Talk:Anastasia Tremaine/@comment-5406554-20140130200958/@comment-1672596-20140822021245

Yeah, and besides, there have been instances where the DTV sequels have been confirmed canon by Disney. Take for example that Little Mermaid story where Ariel and Eric have to help out a dolphin that was trapped inside the castle. They showed the wall from Return to the Sea, which showed that Disney believed that DTV sequel is canon, or at least the author who wrote and published that story with Disney's backing. Heck, Iago reforming is definitely treated as canon by Disney, considering most promotional materials show him as a good guy right now, even Kingdom Hearts, and that only happened in a DTV sequel. The Lion Guard also features Kiara, who only appeared in the DTV sequel (not counting the very end of The Lion King because it wasn't even made clear what gender the lion cub was, and in fact is even briefly implied to be a male). In fact, the only DTV sequel I can think of that's definitely treated as non-canon by any stretch is Pocahontas II, as evidenced by John Smith and Pocahontas being the official Disney Couple of that film rather than John Roarke and Pocahontas like in the sequel.