Fictional Fans

I'm mostly in a fandom with a technically closed-canon at this point (there is going to be the remake coming out at some point, but at present it is vapourware). However, this technically-closed canon is one where there's a certain amount of controversy about what actually is canon (due to the creation of a couple of prequels with a bunch of new characters, at least one of whom is technically still alive during the original game canon but who doesn't show up in it, for obvious reasons[1]), and where a certain set of events is definitely up for multiple re-interpretations and re-tellings over the years (the original game flashback version, the fan-created OVA which got adopted as canon by the game-makers, the prequel telling of the events through the eyes of a completely different character again, etc). Oh, and there's the sequels, some of which people pay attention to, and others of which they choose to ignore because it makes the whole mess entirely too convoluted.

Basically, Final Fantasy VII has a canon which reminds me strongly of computer industry standards: the fun thing about FFVII canon is there's so many to choose from.

To be honest, I'm more comfortable in fandoms with closed canons - minimal surprises, less to worry about, and none of the worry about "am I going to enjoy this, or am I going to wind up spending money on something I'm going to dislike?". I am ALL about the spoilers, thank you.

[1] Or at least, reasons which should be obvious if people would just think about the fact Crisis Core was created something like ten years after the original game got popular, rather than bitching because Genesis isn't showing up in the Nibelheim flashback scenes. But I digress...