User blog:Weavillain/How Much Do You Let Fanon/Headcanon Influence You?

The Loud House is a cartoon that offers us so much as it is yet leaves behind a lot of breadcrumbs that lead to a wide variation of different paths, none of them set in stone in where the trail ultimately ends. For instance, ever wonder what exactly it is that makes Luan go all crazy on Apirl Fool's Day? Ever wonder if Leni has a mental disability based on her interactions with the world around her? Ever wonder why Bun-Bun means so much to Lincoln? Ever wonder how Clyde got his crush on Lori? Ever wonder where the heck Mr. Santiago is?

Well, as of now, the show doesn't have a clear answer for us on any of those question but believe me, that hasn't stopped fans from making their own minds up with their own answers to questions like those and so much more. It's gotten to the point where, like any fandom, fan-created lore and theories are a major talking point and like any sort of fanon/personal headcanon, it lets us see the characters and settings in a different light, sometimes positive and sometimes negative. A huge outlet for these expressed ideas is fanfiction and as for someone who reads and writes plenty of The Loud House fanfiction (it's a serious addiction, please send help), I can only point one steallar and well-written example in That Engineer's "Syngenesophobia" and its latest chapters. I won't give anything away but if you're all caught up with the story, you should have an idea with where I'm getting at.

And like anything of sentimental, creative value, it can create attachments between the idea and the consumer, whether those ideas carry any real weight in what's established in canon or not. And with that attachment comes the possibility of distortion; seeing things for what they aren't because of the deliberate imbuing of worth, whether done so unconsciously or not. It can be pretty easy to forget what's right in front of us is spelled out the way it is until further notice. That's not to talk down to the people who don't do so but it does lead me to wonder whether those fans are individuals who are a fan of The Loud House or a fan of their version of The Loud House.

Again, since the show's not over, there are a lot of things that can be left to interpretation if the books not closed but as for me, I don't let the open-ended nature lull me into offering my own take of little idiosyncracies without forgetting that I'm simply offering my own version of what could either be completely contradicted in the future or left to my devices for further mulling once the final episode airs. Of course, there's a chance that the show's creators and I share the same opinion but I doubt that I have that much luck. Or heck, gieven some of my ideas, maybe it's a good thing that fortune doesn't favor my curioisity. :P

Anyways, now that my rambling's over, let me know what you think about fanon/headcanon and how much you allow it to influence you, whether if it's of your own invention or not.

Do you let fanon/headcanon influence your viewing experience of The Loud House?

Not at all

A little

Somewhat

A lot of the time, yes