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Canon

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The Visionary Universe Canon is an important term in understanding the workings of the Visionary Universe and most especially this reference project.

In easy terms, the Visionary Universe Canon is the established 'facts' of the Visionary Universe as directly contained in the published and/or produced and publicly available story content, whatever the medium, format, means of distribution or development, as long as it is content approved and overseen by Visionary Comics Studio.

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[edit] Defining Canon

Canon is most often seen as that content or information which is by and large seen as factual, established and set. It is also thus the content and information upon which all future development must hinge and respect. In different fictional settings material which is canon often varies in definition. For the purposes of the Visionary Universe canon is any material which has:

  • Been developed, produced and published under the auspices of Visionary Comics Studio
  • Been developed and/or created under the guidelines of the Visionary Universe Wiki and approved

[edit] Source of Canon Material

[edit] Primary Sources

For the purposes of the Visionary Universe, ultimately, canon material is any and all story and story related material overseen by Visionary Comics Studio and thus approved. This would include, but not necessarily be limited to the following:

  • Visionary Universe Comics (issues and/or series)
  • Visionary Universe Prose (short stories, novellas, novel and novel series)
  • Visionary Universe Video Productions (indy films, TV specials or series, or movies)

This includes online media formats as well.

[edit] Secondary Sources

Specifically, the secondary source of canon for the Visionary Universe is primarily this reference project. Under the guidelines of the Wiki Project, reference material, including all new material generated by readers, is part of the canon.

Obviously while not as definitive as actual published or produced material, the intent of the reference project is to allow fans to contribute and expand the richness and depth of the Visionary Universe by defining Supplementary Material and fleshing out characters, cultures and history of the Visionary Universe.

All intention is to respect such material as added whenever possible. Changes will only be made, or additions deleted when there is an overwhelming need based on content material in imminent development which would contradict such reference.

NOTE: These uses of Primary Sources and Secondary Sources should not be confused with the use of Primary Source Articles and Secondary Source Articles used to refer to types of articles contained within this reference.

[edit] Qualifying as Canon

[edit] What does Qualify?

Material becomes more definitive as canon the more definitive and explicit the material.

Any content in published or produced material should be considered absolute canon when:

  • It is explicitly shown experientially within the material.
  • It is defined, outlined or shown as such within the material.
  • It is recorded or referenced in published reference work.

Content may be considered functionally canon when:

  • It is fairly represented within the material, witnessed but second-hand or observed from a 'distance'.
  • It is alluded to or referenced by multiple and disparate sources within the material.

Content may be canon, but may later be disputed when:

  • It is only obliquely witnessed or shown in the material.
  • It is referred to by singular sources within the material.
  • It is included within the reference project, but provides only supplementary material to existing canon content.

[edit] What Does Not Qualify?

  • Any material which disputes more firmly previously established canon.
  • Any reference based material generated which has no precluding anchor or connection to firmly established canon (new characters, or major events referenced but never shown in published or produced material)
  • Any material generated outside the purview of Visionary Comics Studio and publicly distributed by any means without their approval.

[edit] Additional Resources

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