Episode 5 and we're going somewhere that's going to make some people uncomfortable.

A comment on the Kairi video got me thinking about something I've wanted to address properly for a while — the question of what counts as canon in Kingdom Hearts, and whether it's ever acceptable to exclude games from the conversation because they're inaccessible.

The short answer is no. But the longer answer is more interesting.

In this episode I dig into why "the mobile games aren't canon because most people haven't played them" is actually a systemic problem with Square Enix's media conservation, not a fan issue. Why excluding Union Cross and Dark Road from the conversation is the same as saying an out of print book stops being a valid source. Why the Ven and Strelitzia retcon between Union Cross and the character files is exactly the kind of  ...