Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-15736398-20140929063402/@comment-24674051-20141005035336

How about this. Going all the way back to the pilot, when Charming came to the glass coffin and woke Snow from the sleeping curse, a lot of people jumped to the conclusion that Snow White occurred just as it did in the Movie (or the faity tale). And while many elements of the Snow White story were carried forward, other elements (such as HOW Snow and Charming meet) were definitily skewed a little bit. We had to wait and watch the story unfold before we could be certain what was and wasn't canon.

And, as with most Sci-Fi and Fantasy, what is considered canon is (generally speaking) only that which is either shown on screen, or written in story. Anything verbal is (again generally speaking) not considered canon, even if it is said by the author. So while the information shown in Ep 1 is straight-forward, we can not take that information and assume that the rest of the story is also the same.

So, while A & E have said that the events in Once take place after the movie, we need to wait and watch the story unfold to determine what is truly canon, as far as Once is concerned. And for the record, They have already stated that nothing that happpens in Once is to be considered canon as far as the characters are concerned in the Frozen universe.