Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-34018739-20190327152005/@comment-21005855-20190418211643

noun

1.

(in a film, television series, or other fictional work) a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.

"we're given a retcon for Wilf's absence from Donna's wedding in ‘The Runaway Bride’: he had Spanish Flu"

verb

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revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.

"I think fans get more upset when characters act blatantly out of established type, or when things get retconned"

So, to give you, Zexalaerostrike and RdcTohoKingdom, both credit. You both are making excellent points. However, let's marry those ideas. A true retcon is to have an idea that was once true and now is different. Example; Mileena was supposed to be cloned when Kitana was still a baby. In the new universe, she was just created. In the original timeline, Sonya was captured by Shang Tsung along with her crew. It was just Jax in the current timeline. It was never mentioned whether Shinnok had parents and now we're just discovering that he does. Honestly, I always thought he was just a manisfistation.