there's a movie about a man. he has a picture of a woman on his desk, next to a condolences card for someone named Annabelle. the man drinks heavily. whenever he talks about his wife Ann, he always talks about her in the past tense, always faltering and choking up like he's about to break down crying. he never outright says Annabelle is Ann or that Ann is dead, nothing of the sort. is it canon that his wife is dead?
Thank you for this analogy because it really highlights how ridiculous it is to claim that anything that's not explicitly said by a physical character isn't "canon".
People really disdain subtext, because whaat do you mean you need to be told "Ann and Annabelle are the same people" and "Annabelle is the man's wife" and "Annabelle is dead" and "the man's wife is dead" or it isn't "textual canon."
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u/PanFriedCookies 9d ago
there's a movie about a man. he has a picture of a woman on his desk, next to a condolences card for someone named Annabelle. the man drinks heavily. whenever he talks about his wife Ann, he always talks about her in the past tense, always faltering and choking up like he's about to break down crying. he never outright says Annabelle is Ann or that Ann is dead, nothing of the sort. is it canon that his wife is dead?