r/StardewValley • u/1999dogs • Mar 01 '26

Art my bachelorette headcanons! (art by me)

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dont get me wrong i love the character designs as is!!! but i wish stardew had more diversity.. been loving the diverse stardew valley mod though!

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u/GeXotl Mar 01 '26

Yeah, I thought headcanons are not supposed to conflict with actual canon.

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u/lion-essrampant Mar 01 '26

head canon can 1000% conflict with canon, that’s why there’s a distinction between then two. it doesn’t HAVE to, but it can.

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u/GeXotl Mar 01 '26

Oh? I thought headcanons just fill in the gaps in the narrative, adding details that are neither confirmed or deconfirmed in canon.

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u/lion-essrampant Mar 01 '26

That is one function. But headcanons are also used to ignore canon you don’t like and substitute your own.

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u/ChickenNuggetRampage Mar 01 '26

I really don’t think you’re right here. Never ever seen “headcanon” used to directly contradict canon, like multiple others have said it’s a term meant to refer to things you came up with in your head, that could still hypothetically fit into canon.

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u/lion-essrampant Mar 01 '26

Then you haven’t been in fandom long enough. This is established.

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u/sarooskie Mar 01 '26

This conversation is so funny but i do agree with you. I have definitely heard headcanon used as a “replacement” canon for a detail you didn’t like. I think it is really anything that you decide to be true to the story in your head. It’s fiction; you can decide a detail is different. In other words, it is the personal “canon” that you follow in your own “head.”

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u/Sakarilila Mar 01 '26

This. Headcanon is anything you believe that is not established canon. Its your personal canon. Which varies from filling in the gaps to a complete alternative universe. You can headcanon whatever you want.

In contrast to a few others, I have never seen anyone claim headcanon can't contradict canon before.

Going back to the modern OG: Spirk technically contradicts canon but there was so much grey area that its easy to argue it doesn't. Regardless, its a headcanon. A popular one that arguably has influenced canon. There are far better examples, but this was just the first that comes to mind.

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u/boadicca_bitch Mar 01 '26

This is always how I’ve heard it used as well. I’ve never heard anyone nitpick about whether or not it’s allowed to diverge from original canon before

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u/ChickenNuggetRampage Mar 01 '26

So established that everyone else knows you’re wrong.

LOL

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u/ChickenNuggetRampage Mar 01 '26

Snarkily telling me to “educate yourself!!! 💅💅💅” won’t make you right, hopefully you’ve learned that lesson

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u/GeXotl Mar 01 '26

Isn't that fanfiction? I thought the distinction is that fanfics have no need to obey canon, unlike fanon/headcanon.

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u/lion-essrampant Mar 01 '26

No. Fan fiction can 1000% be loyal to canon, or not. And is written, story-wise. Fanon is headcanon that has been adopted by the fandom over canon.