Overview
created during
Issue 22,
City of Heroes, 2012-03-06
- Name:
- Retcon the Never-Was / @cohRock
- What:
- level 36 mutant hero on the Infinity server
- Archetype:
- scrapper: staff fighting / willpower
- Created:
- ~ April 2012
- Super Group:
- Titanium Debtinators since 2012-04-27
- Battle Cry:
- tear 'em limb from limbo
hits since 2012-12-13
last modified 2013-01-25
Commentary
Where is Krypto, Superboy's pet dog? Or for that matter, any comic or TV-series character who was written out of the story line, as if they never existed? The name for undoing an existance in fiction has become retroactive continuity, or retcon for short.
I had Retcon's name and character concept for many days before Staff Fighting was released to the live servers. I even had the script you see pretty-much written in my head. His face remains covered as a sign that no one can ever know him, not even himself. His waste-recycle chest emblem was something that I had not considered until in the character editor, but it seemed particulary apropo. The overall drab grey of his costume further reflects his feeling of isolation.
The memory of his former life and his world's history is completely gone. However, he remembers his short time in Limbo, and he remains a well-educated adult. Even though he doesn't remember if his powers were used for good or evil in his original life, he made a choice in Galaxy City which suits his temperament just fine.
(Wow, getting the conversation on the left to look ok for various browsers and browser widths was a pain. It is implemented with special HTML formatting. The actual in-game description was just straight lines of text, separated by carriage returns.)