If you’ve seen the recent instalment of the animated Spider-Man franchise entitled Across The Spider-Verse, you will be no stranger to the concept of “canon events”.
The movie’s plot shines a light on some of these sorts of events that bind the Spider-Verse together and eliminating these events means destroying the Spider-Man universe forever.
Following the film’s release, many have gone on TikTok to figure out what the canon events of their lives are, prompting a filter called Your Canon Event to be released.
If you’ve been wondering what the canon event trend on TikTok is all about, keep reading.
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What is a canon event?
Canon events are pivotal moments that change the course of the rest of your life.
The events end up shaping a series of fundamental elements including personality traits, insecurities, career prospects and more.
Canon events can both be devastating and character-building but the idea is that they are ultimately necessary for you to become who you are meant to be.
What are the canon events mentioned in Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse?
In Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Miles Morales learns that every Spider-Person across the multiverse has to go through some specific canon events to become the friendly neighbourhood superhero of their world.
These include being bitten by a spider and losing someone very close to them like Uncle Ben or Captain Stacy.
Miguel O’Hara explains that these canon events are what bind their superhero universe and all the Spider-People across it together.
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What is the canon event TikTok trend about?
Following the movie’s release, the canon event concept has become a viral trend on social media, with users wanting to decipher the life-changing events that changed the course of their personal life journeys.
The trend sees TikTokers share embarrassing phases of their lives, the moments that felt like failures at the time but led to better things, and things that broke their hearts but ended up shaping them into who they are today.
It also pokes fun at some of the cringy things they might have done as teenagers, like wearing Uggs with denim skirts in the summer, that every person has to do to eventually become an adult who knows better.
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How to use the Your Canon Event filter on TikTok
The viral trend has inspired the release of a filter on TikTok called Your Canon Event.
You can access it on your TikTok app by searching the filter’s name, tapping on a video showcasing someone using the video, then tapping on “Canon Event” which should appear above their username.
You can then select “Use this effect” at the bottom, and record your own version of the video to find out what your canon event is.
