Thread:Tupka217/@comment-12959254-20150218203918/@comment-1038387-20150218210813

Well, it's tricky. For a long time, the New 52 was presented as New Earth, that is, a reboot of the old timeline, but still the same universe. We followed that here for a long time, hesitant to make new pages. But over time, it became more and more obvious that they were too dissimilar to have them on one page. Also, for SEO purposes, it's easier to split them off.

There are problems, however. Some characters are barely rebooted - Hal Jordan and Kate Kane, for example. Others are to beyond recognition, like Tim Drake and Wonder Woman. Others have part of their backstory retained while others in that backstory don't (Static). Or characters appeared unchanged in cameos early on and were seriously rebooted much later (Creeper, Ventriloquist).

And because writers like to play with their favorite characters, continuity snarls are plenty (damn you, Giffen). The Multiversity creates more problems (everything by Morrison creates more continuity problems); old names were used for new concepts, and the main timeline - Earth-0 - has been called New Earth. That makes some sense though, as Multiversity has been in the works since Final Crisis and was originally intended to be published before the New 52 reboot.

As for my personal opinion on the New 52... it's a mixed bag. But it was a mixed bag before the New 52, which is what a lot of haters forget. There are things I don't like, things I do like, and things I don't mind. I loved Azarrello and Chiang's work on Wonder Woman, even though I did not like the changes to the backstory. I liked All-Star Western, up until Booster Gold showed up. I read Teen Titans because I want to know what happens to the new Power Girl. The New 52, if nothing else, has allowed writers to explore new grounds, set right past wrongs, and create a more diverse landscape, without being burdened by continuity.