
  No, it doesn't mean that at all. In #1970: "ACCORDIN' TO THE LAWS OF THE OONIVERSE, CHOO'RE NOW DEFF OF GOIN' BACK IN TIME 'N' MURDERIN' CHORESELF." But what exactly the relevant law is, is not explained. It may or may not have anything to do with being the first person to have gone back in time and murdered oneself. Word Of God.
• Averted in the Erfworld IRC. According to a "news" post on the main site, "You may NOT quote what I say as Word of God. There's a lot of thinking out loud. Anything I say in there is not canon, and may be changed, ignored, or totally reversed."
• T Campbell of Penny and Aggie often responds on the forum to questions about aspects of, or incidents in, the characters' lives not covered in the comic, as long as answering wouldn't constitute a spoiler or limit his future options.
• In Ultima-Java's UJ-verse a lot of the unimportant background and world establishing information was described on the Wiki or through discussion on the UJ Forums. The hosting site is doscontinued.
• In Mob Ties, what Author Ninja says is law. Case in point: http://www.drunkduck.com/Mob_Ties/index.php?p=418923
• Andrew Hussie, creator of MS Paint Adventures, has been pretty good about clarifying some of the more vague plot points of the latest series, Homestuck. A Recap Episode featuring his Author Avatar immediately after the one-year anniversary update particularly squashed a few misconception that were floating around the fandom.
  • He also answers fan questions on his formspring, though he is just as likely subvert it by responding to persistently asked questions with "I don't know. At this point I'm probably just withholding those details to bug people."
  • He is also a fully-fledged Teasing Creator who takes advantage of this trope to do things to annoy his fanbase, like declare all the fantrolls "Canon, even the shitty ones".
• Precocious creator Christopher J. "Chrispy" Paulsen leaves comments and regularly interacts with viewers and explains things on his blog and the Precocious forum.
• Tess Stone, author of Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name, has been very generous with his godly words both on his DeviantArt and in the The Rant.
  • His Q&A session on DeviantArt has elevated it to All There in the Manual.
• Dan Shive of El Goonish Shive has often answered questions through Q&A comics. He also used to do so through the forum but has since ceased posting because of repetitive, predictable complaining. He has started answering questions via formspring but seems to be very selective about which questions he answers. On the other hand he tweets liberally about El Goonish Shive, often using the hashtag #EGS and more recently #EGScomics.
• Doc Nickel of The Whiteboard is a regular on his comic's forum, and frequently answers fan questions. He's not above poking fun, either: in response to a fan's question on the forum asking what had happened to the rest of Sandy's Egg McMuffin, he invoked Word of God, then had a bit of fun.
• Writers Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss of the webcomic sequel to the Super Mario Bros. (1993) movie regularly add background information to each page, while further clarifying other issues in the comments.
• The creators of Children of Eldair often have comments below the comic panels, some of them hinting at things yet to come or just commenting on the artwork in a particular frame.
• The writers of Exterminatus Now pay attention to stuff posted on their comic's TV Tropes page, and posted this page to answer some questions on the Headscratchers tab.
• Chris Hazelton, creator/writer/artist for Misfile, has weighed in on many issues on the forum (registration required).

Web Original

• Tales of MU has a lot of this, possibly driven by the blog format.
• Stuart Slade, author of The Salvation War, will answer any serious question about the logistics of his versions of Hell and Heaven and their relationship with our universe that isn't explicitly spelled out in the story itself. None of these are necessary to following the story, but they do make a great display of how much thought he puts into it.
• Sam Hughes, the author of Fine Structure has a page devoted to Q&A with the readers. During the original run of the story, he also clarified certain points as they were raised.
• The Tim Tang Test, the hardest puzzle in the world (no-one has ever solved it!) has a chat box at the bottom of each level that lets you talk to anyone else taking the test. Almost every single day, Tim himself is on the chat box and is available to talk about anything.
• Serris, the creator of the Darwin's Soldiers universe will answer any questions raised on the discussion topic and issue proclamations with regards to the canon as well.
  • Also, he has stated that the anthros were not human to begin with.
• Burnie Burns, writer of Red vs. Blue, gave the community the chance to conduct two interviews just for this purpose, so long as nobody asked questions about Tex or future episodes. It is unclear whether or not that helped, though - some of the fan community believes his adherence to Rule of Funny makes Wild Mass Guessing a fruitless endeavor, while others simply believe that Burnie lies.
• The author of Chaos Fighters sometimes gives random explanations about random things in the Random Chaos Fighters Tidbit entries of his personal journal.
• Due to its audio-only nature, Welcome to Night Vale often requires Word of God for basic clarification. The FAQ section on the Commonplace Books website provides a helpful guide on spelling the names of the characters. Woe upon those who try to spell Khoshekh without their assistance.
• Many statements of canon in We Are All Pokémon Trainers are often made either in the discussion thread, the wiki, or within the chatroom.

