retcon

英语

词源

retroactive (“追溯的”) +‎ continuity (“连续性”) 组成的混成词。retroactive continuity（追溯连贯性）一词由《群星中队》等超级英雄漫画的作者 Roy Thomas 推广开来，他称这个词出自一位匿名人士。^[1]

发音

(英国) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/
音频 (南英格兰)： (档案)

名词

retcon (复数 retcons)

补充与修正虚构文学作品中之前已发表的故事：吃书
- 2003, Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion，第 152 页:
  TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots?
  TLC：对于《军团》系列因各种吃书和重启而失去兴趣的粉丝，您想对它们说些什么呢？
- 2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer，第 9 页:
  Fans talk of retcon—retroactive continuity—giving information that explains an earlier event, especially seeming plot contradictions or lacunae.
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- 2006, Glenn Yeffeth 编, The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman，第 155 页:
  It's a little trick called retcon, short for "retroactive continuity," […]
  Yet I'm unsure even Millar is fully aware of the power given him by the retcon.
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动词

retcon (第三人称单数简单现在时 retcons，现在分词 retconning，一般过去时及过去分词 retconned)

补充与修正虚构文学作品中之前已发表的故事：吃书
- 2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Nth Doctor，第 5 页:
  While ‘retconning' the scripts, I came up with a number of theories that throw new light on the Doctor, his past, and various other elements […]
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- 2004, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm，第 79 页:
  A lot of people were like, "Oh, they just retconned their own continuity. They should have used Kyle. I don't like that." So we just threw Kyle in there to say, "No, no, Kyle's still there. He still exists in the animated universe; he's just not stationed on Earth at the moment, regularly."
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- 2006, Len Wein, ed., The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium 92:
  Retroactive continuity (aka retconning), would reveal that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are also Magneto's children, showing that this was a guy who was really committed to his cause
- 2006, Michael Eury, Daniel (CON) Best, Glen (CON) Cadigan, Mike (CON) Esposito, David (CON) Mandel, The Krypton Companion, p. 157:
  Luthor appeared a handful of times, Gary "retconned" the Toyman and created Terra-Man, and Superman would get a worthy opponent whenever Len Wein did a fill-in.
- 2022年1月7日, James Poniewozik, “Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has.”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  There’s a note of wistful, wishful thinking in all this retconning of reality — would that we could write a time jump into our own scripts!
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参见

reboot
Joss

参考资料

↑ Roy Thomas (February 1983)， “letters column”，All-Star Squadron，第 1 卷, 期18，DC Comics:
As for what Roy himself (myself) is trying to do, we like to think an enthusiastic ALL-STAR booster at one of Adam Malin's Creation Conventions in San Diego came up with the best name for it, a few months back: ‘Retroactive Continuity.’ Has kind of a ring [to it], don't you think?

延伸阅读

retroactive continuity在英语维基百科上的资料。维基百科 ^en
Q517361在Wikidata上的资料。Wikidata

异序词

Cotner, centro-, cornet, corten, creton, cronet

[1] Roy Thomas (February 1983)， “letters column”，All-Star Squadron，第 1 卷, 期18，DC Comics:
As for what Roy himself (myself) is trying to do, we like to think an enthusiastic ALL-STAR booster at one of Adam Malin's Creation Conventions in San Diego came up with the best name for it, a few months back: ‘Retroactive Continuity.’ Has kind of a ring [to it], don't you think?

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