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Originally Posted by DigificWriter
^ Why shouldn't we take Amit's word at face value? Because he killed any shreds of credibility he may have had by blindly endorsing Jonathan Tzachor's ridiculous viewpoint on Power Rangers continuity... in spite of said viewpoint being completely contradictory to what is actually established by the franchise's Canon.
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What bearing does that have on his ability to clarify statements made by characters in "Forever Red", though? He wrote the episode. He understands it better than anyone possibly could (or at least he did at the time he wrote it). When his explanations don't run counter to anything previously presented in the show, what reason do we have to question them beyond "I don't like him"?
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Originally Posted by blacklion400y
Should we also take Tzachor at face value when he says that every season is part of its own universe?
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For one thing, Tzachor has never written a single episode of PR. Second, that statement would also have bearings on seasons he was not involved with, so that makes it immediately suspect without an in-show justification. On that note: Third, nothing in the show has ever explicitly said that each team might occupy its own universe (quite the opposite, in fact).
By contrast, FR explicitly says that Lord Zedd was defeated and Serpentera was left in ruins on the moon, an event that occurred offscreen. Amit, when questioned about it, simply clarified that this was a reference to the events of the "Scorpion Rain" fan hoax. Considering that he was actually involved in the hoax back in the late 90s, we have no reason to believe he was being untruthful when he said that it inspired the backstory. So, his claim contradicts nothing from the show, it's supported by his own personal history, and it regards an episode that he himself wrote without infringing on anyone else's creative space. There's no logical reason not to take that at face value.