#Nonlinear Narrative

[ena-113]

A human crewmate, Mia, held a long thin box. It seemed to have paper and plastic peices inside, based on the sound. A puzzle perhaps? A few other crewmates trailed behind them.

"Hey Bob! Wanna join us? We're playing Clue, it's a board game from earth."

Bob nodded and joined the others trailing after Mia. He had no idea what a 'board game' was, but it seemed fun. They eventually all gathered around a table in the cafeteria.

"Okay, so it's a murder mystery and we have to figure out who killed Mr. Body. We're all possible suspe-" Mia started to set up the board and explain, but was cut off by Jli'yan.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but why do humans have a game centered on murder and distrust?"

"Cause it's fun, thrilling. Good for poker face practice." Kaya answered, shuffling cards. They then nodded towards Mia to continue explaining.

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[roverjamball]

Day 3 7.5.25 Love Confessions DamiRaeWeek 2025

When Raven heard the newest, robin would be joining the Teen Titans, the Titans, really, she was excited.

"We all love Dick." She had said when Jamie who is dubious.

"Jason was the sweetest. And I think Stephanie understood me like nobody else.”  Raven rolls her eyes, when Garfield makes some joke, but they don't know what it it's like, and Stephanie did. Her father may have been a lowlife Thug, but she knew what it was like to be born of evil. Trigon maybe the embodiment of all evil, but that malice came from somewhere. And that somewhere that powered my father were people like Stephanie's father.

So I would happily welcome the newest Robin. That is what I thought until it turned out to be Damien Al Ghul. Who introduced himself as Damon Kane while I was working UC. 

I understood the need to conceal his identity then. But why did he do it when we met the second time with the league of shadows.

It's mostly water under the bridge after our Tea party date. 

Damian joins the Titans, and as serendipity would have it, Raven is a part of the team. [wink wink]

“Why? You’d only need look at yourself,”

“Is that it. Beauty is skin deep.”

“Are you calling me shallow?”

“I want you to want me, Raven, for me. I am more than lucky genetics, and symmetrical features.”

“No, I …” Was it? Was that really it. 

No. 

 Damon, no wait, Damian, was his face. If it hadn’t been for the slight bent of his nose, indicating it had been broken, his north Asian and Caucasian beauty would have been too painful to look at. High cheekbones, sharp chin, gorgeous brown skin and lips that were created to fulfil my every fantasy.

While to say, Damien was beautiful, would be an understatement. That is not all that he was. He may have a resting bitch face. His emotions spoke louder than his distancing attitude.

“You may not know this about yourself, Damian,” [yes, I put emphasis on his name. Did I understand the need for it, Maybe. How did I forgiven him? Not with this attitude] “but you are a kind and generous soul.”

Sparing with Raven had been a revelation. She really was so talented. 

One could practice their entire life, but without that natural talent, all the training could get you up to a certain point.

We all had in the league of shadows are preferred weapon. I may be a master with most Weapons, including guns, but Jason Todd had me beat. Whereas with a Katana, I am a fucking surgeon.

No one is as a dry as Grayson, as good as reading body language than Cass, and a better Detective than Drake.

Each of us, in the lead of shadows, at some point practice with our non-dominant hand. Sometimes it was voluntary, tying your hand behind once back. Sometimes it was involuntary having your arm fractured during a mission or depending on your master/sensei, who may in the guise of  training ‘accidentally injured your arm’, forcing you to depend on the other.

It was like swimming. Everyone had a main stroke. Raven's main stroke was magic. When the Titans join the league of shadows, Raven’s proficiency and precision was astounding. I was so impressed, and I thought I couldn't love her anymore than I already did.

I think I remember that from the moment, I laid eyes on her, I had a feeling that Raven was always going to be special to me. However, I didn't know how much till I spoke her name out loud one night.

If one is to be in the league of shadows, one can never give away any weaknesses. Practising with your non-dominant hand is a part of it. Not reacting to your given name is another. There are other aspects to it as well. Being as proficient in languages, that are not your mother tongue. The easiest way to be caught out is when you're trying to pass as an Arab, but you respond when in shock in Farsi.

Crying for my mother when in distress was trained out of me so long ago, I don't remember ever doing it. But one night I work from a nightmare and Lady Shiva, my guard, one of the only people in the league of shadows, I trusted with my sleeping form, asked me who Raven was.

And then that night, I was honest with myself and my mentor. There was no point in hiding anything. The woman was the best strategist, cunning, perceptive, and loyal.

