Canon or Fanon? I would have to say it's a bit of both. Mostly canon, but there are some bit of my headcanon that have certainly come from fanon that leak in regularly.
Writing and (reading) fan fiction has definitely colored the way I see the show. I certainly didn't see all the inconsistencies in the show until I started up with fan fiction. For example, in one ep the tracker can tell you that Neal is literally sitting in the same spot in his apartment all day. (You can even see his dining room table right next to him.) In another ep in the same season it can't tell you what floor of the FBI building he's on. Oy. Things like that make it hard to write canon stories, because there is no way to say definitively what 'canon' is.
Of course on the other hand, the WC fandom has some really exquisite storytelling in it, which in some ways has made me love the show and especially the characters even more.
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Writing and (reading) fan fiction has definitely colored the way I see the show. I certainly didn't see all the inconsistencies in the show until I started up with fan fiction. For example, in one ep the tracker can tell you that Neal is literally sitting in the same spot in his apartment all day. (You can even see his dining room table right next to him.) In another ep in the same season it can't tell you what floor of the FBI building he's on. Oy. Things like that make it hard to write canon stories, because there is no way to say definitively what 'canon' is.
Of course on the other hand, the WC fandom has some really exquisite storytelling in it, which in some ways has made me love the show and especially the characters even more.