I'm curious, is Blasphemous 2 Story a retcon to the original story?

[kukukachu]

I remember playing Blasphemous in the beginning (before the prison looked like what it looks like now) where there were only 2 endings. I also played the skull lady dlc when it came out, but I didn't play wounds of eventide.

Since this was added later, would this be considered a retcon? When looking at Hollow Knight with the Gods and Glory DLC (I mean Godmaster DLC) is that a retcon or was that always an idea that Team Cherry had? I'd argue that Celeste's Chapter 9 is DEFINITELY a retcon. But yea, what makes a retcon and when a retcon does happen, does it ruin the actual story that the game was initially trying to tell or does it elevate it?

[Runig006]

Ummm...short anwser no.

Long anwser without big spoiler: In the last update they put a 3º ending

Long anwser with spoiler:
In the new ending, you save Crisanta and she help you to kill the high wills. Then Crisanta put the Penitent in a "sarcophagus" while the miracle create another child that come from the skies

If you speedrun the game in "hard mode" maybe you can play the 3º ending, but i think there are videos with the new ending explained

[SigmaSquadron]

Obviously, this comment contains spoilers to the ending(s) of Blasphemous.

According to Wikipedia, "Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which facts in the world of a fictional work which have been established through the narrative itself are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subsequently published work which recontextualizes or breaks continuity with the former."

It's possible that either only Ending C is canon, or all endings are canon. The Miracle can resurrect a virtually infinite amount of Penitents from the Brotherhood of Silent Sorrow. If that penitent dies in their journey, then the miracle just resurrects another. If the Penitent manages to reach the Deambulatory of His Holiness and kills Escribar, but did not complete his Penitence of Guilt, then he is consumed by the ashes of the mountain, and the miracle chooses another Penitent. (Ending B) If a resurrected Penitent does reach Escribar, and has completed their Penitence, and manages to climb the mountain of ash, they are made into the new Son of the Miracle, and act as a manifestation of the Miracle, which is still in power over Cvstodia. (Ending A)

Either way, the miracle continues, and infinite Penitents are resurrected to complete their Penitences of Guilt. This does not, however, occur in Ending C, which consists of the Penitent One and Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony murdering the High Wills in the other side of the Dream, therefore "ending" the Miracle for good, and killing the Penitent One, since his second life was a manifestation of the Miracle. Ending C is the only ending that breaks this eternal cycle, and is therefore the last ending to occur in the story of Cvstodia before Blasphemous II.

A retcon would not be an addition, but a direct contradiction to past events. Since Endings A and B are bound to happen forever until Ending C happens once, Wounds of Eventide doesn't retcon anything.

[kukukachu]

Originally posted by SigmaSquadron:

Wow! That was really well said. Thank you.
Basically ending c is eventually inevitable.