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edited 18th Sep '17 1:08:08 PM by Fighteer
I like the idea that the Canon Elemental is whatever you think it is. People can argue for hours about what the Canon Elemental actually is, and nobody will actually be objectively right.
EDIT: But it has to be what the SUMMONER thinks it is. If it were what the viewer thought it was, that would be Fanon Elemental.
edited 19th Jul '13 10:30:30 AM by TobiasDrake
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Elan was the one who heard it. Perhaps it's a Dashing Swordsman thing to have the supernatural ability to pick up on weaknesses of powerful enemies to cleverly and dramatically exploit.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.@Tobias: Heh, a good point! But presumably only those parts of the summoner's intent that match with actual setting canon, otherwise it's somewhat of a Word of Dante elemental. :P
Elan is immune to glass? I don't remember that offhand — how did he come to be immune to glass?
The Ranch Dressing Elementals will pull a Big Damn Heroes and save V from the IFC, stop Tarquin and defeat Xykon all in one fell swoop

I'm inclined to imagine a canon elemental as being composed of all narrative, character or setting elements that have been officially confirmed: if a character is known to be heterosexual, they perceive it as an attractive female; if that same character is afraid of bugs, it's also a giant spider; if the writers have told us how energy weapons work then it has energy weapons; etc. Given the sheer number of such elements, I imagine that it would bring to bear only a subset at a given time, but it might be able to alter which subset, and I imagine that it's different for each party member confronting it (even if they're doing so at the same time).
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