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'''Continuity''' used in its most basic form is simply consistency. In creating any form of media; whether it be animated, written or live action it is rarely done in perfect chronological sequence. Scenes are written, shot or animated in a different order then it appears to us. There is an entire production manager whose job is to maintain continuity from one place to another.

 

As a countable noun ("a continuity"), "continuity" is often used to refer to a set of stories that are mutually [[Canon]], a sort of self-contained possible world. (Compare and contrast with [[The Verse]], where not everything has to be canon.) For example, a series would typically have its own continuity, and sometimes two series by the same author are in the same continuity, so that what has happened in one is canon in the other; but if they aren't, it's not. In other words, a continuity is that inside which there needs to be continuity, and outside of which there doesn't. Of course, this means that in some cases, it's not possible to tell whether the word is being used like a count noun or not, but then it makes no difference for meaning anyway.

 

 

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