#Retcon

A retcon is a cunning narrative device that scrambles past continuity to suit creators’ whims, leaving audiences patting themselves on the back for noticing “subtle” changes while thoroughly confused. It casually erases previous events or resurrects characters declared dead, all in the name of convenience. Fans are subtly tested on their memory as old facts shift like quicksand underfoot. It may be deemed an ingenious effort to impose a new order on chaos, but more often it yields momentary pandemonium and indignation. Truth, it seems, is nothing more than an afterthought.