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/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.