#circular narratives

[mendingbone]

River— ᴀᴇsᴄʜʏʟᴜs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀᴇsᴛᴇɪᴀ//@ɢᴏᴏsᴇᴋɪᴅ ᴘᴏsᴛ//ɴɪᴋᴏʟᴀʏ ᴅʏʙᴏᴡsᴋɪ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅʀᴀ ɢᴏʟᴜʙᴇᴠᴀ, ᴘᴀᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄ 𝟸: ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʀʙʟᴇ ɴᴇsᴛ//ᴡɪᴋɪᴘᴇᴅɪᴀ, ᴘʀᴏᴘʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ//ʀɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ sɪᴋᴇɴ, ᴘʟᴀɴᴇᴛ ᴏғ ʟᴏᴠᴇ//ᴄᴏɴᴏʀ ᴏʙᴇʀsᴛ, sᴀʟᴜᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs//ғʟᴏʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴇʟᴄʜ, ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ʟɪᴀʀ//ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇs ʙᴜᴋᴏᴡsᴋɪ, ʀᴀᴡ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ//ᴀᴍʏ ᴡᴏʟʟᴀʀᴅ, ʟᴀᴜʀᴀ ᴘᴀʟᴍᴇʀ ɢʀᴀᴅᴜᴀᴛᴇs//ᴅᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀʟʟᴏʏ, ᴛᴀɴɢᴏ ᴅᴀɴᴄᴇʀ.

#TO HAUNT AND TO BE HAUNTED…… #it was always going to be this way etc etc #original fiction #web weaving #horror #time is a flat circle #doomed by the narrative #the stanley parable #circular narratives #in terms of similar vibes and inspirations….. #macbeth #the haunting of hill house #gone girl #better call saul #yellowjackets #sharp objects #jennifer’s body #the locked tomb #iron widow #lucy gray baird #mabel podcast #killing eve #preachers daughter #twin peaks

[mirefireflies]

“the end is neverending.”

the end is where we begin — thousand foot krutch / that’s not how the story goes — daniel handler and nick urata (a series of unfortunate events) / undertow, ouroboros, and dancing with a stranger — natalia schäfer / a valediction: forbidden mourning — john donne / the end — mark strand / endings (n/a) — elly smallwood / afternoon in february — henry wadsworth longfellow / every thing on it — shel silverstein / road to hell (reprise) — hadestown

#shall we make this post all over again #it’ll never be different #web weaving #circular narratives #it was always going to end this way #that’s just how the story goes #a series of unfortunate events #asoue #thousand foot krutch #ouroboros #natalia schäfer #john donne #mark strand #elly smallwood #henry wadsworth longfellow #shel silverstein #hadestown

[narcissuscore]

everyones always talking about doomed to repeat this circular narrative that but what i would like to know is what is at the center of the circular narrative. what is the absence around which the narrative coils tighter and tighter with each iteration

#what is the ouroboros wrapped around!! #.txt #the narrative #circular narratives

[windebris]

#hadestown #hadestown fic #orphydice #circular narratives #fanfiction #prose by ani #HEY GUYS I MADE A THING

[katiebell]

#tears of the kingdom spoilers #totk spoilers #totk #the legend of zelda #tloz #tears of the kingom #link #zelda #zelink #my gifs #i love circular narratives i love triumph where you've failed before #i love HOPE and defying impossible odds #i love their relationship in botw/totk TT #*1k

[solar-settings]

little gidding, t.s. eliot // yellowjackets (2021-)

#circular narratives my beloved #yellowjackets #taissa turner #van palmer #lottie matthews #natalie scatorccio #shauna shipman #misty quigley #ts eliot #web weaving #mine

[yourfavoritehouseplant]

There was never enough time

#Hey hi hello this is my go play SIGNALIS agenda #Do you like endings left up to interpretation? Circular narratives? Gay people? #If you followed me from pathologic or Utena this one’s for you gogogogogo #go give some actual good indie horror some love #anyway #signalis #elster #ariane #ariane yeong #falke #sorry to the falke enjoyers she’s like bathed in shadow and also short to fit with the silhouette #alina seo #my art

[fighto-art]

On Loki and ouroboros

#I've never posted anything like this but I need for people to tell me they get this like i do #loki #loki laufeyson #loki series #web weaving #ouroboros #top ten things about circular narrative that makes me go crazy

[thisisreal-really]

Stranger Things (2016 - ) I Lake Mungo (2008)

#will byers #willbyersedit #strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #stranger things #uh idk what tag do you all use for this #my edit #ever since i saw that will and the circular narrative edit ive been INSANE

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

oh no, guy that was supposed to die didn't die? he came back but as a mere shell of his former self? no one he used to know recognizes him anymore? he knows he's dead and dying and is always trying to get back to the moment It Happened and only manages to do so at the very end?? it ends where it begins??? no one actually knows what happens to him? it's almost as if he was never there to begin with???

