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 ====== Warcraft Retcons ======
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 This is a non-exhaustive list of retcons for [[lb:warcraft]]. Most of these are just ones that I'm aware of or which I personally noticed.\\  They are categorized by the origin of the retcon. So...games, expansions, books, etc.\\  If I'm not sure exactly where the retcon came from, but //am// sure that something was retconned, it will be placed in ‘unsorted’ for the time being.
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 ===== Notes =====
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 ==== Sea Witch ====
-The Warcraft 3 Demo's Orc campaign((:fn:>Which is the only campaign in the demo, so specifying it is kinda pointless...?))((:fn:>Also available in //The Frozen Throne// via the Custom Campaign menu as, basically, the game's second bonus campaign.)) has a ‘Sea Witch’ as the primary antagonist in the second half of the story.\\  In Warcraft 3, she's depicted with a Ghost model/portrait/voice. Cataclysm claims that she was a [[lb:wc:naga]] the whole time, technically making this a retcon.\\  Reforged takes this a step further and just turns her into a Naga Sea Witch, though I'd consider that a separate retcon.\\  Her being a Naga the whole time is the first positive retcon that I'm listing here and, so far, appears to be the only one.\\  This is a good retcon because it doesn't over-write information as much as it elaborates on a mystery...that mystery being ‘what the Fel was the Sea Witch?’\\  Even her vague warning about a coming dark tide now fits neatly in with the Naga stuff.\\  However, the Reforged one? I'd say that was probably a negative change all things considered. I think she should have remained a shadowy, mysterious ghostly figure...maybe only slightly hinting at the fact she's a Naga. Because of this change, the Horde knew about the Naga existing waaaaay before anybody else: they literally met one. Originally, they had no clue what she was or who she was...but now they pretty clearly know she was some strange fish/snake creature. I may also be over-thinking this point, but I really don't think this was a change for the better.\\  But otherwise? Yeah, positive. Good job Blizzard.
+The Warcraft 3 Demo's Orc campaign((:fn:>Which is the only campaign in the demo, so specifying it is kinda pointless...?))((:fn:>Also available in //The Frozen Throne// via the Custom Campaign menu as, basically, the game's second bonus campaign.)) has a ‘[[lb:wc:zar'jira|Sea Witch]]’ as the primary antagonist in the second half of the story.\\  In Warcraft 3, she's depicted with a Ghost model/portrait/voice. Cataclysm claims that she was a [[lb:wc:naga]] the whole time, technically making this a retcon.\\  Reforged takes this a step further and just turns her into a Naga Sea Witch, though I'd consider that a separate retcon.\\  Her being a Naga the whole time is the first positive retcon that I'm listing here and, so far, appears to be the only one.\\  This is a good retcon because it doesn't over-write information as much as it elaborates on a mystery...that mystery being ‘what the Fel was the Sea Witch?’\\  Even her vague warning about a coming dark tide now fits neatly in with the Naga stuff.\\  However, the Reforged one? I'd say that was probably a negative change all things considered. I think she should have remained a shadowy, mysterious ghostly figure...maybe only slightly hinting at the fact she's a Naga. Because of this change, the Horde knew about the Naga existing waaaaay before anybody else: they literally met one. Originally, they had no clue what she was or who she was...but now they pretty clearly know she was some strange fish/snake creature. I may also be over-thinking this point, but I really don't think this was a change for the better.\\  But otherwise? Yeah, positive. Good job Blizzard.
 [[woww>Zar'jira]] [[woww>Sea Witch (Warcraft III)]]
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 ==== Tyrande's Hair Color ====
-This is one of those ‘pointless retcons’.\\  In Warcraft 3 and //The Frozen Throne//, Tyrande has dark blue hair (navy). In WoW, this was changed to her having teal hair. In a now-deleted tweet, which is cited on the Warcraft wiki, it's stated that she dyes her hair teal. So we can assume that, sometime before WoW, she started dyeing her hair.\\  However, in Reforged, her hair color was changed to match her WoW appearance...so teal hair. This means that her dyeing her hair was retconned.\\  I fully realize that this is a ‘who cares’ situation in the grand scheme of things...but //I// care because that Night Elf box art((:fn:>And that is confirmed to be Tyrande...somewhere.)) was one of little Ninja's first waifus. Further, I don't think I liked the ‘hair dyeing’ thing at all and — and I will die on this hill — she looks better with navy hair. Sorry not sorry.\\  But, like, guys...seriously? You saw the original game and yet you still screwed up?
+This is one of those ‘pointless retcons’.\\  In Warcraft 3 and //The Frozen Throne//, Tyrande has dark blue hair (navy). In WoW, this was changed to her having teal hair. In a now-deleted tweet, which is cited on the Warcraft wiki, it's stated that she dyes her hair teal. So we can assume that, sometime before WoW, she started dyeing her hair.\\  However, in Reforged, her hair color was changed to match her WoW appearance...so teal hair. This means that her dyeing her hair was retconned to start much earlier than previously believed.\\  I fully realize that this is a ‘who cares’ situation in the grand scheme of things...but //I// care because that Night Elf box art((:fn:>And that is confirmed to be Tyrande...somewhere.)) was one of little Ninja's first waifus. Further, I don't think I liked the ‘hair dyeing’ thing at all and — and I will die on this hill — she looks better with navy hair. Sorry not sorry.\\  But, like, guys...seriously? You saw the original game and yet you still screwed up?
 [[woww>Tyrande Whisperwind#Notes_and_trivia]]