J K Rowling and Harry Potter - The Elephant in the Room

The final harry potter book was released in two thousand seven, and j k rowling immediately began ret conning. The most famous of these on off revelations was her announcement that dumbledore was gay. As far as red cons go, this isn't bad. It recontextualizes the information we already had in a way that deepens the existing character instead of completely reshaping them. Because she's not weaving these details into a narrative, but rather stating them separately, there's a greater chance that she'll contradict the existing narrative and damage its credibility.