Broad Strokes vs The Stations of the Canon and some other questions

What's the major differences between Broad Strokes vs The Stations Ofthe Canon?

Can a Continuity Reboot keep to parts of The Stations of the Canon - for example, a reboot of Live-Action TV/Supergirl or Better Call Saul but then go off on its own path?

Is Broad Strokes a reason for "Let's skip over the bits we don't like", and used in a Continuity Reboot or an Alternate Continuity?

Secondly, if a series undergoes a Continuity Reboot (the "main" one), and an Alternate Continuity (with an add-on to the title, e.g. Jessica Jones: Manhattan running alongside it also has a reboot, would the second example qualify both as an Alternate Continuity and Continuity Reboot (I'm wick-checking to see how many works have both on the same page)?

Also, would Dork Age apply to something like CNBC, CNN in terms of programming, or does that fall into Network Decay (especially if people are complaining about the presenters and not the content, since these aren't Live Action TV - dramas)? I know some people think CNBC is in a Dork Age for having too much emphasis on Ms. Fanservice but that's probably YMMV.

Also, if a work is going through a Dork Age, and the creators realize this, is a Continuity Reboot a partial solution or not?

edited 24th Jul '17 2:42:38 PM by Merseyuser1

The Stations of the Canon is when a rewrite of a work will go through many of the same plot events despite having different characters or other changes, or to show that those events happens differently because of those changes (which still means the same events happen).

Broad Strokes is when Canon is more of a guideline than an absolute and complete truth. It's a little bit similar to Like Reality, Unless Noted.

Continuity Reboot and Alternate Continuity aren't mutually exclusive. It's a Continuity Reboot if they go back to the beginning and make the series from scratch again. An Alternate Continuity series can do that just as well, which doesn't stop it being an Alternate Continuity.

Just going to say that I don't like Dork Age because it's too inherently complainy.

Whether something is a solution to a problem is an opinion and based on execution, not tropes involved.

Stations of the Canon is rather specifically a fan fiction trope, where writers diverge from plenty of other established stories and plotlines but still hold on to key moments with which the overall world would implode without it. Consider the Inciting Incident of any given story and how you could possibly tell a fan fic story even remotely within the canon without it.

Broad Strokes is when the current canon story cannot be fully reconciled with a past story, evidence suggesting that something DID happen, just not in the specific way as originally seen. It varies from individual lines of dialogue to entire story arcs. Often the writer is aware of the inconsistency, but they consider flexibility with the current story more important than continuity.