Western Animation

• Regarding the Avatar: The Last Airbender Ship-to-Ship Combat and the subsequent Zutara Ship Sinking, Bryan and Mike have said multiple times that Aang and Katara were always meant to be the Official Couple as far back as when season one was still coming out. One interview:
  BK: I think it's important to note one thing I have heard from the internet is that some fans have the idea we've put shipping into the show because they've asked for it...requested it. This is totally not the case. Mike and I like to do melodrama stuff and we wanted that in there. Not that it's all cheesy, but we wanted that from the get-go. Five years ago when we were developing this.
  MDD: Yeah, Aang-Katara, that romance. Some stuff developed along the way, and we're glad some fans are more receptive to that element of the show, but it was in the DNA of the thing from the start.
  • Nickelodeon's site states the final fate of Azula: locked up in an asylum and monitored around the clock for her own protection. She just may have a chance of recovery in the future, however. This later gets fully canonized in a comic book sequel.
• Following his split with Disney, Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman has addressed many obscure questions otherwise unanswered by show material and is considered the authoritative source, to the point most fans do not consider the last season Canon. The comic book moreover continues where the second season left off and completely ignores the third season.
• The creators of Kim Possible, Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, have said on numerous occasions that Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable will be together forever and were meant to get together from the start of the series. The Director Steve Loter has said that the alien villains died, and that Shego and Drakken are definitely dating at the end of Graduation.
• The creators of The Simpsons often explain the "real meaning" of various episodes on DVD commentary—such as "Homer's Enemy" being about how a "normal" person couldn't survive in Springfield, or (more recently) "The Principal and the Pauper" being a jab at the Suspiciously Similar Substitute idea.
• Dwayne McDuffie ran a Q&A thread about Ben 10: Alien Force, where he (among other things) clarified such contested points as Gwen's magic and Kevin's powers. Some fans like to ignore it, because he lied once, about Grandpa Max's fate, though it could be said that lying was the only way to preserve any suspense when asked that question.
• Transformers has featured numerous instances of this, but in particular, Transformers: Animated featured a cameo by an unnamed red Bumblebee-like robot. When character designer Derrick Wyatt saw that TFWiki.net, in accordance with its policies on nameless characters, was referring to the character as "Little red Autobot," he wrote in and told them that the character was indeed named Cliffjumper and the page should be moved to that name.
  • Also, he clarified Alpha Trion's role in the Autobot government (He's the civilian leader, as opposed to Ultra Magnus' military leadership).
  • Two volumes of a book called The Allspark Almanac have been published. It is comprised of almost entirely Word of God, including things like the name of the planet Sentinel, Optimus, and Elita visit in “Along came a spider” Archa-7; the name of Ultra Magnus' hammer The Stormbringer; what Meltdown's creatures were before they were mutated his lawyer and stock broker; and the name of his company Biotech Unbound.
• If you want some Word of God relating to The Venture Brothers, swing by the official site and watch some of the authors' appearances at conventions. (Beware, the third season finale is relentlessly spoiled.) They are just as likely to provide background information as they are Shrug of God and Ascended Fanon, and are very entertaining while doing it. The DVD commentary also has tons of info that didn't make it into the show.
  • Jackson Publick's LiveJournal and Doc Hammer's old MySpace page are good too.
• On Jhonen Vasquez's Facebook page is this little paragraph that can now be considered as canon:
  "I'm several hundred years aware of some of you wanting more ZIM or JTHM, and I think it's very flattering that you'd like that old stuff of mine so much, but exercise some restraint and refrain from screaming about that, please. It's 2009, guys. ZIM crashed while on routine surveillance and burned to death in terrible pain."
• This interview by Edward Kay contains several insights on Jimmy Two-Shoes, including some original concepts and design choices about Heloise.
• In both the Franklin books and animated series, the character Badger walks using crutches. Though it has never been stated on either of those, Word of God on the official Internet site for the series revealed that she has cerebral palsy.
• Teen Titans provided very little backstory for most of the main characters and none at all for the characters created specifically for the show who never appeared in the original comics. However, Word Of God from Amy Wolfram has given us an origin story for the Amazing Mumbo: he was an ordinary Stage Magician who got his hands on a real magic wand, which gave him Functional Magic at the expense of his sanity. This is stated in the special features on the third season DVD.
• Dwayne McDuffie, creator of Static Shock, has stated here that Richie, Static's sidekick and best friend, is in fact gay, as is his comic book counterpart. When asked if Static knew, he replied "Not yet."
• Lauren Faust often provides supplementary details for My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic in her DeviantArt page seen here. As her role on the show is now only as consultant and script producer, she makes sure to note that the information she provides should not be considered canon.
• Dan Norton, the art director of ThunderCats (2011) set up a Crew of Omens blog to answer fan questions and also uses deviantArt, to post concept art and model sheets, frequently posting fan art on the blog, including both Yaoi and fetish art.
• Pendleton Ward's formspring almost seems to contain more background information about Adventure Time than the show itself does. If you include Word of Saint Paul from creative director Adam Muto, character designer Natasha Allegri, and others, there's no contest. Ages, species, lands, history, clarification, there's a lot on there. (This may be in part because of Adventure Time's notoriously Rule of Cool driven nature.) Notably, Ward confirmed that Ooo is set After the End years before this was explicitly confirmed in the show itself.

