not to pull an “i told you so” but if there’s one theme that imo you should come out of the hamsteak epilogues thinking and asking yourself questions about it’s the value of of the assigned sanctity of “canonicity” with regards to fanwork and how you engage with media
like, i guess to put up a personal example, there are a handful of fire emblem ships that i like that have totally awful support chains, for whatever various reasons. i don’t like these ships for their Officially Sanctioned Canon interactions, but rather the potential of these characters’ personalities and experiences have with each other. i’m allowed to create these alternate interactions outside of canon and that’s like, an okay thing to do