Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:48:17 PM
No.150941725
>>150932044
>as if canon fucking matters in Smiling Friends
It's probably impossible to really make a pure chaos noncanonical show. Just bringing side characters back from eariler seasons forms a canon. Every episode from the ongoing season references past events and surely current events will also be referenced in future episodes.
Canon absolutely matters, they've pretended for a while that it doesn't but it does. Now they've started to embrace it. For example them acknowledging "critters" as a species in universe has massively canonical implications. They might never elaborate on why/how critters coexist with humans but we all know there are critter doctors that specialize in critter anatomy.
Maybe at some point they'll start quietly retconning known events and facts to "un-canonize" the show and upset parts of the audience that are looking for continuity nods. But then the fans will just come up with shit like "original timeline" vs. "dimension shift timeline #1..." etc. to explain the split, and that will become the new canon in their minds. Or if they alter a known character's personality, fans will talk about a traumatic "event X" that shaped that character's traits.
Eventually running from canon just becomes the "running from canon canon". That's why I think they're starting to lean into light canon more as the show goes on. Otherwise it just becomes a hindrance on what they're trying to focus on: jokes and gags.
>as if canon fucking matters in Smiling Friends
It's probably impossible to really make a pure chaos noncanonical show. Just bringing side characters back from eariler seasons forms a canon. Every episode from the ongoing season references past events and surely current events will also be referenced in future episodes.
Canon absolutely matters, they've pretended for a while that it doesn't but it does. Now they've started to embrace it. For example them acknowledging "critters" as a species in universe has massively canonical implications. They might never elaborate on why/how critters coexist with humans but we all know there are critter doctors that specialize in critter anatomy.
Maybe at some point they'll start quietly retconning known events and facts to "un-canonize" the show and upset parts of the audience that are looking for continuity nods. But then the fans will just come up with shit like "original timeline" vs. "dimension shift timeline #1..." etc. to explain the split, and that will become the new canon in their minds. Or if they alter a known character's personality, fans will talk about a traumatic "event X" that shaped that character's traits.
Eventually running from canon just becomes the "running from canon canon". That's why I think they're starting to lean into light canon more as the show goes on. Otherwise it just becomes a hindrance on what they're trying to focus on: jokes and gags.