‘A form of acceptance’: TikTok’s new trend of ‘canon events’
by Matilda Boseley from on (#6C6ZF)
Canon events, which are central to the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, reframe unfortunate experiences as central to each person's story
The universal human experience of regretfully pondering the things that could have been different in your life has had a TikTok makeover. Meet canon events" -unfortunate periods that make you, you.
The idea of canon events is central to the newly released animated movie, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, in which all the incarnations of Spiderman from parallel dimensions are bound together by several key (canon) events that must occur in each.
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