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:: I can't find the thread that decided this, but I'm fairly certain I came across a discussion of its invalidity once. The rationale, at any rate, is rather stouter than merely confusion with the comic story.  
:: I can't find the thread that decided this, but I'm fairly certain I came across a discussion of its invalidity once. The rationale, at any rate, is rather stouter than merely confusion with the comic story.  


:: Essentially, the rationale is that this is akin to the animatic-webcast version of ''[[P.S. (webcast)|P.S.]]'': a reconstruction of what might have been, rather than an attempt to tell a fully-fledged DWU story in its own right. It is, henc,e held to break Rule 4. It's not "here are events in the DWU", it's "here is a simulacrum of what a TV prologue about the DWU ''might have been like'' if it had been filmed as originally planed". --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:34, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
:: Essentially, the rationale is that this is akin to the animatic-webcast version of ''[[P.S. (webcast)|P.S.]]'': a reconstruction of what might have been, rather than an attempt to tell a fully-fledged DWU story in its own right. It is, hence, held to break Rule 4. It's not "here are events in the DWU", it's "here is a simulacrum of what a TV prologue about the DWU ''might have been like'' if it had been filmed as originally planed". --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 00:34, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
But the thing is, P.S. was never finished. This comic adaptation is finished and was released in the annual. [[User:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived]] [[User talk:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:05, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
But the thing is, P.S. was never finished. This comic adaptation is finished and was released in the annual. [[User:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived]] [[User talk:Never Forget The Day The 456 Arrived|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 01:05, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
::: That is what I also thought, as the comic was never meant to be anything more than the adaptation of the unproduced scene, but therein lies the issue. While the comic is fully completed, it's not in itself a full story. [[User:Epsilon the Eternal|<span style="color:gold"><tt>'''Epsilon'''</tt></span>]] ([[User talk:Epsilon the Eternal|''<tt>Contact me</tt>'']]) 01:11, October 27, 2020 (UTC)
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