What is Any Forums's stance on IRL statements (say in an interview or on social media) by anime/manga creators that modify or add onto the actual content of their work? Shouldn't a work stand on its own without the canon being revised by external statements made after the fact, like saying years later that X character was gay or trying to explain away a plot hole?
What is Any Forums's stance on IRL statements (say in an interview or on social media) by anime/manga creators that...
Dominic Jenkins
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Brody Perry
Sometimes they are necessary
Brandon Rodriguez
Don't care. I interpret their work, not what their intentions were.
Elijah Lewis
I don't even read that kind of stuff, so it doesn't matter.
Dylan James
Clarifications are good, retcons are bad.
Henry Morales
It´s a case by case thing.
Julian Perry
Examples?
Jaxon Campbell
Josiah Torres
99% of the time it doesn't matter because it's not like whatever they say can be retroactively inserted into the work, on the other hand if it's just something small like answering what was x character doing off screen during this arc and it doesn't seem implausible it can add a bit of flavor to a series
Andrew Gray
What are you trying to refer to, OP?
Thomas Thompson
Depends. It can add some interesting things to think about but on the whole its seperate, especially if its said years later or contradicts what was already said.
Blake Rogers
When I was in school I was taught that an author doesn't necessarily know their work best. Once something leaves an author's hands and enters the public domain, it's fair game for any interpretation. I think that's pretty agreeable. Just because Anno says "it's just to look cool" doesn't mean you shouldn't ignore the religious symbology in Eva
Brody Powell
Art is up to the reader to interpret. No one cares about what the artist has to say.
Jordan Turner
Was the carnival scene at the end of Monkey Island 2 real or a hallucination induced by LeChuck?
Address both of Elaine's statements about Guybrush's disappearance, his relationship with his parents, and that the next game begins with him floating in a bumper car.
Connor Richardson
like all things in life it should be approached on a case by case basis and without taking yourself too seriously
Luis Hernandez
True, you first see their statement that "it's just to look cool". Then you watch the show and realize that, yes, it's there to look cool and fans are fucking theoryfags schizos. Only after assessing their word and the work itself you should come to your own conclusion.
Isaiah Stewart
Brandon Ross
While I agree I'd add that it depends on context. Art is relational and people will get different meanings from something. Sometimes that meaning can be something that grows beyond the author's intent. But viewers don't know best either. In the worst case that thinking leads to fans who think they should dictate how some story should go.
Colton Mitchell
Yeah absolutely, it's fair game for any interpretation but not every interpretation is a good one. It's extremely common to project one's own ideology onto a work without there being much of a basis, for example.
Tyler White
A work stands on its own. Once an author has put his pen down, his opinion is just another opinion.
Thomas Rogers
This makes sense in a vacuum, but look at any argument about interpretations. No one says “this is what I think” they say “this is what the author meant” Because everyone is aware of how little weight their own words carry, they try to align the author’s words to their own.
So yes, author statements do matter. Simply because the majority thinks that the author is the highest authority on the matter.
Austin Anderson
Yeah, they matter in the sense that they're influential, but not in the sense that they're the word of god speaking unassailable truth