What exactly does "cannon" mean?

[Trinky]

Hmm. I saw a battle RP thread where someone posted a list in their first post, something like this:

CC: none
CJ: none

I gathered that the first one is canon character, but is the second one custom jutsu, or canon jutsu? :x
If I wanted to use my basic E rank jutsus like replication, would I have to put yes in CJ, assuming it stood for canon jutsu?

 

[Itachi Namikaze]

Dude does it really even matter?

It does matter. Because other wise you would be talking about a cannon. As in something that shoots cannonballs.


So yeah you can call me out for being a stickler but I'm going to call out whoever misspells it and tell them that their sentence makes no sense.

Except for Beca who didn't even know the word so it didn't matter if she misspelled it.


EDIT: To Beca. No CJ means custom jutsu, I could be wrong since I never do RP but I'm pretty sure that is what it is.

 

[Trinky]

I see :3 thank you so much for the help. At least now, I won't be confused when I start RP battles. >_>

 

[Itachi Namikaze]

I see :3 thank you so much for the help. At least now, I won't be confused when I start RP battles. >_>

No problemo! I'm not sure about all the rules but I think that you have to have a certain rank to create custom jutsus and elements. You might check up on that.

 

[Trinky]

Will do. It's likely that I'm not of a high enough rank yet ~_~
Working on it though <3

 

[Maina Deah]

Yeah, cj is custom jutsu. I think theres no such thing as canon jutsu >_<
I just include it, I though you actually saw that particular words and I think its the same goes with it, but canon chars and canon ep, yeah existing

 

[LeafSpirit 20]

to be truthfull I actually didnt know what it meant either, but now i do. But why call it canon? Why that word..?

 

[Itachi Namikaze]

to be truthfull I actually didnt know what it meant either, but now i do. But why call it canon? Why that word..?

Well that word has been around for a lot longer than mangas or anime has.

I'm pretty sure that the original meaning of the word canon means continuous with something pre-existing.

 

[Boa Hancock]

whatever double "n" or single >.<
I know canon episodes since I mostly saw them in many anime articles if you're reading. So canon episode is existing. I said same principle apply since the same goes with canon characters, canon episodes are the main episodes where the story mainly run.

No, canon episodes only fit the bill if the source material is the anime itself.

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[Cassiopeia]

I've heard the word "canon" in reference to things Catholic. Thanks for this thread Beca (+rep). I learned allot. . So, it made me curious about the definition outside of Naruto. As you'd expect it is very familiar to the definitions already given to you. You can see how it came to be used in narutobase RP.
From dictionary.com
Canon:
the body of rules, principles, or standards [accepted as axiomatic] and universally binding in a field of study.

 

[-S-]

I've seen it mentioned a few times, especially in the RP section -- cannon jutsu, cannon character, etc. What exactly does it mean? I've seen it in various contexts, so I'm confused xD

Thank you <3

like official sorta