Canon and Way

Canon

Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Way and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Canon".

Nearby Words: canonical, canonization, canonize

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Canon and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canon" instead a noun "Way".

preferred	preferred canon	preferred way
old	old canon	old way
special	special canon	special way
normal	normal canon	normal way
Other adjectives: standard, true, proper, entire, real, hard, main, possible, primary, different.

The Official Fanfiction University (and its spinoffs) share a multiverse with the PPC.The Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society is a rather similar, but distinct, organisation with its own canon and way of doing things.

Source: Web Original / Protectors of the Plot Continuum
The characters are human and more developed than the actual, canon characters, though there is no possible way to join all the interpretations of a character into one.

Source: Just For Fun / Happy Tree Friends: The Anime
Comments: This is a really interesting take on how one event changes the canon events completely, and it's done in a way that there isn't much rehashing of the same exact canon scenes.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Young Justice

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