Poll Day - Is it Canon or Fanon?

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

The last Thursday of each month is Poll Day.  Let's talk about canon.

[Poll #1899268]

Comments

[carabele.livejournal.com]

I'm very much a traditionalist. I want any MFU story to reference canon in some way. If there is no canon as part of it, then honestly it just becomes generic fiction. Using the same character names doesn't make it MFU fanfic on its own.

Now the canon references can be small and subtle, but they do have to be there for me to enjoy a story. But realize just having the guys as enforcement agents for U.N.C.L.E. (at least for some years) is in itself a reference to canon.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I agree, without hearing authentic voices from the characters and having them in an environment that references the era and mood, among other things, the story isn't really MFU. It doesn't mean the story can't be enjoyable, but I really want something that rings true of the series itself. If the characters are right on, that usually does the trick.