Lady Shiva could have easily been grandfather successor to the league of shadows. And I trusted her with myself, conscious, unconscious and vulnerable. The reason that she was a worthy successor, but chose to step down in favour of me, clinched it.

When Lady Shiva said she wanted to serve, it was a choice, she made. There was no reason for her to not rule or lead. There was no one more capable than her. Including me. But I think I have seen enough of life to know that everyone has their own path. 

I chose Robin for so many years and now I was the Demon head. And after that, right this very moment, I am holding hands with Raven asking her to love me, for me.

“When they learn I’m the son of Talia, grandsons of the Deamon Head, they try to justify my past. Oh, you are also the son of Batman.. Batman, who is on the same team as Superman and wonder woman and the green Arrow.”

He looked at her, imploring her to understand. 

“I choose my own path. Different from father. Different from mother. I want my children to be born of love, not in some hyperbolic, artificial womb, hidden away from the other parent. I am not arrogant to say that I am my own person. I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors.  I feel their weight; Al Ghual, Kane, Wayne, Grandfather and the League of shadows is as much a part of me as robin is. And hough both organisations are vigilante. To a Titan,” Damian eyes bore into her, “which would be more palatable? I don’t want you to justify my heritage. I want you to know everything about me. And want me as I wholeheartedly, with the depth of my soul, want you?”

To Daman, it sounded like a question.

And it was.

As he barred his soul to Raven, even-though he knew so much about her from her file, interviews and shameless eavesdropping, Damian wanted Raven to confide him..

Never in his life, and he ever felt this kind of tenderness towards anyone.

[samanthahirr]

Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 3,558 Fandom: James Bond (Craig Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James Bond/Q Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), M | Gareth Mallory Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Crack Treated Seriously, Vacation, Seduction, Anal Sex 

Summary: A random mugging and concussion have left Q with no memory of his time at MI6. Unable to hold their erstwhile quartermaster against his will, the agency lets him go on leave…and dispatches 007 to surveil and protect civilian-Q from a discreet distance. But Bond decides to get a whole lot closer than his orders permit….

It’s my third and final prompt fill for @mi6-cafe’s 2024 Festive Fanwork Fiesta! I really challenged myself with an ambitious concept for this week’s fic, and writing it turned out way more fun than I expected! Enjoy a last bit of 00Q from me for 2024. And here’s to many more stories in the New Year!

[rocketinthesky]

We’re not meant to be, but my heart refuses to listen

Max already found his soulmate, and is in a committed relationship with her. But why is his heart defying fate and pulling him back into George’s orbit?

- A Soulmate AU (GAX)

-fluff, slight angst, happy ending, canon divergent, rated Teen and up

Part I

(Read Part II next) (OR read on ao3)

Max’s eyes drift over to George’s wrist, an intricately inked tree without any leaves peeking out through the long sleeves of his suit. They’re in another post-race press meeting, joined by Oscar, Carlos and Pierre. He’s mostly zoning out, which is easy to do when the reporters finally decide to take pity on him and ask the other racers questions for a change. He fiddles with his own left sleeve, skin cold under his fingertips as he runs them over it. It feels numb, the dark outline of a rose on his skin. It didn’t used to feel that way, once.

It’s not as mortifying as the first few times were, when George catches him staring. It’s both disarming and electrifying when that camera ready smile of George’s softens into something more genuine—reserved—as if Max and him are currently sharing a secret only they’re privy too.

Max can feel the automatic, almost desperate, way his own mouth pulls into a matching grin. And the resulting fit of giggles between them attracts the attention of the other racers and reporters.

It’s easy enough to dodge the question of what’s making the two laugh like a pair of schoolchildren when Pierre butts in with a joke, and it gives George the opportunity to lean in closer to Max, mics distant enough to not pick up the almost airy whisper of George’s voice as he asks, “What were you staring at my hands for, mate?”

Max stiffens at first before quickly relaxing when he registers the teasing undertones to George’s question. He deliberates it, thinks the logical thing to do would be to make an excuse or a quip, make them both laugh at the ordeal. But the curiosity has been gnawing at Max’s psyche long enough that he can’t help the way the question rolls off his tongue, relieved in their freedom.

“Did you find your soulmate yet?”

George seems to freeze at his question, the playful grin on his face tightening. Max immediately feels guilty for asking such a prying question. They’re friends, but they’re not quite close enough to delve into these topics. Questions about each other’s personal lives always stayed on the surface level, never breaching family.