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Anime and Manga

• The author of the Sailor Moon manga has affirmed that the characters of Haruka Tenou (Sailor Uranus) and Michiru Kaiou (Sailor Neptune) were intended as a lesbian couple. This is heavily hinted at in both the anime and manga, but never stated outright and occasionally a point of contention among some fans.
  • Another Sailor Moon statement is the identity of Sailor Cosmos which shows word of god can be very vague. She stated that "In the very last manga, the last book, she is the future Sailor Moon." but canon also states that Usagi lost her powers as a Senshi after becoming Queen. Many fans assume she's Chibi-Usa's sister or Daughter, which are both also ruled out. Those who do the reading assume she's a future incarnation but it's unknown if that theory is right or now.
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gainax Studio, among other things, has claimed that Kamina is a virgin, Simon isn't, and Viral is a shark with feline genetics.
• The odd translation errors like "New Yark" and the "Great Canyon" from the dub of Mobile Suit Gundam were not actually errors. According to one translator, Yoshiyuki Tomino himself (or "a little bald wizard," as the translator put it) requested the changes; this would not be surprising at all considering the same little bald wizard requested that one episode be taken out of the US release, for very obvious reasons.
• For Code Geass the Word of God, according to the writer, is that Lelouch is, in fact, dead, despite a popular fan theory that he is 'the cart-driver' in the final scene. The Official Guide Book repeatedly mentions Lelouch's passing and the Special Edition Zero Requiem DVD replaces the entire last scene with a monologue by C.C. expressing her sadness over Lelouch's death. However, many fans choose to discount this with the theory that his identity as Lelouch vi Britannia is dead, but he might be living on as an immortal..
  • At the same time, the director has made statements that can be taken as Word of Dante, in the sense that he prefers Shrug of God and leaving it to the fans to decide for themselves, which adds fuel to the fire and polarizes an already badly Broken Base.
• Hideaki Anno, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, does not often comment on Eva unless he feels it is an important issue. The most famous of his statements is the one jossing the theory that Misato shot Kaji. He specified that it was a nameless security agent.
  • The production team have commented on Rei as well, such as her not being an albino and her weird-but-nonsexual relationship with Gendo.
• Ranma 1/2 has had Rumiko Takahashi state that the Jusenkyo Nanniichuan (Spring of Drowned Man) will cure Ranma and the other cursed men. It's possible that this clarification would never have needed to have been made, if not for an early plot hole (the Saotomes not getting cured right there and then, and then following the guide to the Joketsuzoku) that then developed a Fanon theory of its own, and, worse still, a villainous character returning with an extra curse having been "merged" into his original one.
  • Similarly, the reason many fans of the series deride Akari Unryuu is because the author has admitted she was created solely for the purpose of giving Ryoga a "happy ending" and someone else to chase after besides Akane when The Rival managed to become so popular with the fans.
  • And regarding the endless fan speculation about whether girl Ranma can get knocked up: "I don't think about that, and you shouldn't either!"
• The creator of Slayers has insisted that Idiot Hero Gourry Gabriev actually has the potential to be a sorcerer of power perhaps equal to Lina Inverse — it's just his Swiss-cheese memory stops him.
• The director of Digimon Adventure 02 has stated that there's Digidestined in every country. We just didn't get to see all of them because it would've expanded the series by a good hundred or so more episodes.
• Hiro Mashima has been providing Del Rey with official translations for the names of the characters in Fairy Tail to avoid disputes over what the characters' names should be spelled as. Apparently, though, the names guessed up for the scanlations before Del Rey provided the actual translations are just cooler.
  • Except for the fact this may be a case of the creator not being sure himself, if this◊ is any indication.

