The poll has closed, and the resounding results are.... mixed. While a majority of people do like their MFU to have some canon as a part of the story, a surprisingly large number of people don't think it necessary for a good MFU tale. That seems a tad contradictory to me, but who's counting. Overall, writers like canon but don't think they must include it while readers also like canon but enjoy a good story regardless.
Perhaps what we come away with is that, as long as we have Illya and Napoleon being their real selves, a story can be anything the imagination can conjure up on the page.
Once again, you can go
here to see the results. I'd be interested to hear back on what this all means to those who pushed our buttons.