what is a cannon event

A canon event is a moment or occurrence in a persons life that is fated to happen and can alter their experience or way of life in big or small ways. The term "canon event" originated from the movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, where it refers to shared experiences that bind the Spider-Verse together and make each Spider-Man who they are. In the context of the TikTok trend, people use the phrase "canon event" to describe their own life experiences that led them to become the person they are today, or to describe communal rites of passage that seem to inter-generationally repeat themselves. The trend has evolved into a standard format where each video describes a situation, either from the posters own past or that they are observing someone else in, says they cant or no one can interfere, and ends with something along the lines of "this is a canon event".