Quote Originally Posted by Paul View Post
anyway it may technically be considered canon, since they own the story. and i'm loathe to disagree with this point, but i'm afraid i have to. you can't take a really great book, then piss and vomit all over it 10 years later, and go "HEY I WROTE THE ORIGINAL, SO THIS PISS AND VOMIT IS CANON"
Except you can. If you own the universe and you own the characters, you can do whatever the hell you want with them and it's canon. That is the definition of the word canon. Now, whether it's good quality is a different argument all together.

Hey, if you want to ignore the Compilation then that's all right. If it works for you then you can take FFVII to be the whole story and that's legitimate. In your head. But as soon as you start arguing theories with other people then the Compilation supercedes your own interpretation of the universe and you won't be able to argue with anything that directly contradicts the Compilation. You can believe any theories you want that ignore the Compilation, but you will never be able to get others to agree with you. And if that's cool with you, then knock yourself out.

Also, Ryu? Frakking awesome, dude.