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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
2018-10-16 06:52:42
HeraldAlberich
(Before Recorded History)
Pichu-kun
Since: Jan, 2001
2018-10-17 07:41:02
^^ Better Than Canon isn't it. I'm thinking more of artwork or an animation that fans erroneously believe is official.
Edited by Pichu-kun
Synchronicity
MOD
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)

This is two questions in one but they're similar enough:
1. Is there a trope for when fan-works are mistaken for real? The closest I can think of is Word of Saint Paul but that's not quite it.
2. Is there a trope for when a fan theory is created as a joke but people start taking it seriously?
Edited by Pichu-kun