Thread:Varg2000/@comment-24199126-20150130132615/@comment-5189655-20150205203620

Humphry02 wrote: Yeah, that's probably a good idea, but to be honest I've said all that I wanted to say. Dragonboy, did you see my message?

I wasn't too sure, that's why I said a branch of Disney, because I knew that OUAT wasn't produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. I agree with what you said about Walt Disney Animation Studios being a separate department (I mean, why wouldn't I?), but unless they specify otherwise I think that it is safe to assume that only Walt Disney Animation Studios deal in Frozen, though I'm not sure how the wider Franchise is conducted, as in the books. I'm still unmoved in them being part of the same timeline as Frozen though. I don't know if you could shed some light on that. Well, technically all merchandise and expansions on the franchise are produced by different branches of Disney. It is only Disney (who also owns ABC) who deals with Frozen because they are the sole owners of the brand, and it was also Disney who approved to have their "branch" of ABC incorporate the brand into Once Upon a Time, making it officially part of the franchise (being a crossover isn't reason enough to not include it). The books (depending on publishers, contents and authors) are all set in separate timelines, all with alternate continuations. Some are even divided into certain individual book-series, with no connection to other publications, because all books/book-series go by their own specific timelines, but all are based upon the original film.

Both the BOOKS and OUAT go by their own timelines (in other words, they are NOT set in the same timeline as that of the movie or its sequels and shorts), because they are all alternate continuations, but they are all based upon the original film. It's common sense. Although you can choose whether you personally want them to take place in the same timeline as the film, but be prepared to face contradictions or issues as sequels or shorts to the film are released. There are only certain books which are connected to the film itself (ex. The Art of Frozen), the rest are all new stories/expansions/spin-offs which go their own way.