Thread:Spencerz/@comment-16461120-20151128004137/@comment-26100657-20151203035921

Well, both statements from the author were unclear, and in the one from Reddit she said that it was "comic book canon" but followed the "continuity of the MCU" (which it doesn't, but nevermind that) and on twitter, when she said that it took place in Earth-199999, she said it took place in what she called the "MTU" by which she means that it is related to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and follows that continuity with Coulson surviving, which doesn't make sense on another level since in the book Black Widow and Iron Man, if not all the Avengers, know that Coulson is alive, whereas in Earth-199999, the Avengers are not aware of his survival. So she's never really said that it takes place in Earth-199999, more that it takes place in her own version of Earth-199999. (hence the TRN)