Instead of the expected idea or theory, Black Hat removes his hat to reveal a tiny cannon on his head which blows away Cueball and his computer desk. Cueball, thinking Black Hat means "headcanon," inquires what Black Hat's new idea is. In this strip, Black Hat tells Cueball that he has a "new headcannon". The word headcanon is a compound of "head" and "canon," and is a term used among online discussions that means "canon that only exists within one's head." In other words it refers to belief or theory about a fictional universe that has not, strictly speaking, been proven to be true within the fiction (some headcanons can even contradict the fiction). This comic strip uses a play on the homophonic relationship between " canon", the literary term, and " cannon", a projectile weapon. Title text: The nice thing about headcannnons is that it's really easy to get other people to believe in them.
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