Fanon

Fanon is a term used by fan fiction communities:
 * ...to describe fan content interwoven into a piece of literature's canon.
 * The term is also widely applied to something that is widely considered fanon by a piece of literature's fan-base.
 * For the purposes of wikis, it can be used interchangeably with fan fiction to describe a fan work, which is not canon, but is set in an established written universe.
 * In the case of this wiki, all works written here are fanon of the  franchise.

Roleplaying
 is a common activity in fan communities that center around fanon and fan fiction. In it, fans take control of their characters (called "player characters," or PCs for short) and certain non-player characters (NPC) to collaborate and create stories. Other common forms of roleplaying are: Each community that engages in roleplaying has its own set of rules that governs the site's roleplayers. These rules are usually set in place to keep the game fair for all writers involved, and to prevent players from taking advantage of others.
 * Fights, where two or more players will pit their PCs against one another. These fights can result in death or be death-disabled depending on the will of the participants.
 * Multi-user stories, sometimes called fanon canons, whereby a group of users write within a fan-made in order to connect their stories together.