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Retconning? What does that mean?
by jjtheblunt 3y ago
Retconning? What does that mean?
- chriswarbo 3y agoIt's a term from literature/fiction, where later installments try to explain something from earlier installments; usually in a way that's nothing like the original intent. Applying this to real history is more like "revisionism".
- ReactiveJelly 3y ago"RETroactive CONtinuity", in addition to what the sibling comment said. The Wikipedia top example is Sherlock Holmes dying in a fight with Moriarty and then coming back later when the author relented and decided to write more stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity
- jjtheblunt 3y ago(thanks to the sibling comments for explaining...)