Vraska's Retcon

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Posted on March 29, 2023, 10:28 a.m. by RicketyEng

So our March of the Machine Ravnica story is told from Vraska's point of view. It goes back and forth between her normal self and Phyrexian self using red text to mark Phyrexian Vraska's thoughts.

The events of the story were alright in the depiction of her invasion of Ravnica. However, I am extremely upset that two points from her past relating to the War of the Spark got retconned in this story.

1) We were shown a memory of how she unsealed the part of her mind that Jace had sealed at the end of the Ixalan story. This new version contradicts the version told in The Gathering Storm (Chapter 4). Previously she had a telepathic Kraul friend who noticed a gap in her mind and opened it at her request. The only common thread between the two versions is that she could vaguely tell there was something missing before the memories were unsealed.

2) The second retcon is more subtle. This story implies that during the War of the Spark Vraska took part in ordering around Eternals as one of Bolas's supporters. This is completely false and I would deem it an inaccuracy and mistake rather than accept it as a retcon. In the War Liliana was the only one controlling the Eternals. Vraska was off the plane at the time the invasion started and was recruited by Ral Zarek to the defence of Ravnica when she returned.

RicketyEng says... #2

3) I also felt there was an implication in the love scene on the beach that she and Jace had not shared their sensations before. It doesn't say it's the first time but she seemed surprised by it.

I don't know, this one feels like a nitpick so I welcome any agreement/disagreement.

March 29, 2023 10:42 a.m.