And hey, if Game of Thrones came out and all but said he’s ace, then that’s good enough for me. Here’s hoping that the books will confirm his asexuality as well. The idea of fandom grew hand in hand with the rise of male-dominated science fiction fandom in the early 20th century, which mostly centered on books and short stories. It wasn’t until the ‘60s and ‘70s that women began forming fandom spaces for themselves, mainly focused on sci-fi and genre television.The show writers certainly seem like they were considering it. I thought it would be awesome if he were ace instead. Daryl is another character who has never shown any romantic or sexual interest in anybody else, leading me to believe that he is an aromantic asexual. All of his relationships within the first five seasons thus far have been entirely platonic. Even when Beth (may she rest in peace) offers to have sex with him, he turns her down. All in all, I was left with the impression that he just isn’t interested in sex in general, and his lack in romance and sexual partners is certainly one of the reasons I love his character so much.
But perhaps you may bewondering why I am pushing this so hard. WhyI want fandom to be considered religious. The truth is that it certainlydoesn’t need to be. Labels are often restricting and ultimately kind of useless.But they can also be very useful when trying to figure things out, and they canvalidate and legitimize things that were once considered weird or taboo oruncomfortable. And we don’t need to attach these labels, certainly. But whatI’m trying to get at, the point I’ve been trying to approach this whole time,is that these phenomena share incredibly similar traits, no matter what youwant to call them.
Because of that, the idea of headcanon is very valuable for comic book readers. If there are multiple different versions of a comic book character, then it is completely logical that you should pick the one that you like the best, and read the comics with that in mind. As a for instance, there have been many different takes on Ted Kord over the years. If you liked his portrayal in Giffen and DeMatteis' Justice League International, you are free to interpret the character with that in mind, and wish that he be portrayed in line with those comics.
What amazes me about them, though, is when you will see fans step in and try to argue against certain picks, because the picks don't fit their headcanon generator, and I just think that that is unreasonable. Headcanon is when the fans use their owm interpretations of a or over a fictional universe that they find accepted to themselves as a fan, but yet its not entirely found within or supported by the official canon source material. That’s how I like to handle it, option 3 that is.
This does, of course, still exist to some extent in Atlas and the Rogue Isles. I think the idea for the original design was so that it always felt like you were being a big hero and stopping something important. Even if that meant having several people getting mugged within a few yards of one another. There’s a lot of ways you can go about involving yourself in canon organizations!
I loved every minute of that story, and as I said, it has irrevocably changed the way I perceive Jonathan’s character. Jonathan Crane was meant to be asexual, and I desperately wish that DC Comics would make this one canon. In September 2007, a survey about headcanon circulated around LiveJournal[8], encouraging users to discuss their personal ideas from any fandom. In 2008, LiveJournal users continued to discuss generated headcanons in the fandoms of the anime series Baccano!
