Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20160723224038/@comment-24674051-20160805170657

Topic for a different thread, but I would argue that Philora did indeed have a journey of their own. Not as well documented as some of the others, but it's there. We've had bit's and pieces of thiers documented in other peoples stories. Maybe one of these days they'll finally getting around to telling that untold story.

Back to the topic at hand. I don't necessarily consider what they might be doing with Emma's role as savior retconning. Granted, by the strict definition of Retcon, any change to what we have in the understanding of Emma's role would be considered a retcon. But my personal interpretation of a retcon is where a set of actions occurs, and some subsequent action renders the previous actions as "meaningless". Things like storylines that are subsequently explained away as a "Dream Sequence" or "Alternate timeline". The current Star Trek movie franchise is a prime example of that kind of retcon. "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home" is another classic retcon in this sense.

In this case, I don't expect anything to change about who Emma is, or even what her role is. Instead, I expect that there will be some additional exposition about what it means to be a savior, and we'll see and meet some of the other former saviors. Retcon in the strictest sense, but should not affect the current continuity.