Oh, that. If I am to weigh in on that, I would strongly disagree with Roland Barthes here. There is a reason we call things canon when it comes from the author and headcanon when it comes from the viewer. Whether something is up for interpretation is as subjective or relative as the interpretations themselves.
Well ya see, Al, death of the author is a thing.
I didn’t know he died. When did that happen?
He’s not dead. They’re referring to this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author
Oh, that. If I am to weigh in on that, I would strongly disagree with Roland Barthes here. There is a reason we call things canon when it comes from the author and headcanon when it comes from the viewer. Whether something is up for interpretation is as subjective or relative as the interpretations themselves.