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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 355309" data-attributes="member: 370">To be fair, a retcon is a retcon even if it's a well-written one that makes some sort of sense. The reason they happen, especially on soaps, are of course because one headwriter might have some intentions with a character, but then a new headwriter comes in with different intentions and story projections. Plus, they probably keep way less track of these things than the hardcore fans do either way. Soaps of course go on for decades and usually switch headwriters every few years and have way more stories/episodes to keep track of, which is why they're more retcon prone than prime time shows (but even today retcons happen frequently in prime time).</blockquote>