Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4772791-20160123002637/@comment-1757720-20160218141131

The Cruentus wrote: Blaid wrote: Jestermonkey4u wrote: This habit of ignoring canon is getting old. Ppl keep presenting theories without fully thinking through what we know.

Here's a tip: If you have to add, embellish or invent scenarios that change canon to fit your theory then it's not a valid argument. Valid arguments use canon as evidence, otherwise it's nothing more than fanfiction. Okay, that I can agree with. It doesn't matter how radical your idea, so long as it fits in the canon window. But rearranging canon to suit one's needs IS an act of fanfiction. Canon is static, it doesn't change. @Jester

Fanfiction are stories made up by fans, opinions and beliefs are not stories. If anything, the correct term that youngsters are using today is "Headcanon", this applies to those who ignore established canon as well. But I agree, people should go by previous established lore before making a wild guess.

@Blaid

Canon is not always static, tv show bosses can and have done gone against their own canon, usually that will be a retcon.

The person the beast is obviously someone who is not out of place at the school, so no dead characters and probably not a suddenly returning character, that said, who knows. Exactly, you are correct about fanfiction being non-profit stories set in the genre of series, so long as no one is claiming profit or the original creation then there is no copyright infringement. A clever little loophole.

Apologies regarding the Canon is always static bit, I just mean we should look at the fact before us now, rather than assume possible Retcons that may never happen.