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4tell0life4
Since: Mar, 2018
1st Aug, 2019 11:29:20 PM
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After acting X for a while, Bob is revealed to be Y.
But, then, why did we, the readers, see Bob being X even when he was alone? Or why did he keep the pretense up with someone else in on the con? Or, even worse, did his thought bubbles indicate he was X? Was he lying to himself?
I've seen that happen a lot in comic book retcons, when a character is later revealed to have been evil or savvy all along, contradicting previous thought bubbles. But it also happens in self-contained stories, especially in ones featuring a Gambit Pileup.