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| cuc:
Like I said, the "canon" we use in the English discourse actually has at least two separate meanings. One is the authoritative body of work. For our purpose, the adjective 公式 koushiki (official) is enough. The Sherlock Holmes fandom knows about 正典 seiten (canon) and 外典 kaiten (apocrypha), but for everybody else they are just biblical terms. The other is the currently maintained continuity. The word for that should be 正史 seishi (officially composed history, sanctified history), as opposed to 非正史 hi-seishi (non-sanctified history). That's the word you use when you want to determine whether a piece of officially published fiction still "counts" for the universe, which is what Touhou fans mean when they debate whether the PC-98 games are canon. E.g. see the Japanese wiki for Star Wars and Star Trek. Of course there's also fanon. Fanon, or fan-made ideas in general, are called 二次設定 niji settei (secondary settei), just as fan works are 二次創作 niji sousaku (secondary creation, generally translated as "derivative works"), hence canon as its opposite is 一次設定 ichiji settei (primary settei). For obvious reasons, you probably don't want to use the latter before ZUN. 設定 settei, literally "establishment; configuration", is a word originating from Edo era theatre, and for fiction refers to everything that forms the backstory: stage setting, worldbuilding, art design, characterization, history of events, and so on. TL;DR: Official continuity: 正史 seishi "sanctified history", thankfully a real life word normal people knows. The opposite of fanon: 一次設定 ichiji settei "primary worldbuilding / characterization / etc.", fan speak, normal people won't understand. Authoritative body of works: Just call it 公式作品 koushiki sakuhin "official works" or official whatever. Don't bother with 正典 seiten, カノン kanon, キャノン kyanon or other translations of canon. |
| Shadowlupus:
Someone had pointed out that whether Aya has wings or not has already been clarified in BAiJR Eirin article. Aya: "That's also true, but... I guess what I mean to say is there wasn't any sense of speed. I haven't flown that slowly since my feathers grew." |
| N-Forza:
She can have feathers without wings. Like penguins. And dinosaurs. |
| Clarste:
Aya clearly has wings... sometimes. |
| Tengukami:
I feel like the "does Aya have wings?" non-controversy is a troll question anyway. |
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