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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9247551" data-attributes="member: 6807784"><p>But we're talking about FR, not other properties. For example, I think canon in Star Wars should be more rigidly maintained. However, for FR, I don't. There has never been a canon. If the old books contradict themselves, and if the setting guides contradict themselves, and if the creators contradict themselves, then you cannot in good faith argue that WotC should be more rigid with a canon. You are asking them to do something for an IP that has never been done before and, by all accounts, was never intended to be done in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Also, FR is designed specifically for game tables to take it and make their own. That means that other artists using the FR, such as video game creators or book authors, are empowered to do the same. Greenwood did not arrange for the Forgotten Realms to become a game property so that a canon would be built. He arranged it so that people could play in a new Fantasy World and, just like he did as a child, explore their own ideas of fantasy. Therefore, it is inline with the intentions of the setting's creator for people to make their own canons and own ideas of the FR. </p><p></p><p>Why are you trying to argue that an IP made to be reimagined so as to empower young creatives should start doing something that it was never intended to do?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 9247551, member: 6807784"] But we're talking about FR, not other properties. For example, I think canon in Star Wars should be more rigidly maintained. However, for FR, I don't. There has never been a canon. If the old books contradict themselves, and if the setting guides contradict themselves, and if the creators contradict themselves, then you cannot in good faith argue that WotC should be more rigid with a canon. You are asking them to do something for an IP that has never been done before and, by all accounts, was never intended to be done in the first place. Also, FR is designed specifically for game tables to take it and make their own. That means that other artists using the FR, such as video game creators or book authors, are empowered to do the same. Greenwood did not arrange for the Forgotten Realms to become a game property so that a canon would be built. He arranged it so that people could play in a new Fantasy World and, just like he did as a child, explore their own ideas of fantasy. Therefore, it is inline with the intentions of the setting's creator for people to make their own canons and own ideas of the FR. Why are you trying to argue that an IP made to be reimagined so as to empower young creatives should start doing something that it was never intended to do? [/QUOTE]
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