retcon

Speech parts

1. retcon - Noun

2. retcon - Verb

Meaning

retcon (plural retcons)

A situation, in a soap opera or other fiction, in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it.

retcon (third-person singular simple present retcons, present participle retconning, simple past and past participle retconned)

To employ such a device.

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Examples

Even with that retcon, Noble 6 is still a force to be reckoned with. Source: Internet

In 2002, with the publication of the Wildstorm (DC) comics, Harmony Gold officially decided to retcon the Robotech Universe. Source: Internet

Marvel already told Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's origin story, but Marvel could retcon Magneto into being their real father in WandaVision. Source: Internet

Claremont expressed dissatisfaction with the retcon, stating in 2012: "We’d just gone to all the effort of saying, 'Jean is dead, get over it,' and they said, 'Haha, we fibbed.' Source: Internet

However, the core of his story could be where a proper retcon could build on to make him a sympathetic killer, which has worked for franchises like with Jigsaw/John Kramer and add a new level of brutality. Source: Internet

None of this really matters in the scheme of the original narrative -- unless some future story turns this new retcon into canon. Source: Internet

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