Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35447933-20180627105853/@comment-35447933-20180627184058

ChishioKunrin wrote:

1. Actually, the Maidens were developed by  Monty Oum, shortly after Volume 2, not the crew. Literally the  only  reason they went ahead and included the Maidens is because the person who thought of them was  Monty, the creator of the show,  and he was super excited about it. After he passed away, Miles and Kerry felt that they couldn't just leave the idea he was excited about out of the show, so they added it.

2. Can you give me examples of the retcons? If you're about to quote Soarel, I have to tell you, a lot of the stuff he calls "retcons" are not actually retcons, especially since he apparently has a misinformed view of what that word means. 1 - Around volume 3 doesn't have to mean during or after that volume, it can also refer to before. I wasn't sure on the exact time they were developed, so I used a general term. Thank you for that clarifications. And technically isn't the creator still a part of the crew, just at the top of hierachy?

2 - To quote google:

noun verb ​​​​​​
 * 1) (in a film, television series, or other fictional work) a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency.
 * 1) revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.

By the verb definition, Cinder's character was a retcon. In her early appearances was not a maid, rather she used dust like everyone else. After the creation of the Maidens, she became the fall maiden, rather than create a new character for it (Amber doesn't count since chronologically Cinder already had Maiden powers prior to her first appearance in the show).