Comics

• Scott Lobdell himself stated he was very surprised at the amount of controversy the first issue of Red Hood and the Outlaws caused. He goes on to say that he doesn't see why people see Starfire as an ADD-stricken Ethical Slut. He also assures disgruntled readers to keep reading, as answers will be revealed later, not that this has stopped some people from dropping the book outright.

Film

• Transformers left plenty of questions unanswered and a few Sequel Hooks, and with Transformers fans being who they are have asked a lot of questions. One in particular was whether or not Starscream took part in the F-22 assault on Megatron hiding in his alternate form. It would certainly be in tradition with the character, and the writers have said Sure Why Not so far. Another question was the unexplained absence of Barricade from the final battle. The comic book depicted him being killed by Optimus Prime, but the writers said they did it deliberately to bring him back in the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. Despite this, Barricade makes no appearance. He did, however, appear in the climatic battle of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
• Richard O'Brien has stated that it was actually Riff Raff, and not Dr. Frank N. Furter, who did most of the work on Rocky in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
  • Richard has also stated that the reason Riff killed Frank is because Riff was jealous.
• Jon Favreau, the director of Iron Man, has stated that The Ten Rings, the terrorist organization that kidnaps Tony at the beginning of the film, in fact, works for The Mandarin, one of Iron Man's enemies from the comics.
  • As of Iron Man 3, this seems to be Jossed due to the true nature of The Mandarin.
• Stephen Sondheim has gone on record saying that Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street DID have sex, disappointing or disgusting many fans. This appears to be averted in the movie version, where Sweeney balks from kissing her in her own fantasy sequence. It's also averted in several theatre productions, including the 2012 London one with Michael Ball. As she sings By The Sea, he ignores her completely in favour of reading the newspaper.

Literature

• The Dresden Files: "Justin's dead! D-E-D dead!", frequent reply of the author to fan theories that Harry Dresden's Evil Mentor (whom, canonically, Harry burned to death) may somehow still be alive, and involved in the events of the various novels.
  • As of Changes, Jim states that Harry is D-E-D dead, and we know the series isn't over yet. This sparks even more discussion, as some believe Justin will come back with or after Harry or that they will meet in the afterlife, or wherever Harry winds up in Ghost Story
    • As of Ghost Story: Harry isn't dead, but his soul is removed from his body. His body was technically kept alive by Mab and the genus loci of Demonreach. He gets better.
  • According to Word Of Jim, one of "Gentleman" Jonny Marcone's bodyguards Cujo Hendricks, believed by Harry Dresden to be a dumb thug, is actually working on his Doctorate and quotes classic literature when he disagrees with his employer. In the Marcone PoV story "Even Hand", Cujo allegedly shows what's Beneath the Mask.
  • This is a link to a guide to most of the Words of Jim.
• Warrior Cats: Though it's only hinted at in the actual books, Word Of God has revealed that Cinderpelt and Firestar is a canon pairing... sort of. Firestar, being a complete idiot when it comes to she-cats, still thinks he and Cinderpelt were "Just Friends". The author(s) often give out Word Of God statements. Though many questions are answered with a "why, I can't tell you that" response, fans have learned such things as Firestar and Scourge being half-brothers and Leopardstar was in love with Tigerstar.
• In the Dragonlance series of books, it is rumored, debated, and shot down by a character, that Usha is Raistlin's daughter. The books never revealed the truth in certain terms however, and debate among readers raged for years until the authors, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman answered the question definitively: That she is not Raistlin's daughter.
• The creator of The Twilight Saga stated that the reason why Jacob was so fixated on Bella up until Renesmee's birth was because he sensed the child's egg inside her mother, even before she was conceived. Squick.

