Continuity tropes - do these definitions make sense?

Having read the Continuity Tropes page, I wanted to give the page some definitions of each trope, like Morality Tropes does (that's a good explanation of each trope on the Morality Tropes page, so I used that as an idea).

I'll list a selection and I want to check if these make sense:

• Alternate Continuity: The work exists in its own independent, self-contained universe. It is technically an Alternate Universe but doesn't become one unless referenced in the "main" continuity or there is a Crossover with it. If the continuities don't overlap, they are all still Alternate Continuities. An Alternate Continuity can only become an Alternate Universe if there is significant overlap between the main continuity and the other continuities - this takes it into Intercontinuity Crossover territory.
• Alternate Timeline: The backstory is the same, but the outcomes are very different. The two continuities are mutually exclusive, but the outcomes are both canon. Not to be confused with Alternate History, which is this trope applied to Real Life.
• Armed with Canon: My interpretation's correct. No mine is!! No you're wrong!! Basically, writers dispute over which canon is best.
• Bizarro Episode: Did we really see that, or we were imagining things? Is that really part of the Story Arc?? It's just too damn weird.
• Broad Strokes: The events happened, but not every detail. Canon is just a guideline, not an absolute rule. This can vary from the Story Arc, to the Myth Arc, even characterization.
• Continuity Snarl: Which Back Story is correct??
• Continuity Lock-Out: Unless you've seen episodes 1-10 of 24, then you're SOL as regards the Story Arc.
• Fanon: The fans' interpretation of Canon.
• Exiled from Continuity: Sorry, they can't be in The 'Verse for various reasons, or because we haven't got the rights to use that character in our continuity for legal reasons (we're Screwed by the Lawyers).
• Loose Canon: It's ambiguous if this is canon or not.
• Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?: That awesome moment gets referenced.
• Schrödinger's Canon: Is it part of The 'Verse or not? It's both part of The 'Verse and it isn't.
• Soft Reboot: Same setting, more or less, slight tweaks to continuity. It's a Continuity Reboot in all but name.
• Ultimate Universe: A modernized retelling in a new setting, and a subtrope of Alternate Continuity.

If anyone could help, I would appreciate it, to ensure the definitions are correct.

Trying to get consensus before any major edits are made to avoid Edit War on the page.

edited 24th Apr '18 11:49:47 AM by Merseyuser1

I think most of your definitions are good. I just have a couple critiques:

Alternate Timeline: Most of the backstory is the same, but at some point (likely For Want Of A Nail) some event caused the chain of events in the past to go in another direction. New Installments now exist for *each* timeline. Both timelines are canon for the works set in them. Not to be confused with Alternate History, which is this trope applied to Real Life.

Armed with Canon: Multiple Creators, each of whom are able to add to the canon make digs at each other or attempt to replace one another's canon with their own. Continuity Snarl: Multiple, Mutually exclusive continuities exist but are not supposed to diverge from one-another. Only one version of events is supposed to have happened, but they all have to have happened for the canon to work. Continuity Lock-Out: So much necessary information is explained in previous installments it is largely impossible for new viewers to jump in after a certain point in a franchise.

Fanon: Story, plot, or character details that are held to be true by the Fandom, but are not actually stated anywhere in the Canon.

Loose Canon: It's ambiguous if this is canon or not. Often takes the form of supplemental media that involved the main creators but was not part of the main body of work.

Schrodinger's Canon: Events happening in supplemental works both do and don't exist until they are confirmed or denied by later Canon works.

Soft Reboot: The original canon is implied to still exist, and the new work is implied to exist within it, but the new works will stand on their own with minimal acknowledgement of previous ones.

edited 23rd Apr '18 6:44:55 PM by Jhamin

Thank you. Your definitions seem better than mine.

What would you define Alternate Continuity, Ultimate Universe, Bizarro Episode, Broad Strokes and Exiled from Continuity as?

edited 24th Apr '18 11:50:05 AM by Merseyuser1