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单词 retcon
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Definition of retcon in English:

retcon

nounPlural retcons ˈrɛtkɒnˈretkän
  • (in a film, television series, or other fictional work) a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.

    we're given a retcon for Wilf's absence from Donna's wedding in ‘The Runaway Bride’: he had Spanish Flu
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Should we assume gendered pronouns conform to modern definitions of gender, or is this a social 'retcon' of the language?
    • Next, let's see them come up with a creative retcon for that ludicrous "people being used as batteries" backstory.
    • With twelve episodes, though, you can generally map the whole season out, avoiding the last-minute retcons necessary to pull everything together.
    • In other words, Star Trek is using retcons (an insertion into the fictional narrative chronology) as a means to construct the future history that both fascinates and compels the more serious fans.
    • This could just be a joke about the nature of retcons, but I wonder if there's something bigger going on.
    • Americans have always been very accepting of our retcons.
    • That film's jaw-dropping ending would get its own retcon in the sixth film.
    • Then came the series finale, and one of the most famous — and fascinating or infuriating — retcons in the history of TV.
    • To suggest that because this happened in the 1990s there must have been some inherent, organic connection between the two ideologies from the start is a form of historical retcon.
    • Morrison's retcon allows him to link Milena (as nemesis avatar) to Louise (#15 - 'The Trillians Incident').
    • Although the wikipedia entry gives fleshed details, most of those are a retcon from the Warcraft 3 universe.
    • Retcons are nothing new in comics and reformats at DC have been common enough that the writers got in a real twist, dropping in and destroying alternate timelines left, right and centre.
    • To be fair, he has got better over time, although I did think the retcon where it is shown that he is putting on the cockney accent is just inspired.
verbretconning, retconned, retcons ˈrɛtkɒnˈretkän
[with object]
  • Revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.

    I think fans get more upset when characters act blatantly out of established type, or when things get retconned
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shouldn't we be seeing Ewan McGregor as Kenobi, if we're retconning them?
    • The shocking ending here would later be retconned in Halloween 5.
    • You mark my words, in a couple of years if not sooner, this reboot will be retconned away by another universe width event with Crisis in the title.
    • With character development comes the temptation to retcon, to write events out of the history.
    • Still, S4 salvaged the worst of S3 and retconned most of the show's history into a thought-provoking but ultimately unprovable conspiracy.
    • Yes, but were there Bergenholms in the original 1934 version of Triplanetary, before Smith retconned it to connect it to the Lensman books?
    • Still, rereading the wiki articles, I see that they've been retconned, so it would look to anyone else as if the original game had a story depth much greater than it really had.
    • In this case, the product drivers have actually been fans of the original product, who have then taken over creation of further product, and retconned the narrative to suit them.
    • There's just no way they can retcon a remotely sane set of plotlines and relationships without the last season-and-a-half taking place.
    • Whether the whole thing will be retconned out of existence next year is of course another matter.

Origin

1980s: abbreviation of retroactive continuity.

Definition of retcon in US English:

retcon

nounˈretkän
  • (in a film, television series, or other fictional work) a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.

    we're given a retcon for Wilf's absence from Donna's wedding in ‘The Runaway Bride’: he had Spanish Flu
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That film's jaw-dropping ending would get its own retcon in the sixth film.
    • Should we assume gendered pronouns conform to modern definitions of gender, or is this a social 'retcon' of the language?
    • Americans have always been very accepting of our retcons.
    • Although the wikipedia entry gives fleshed details, most of those are a retcon from the Warcraft 3 universe.
    • To be fair, he has got better over time, although I did think the retcon where it is shown that he is putting on the cockney accent is just inspired.
    • To suggest that because this happened in the 1990s there must have been some inherent, organic connection between the two ideologies from the start is a form of historical retcon.
    • In other words, Star Trek is using retcons (an insertion into the fictional narrative chronology) as a means to construct the future history that both fascinates and compels the more serious fans.
    • Morrison's retcon allows him to link Milena (as nemesis avatar) to Louise (#15 - 'The Trillians Incident').
    • Retcons are nothing new in comics and reformats at DC have been common enough that the writers got in a real twist, dropping in and destroying alternate timelines left, right and centre.
    • Then came the series finale, and one of the most famous — and fascinating or infuriating — retcons in the history of TV.
    • Next, let's see them come up with a creative retcon for that ludicrous "people being used as batteries" backstory.
    • This could just be a joke about the nature of retcons, but I wonder if there's something bigger going on.
    • With twelve episodes, though, you can generally map the whole season out, avoiding the last-minute retcons necessary to pull everything together.
verbˈretkän
[with object]
  • Revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.

    I think fans get more upset when characters act blatantly out of established type, or when things get retconned
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whether the whole thing will be retconned out of existence next year is of course another matter.
    • You mark my words, in a couple of years if not sooner, this reboot will be retconned away by another universe width event with Crisis in the title.
    • With character development comes the temptation to retcon, to write events out of the history.
    • There's just no way they can retcon a remotely sane set of plotlines and relationships without the last season-and-a-half taking place.
    • In this case, the product drivers have actually been fans of the original product, who have then taken over creation of further product, and retconned the narrative to suit them.
    • Still, rereading the wiki articles, I see that they've been retconned, so it would look to anyone else as if the original game had a story depth much greater than it really had.
    • Shouldn't we be seeing Ewan McGregor as Kenobi, if we're retconning them?
    • The shocking ending here would later be retconned in Halloween 5.
    • Still, S4 salvaged the worst of S3 and retconned most of the show's history into a thought-provoking but ultimately unprovable conspiracy.
    • Yes, but were there Bergenholms in the original 1934 version of Triplanetary, before Smith retconned it to connect it to the Lensman books?

Origin

1980s: abbreviation of retroactive continuity.

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