The Fanart vs. The Canon Interaction

About

The Fanart vs. The Canon Interaction refers to an exploitable webcomic strip depicting how fandoms often create over-detailed fan art based on simplistic character interactions. The comic strip was posted on Twitter / X in late May 2024, inspiring netizens to share versions of the one-panel strip that fit the "fan art vs. canon interaction" comparison featuring characters from video games, anime and cartoons.

Origin

On May 27th, 2024, X^[1] user @hoshiumisexy posted a one-panel comic strip depicting a phenomenon in fandom culture in which a canon character interaction is overly stylized in fan arts, often exaggerating the actual moment. The image (shown below) features a fan art example and "the canon interaction" under it, which received over 61,000 likes and 8,200 reposts in a week.

Spread

The panel was popularized a few days later in early June 2024, when fans replaced "the canon interaction" drawing with their favorite anime and video game character interactions that fit the panel's point. For example, on June 1st, 2024, X^[2] user @yins_attic posted a version of the meme featuring the interaction between Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto from the Jujutsu Kaisen anime (seen below, left), amassing more than 20,000 likes and 2,100 reposts in a day.

On May 27th, X^[3] user @hoshiumisexy posted a Haikyuu!! version of the meme (seen below, right), which received roughly 24,000 likes and 3,400 reposts in a week.

Various Examples

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