retcon

英語

詞源

retroactive (「追溯的」) +‎ continuity (「連續性」)組成的混成詞。retroactive continuity（追溯連貫性）一詞由《群星中隊》等超級英雄漫畫的作者 Roy Thomas 推廣開來，他稱這個詞出自一位匿名人士。

發音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/

• 音頻 (南英格蘭)：

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名詞

retcon (複數 retcons)

1. 補充與修正虛構文學作品中之前已發表的故事：吃書
   • 2003, Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion，第 152 頁:

     TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots?

     TLC：對於《軍團》系列因各種吃書和重啟而失去興趣的粉絲，您想對它們說些什麼呢？

   • 2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer，第 9 頁:

     Fans talk of retcon—retroactive continuity—giving information that explains an earlier event, especially seeming plot contradictions or lacunae.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2006, Glenn Yeffeth 編, The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman，第 155 頁:

     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.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

動詞

retcon (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 retcons，現在分詞 retconning，一般過去時及過去分詞 retconned)

1. 補充與修正虛構文學作品中之前已發表的故事：吃書
   • 2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Nth Doctor，第 5 頁:

     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 […]

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2004, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm，第 79 頁:

     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."

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 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!

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

參見

• reboot
• Joss

延伸閱讀

• retroactive continuity在英語維基百科上的資料。維基百科 ^en
• Q517361在Wikidata上的資料。Wikidata

異序詞

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