[identity profile] spikesgirl58.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] 1word1day
Retcon - An often-condemned practice of writers for television and other serial stories (like comic books) where they mention previously unknown events in order to justify current plot points. The word is a blending of retroactive & continuity.

I find that Agatha Christie is fond of doing this. It used to make me crazy...

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Date: 2019-08-02 03:13 am (UTC)
med_cat: (SH education never ends)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
An interesting term, and one I'd not seen before ;)

Thanks!
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