u/Exact_Recognition362

This is in regards to writing a story and the world building/Lore behind that world.

If the author has a character that says: "Wow you have one of the divine swords. There's only 5 left in the world." This is seen as the author speaking through the character and dropping exposition that helps build the lore of the sword and the world. Right?

However if later on in the story 12 people have a divine sword and the author makes no mention of the character that said there's only 5 being wrong and they just gloss over the fact this was said - is that a retcon?

Is there a term for a justification like "The character that said this probably just didn't know". An unreliable narrator, maybe?

I locked in earlier in the week and most of my tasks I finished on Wednesday. Both my managers are out traveling so it's pretty quiet in my corner of the office.

Mostly at that split between I-65N and (I think) I-70. I live up on the Old Northside and for a few months now, I've been avoiding going/doing anything in the Greenwood area because I always hit the backed up traffic on the way home.

Has it gotten any better?

I see this a lot in media/media literacy discourse.

If you are forming an opinion based on something that you misunderstood then it's unfair to try to shield yourself from criticism under the guise of "It's just my opinion. I'm allowed to have an opinion". Especially if said person was the one who decided to engage in the discourse in the first place.

I don't know if its ego or whatever but admitting you were wrong shows more maturity and understanding and definitely leads to better discourse.

I'll admit there's been some times where I missed the mark on some things.

EDIT: This post might be getting away from me.

So an example of what I am talking about above would be if someone said -Obi-wan was a villain because he tried to kill Anakin to steal Padme and they refused to take criticism on it because it's just their opinion even though this person fundamentally misunderstood the plot

(I hope some people know Star Wars so that makes sense lol)