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[wyntir_knight]

I have come to the conclusion after following a rather bizzare argument, that I hate the concept of a retcon. I will admit that I find just about everyone's comments quite facinating and enlightening, but the initiator is starting to remind me of various Star Trek trolls that I have come across in my various wanderings. I will never understand the people who sit there with the guidebooks open on their laps spouting:

"Yes, but episode 42 of season four's comic adaptation says that ..."

And then, when you point out that their interpretation is not quite right, they spit out the word: "RETCON".

I hated retcons when I ran the Ottawa Vampire LARP and I hate them now. Why can't we just live with the past canon that has been created and stop trying to create new canon to tie all the old canon together -- Gee? Could I have said cann any more times?

Well, I think that I will tie a string around my finger to remind me to keep out of the rest of this discussion. THere are others who are far better at proving their points than I, and I have the feeling that I may devolve into just calling people names. SO best I stay out of it ... no matter how dumb I think some comments might be.

Comments

[rusty-chevy.livejournal.com]

Gee, I... I have a sneaking suspicion I know which conversation you're talking about... XD

[uftaki.livejournal.com]

heh.... 100% agreement, here. I mean, some retcons I'm fine with, but this "certain someone" is really starting to drive me up the walls, too. ^_^;

As Frosty said, even a simple "my opinion" here or there wouldn't have provoked such a huge kerfluffle. As someone else said (I forgot who x.x), we wouldn't be arguing so much if he wasn't so rigid and dogmatic. x.x

Ah well. Stepping back a little, I can laugh at it... and if you guys are enjoying yourselves, that's great. XD