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It doesn't matter whether you think they should have deferred to their "artists" (an executive producer/showrunner is not an artist, sweetie). The cold hard fact is, they didn't defer. They chose to consider it an AU, and they have the authority to do so. "Should haves" do not matter; what matters is what the persons in authority said.

And why should they stand by it? The entire arc was made as a middle finger to them and a torching of this iteration of the franchise. I wouldn't make it canon either, on principle. As for the scheduling, have you not noticed that they went out of their way to make it NOT the last episode on the DVD pack? In fact, it's the first. That points to more than just a scheduling screwup, as does the Twitter confirmation that the production order doesn't matter.

Nor does it need to have evidence within the material to be considered AU. Do you also consider Mirage's "guest" issues to be canon because none of them explicitly say, "This is non-canon" and I'm sure the makers of them considered them canon at the time? Because logically, you really should.

And the difference between Ciro Nieli and the maker of Gargoyles is quite simple: one made something new and previously nonexistent of his own imagination, while another was HIRED to produce a new iteration of a preexisting franchise property. When you are brought on to work on a franchise, you don't get to treat it as being your own exclusive work, nor are you the ultimate authority.