Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-88790-20121208143712/@comment-27280472-20161219200619

SOTO wrote: Actually, I haven't stated a position here. I'm simply presenting all the facts and evidence I could find online. And in fact, that first quote by Cody Schell on Paul Magrs' blog is the most substantial piece of evidence we have for inclusion at this point.

Now not only is Blair Bidmead asserting this, but so too Cody Quijano-Schell, who created the character and is the editor of the range, and also (at least sort of) by extension, Paul Magrs, who conducted this interview under the guise of his cat. Sorry for misinterpreting you. The terminology around the word "universe" seems to be misused frequently — people assume that every time someone says "universe" it means in the same "fictional universe" sense as "Doctor Who universe," rather than in the (much more common) metaphorical sense, or in the "parallel universe" sense.

You've mentioned Bidmean, Schell, and Magrs, but I think what's most important is Obverse itself — the company has implicitly supported its licensed-ness just by selling it for profit.