User blog comment:Bowser101/A Tribute to the Stupidity of Shipping Wars/@comment-844113-20100224014915

Randompnfnerd (sorry about the late reply): Canonical or canon is something that is shown on the show, for example Phinabella. Fanonical or fanon is fan-made material that may or may not include things seen from the show; an example of the latter is our friend Emily.

Iloveferb33: Vanessa is essentially the reason for Emily's fanonical existence. Some people do not like the idea of Ferb and Vanessa being a shipping pair as Vanessa is sixteen and Ferb is approx. ten (a la Time Machine Two, Quantum Boogaloo). Since there is honestly no other canonical pair for Ferb, this introduces Emily into the situation as an Isabella for Ferb. Some may argue that there is Gretchen for Ferb to be paired with, but (no countering) this has not been seen canonically and therefore cannot be classified as canon, even though Gretchen is a canon character.

As for our ladies man Baljeet, there's a world of canonical possibilities out there: Mishti, from That Sinking Feeling, Ginger, the Fireside Girl with the one-sided relationship (poor thing), and Wendy Stinglehopper, the "pretty girl from the math team." There is also Isabella, who was also one-sided (by her not returning the feelings). Many people argue over which should be paired with him. Assuming Mishti won't make a comeback, (NO COUNTERING!) I am reduced to the fact that Ginger would make the right match for Baljeet albeit the fact that Baljeet has not shown any signs of returning her feelings.

Why do I feel like I'm looking at this too bookishly? I'm turning into Phineas! *smacks side of head* Romance cannot be plugged into a formula... romance cannot be plugged into a formula...