Canon Event
what it means
From Spider-Man multiverse rules, where certain events must happen. Online it means a bad haircut or an ill-advised relationship that everyone has to survive personally.
A formative experience you have to go through — interfering would change who someone becomes.
the origin story
From Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), where canon events are plot-critical moments that cannot be prevented.
It became one of the biggest TikTok formats of 2023, with "I can't interfere, it's a canon event" applied to friends making predictable mistakes. It gave people a funny way to describe the specific rite-of-passage errors nearly everyone makes.
in the wild
Should we tell her he's a bad idea?
No. It's a canon event.
I cut my own fringe at 2am.
Canon event. Everyone does it once.
how to use it
- Joking about unavoidable formative mistakes
- Describing common rites of passage
- Casual conversation with friends
- As an excuse not to help someone in real trouble
- About genuinely harmful situations
- Professionally
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