Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[fireproof78]

I "fell" like it isn't.

Canon status questions have been used to devalue a story or work. I have a tough time when the question comes up because it feels very much like a jab at the story, as though if it isn't canon it's not worthwhile.

 

[JD]

Without the decision to retool Born Again, the The Defenders Saga shows would have been Non-Canonical and Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk would have been the extent of what we knew about - and the first we saw of - Matt Murdock on the Sacred Timeline.

I was under the impression the Netflix seasons would have still been canon to Born Again, but that the connections back to it just wouldn't have been as big a part of the show as they were in the final version.

This is the best answer.

Yeah, canonacity be damned, AOS was an awesome show. It did have a few dips in quality, but when the show was at it's best, I was some of the best Marvel stuff we were getting onscreen.

 

[JD]

This is the best answer.

Yeah, canonacity be damned, AOS was an awesome show. It did have a few dips in quality, but when the show was at it's best, I was some of the best Marvel stuff we were getting onscreen.

 

[DigificWriter]

I was under the impression the Netflix seasons would have still been canon to Born Again, but that the connections back to it just wouldn't have been as big a part of the show as they were in the final version.

You misunderstood what the retool meant, then, because Brad Winderbaum, Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, and the original Showrunners of Born Again (whose names I don't remember right now) have all confirmed that it was originally intended to be a complete Canonical 'clean slate' for Matt and Wilson Fisk's characters.

 

[Christopher]

I was under the impression the Netflix seasons would have still been canon to Born Again, but that the connections back to it just wouldn't have been as big a part of the show as they were in the final version.

My impression was that the original intent was to be more of a soft reboot, keeping only certain things while ignoring or contradicting others. Then the decision was made to do it as a true continuation instead.