The FAHn Anon Head Canon Talk Space

FAHns love discussing the FAH canon!

''Headcanon is a fan's personal, idiosyncratic interpretation of canon, such as habits of a character, the backstory of a character, or the nature of relationships between characters. The term comes from the fact that it is the canon that exists in a fan's head.''

FAHns usually have loads of theories about FAHmily ties and character backstories. Many are the mysteries that tickle FAHns' brains: are they just continuity goofs or is there some hidden link, a hidden past not yet disclosed, a dark secret not yet revealed... well, it's fun to think so anyway. Dedicated FAHns with a detailed mindset can come to  The FAHrensic Science Lab and add their FAHnnotations. We'll do our best to see them to their rightful place in the different discussion areas below.

FAHct or FAHnfiction? Who knows what insights you will find here... a big dose of FAHntasy is strongly encouraged!

TAKE NOTE: our FAHCTS pages aren't the only sources of FAH-inspired academics! If you've enjoyed browsing here, why not visit Academic FAHn's FAHnalysis - a FAHntastically Unofficial Website. We encourage and support everyone who fancies digging deeper into the work & style of our favourite sketch comedy boyz, so don't hesitate to contact them and submit a piece of your own writing.

Episodic Sketches
These sketches are either "official" serials (and named as such) or they portray characters who can easily be imagined to live or work in the same "universe". However, because continuity isn't usually a priority in sketch comedy screenwriting, inconsistencies do creep in... to the FAHns' delight! We love tracking these characters and point out spoofs, but we also like to imagine one character possibly might know another, even though there's no proof (yet)!

Click the picture thumbnails to read more about these sketch series:

Realistic Characters
Most FAH characters in realistic, story-like sketches portray various types of people across genders, generations and jobs. These are usually stereotypical characters for comedic effect, but of course with a FAH twist that makes them original yet recognisable. When they're not mocking their own traits (as fairly typical middle class Irish white male millennials) they will hover their comedy magnifying glasses over anything domestic or professional. But they will always be kind.

The FAH Sketch Character Catalogue is HUGE! Let's see how well you know their sketches: click a picture of a character, read up on their - partly FAHn-made up - backstories... and then click through to the YouTube sketch to rewatch!

'''Want to contribute but not sure where to put or find a character? Check the exhaustive list of FAH characters.'''

Sketches in Batches
Some sketches are perfectly suited to compare and contrast in pair or smaller groupings. Perhaps they're very similar, or literal follow-ups in the FAH canon (but not concrete enough to make them a series). They might also contrast each other in one aspect (e.g. story) but be near-literal parallels in another. Or use the same type of setting but feature wildly different characters. Anyway, with a backlog of hundreds of sketches it's only wise to try and structure them in one way or another.

On this redirection page, you can find a (growing) number of different sketch batches, each with their own thorough analysis. You can also help suggest new categories or help write some content for the existing ones.

Personifications
FAH are known for turning abstract concepts or objects into human characters, giving them not only a look and a voice, but also a whole personality within the scope of a 3-minute sketch. What these sketches all have in common is that they feature a wide variety of characters and/or characteristics. They are thematic, fast-paced and tightly scripted. The subjects reflect on our daily lives and are sometimes inspired by (but not limited) to current affairs. Because they tackle issues that touch everyone, they are delightfully recognisable and very, very popular.

We've decided on three groupings for these sketches to try and make our discussion of them more easy to manage:
 * 1) Party Creatures are sketches with many characters who are all part of a whole. The partygoers are all very familiar and make it easy enough to understand their assigned look and personality.
 * 2) Pun Puppets are sketches with just one character per actor, where the only point of the setting is to stuff as many puns into the dialogue as possible. The straight man character in these sketches is very often portrayed by Arms, either as a long-suffering office type bloke trying to buy something from a shop, or a therapist who meets all sorts of weird phenomena in his practice.
 * 3) How To (Not) Tips are sketches in which one actor embodies a variety of personality types, quirks or habits, all bunched up inside the same (unnamed) character. There isn't much context or story and the setting is plain and familiar, such as friends having a conversation.

If you'd like to read an in-depth discussion (by FAHns of course) of these sketches, click the buttons below! Let us know what you think in the comments.