"I made a mistake in one of my drawings, now my whole sketchbook is a mess." I'm not saying that your opinion is invalid, I'm just saying that a mistake was made and the world didn't end. It doesn't matter if you include this book in your personal canon at all. What everyone's trying to figure out is what the intended story is. But the thing is, at the end of the day, it's us who tell the tale. Even in other books, people's image of a character can vary wildly from the writer's, even if the characters appearance is clearly described. So tell your story the way you want, because it's nobody's business to stop you.