Deoncelerization

Deoncelerization is the process by which mostly characters remove their association with the Once-ler, a Dr. Suess character that many of the ask blogs were originally based on. 
==History==
Many of the askblogs started as "alternate universe" based characters, based on the Once-ler from the 2012 movie the Lorax, but with special twists put on him. This was the original start of the ask blog fandom, known as the "Once-ler Ask blogs." (They are refered to as "Main verse".)  After a few magic anon's were sent and put the ask blogs in places, or other universes, ages, situations (See, Camp Weehawken, Thneedville High, Truffula Flu), the players began to enjoy playing these alternante versions of their beloved characters more than just the Once-ler from the movie, and created seperate blogs for each alternate universe. 
As time went on, the characters naturally began to migrate away from the original origins as the Once-ler and became more unique. Eventually, the mods, after much deliberation, decided to remove all ties to the Once-ler all together.
The process was different for different characters. Some characters changed apperances, names, and back stories. While many details of characters were originally based on the Once-ler character from the 2012 movie, such as having two twin brothers and a single mother, after deoncelerization mods made characters have unique back stories and families. Some remnants of the Once-ler times remain, such as the flurry of strange and oddly descreptive nicknames and a surprsing lack of a fathers, but these are coincedences and not to meant to retain the character's "Oncelerness." The only major tie to the Lorax movie is the name of the town they inhabit, still known as Thneedville. (Deehawken is also based off the de-Onclerized versions of these characters).
Many of the mods want their characters to be known and seen as originals, rather than fan characters or alternate universe versions of a pre-existing characters. Basically, don't call them Once-lers. They're not. At least not anymore.
==Confusion==
Many characters are still confused as Once-lers and asked about it, much to the chagrin of the mods and characters themselves. Since the ask-blogs did not stop and start over when they were deoncelerized, but instead often changed slowly over the course of months, there is some confusion. Past events that were mentioned on blogs became retconned or completly ignored. Deonclerization makes many blogs hard to read from the beginning since many asks are made untrue or irrelevant. 
Many people still maintain the headcanon that each universe is connected, or act as a timeline. Weehawken, then Theneedville high, then Jobhawken in some cases. This is not the case. Most mods to not count Weehawken as part of their characters storyline. Weehawken also refers to the pre-deoncelerization of the blogs, where Dehawken (de-haweken, de-oncelerlization) refers to the characters after the Once-ler content left in them was stripped out. Dehawken is also not considered to be canonly connected to many of the current character's pasts.
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