Max might have just crossed a line in their already fragile, somewhat undefined relationship. They’re friends in a broader sense. They never hang out alone together, they barely text each other outside of the usual fire emoji react on each others’ instagram stories and obligatory congratulatory messages. But then there’s also this…tension, Max thinks, that’s always surrounding the air between them. A spark crackling down Max’s spine when they meet eyes across the room or accidentally brush shoulders. The heat of George’s body branding his skin whenever they pat each other’s shoulders in friendly conversations.

There’s that numbness where his own soulmate mark lies, a permanent reminder of Max’s failure to be normal, to be less selfish.

George evokes in him a thrill he’s only gotten before on the podium, above everyone else. The champion of the fucking world.

“I did,” George says, stretching the word out. The emphasis there feels past-tense—as if there’s a but there.

Max wants to press the matter, but knows not to. Only shrugs. “Cool.”

George’s face relaxes, the corners of his eyes softening before he leans in close enough that his breath scorches the shell of Max’s ear. “Didn’t quite work out, though.”

Max holds down the shiver from wracking his body outwardly, but he can feel the goosebumps rising on his flesh.

This knowledge shouldn’t excite him. He’s with his own soulmate, for fuck’s sake.

When George pulls back, corners of his eyes crinkling, Max knows for certain by the battering of his heart that he’s fucked.

Fate already gave him everything he could possibly want. But Max hungers for more.

Trying my hand at a trope i’ve been wanting to write for a long time, and what better ship than Gax! My first foray into writing for f1 rpf so i am very very nervous lol i’m still pretty new to the fandom. Feedback is very very appreciated, i’d love to know your opinions on this if you managed to stumble upon this drabble! I do plan on this having a part two, and potentially more depending on how many it takes to finish the story. Hopefully not too long lol. Hope you enjoyed <33

[pumaloafing]

Just finished the tutorial of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and ... geez the story is kinda hard to follow so far. First off there's 13 protagonists, which by itself is rough for me, then there's time travel and dimensional travel... and to top it all off the story seems to be told non-linearly.

It's interesting though, so I do plan on continuing it.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Best Harvey Keitel movies and performances:

1. Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)

[30ahchaleh]

تحلیل سینمایی یک غزل حافظ

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Nonlinear narrative

به وفور میتوان فیلم ها و داستانهایی را نام برد که قصه ی خود را "غیرخطی" بیان میکنند

اما من "کهن و کوتاه" ترین اثر ادبی که غیر خطی ، یک "عشق تراژیکی" را توانسته تعریف کند در غزلی از حافظ یافتم

برایم جالب است اگر بدانم این "ترین" چقدر "ترین" است که آنرا واگذار میکنم به محققین

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از روی شماره میتوانید بعدا روایت را خطی بخوانید اما اول بهتر است همانطور که سروده شده بخوانید تا بعد برسیم به تحلیل خطی

01- در دیرِ مغان آمد، یارم قدحی در دست

02- مست از می و ، میخواران از نرگسِ مستش مست

04- در نعلِ سمندِ او شکلِ مهِ نو پیدا

05- وز قدِ بلندِ او بالایِ صنوبر، پست

08- آخر به چه گویم هست از خود خبرم، چون نیست

09- وز بَهرِ چه گویم نیست با وی نظرم، چون هست

10- شمعِ دلِ دمسازم بنشست چو او برخاست

03- و افغان ز نظربازان برخاست چو او بنشست

06- گر غالیه خوش بو شد، در گیسویِ او پیچید

07- ور وَسمه کمانکش گشت، در ابروی او پیوست

11- بازآی که بازآید عمرِ شدهٔ حافظ

12- هرچند که ناید باز، تیری که بِشُد از شست

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برای من جالبی غزل های حافظ در این است که غزل های او دربرگیرنده تنوع ژانری بسیار گسترده‌ای است

و هیچ متوجه اصرار بعضی حافظ دوستان برای تک بعدی نشان دادن خمیرمایه تمام غزل های حافظ نمیشوم

به نظر من هر غزل شخصیت خودش را دارد

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مثلا در موضع "عشق" در غزل های حافظ میتوان آنرا در دو گروه کلی دسته بندی کرد

عشق آسمانی(غیرقابل شهود برای غیر)ـ

عشق زمینی(قابل شهود برای غیر)ـ

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در این غزل که برای نمونه گذاشته ام میتوان به خوبی مشاهده کرد و فهمید که منظور یک عشق زمینی‌ست با قدرتی چنان که میتواند به "بعضی" از مدعیان عشق آسمانی طعنه بزند و آنهارا به چالش بکشد