Live Action Television

• The Doctor Who episode "The Brain of Morbius" shows the faces of several actors who, depending on your interpretation of the scene, may be Doctors predating the canonical first Doctor. Despite the fact that the Canon is very clear on the fact that the Doctor's lives are all accounted for, some people on the production staff have affirmed that they intended the faces to be earlier Doctors.
  • What today is regarded as canon in Doctor Who was actually only settled on relatively late in the day. For example, it wasn't even established during "The Brain of Morbius" that Time Lords are limited to twelve regenerations (that was first mentioned in "The Deadly Assassin", broadcast the following year). Terrance Dicks, onetime script editor of Doctor Who and the man who introduced the concept of the Time Lords themselves to the show, famously once stated that 'canon was what the production team could remember on any given day.'
  • When "The End of Time" aired, there was considerable dispute over the true identity of The Woman who kept showing up. Russell T Davies has confirmed that she is in fact meant to be the Doctor's mother, although they intentionally left it open to interpretation.
• Creator of the tragically short lived Pushing Daisies Bryan Fuller reveled how he envisioned the show ending in a TV Guide interview.
  • Emerson gets back together with his wife. The watches only led to a buried treasure and had no bearing on Ned's powers. The world finds out about Chuck and she goes off and travels with her parents to hide from the attention. She and Ned have a long, loving relationship. Many, many years later they finally kiss when Ned is on his deathbed and Chuck hasn't aged a day.
• The new Battlestar Galactica has occasionally relied on this, such as producer Mark Verheiden confirming that Six was released from prison as part of President Lee Adama's amnesty to the rebel and Final Five Cylons in the episode "Revelations".
  • At times, the Word of God has simply made things more confused. In the episode "Hero" it is stated that Tigh and Adama served on the battlestar Valkyrie one year before the series begins and were moved to Galactica as punishment after a vital mission failed. This contradicts statements made in several other episodes that Adama had commanded Galactica for 2-3 years prior to the series. And worse still, a document seen on-screen in the very same episode suggested he'd actually been in command of Galactica for six years. When asked about the problem, producer Ronald D. Moore said there wasn't a problem, they'd worked it out behind the scenes and it all tracked, but didn't share this explanation with fans, leaving the situation unresolved. Many people resolve this by assuming they were moved back to Galactica from active duty on the Valkyrie, the punishment being command of an inactive ship.
• Power Rangers RPM is stated to take place in an Alternate Universe, separate from the other Ranger series. Good thing too, or else that would have meant all the previous Rangers and/or their descendants would have been horribly killed in the end and all their work for naught. This was later canonized when Scott crossed dimensions and guest-starred in Power Rangers Samurai.
  • On a lighter note, Tommy really does end up marrying Kat and Kimberly eventually marries Skull, although for obvious reasons, those little tidbits are all but ignored. Even when such relationships should get referenced in later series, the subject never comes up (Tommy's a regular in Dino Thunder but apparently still single, Skull's son appears in Samurai but his mom is never mentioned).
  • Also, Power Rangers S.P.D. had the writers explain a lot of things that had not been competently conveyed in the series itself.
  • Johnathan Tzachor, producer of the franchise for all of Saban's seasons, has claimed that any season he didn't produce either in part or full (Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, Power Rangers S.P.D., Power Rangers Mystic Force, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Power Rangers Jungle Fury and Power Rangers RPM) are no longer considered as being part of the franchise's canon. However, in this case he's been overruled by Saban.
• There was some speculation that the Father Ted character Father Noel Furlong, a youth group leader, was having sex with the young people in his charge and was therefore a comment on paedophillia in the Catholic Church. (The fact that the character was played by Graham Norton helped this view). The creators have confirmed that the character is actually asexual and the joke is that the character is too enthusiastic about the quite normal behaviour of the young people.
• A strange example of this trope is Twin Peaks, as creator David Lynch has stated that he does not support the identity of Laura Palmer's killer being her father, as he was a victim to Executive Meddling, and wanted the mystery of the killer to go on for the entire series. He therefore claims that the killer could be anybody.

Newspaper Comics

• Charles Schulz of Peanuts stated that Linus' belief in the Great Pumpkin is not and was never intended to be a metaphor for faith. Strips later in the run (featuring such things as Linus going door to door to spread the word of the Great Pumpkin, convincing Marcie before she is sent to be "deprogrammed" by her parents) suggest he was open to playing with the idea.
  • Other issues for which Schulz gave official answers include stating that the comic strip was canon and the animated specials and movies weren't, explaining how Snoopy can sleep on top of his doghouse (his ears lock him into place), confirming that Charlie Brown isn't bald (he has really short blond hair), and perhaps indirectly the Peppermint Patty-Marcie-lesbian issue (when asked whether he ever dealt with sexuality in Peanuts, he said "These are just little kids. That really puts a lid on it right there.")

