What does it matter how this image looked before or how it was created? The main thing is what’s depicted on it now — and clearly is Wenda is looking at Gray in a funny way. What’s the problem, then?
Wenda isn't looking at Gray 'strangely'—you literally deleted the duplicate sprites in between them just to push two completely independent models together. There's no scene or interaction here; you just cropped out the middle characters to manufacture a look that isn't in the original image.
Pointing out facts isn't a weak argument, it's just logic. Having imagination has nothing to do with editing a sprite sheet to fake a scene. Have fun with your headcanon, but editing sprites won't make it canon.
If we follow your logic, then the entire gallery in this mod isn’t canon, because they’re also just edited original sprites, but by the original author.
The creator defines what is canon, not a fan. XenOthatboi already has his own story written where they are just best friends. Erasing the outer sprites and keeping only the middle pair just to force them facing each other won't make your ship canon, it's just basic image editing.