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برای فهم این موضوع ،

کلید قفل این غزل در این بیت است

وز بَهرِ چه گویم نیست با وی نظرم، چون هست

معنی :ـ

برای چه باید بگویم فکروخیالم پیش او نیست ، وقتیکه هست

مفهوم :ـ

به خاطر چی باید انکار کنم و دروغ بگم که . . . ـ

تحلیل :ـ

چه کسی انکار میکند و دروغ میگوید ، کسی که از گفتن حقیقت میترسد چون برایش شرم ساری یا مجازات به همراه میاورد

و در دوران حافظ عشق اگر آسمانی میبود چنین پیامدی نداشت

این عشق زمینی هست که میتواند در بسیاری از موارد باعث دردسر بشود

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حالا که قفل این غزل باز شد ببینید حافظ چه کولاک غم انگیزی به پا میکند

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اکنون داستان را خطی تعریف میکنم

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در جایی که آن مدعیان عشق آسمانی جمع بودند یار من قدح بدست آمد

ـ قَـدَح = پیاله

ـ قَـدْح = طعن کردن

تحلیل:ـ

ورودی مستانه برای هماورد طلبی ست

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یار من از مِی مَست ، اما آنها که میگفتن از عشق آسمانی مست میشوند (میخواران دیر مغان) از چشم مست(خ��ار) یار من مست شدن (حالت مستی بهشان دست داد)ـ

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وقتی یار من در آن مجلس نشست آه و ناله و فریاد از دل و دهان آن مدعیان برخاست

اینچنین حافظ از تکنیک زلیخا بهره میبرد تا دهان آن منتقدان نامنصف را ببندد

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حالا حافظ شروع به تشریح یارش میکند تا ما هم متوجه بشویم چرا چنین اتفاقی در آن مجلس افتاده

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بعد که فهمیدیم جریان این یار چیست

حافظ احوال خودش را شرح میدهد

و در ادامه

آن تراژدی که گفتم آغاز میشود

حافظ میگوید

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نور و گرمای وجود حیات بخش من رو به خاموشی رفت وقتی یارم از پیش من رفت

البته اینجا ما هنوز متوجه نوع رفتن و فراق نمیشویم

بعد ادامه میدهد

اگر یارم برگردد حتی عمر از دست رفته‌ام نیز باز میگردد

یک تجربه عینی و نه خیالی از جوان شدن بخاطر اکسیر عشق

elixir

حافظ این استاد واژه شناس و تمثیل و غیر

از مثالی برای بیان "مدل جدایی" از یارش استفاده میکند که در آن بازگشتی وجود ندارد

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تیری که از تیرکمان توسط ول کردن شست رها میشود هرگز باز نمیگردد

در هر مدلی از فراق ، عاشق همیشه و همیشه امیدوار به برگشت معشوقش هست

مگر

مرگ

🥺

END

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ـ 1 ـ پ،ن: اکنون در بازخوانی شعر "هست" و "نیست" رنگی دیگر میگیرند که برای به نمایش گذاشتنش یک سریال همچون فرینج باید ساخت اما استاد حافظ در یک غزل به ما رسانده

🤯

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ـ 2 ـ پ،ن: میتوان چنین تصور کرد که شروع قصه با یک

flashback

فلش‌بک(گذشته‌نما) باشد

مردی کهن سال در خلوتگاه خود زیر نور شمع ، رخدادی را غیرخطی برای کسی بازخوانی میکند که بعد از یازده به دوازده پیر تر شده

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ـ 3 ـ پ.ن : عکسهای این پـُست درخواستی بود از همکار این روز های مـ😅ـن

Photo made by:

Copilot For @30ahchaleh

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[raffaellopalandri]

Crafting the First Note: My Autobiography's Incipit

Daily writing promptYou’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?View all responses The blank page stares back, an empty canvas awaiting the first brushstroke of my story. But unlike a painting, this autobiography won’t be defined by a single image; it’s a symphony of experiences, a tapestry woven from threads of curiosity, exploration, and lifelong learning. Choosing the…

[hermagneto]

Chapters: 1/50+ | 50 Chapters Fully Outlined!

