It's like finding out the Santa Claus you saw at the back of the mall, asking you to sit on his lap, was not actually Santa at all. And the strange bump on his leg wasn't a toy.
The guy is feeling the canonical abomination that's inside the cuddly skin.
Let me quote my self on that supposed canon.
cokerpilot said:
I believe the artist for the original image said that was is just as likely to be not canon as it is canon. I guess it's sort of a Schrodinger canon in a way.