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1a.k.a. Outlying Canon, Fanon Expanded Universe, Canon Compliant Fanwork
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3Sometimes when writing a {{Fanfic}}, instead of pulling the more common fare of an AlternateUniverseFic, a fan may write a story that is supposed to fit within the borders of, and does not contradict, the official {{canon}} at the time of publication.
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5A Pseudocanonical Fic presents itself as an in-between episode of the series with its events taking place between installments of the work or, if the writer is talented, within them but expanded upon or with a detailed perspective. Alternatively, it may be the events as presented expanded upon in light of a twist the author has added that hasn't been either confirmed or denied in canon. Additionally, no irremediable event such as the death of a canonical character will happen in it, because their aim is to write a story that has the fewest chances to ever be [[OutdatedByCanon contradicted in future official works]].
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7May occur as a potential FixFic to explain the rationale behind an OutOfCharacter moment or in other instances to actually justify canon or justify popular {{fanon}} within the established canon.
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9This mostly happens for incomplete series. In some cases the season or arc (or even entire series) in which the fic takes place ends without discrediting the events written by the fans, and these are sometimes adopted by other fans as part of the unseen canon of the series. In rare cases the ideas will be picked up by the series, or even revealed to have been part of the creators' plan and fans [[IKnewIt just happened to think it up]], too.
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11Compare with PublicDomainCanonWelding, which at times can be basically this trope but with PublicDomain source material so it can be officially published.
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13See Also: {{Canon}}, {{Fanon}}, OriginalFlavor, AlternateUniverseFic, FanonDiscontinuity, OutdatedByCanon, {{Jossed}}, AscendedFanon, FixFic, EpilepticTrees, and IKnewIt.

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