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KD Since: May, 2009
15th Apr, 2021 06:52:13 AM

You seem to be asking two questions.

In response to Sequel retcons facts from the original work: There are a lot of different possibilities depending on the exact things being changed and how long the series has been running. Retcon and Canon Discontinuity are probably the two most basic. Long runners start getting Continuity Snarl or Broad Strokes. If it's just the ending of the prior installment that is retconned, you might have a Sequel Reset.

If a change is not present in the published work and this is only what the directors and writers are saying in their own time, then that's a whole 'nother thing. If the work got it wrong and they're setting the record straight, it's Word of God. If their answers are completely illogical, it's Lying Creator or Flip-Flop of God, or maybe Trolling Creator if they're doing it on purpose. There are probably a few other possibilities, but it'd be in that area.

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Lancelot07 Since: Apr, 2015
15th Apr, 2021 10:39:41 AM

I see, thanks for the answer. I'll figure out which one I'm looking for.

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