Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4705438-20140215144931/@comment-8209010-20140215185200

I have arguments:

1) Kirkbride no longer works for Bethesda. His work will not be in future games, and whatnot. This is the fundamental reason why it isn't canon. If, however, he WAS, and this was an in-game thing, I would not even oppose.

2) Kirkbride, since he is not a Bethesda writer anymore, cannot assert himself the omnipotent dictator of all things canon. This is because what if Bethesda creates something in-game that he doesn't agree with? Will we take his word over Bethesda's? Not in a million years I say, or whenever this travesty takes place.

3) No one person can just declare an argument over, definitely not in their favor either. If some people still oppose it, then there is an argument(basic definition). Furthermore, he also cannot say that ALL fanfiction is canon, since there are conflicting lores in them. That is the whole reason why we have canon, so that doesn't happen, and Kirkbride just said that that reason doesn't matter anymore. Well, it does.

4) Finally, the "There is no canon" line. This is a false statement because of reasons 1, 2, and 3. There will always be canon, since there are only a limited number of things that actually appear in-game, made by the official company, therefore guaranteed truth. Likewise, there are things not in-game, made by the official company, and therefore NOT guaranteed truth. The difference between Canon and no Canon can't be erased by Kirkbride.