Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-4028641-20170222073756/@comment-24894325-20170225095005

For the record, I'd like to concur with TheFartyDoctor that my goal is not to defeat the LEGO movie but to ensure that it's potential validity rests on solid foundations that cannot be later misused as a precedent.

Having said that, I am not fully satisfied with the phaser analogy. There, a standard Star Trek object is used in a crossover with DW. It stands to reason that we can take its appearance in a crossover for what it has always been in the Prime Universe. Moreover, the stories naming the phaser have never been and would never be considered for inclusion into DWU.

Here, we are talking about the portal to the DWU and the place of DWU in LEGO universe. It is not a standard LEGO object to treat it by LEGO rules. And these stories have been considered for validity and deemed invalid. That for me excludes the possibility of using their narratives.

Put it differently, the Prime Universe was deemed valid and is covered as far as the crossover goes. We are allowed to use any element of it if it comes in contact with DW elements. By contrast, the LEGO universe has never been deemed valid yet. Hence, no narrative elements from it are currently allowed.