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Leord: moved Retroactive continuity to Retcon

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moved Retroactive continuity to Retcon

Leord at 14:08, 8 February 2010

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Leord at 12:16, 18 January 2010

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Leord at 13:22, 1 October 2009

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Leord at 13:22, 1 October 2009

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'''Retroactive continuity''' is a seldom used phrase for the much more commonly used '''retcon'''. It means that changes are made to the official lore of a fiction franchise retroactively.

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-'''Retroactive continuity''' is a seldom used phrase for the much more commonly used '''retcon'''. It means that changes are made to the official lore of a fiction franchise retroactively, so that older lore is no longer [[canon]]. If such a change has been made, it's usually referred to as having been '''retconned'''.
+A '''retcon''' (also known as '''retroactive continuity''' update) is a change that is made to the official [[lore]] of a fiction franchise retroactively, so that older lore is no longer [[canon]]. If such a change has been made, it's usually referred to as having been '''retconned'''.
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 * [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Manual]]
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 Abd also mentions the Vizjerei, and their false studies on demons, which they made just because they wanted to lessen their blame in brining about the Mage Clan Wars in the first place.
-In this case, the old lore was replaced by new one, by making the old one "flavour lore".
+In this case, the old lore was replaced by new one, by making the old one [[flavour lore]].
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	The reason it is done is because when a fiction universe grows, story lines might conflict as every writer can't know every bit of lore, or there is just a small tweak needed to make the whole story line a lot more interesting.		The reason it is done is because when a fiction universe grows, story lines might conflict as every writer can't know every bit of lore, or there is just a small tweak needed to make the whole story line a lot more interesting.

−	When a retcon is made and some information has been made redundant, that information can either just be completely disregarded, or just made into flavour lore.	+	When a retcon is made and some information has been made redundant, that information can either just be completely disregarded, or just made into [[flavour lore]].

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−	'''Retroactive continuity''' is a seldom used phrase for the much more commonly used '''retcon'''. It means that changes are made to the official lore of a fiction franchise retroactively.	+	'''Retroactive continuity''' is a seldom used phrase for the much more commonly used '''retcon'''. It means that changes are made to the official lore of a fiction franchise retroactively, so that older lore is no longer [[canon]]. If such a change has been made, it's usually referred to as having been '''retconned'''.
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		+	==Description & Reason==
		+	A retcon can either be additions made to existing lore to explain certain events, or rewriting historical facts, and are meant to have always been made this way.
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		+	The reason it is done is because when a fiction universe grows, story lines might conflict as every writer can't know every bit of lore, or there is just a small tweak needed to make the whole story line a lot more interesting.
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		+	When a retcon is made and some information has been made redundant, that information can either just be completely disregarded, or just made into flavour lore.
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		+	===Example of a retcon===
		+	In the first [[Diablo I Manual]], there was a large section detailing [[demon]]s, and it was written like a text made by a [[Vizjerei]] sorcerer from the game world. It explained that the [[goatmen]] were [[demon]]ic beasts bred in hell.
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		+	The goatmen were not really mentioned in [[Diablo II]], but with Diablo III, Blizzard announced they were not at all demons, but former humans, corrupted by the Vizjerei [[mage clan]] in the [[Mage Clan Wars]]. This was explained by [[Abd al-Hazir]], a travelling writer, who is the closest you could get to an investigative journalist in Sanctuary.
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		+	Abd also mentions the Vizjerei, and their false studies on demons, which they made just because they wanted to lessen their blame in brining about the Mage Clan Wars in the first place.
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		+	In this case, the old lore was replaced by new one, by making the old one "flavour lore".
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		+	[[Category:Reference]]

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