Tabletop Games

• Warhammer 40,000 creator Rick Priestly has confirmed that the two "missing" Primarchs exist to provide fodder for player-created Space Marine chapters and Chaos Space Marine Legions, and will never be identified.

Video Games

• Nasu and the Nasuverse. Most fans chose to simply ignore Nasu's official statements since the Nasuverse is complex enough as it is. It also doesn't help that officially he isn't sure if the Forest of Einasshe thing in Tsukihime is canon or just cool fluff.
• The director of Dark Souls has provided several minor clarifications regarding the storyline, including the facts that Ceaseless Discharge is the son of the Witch of Izalith (which was heavily hinted at by the Orange Charred Ring's description), that the Pendant is totally unimportant (after some trolling on the topic), and that if Solaire survives to fight Gwyn with you, he Links the Fire in his own world.

Webcomics

• MSF High: There are no incubus in the msfhigh universe and there never will be. This is the only known race to be directly stated not to exist in the MSF High universe. Though it is for good reason.
• Creep Knight and the Mass from Voodoo Walrus are not in fact the same character.

Western Animation

• Avatar: The Last Airbender:
  • Mike and Bryan have divulged that Aang does, in fact, have a tattoo there.
  • The two of them also confirmed that Jet really is dead. In commentary, they laughed that he's now in "Hot Guy Heaven". The in-series lack-of-clarity on the issue is later Lampshaded in season 3.
  • They've also confirmed that no, the Air Nomads as a people aren't gonna make a comeback. (which tends to fall on deaf ears.) Although the continuation in Korra does at least confirm that the discipline of airbending does survive.
  • A minor one from Korra: After the Relationship Writing Fumble in season 1 that made Mako look like a cheating jerk, fans pounced on him advising Bolin to "pull off the leech" in his own bad relationship. Mike and Bryan stepped in and clarified that it was just a play on the expression "rip off the band-aid," and he wasn't calling Asami a leech.
• Butch Hartman stated in an interview that the ghosts in Danny Phantom are really monsters from a different dimension, that is the Ghost Zone. Explains why they can have offspring and apparently age, but doesn't explain why some were once human to begin with. This contradicts some of the actual dead ghosts in the series. However, Danny's mom once described them as something like "ectoplasmic manifestations of post-human consciousnenss", which implies that they're simply monsters that think they're dead humans.
• The creators of Hey Arnold! have purportedly stated that Helga's mother is an alcoholic, although they knew that saying so directly would never fly on Nickelodeon. Incidentally, they said in the same interview that Arnold's last name is Shortman.
• Dan Povenmire and "Swampy" Marsh, the creators of Phineas and Ferb have responded to questions about a few issues, including the first names of the Fireside Girls. Povenmire also commented that both Phineas and Isabella and Ferb and Vanessa would get together one day, even if it doesn't happen on the show.
• In an interview, Steve Blum has stated that Transformers: Prime Starscream once swallowed a bird. It remains unclear whether or not he was joking.
• The Executive Producer of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated confirmed Cassidy Williams and Ed Machine's deaths. It was common speculation that he may not have been telling the truth, and that they were just hiding. In the series finale, Cassidy (and presumably Ed Machine) are both alive in the alternate timeline created by the destruction of the Nibiru Entity. This means that they actually did end up dying in the original timeline, as they never returned in it.
• People love the Donnie and April relationship and have so many fan-works available. However, unbeknowst to some of them, the creators only made Donnie crush on April for comic relief. April's real love interest is introduced in season 2 and he's someone whom she's been paired up with since the original comics.

Other

• BIONICLE story writer Greg Farshtey kept a good relationship with the fan community. Not only did Greg provide Word of God for any question a fan might have had, but he sometimes distributed advance information and occasionally allowed fans to influence minor details, with "Sure Why Not"? Around the time the franchise ended, Greg wanted and give the fans more of a say in where the story should go, but his newborn child kept him from this, and later LEGO adopted a rule that forbid him from talking to fans online. However, they still let him occasionally use the official LEGO message boards to answer fan questions.

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