Retconning !
A 'retroactive continuity' or Retcon is where the the continuity of an individual, story or world is changed after the fact.
Wikipedia tells us
"The first published use of the phrase "retroactive continuity" is found in theologian E. Frank Tupper's 1973 book The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg:"Pannenberg's conception of retroactive continuity ultimately means that history flows fundamentally from the future into the past, that the future is not basically a product of the past.""
An example of a retcon is my experience with The Ballet Retreat. The facts, Hannah's records and some photos show that 'that boy' attended the August 2017 Ballet Retreat, yet a number of people who were there will tell you Nicola attended - totally without prompting - admittedly the circumstances are such that I didn't exactly hide what was going on at that time ...
I actually find this really sweet that people have done this of their own volition and without my asking ... it's also a bit of validation to the whole you are your true self all along thing.
Wikipedia tells us
"The first published use of the phrase "retroactive continuity" is found in theologian E. Frank Tupper's 1973 book The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg:"Pannenberg's conception of retroactive continuity ultimately means that history flows fundamentally from the future into the past, that the future is not basically a product of the past.""
An example of a retcon is my experience with The Ballet Retreat. The facts, Hannah's records and some photos show that 'that boy' attended the August 2017 Ballet Retreat, yet a number of people who were there will tell you Nicola attended - totally without prompting - admittedly the circumstances are such that I didn't exactly hide what was going on at that time ...
I actually find this really sweet that people have done this of their own volition and without my asking ... it's also a bit of validation to the whole you are your true self all along thing.
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