Coming to my rescue, though, are headcanons. Headcanons are hardly the same thing as representation in the source material, but at least they’re something. So first things first, how to use headcanons in a good way. There’s some important things to keep in mind, but the first one is the most important. To keep people from getting pissed with you, the number one thing that keeps a roleplayer happy is if you keep your headcanons to what belongs to you. If it primarily affects your character, it’s pretty much your game.
I sort of want to do some comparisons between questions but the export format of the data does not make this easy. I don’t currently have any plans to do anything more with the data, partially because I think they have a pretty small reach. Silmarillion headcanons are often what I would describe as headcanons because there is so much empty space, so much inconsistency, so many ways to argue something doesn’t technically contradict canon. Headcanon became a popular term online in 2010, though usage on livejournal goes back to at least 2007, with a shared meme "Headcanon is love?". So if a character has no canon sexuality and you see a lesbian headcanon generator her as a lesbian, please just mind your own business and be kind.
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