OneDumbG0
Find Your Own Fire
Originally posted by DigiMark007
It doesn't, definitely not for the Corps. It varies for other characters.
Respectfully disagree. The Crisis completely changed the history of the DC universe. Wonder Woman only came to Man's World much later, Superman never had all the adventures he had, etc. That level of change completely affected which adventures Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner would have had and they were erased.
Those events and thus, those feats are retconned into a separate history. This is a different retcon from the Infinite Crisis one, where reality arranged itself to fit certain pieces in and slightly change details while keeping the whole timeline intact (especially so, since the 52 Multiverse still exists). 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' erased entire characters and events from existence.
The Guardians and the Corps may be among the few who are aware of the change, but that doesn't undo the retcon. If history says certain events never happened because a new history interposed itself, then you sweep it under the rug. That's the point of pre-Crisis and post-Crisis. It's the exact same rationale as to why we disregard future divergent timelines that revert back to normal. Although Thor retains all his memories and the same power from events in 'The Reigning,' we don't acknowledge him destroying Cap's shield as canon. Although Superman and Batman retain all their memories and their powers from 'Absolute Power,' we don't regard Superman shattering Wonder Woman's bracelets as canon.
Not applying the rule backwards simply because the Guardians, Hal and Guy remember that the Crisis happened would be a double standard. And an extremely selective double standard at that. My two cents.
