You have an ongoing serial or a Verse of some kind. In the canon of that work is an element that has become an embarrassment or is just plain out of date, one that has been abandoned or is in severe danger of being abandoned. Canon Dis Continuity is what happens when that element is written out. Reimagining the Artifact, on the other hand, is what happens when you try and make that element work with the overall tone of the serial. To qualify, the element must have either been abandoned or been treated purely as The Artifact. Examples of Reimagining the Artifact include: