I think that using the term "old canon" is very interesting: after all, it's not like OotP or HBP negated previous books, did they? PS-GoF are still canon; they haven't changed. I wouldn't necessarily call HP canon after these books "new," but "enlarged."
I just wanted to say - I think that's a very good point!
I have an idea for a Lupin/Snape fic. I thought about writing it post-HBP, but then I would have to deal with the whole killing Dumbledore thing, and that would distract too much from what I want to focus on. So then I felt it made more sense to take place during GoF, but it would mean the characters would go off in a different direction than they do in canon. But so what?
It all depends on what are the needs of your fic. I see no problem with people jumping off at an earlier point in the series. Since when was there a law that all fanfic needs to be canon compliant? Canon is just the playdough for my fanfic, to use or not as I see fit.
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I just wanted to say - I think that's a very good point!
I have an idea for a Lupin/Snape fic. I thought about writing it post-HBP, but then I would have to deal with the whole killing Dumbledore thing, and that would distract too much from what I want to focus on. So then I felt it made more sense to take place during GoF, but it would mean the characters would go off in a different direction than they do in canon. But so what?
It all depends on what are the needs of your fic. I see no problem with people jumping off at an earlier point in the series. Since when was there a law that all fanfic needs to be canon compliant? Canon is just the playdough for my fanfic, to use or not as I see fit.