On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:48:01 +1000, "David Jaques-Watson" wrote:

>Later on, the mantra became "canon is for authors". This meant people
>writing official published works had to do their research and at least
>*attempt* not to contradict prior work. If you were going to, then you had
>better run it past Marc Miller and his inner circle for kibitzing &
>approval. This is also for those issues which - as Phil put it - have become
>so malleable that they are compromised. In these cases, overwriting (with
>approval) the existing mess creates new canon!

If you think about it, though, "Canon is for Authors" was always the case -
it's actually implicit in the formulation "IMTU", "In _My_ Traveller
Universe...".

In some ways, this was also acknowledged in the "creation" (really more
like an acknowledgement of the reality) of "Rule Zero", sometimes phrased
as 'The referee is the final arbiter...' and sometimes as 'An ye like it
not, CHANGE IT!'. Which was always part of RPGs, even if Kevin Siembieda
threw a temper tantrum saying otherwise.

Every so often, I post a 'rant' on the topic, deliberately phrased in a
somewhat pompous voice, with Capital Letters when I speak of Key Concepts.
Check the list archives for "In Re Canon" in the subject line.

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