I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
So, this is a very obvious retcon. I didn't make it past, what, beginning of season nine of the last series. But then I saw this on Hoopla and said, well, yeah, I'll read that.
(I should also point out that the comic reader on Hoopla is not nearly as slick as on Comixology so I was glad it was only one issue. I've bought the second, because of the slick Giles cover which you will see later tonight, and because I saw a favorite character - Spike - in the second issue.)
I'm all into retcons, and this was done well. Familiar, but with a new twist on some of the characters. I was very much looking forward to seeing where this was going, and still am.