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Scorpion451
Since: Jan, 2013
31st Oct, 2021 06:20:56 PM
Good example of the aftermath of something being Exiled from Continuity.
Compare and contrast Schrödinger's Canon, where the work exists in a sort of limbo of both canon- and non-canon-ness until directly addressed, and Canon Discontinuity where the work and it's effects on canon are ignored.
So, it struck me recently that Rom: Spaceknight, despite being removed from canon when Marvel ran into legal issues, actually has a fair amount of influence over the fate of the X-Men during the 80s. Mystique was originally implied to be an alien and possibly a Dire Wraith when she debuted as an archenemy of Carol Danvers, an encounter with Rom was set-up as the cause behind the eventual Heel–Face Turn of Rogue, and Storm's depowering in the 80s was originally caused by Gyrich getting ahold of the prototype replica of Rom's Power Nullifier that Forge had created as the first step in arming humanity against the Dire Wraith invasion. And those are just the examples I can remember! Is there a trope for this?