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The Silverscale Lounge Arena Major Retcons
A Comprehensive List of Major Retcons Throughout the Series
(DISCLAIMER: All characters in sexual situations are 18 and over.)
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Introduction
It’s been almost four years since the Arena series first began. What started out as a fun idea quickly became a complex series of stories that have introduced so many new characters, so many new ships, and so forth. However, as this series went on, as I try to organize things more, I realize that there are some changes that I want to make. Changes that I hope will be the ONLY major retcons I need to make.
So, I’m organizing this comprehensive list to show the various retcons in chronological order to the best of my ability. Hopefully, this will be a very short list and I won’t need to add to it in the future, but still. These retcons are so large that going back and editing previous stories would be a humongous undertaking. Any other continuity errors will be accounted for in this list if they are brought up to me.
Thus, I will simply have a link to this list in anything that has to do with the Arena (mostly the stories of the Arena) that contradicts what is stated in this list. Here we go!
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Transformers
-As stated many times before, the whole ‘Lilith Calah x Megatron’ ship is no longer canon. Any mention of it is strictly them being platonic friends. Instead, Lilith has gotten together with the extraterrestrial from the 1985 film known as ‘The Titan Find’. I named him Adam!
-Megatron’s stay in the Dream Realm was originally going to be longer and I would have an arc in which he took over Anduruna and even helped defeat Lord Void, but I’m dropping this storyline, as things have changed. Instead, he’s currently traveling through the Multiverse from portal to portal, seeking to return to his fellow Decepticons.
-Originally, I was shipping Soundwave with Murgoten’s OC, Juliette (and the artist didn’t mind that, don’t worry), but that ship is now non-canon. It’s a good ship, but I’ve changed my mind. Instead, Soundwave is now currently in the ‘Tamberlane’ universe and is soon to have a relationship with Belfry. That will be expanded on in future stories.
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Las Lindas
-My canon for this series has changed CONSIDERABLY. In fact, the retcons I have in mind for my ‘Las Lindas’ canon are the primary reason I made this list. I’ve finally made up my mind of who’s being shipped with who, as well as events that have happened in the Arena canon.
-Racheal Saleigh is no longer in a relationship with the Carnotaurus known as Ira. I’ve lost all interest in that ship and have deemed it non-canon. I was gonna retcon things so that Ira was an anthro and not a prehistoric monster (considering he’s a very fictionalized Carnotaurus), but I decided just to retcon things between the two. That being said, the two did end up as friends and Ira is still living near the farm along with his two sons.
-Instead, Racheal is not only lovers with Taffy (that’s still canon), but she and Minos wound up getting together. Things between him and Mora didn’t work out and he ended up becoming the lover of both Racheal and Taffy, though the rabbit prime is still in love with Bagan (everything that happened with Taffy and Bagan is still canon).
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The Legend of Zelda
-While not quite a retcon, the events of what happened when Cy the Cyberdemon and Belladonna took over Hyrule are now rendered non-canon due to the whole thing involving the timeline getting screwed up due to events similar to ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ still happening. Thus, in the future, everything before the new timeline will be part of the old timeline. Time will tell of what happens in this new timeline!
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Rascals
-Velora and Isabella Kane were never in a relationship. Instead, Velora helped Isabella get together with Reiko.
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Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss
-Honestly, this one’s because of the fact that I wrote ‘The Monster that Challenged Hell’ before the ‘Hazbin Hotel’ series even came out. In that fic, Mokushiroku fights Lucifer and Lilith, while also summoning an army of undead angels to fight for him. With the series in mind, Mokushiroku DID wind up fighting Lucifer, but only because he caused havoc in Pentagram City and didn’t create an army of undead angels. Lilith also wasn’t there.
-Regarding the Spongebob x Loona ship, that’s still canon, but I would soon learn that, according to some trivia about Spongebob, he’s ‘mostly asexual’. I assumed that meant biologically (since he can asexually reproduce like an actual sponge, as has been shown in various gags throughout the original ‘Spongebob’ series), but, as of now, I interpret it in another way. He and Loona HAVE had sex, but those times are rare, as Spongebob is mostly romantic and not very sexual. Loona is fine with this, but it has led to an agreement between them both that has led to Loona seeking a partner (or partners) that can fulfill her sexual needs. That’ll be expanded on in future stories.
-Originally, I was going to have Charlie be in a relationship with Mokushiroku and Vaggie, but I decided to just have her be lovers with Vaggie. As shown in ‘The Rise of Stammadon’, Mokushiroku DID still have a crush on Charlie, but he’s fine with the fact that, ultimately, Charlie loves Vaggie.
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Balto
-Jenna and the Gigantosaurus never had sex or became romantically involved. I’ve grown past that ship, as well. Like with Ira, I was going to retcon it so that he was an anthro rather than just a monster (as he’s not really a dinosaur, but a monster made in a lab), but I decided to just retcon the whole thing between them. Instead, they became friends, though the Giganotosaurus still became rivals with Balto due to the dinosaur seeing him as a rival alpha or something like that.
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Sonic the Hedgehog
-One major retcon that comes to mind is that, in the 20th episode, Metal Sonic was stated to be the one that killed Sonic. Turns out, it was actually Mecha Sonic, with Metal Sonic altering his own memories to make it seem like HE defeated his opponent. This will be expanded on in future stories.
-I think I once stated that Amy was now a mother (I was planning for her to have had a child with Sonic before his death), but that’s no longer canon.
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Arena Episodes
-This is actually more of a retcon that has to do with Arena episodes 12 and 17. In those episodes, instead of character of Ven (an OC from the talented artist known as Yo-Lander), there’s this Gravity Falls OC of mine that I’ll develop in the future (a male-to-female transgender Manotaur named Boulder) that actually takes her place. I’m doing this because, based on what I’ve heard, the creator of Ven doesn’t really want that reindeer OC to be shipped with anybody. I’m sure they’re fine with just fanfiction of that OC, but still. Through this retcon, I am honoring that decision.
Not to mention, I now remember that, in one commission featuring Ven with Frankie Foster and Wendy, there was something about there be a tattoo stating 'anthro superiority'. I think, at the time, I thought that was kinky, but, looking back, that actually makes me cringe incredibly hard. That's the kind of stuff reserved for villainous characters, for crying out loud!
-Continuing from that, to prevent myself from having to re-do the arena images, I’ll just leave this disclaimer during the Team Introductions, as well as a link to these Arena retcons. Thankfully, the ones that submitted these teams (a very chill person for the first episode and me for the other one) won’t mind this change.
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