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<blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 2362858" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>'No back continuity' is not the same as 'no inter-continuity'. Despite the FF <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-up, the</p><p>UMU has much tighter inter-continuity than the regular MU currently. It simply lacks the </p><p>back contiuity. It will, and has, created it's own back continuity but one wastly smaller</p><p>than the MU one. That is it's selling point. Little continuity, not loose continuity.</p><p></p><p>Current DCU policy on the other hand has found a way to eat the cake and have it too. </p><p>While inter-continuity is the big thing over at DC now, they are very loose on back </p><p>continuity (well, except Geoff Johns' titles, of course, but he's a bit anal about these </p><p>things). They have mastered the art of tieing up loose ends and then ignoring them,</p><p>instead focusing on the more archetypical and iconic image of their heroes. Tell a story,</p><p>end it, then start a new story ignoring the old story except for a few cosmetic differences.</p><p></p><p>The previous story might have happened, it might not have. It's all hypertime, baby.</p><p></p><p>It's the same strategy that saved the Spider-Man titles. They just ended the 90s plotlines</p><p>and then they never, ever mentioned them again. "Green Goblin is back and Peter and</p><p>MJ are seperated. They just are, we'll never explain why. Now, for some <em>good</em> Spider-Man</p><p> stuff! Someone, what's that B5 guy's number, again?"</p><p></p><p>This allows for continuity light stories while still keeping open the door for old ideas to be</p><p>brought back. It's the Classic DC style meets the Marvel Shared Universe style. Best of </p><p>both worlds.</p><p></p><p>Marvel, on the other hand, is more in tune with it's back continuity, even though not as </p><p>obsessed with it as before. They have instead forsaken the inter-title continuity for a more</p><p>single-story-centered approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Viking Bastard, post: 2362858, member: 509"] 'No back continuity' is not the same as 'no inter-continuity'. Despite the FF :):):):)-up, the UMU has much tighter inter-continuity than the regular MU currently. It simply lacks the back contiuity. It will, and has, created it's own back continuity but one wastly smaller than the MU one. That is it's selling point. Little continuity, not loose continuity. Current DCU policy on the other hand has found a way to eat the cake and have it too. While inter-continuity is the big thing over at DC now, they are very loose on back continuity (well, except Geoff Johns' titles, of course, but he's a bit anal about these things). They have mastered the art of tieing up loose ends and then ignoring them, instead focusing on the more archetypical and iconic image of their heroes. Tell a story, end it, then start a new story ignoring the old story except for a few cosmetic differences. The previous story might have happened, it might not have. It's all hypertime, baby. It's the same strategy that saved the Spider-Man titles. They just ended the 90s plotlines and then they never, ever mentioned them again. "Green Goblin is back and Peter and MJ are seperated. They just are, we'll never explain why. Now, for some [i]good[/i] Spider-Man stuff! Someone, what's that B5 guy's number, again?" This allows for continuity light stories while still keeping open the door for old ideas to be brought back. It's the Classic DC style meets the Marvel Shared Universe style. Best of both worlds. Marvel, on the other hand, is more in tune with it's back continuity, even though not as obsessed with it as before. They have instead forsaken the inter-title continuity for a more single-story-centered approach. [/QUOTE]
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