So, J.J. can't work within canon, but he didn't want to violate it either. So what he did was he changed the rules. Very TWOK. Anyway, He goes back to before the beginning of TOS and alters something, throwing the entire thing into an alternate universe where anything can happen.
Cool.
Or maybe I'm wrong. That could be too.
Cool.
Or maybe I'm wrong. That could be too.