(12-21-2013, 06:22 PM)Naunet Wrote:(12-21-2013, 05:51 PM)Kismet Wrote: You can just change the backstories/character concepts in order to establish whatever relationships you want.
If not having a child is a significant part of a character, it is not that easy to change. For example, with my own character it is very important that she only had three children, which means that when new folk come into the K tribe and ask if they can be offspring of my character, I have to say no. Retconning wouldn't work because months of RP have built up a very specific story that has led to very specific character development.
I wouldn't presume that it's so easy to retcon something.
I understand that and it makes sense. But I would personally scrap the concept entirely if there was no way for me to retcon it in. If I need to resort to something as fantastical as time travel to justify the inclusion of a character... For me, that's a a bit much.
As Tiergan said, if I came across it, I'd treat them as someone they adopted. But do I think it's the only (let alone the best) way they could go about introducing her into some pre-established RP? No.
