Thread:Spencerz/@comment-1895174-20140503213219/@comment-1895174-20140514061329

Here's the thing I don't get about that discussion. The argument in favor of creating a bunch of TRNs is an argument of convenience. The tie-in materials are intended to take place in the same continuity as the main materials, but are occasionally retconned when the main materials develop materials that were already covered in the tie-ins. So it's easier to just say the tie-ins occur in another continuity than try and rectify the contradictory material. But when that's not the easiest option, why go with it?

Side Note 1: Wasn't a glut of TRNs for video games intended to take place in 616 the reason a bunch of TRNs were purged in the first place?

Side Note 2: Tie-in materials don't have a monopoly on retconned material. Do we need to create a special TRN for X-Men: First Class because Bryan Singer has a selective approach to continuity?