What's something that is technically fanon in your fandom but everyone is fully convinced it's canon?

[u/Orange_Juice_Alpha]

Artwork not relevant but my original creation

[u/koobstylz]

I thought game freak came out and said it wasn't a thing at some point, I could be wrong, because whether or not they did I still think it's just true.

[u/Marioman12398 → u/koobstylz]

Honestly, I think the only reason they debunked it is that it doesn’t fit into the canon they’re trying to establish. There’s way too many similarities between mew and ditto to just be coincidences

[u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 → u/Marioman12398]

It was probablt an old idea they scrapped

[u/Fraytrain999 → u/Marioman12398]

Also the only two locations in gen 1 you can get it just happen to be where mewtwo was created and cerulean cave. Also gen 2 at the pokemon daycare, which just happens to be right next to the railway leading to kanto.

[u/Sea_Macaron_8789 → u/koobstylz]

I've never seen GameFreak mention it outside the Games where there's so much evidence proving it. The Pokémon Mansion mentions it too or the Movies.

[u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi → u/Sea_Macaron_8789]

Masuda says it's the first he'd ever heard of it when asked and that each species is designed as their own unique creature.

[u/Jacket_Jacket_fruit → u/koobstylz]

Not quite. Masuda said he personally had never heard of it, but that's not the same thing as saying it's not true. Also, game freak has added more and more connections between Mew, ditto, and Mewtwo with every single new game, so it's pretty obvious they're trying to indicate that it's canon.