headcanon

American  

[hed-kan-uhn] / ˈhɛdˌkæn ən /

noun

plural

headcanons

1. an audience member's personal opinions and beliefs about a fictional work, particularly beliefs that expand on the source material and are neither directly supported nor contradicted by that source.

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verb (used with object)

headcanoned, headcanoning

1. to accept or maintain as an opinion or belief about a fictional work.

Other Word Forms

• headcanonical adjective

Example Sentences

In your headcanon, what has the China of this film’s reality become, not necessarily as a state actor, but as a concept?

From The Verge

Which brings me to another dimension of my fangirl-fondness for Ahsoka that Lucasfilm perhaps doesn't acknowledge as much: The bisexual me likes to think—headcanon—her as queer.

From Salon

There’s no headcanon with those, just uninteresting helmets on the sides of the pots and colors to match.

From The Verge

I can deal with the headcanon of pretending that droids from the movies can also be my personal robots that cook my lentil soup.

From The Verge

“If you and someone across the globe are laughing at the same jokes, crying at the same scenes, and fantasizing similar headcanon, then I’d call it a quality localization.”

From The Verge