User blog comment:Gnostic/Fanon vs. Alternate Universe/@comment-1596833-20110330003628/@comment-72835-20110330010556

I know I shouldn't fuck with established canon. I was only saying that Bioware made it so we shaped our Shepard. What Gnositc is trying to say makes zero sense. Fanon and alternate universe are one in the same. Just because someone attempts to keep their fanon to adhere to established canon does not make their fanon any different than say mine, which has two Shepards (Jesika Shepard and Josué Doblar) running about the galaxy. If you really want to think about it, your fanon becomes an alternate universe the second you create an article. Your character/ship/alien/planet/etc will never exist in this series.

Of course, what you're saying is that we should restrict our fanon to stick with canon. That, in my honest opinion, is the worst thing you can do. People should be able to do what they want, as long as they adhere to our Manual of Style or whatever we call it here.

That is what I believe. Call me a free spirit, call me a stubborn dick, call me a fuckin' asshole for all I care.