Fandom: X-Men - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Jim Henson's The Labyrinth

Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Hermione Granger/Erik Lehnsherr, Power Couple (Hermione/Magneto), Implied: Severus Snape / Original Male Character Characters: Hermione Granger, Erik Lehnsherr, Hermione Granger & Albus Dumbledore (Shadow Dynamics), Hermione Granger & Gellert Grindelwald (Philosophical Mirror), Charles Xavier & Erik Lehnsherr (Founders Rift, Implied Subtext), Sarah Williams / Jareth (Labyrinth Echo), Harry Potter & Hermione Granger - Character, Background: Luna Lovegood & Neville Longbottom friendship, Complex: Charles Xavier & Erik Lehnsherr Additional Tags: Multiverse, Shadow work, Soul Magic, veil magic, Crossover, Found Family, The Labyrinth - Freeform, X-men - Freeform, Harry Potter - Freeform, Mirror Symbolism, rewrite of canon, Resurrection Through Memory, Soulbonded Pairings, Mirror dynamics, Shadow Work Romance, Multiverse Romance, snape deserves love, Snape Heals, Harry Potter is Asexual, asexual protagonist, Queer Redemption, Canon Divergence, Dragon Age (Lore Elements), Movie: X-Men: First Class (2011), Labyrinth (1986) - Freeform, Multiverse Convergence, Shadow Work / Soul Integration, Magical-Political Rebellion, Reality Shaping by Belief, Underground Magic / Fae Lore, Goblin Reclamation, Healing Through Memory, Rewriting destiny, The Veil as Identity, Mythic Fantasy / Soulpunk, Multiverse Fusion AU, Psychological Magic Realism, Post-Canon Divergence, Nonlinear timelines, Multiverse Identity Themes, Dissociation / Reality Distortion, Psychological Warfare (Symbolic + Real), Slow Burn Romance, Institutional Betrayal, Spirit Battles / Soul Absorptions, No Major Character Death (but symbolic erasures), Trauma Recovery, Nonlinear Narrative, Magical-Political Intrigue, Psychological Realism

🌀 The Spiral World Is Coming... 

There’s a moment when mirrors crack. Not because they’re broken — but because they’re true. Hermione walks between worlds.

Magneto stays for love. The fae return fire to the sky. Jareth whispers.

And the Labyrinth breathes again.

🗓 Full chapters begin July 31st.

But until then... I’ll be peeling back the Veil.

#TheVeilRising #WIP #ComingSoon #HermioneGranger #Magneto #MultiverseFic #ShadowWork #AO3 #FFnet #MagicAndMutants #FaeAwakening #WLOFallon

Crossposted to Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14483522/1/The-Veil-Rising

[roverjamball]

Day 1 5.5.25 Family Matters Secret Dating

Titan Tower – Damien, going through personal files

Damien – huh

Jamie (blue beetle) - [walks in] personnel files? again! I thought we voted against this obvious invasion of privacy. 

Damian - Magic boy is acting weird. Is he going through something? Or is he maybe just an asshole?

Jamie  (Blue-Beetle)  - You know you really don't need to know everything about everybody.

Damian - I don't really need to cuddle with Raven, but I do it because it makes me happy.

Jamie - [speechless]

[Frozen in place]

Raven levitating on the roof, in meditation - [loses concentration. Falls down hard on the concrete roof.] ouch

The boys in the records room hear a muted thud.

Deep purple, mystical smoke materials out of thin air.

Raven - [hand on her hip. Evidently pissed off.] 

Damian - [regretting his glib slip] u-oh

Jamie - oh is right.

Raven - [eyes throwing sparks] Did you just out our relationship to make a point! A point about not minding your own business!

Damian - a ….

Jamie -[not wanting to be here, but thoroughly enjoying Damian’s discomfort] Congratulations?

[billyjackass]

Maclunkey

or, why my friend and I walked out of the Charles Theatre’s 7pm screening of Star Wars (1977) He’d been talking about it for weeks. The Charles Theatre and the Senator, Baltimore’s cornerstone local movie theaters, both host their own ongoing revival series. That is, every season, the projectionists dust off the old reels of classic films and bring them back to the silver screen. My first big,…

[schlock-luster-video]

On August 31, 2004, Slacker was released on Criterion Collection DVD.

[cinephilesadeqi]

Movie Analysis and Review: "Pulp Fiction" (1994)

Introduction:“Pulp Fiction” weaves together the lives of various characters, including hitmen, a boxer, a gangster, and more, in a tapestry of violence and redemption. Synopsis:Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, two hitmen, navigate philosophical discussions amidst their criminal endeavors. Their story intertwines with gangster Marsellus Wallace, his wife Mia, struggling boxer Butch Coolidge, and…

[whatkindofnameisella]

starstruck origins with elaine lee (part 1), dropout/ not a lot of reasons to sing, but enough, kyle tran myhre / fantasy high, season one, episode 17

[rigmarole-07]

The Magic If @drivestraight | Dirty Valentine (Richard Siken)

[lupinus-bicolor]

holy shit. mouthwashing is crazy good