Fanon often connotates things in the fandom that become generally accepted, as well as just any fan's version of something--fanon!Draco is not one characterization of Draco, although many of them have things in common.
For instance, Harry's dad and his friends (James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin) are often called The Marauders in fandom...even though they're never actually called that in the book. The map they made is called the Marauder's Map, but last I checked that referred to whomever's using the map, not the people who made it!
So, yeah: titling those four the Marauders is fanon. Another common one is to call Harry, Hermione, and Ron, The Trio.
Heh. I found a very HP-centered fanfiction dictionary over here (http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/terms.html), there are certainly others out there.
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Date: 2006-02-26 08:32 am (UTC)Fanon often connotates things in the fandom that become generally accepted, as well as just any fan's version of something--fanon!Draco is not one characterization of Draco, although many of them have things in common.
For instance, Harry's dad and his friends (James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin) are often called The Marauders in fandom...even though they're never actually called that in the book. The map they made is called the Marauder's Map, but last I checked that referred to whomever's using the map, not the people who made it!
So, yeah: titling those four the Marauders is fanon. Another common one is to call Harry, Hermione, and Ron, The Trio.
Heh. I found a very HP-centered fanfiction dictionary over here (http://fanfiction.mugglenet.com/terms.html), there are certainly others out there.