Originally posted by JakeTheBank
What-If's, by their very definition, aren't canon, though.
I don't like it ❌
From what I have been able to determine, 'What If's simply inject characters into scenarios that provide a different outcome...
I mean, it's not as if there was a story like 'What if Aunt May beat the Juggernaut to death with her rock-hard bran muffins'??
I could understand foolishness like that not being qualified to be used in a debate, because it is wholly unbelievable in the context of what these characters are established to be capable of.
But I have not seen any examples of this. All the WI's I have read are stories that would have happened the exact same way if they occured in mainline continuity. The only reason they don't happen in mainline continuity is because they are such downers/too destructive to the highlighted character to keep ongoing series viable.