Thread:Hey1234/@comment-5111231-20180316220346/@comment-5111231-20180317025640

Thanks; my issue is that some of the crossover material doesn't really work or make sense with traits consistently established about the characters. One such as Epic Mickey heavily relies on the possibility that this isn't the "real" continuity of the characters but an alternate one - that's supported by the fact the setting is fantasy-esque and seemingly ignores the existence of wherever the Oswald shorts take place, or the Mad Doctor who, by all accounts, shouldn't even exist let alone be real considering he is a figment from Mickey's dream. Even Mickey didn't recognize Yen Sid or the Sorcerer Hat or anything he should be able to recognize given he is still an actor here. It doesn't stop there - Kingdom Keepers is another example of that contradiction by giving us another fabric of another reality.

But considering your thoughts, the more I think about House of Mouse, the more I think it can get a pass. For one, yes, the characters are actors here, like they were in shorts. Second, they do retain certain things that are consistent with past works (ex. the existence of Max) and directly continues from them (ex. Mickey Mouse Works) instead of roleplaying.

Although these characters have a meta nature, they are moreso the "ground" of Disney cartoons since they're supposed to be ordinary people while being actors of whatever cartoon is given. In light of such, I recommend that material that expands on their roots - their lives as actors and everyman - stay, and material that fixes them into a role instead of actors briefly assuming that role (i.e. KH and the nature of Epic Mickey) be removed, since it tends to ignore these fundamental aspects as well as established facts about them.