#li lianhua #mei changsu #*slams fist on table* #when circular narratives are circular #when the people trapped within them want to escape but the only way to escape is to die that's the only way you'll ever be free #nirvana in fire #mysterious lotus casebook

[mendingbone]

River & Loey & Adam— ʟᴜᴄʏ ᴅᴀᴄᴜs,ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ...//sᴜsᴀɴ ʜᴏᴡᴇ, sɪɴɢᴜʟᴀʀɪᴛɪᴇs//ғʀᴀɴᴢ ᴋᴀғᴋᴀ, ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍɪʟᴇɴᴀ//ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴀssɪᴄ ᴄᴜᴅᴅʟᴇ//ᴇᴛʜᴇʟ ᴄᴀɪɴ, ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴛᴇʟ ʙᴇᴅ//ɪsᴀᴀᴄ ᴍᴀʀɪᴏɴ, ᴡᴀʀᴍ ʙᴏᴅɪᴇs//ᴍᴀʙᴇʟ, ᴇᴘɪsᴏᴅᴇ 𝟸𝟾: ᴍᴀᴛʀʏᴏsʜᴋᴀ//ᴇʀɪɴ sʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜɪs sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ.

#messy awful horror bitches who are The Worst and eat themselves and each other alive until their bodies have become haunted houses. #spinning the loey adam river webs.... grateful and delighted by how much u all enjoy river omg <3333 MWAH #THE TRIAD IS SIMPLY A MOBIUS STRIP FOLDING OVER ITSELF ENDLESSLY. TO LOVE IS TO CONSUME etc etc #original fiction #web weaving #time is a circle #doomed by the narrative #the stanley parable #circular narratives #words #horror #mobius strip #my muses..... #mabel podcast #ethel cain #yellowjackets #shaunajackie #the dreamer trilogy #ronanessy #hannibal #the locked tomb #gone girl #killing eve #iron widow

[whydoeseveryonehavetobelesbian]

im sorry are we fucking crazy

this is fucking insane how why when would you say this what do you mean do you want me to kill myself is that what you mean

#i can't fucking believe i haven't read this book sooner #i love them so so much #also the. circular narrative #you have been haunting yourself from the beginning #im going insane i love circular narratives #tihylttw #this is how you lose the time war

[bugsbenefit]

i know we talk about Mike and Will and how important they are for the plot of s5 here all the time. but can we talk about how Insanely set apart the two of them are from everyone else by the end of s4? because yes, we already know they'll be important, s5 is going to be Will's coming of age and the kids have Always been the main focus of the show. hell they're literally the center of the ending shot of the entire season can't get more obvious than that:

everyone else had their shot at ending things already and failed, s5 would just be a repeat of s4 if it weren't for Will, Mike, Jonathan, Hopper, and Joyce being back in town for the rodeo this time around. this will be what makes s5 have a different outcome than s4 did.

but what really fucking gets me is that it's not just visually or thematically made clear how central Will and Mike will be to taking down Vecna. it's in the way the last moments of the season were written from a fundamental writing perspective because:

Mike and Will are the only central characters to never get confronted with Vecna for the entirety of the season. however. s4 ends with Mike and Will being the ONLY characters to know Vecna is still alive.

literally the only fucking ones.

i think that aspect gets lost sometimes. We know Vecna is still there because we just watched them have this conversation. the other characters DON'T know that. on that hill and in the entire town, right now, Mike and Will are the only one's with a concrete idea of why spores could suddenly start falling from the sky despite them having 'won'. they're not questioning what's going wrong because they already Know. they already came to the conclusion that they would have to kill Vecna for real. they're already over the initial shock and horror at finding out it was all in vein. they're literally ahead of everyone else.

from a character perspective this doesn't make much of a difference. s5 is supposed to pick up right where s4 left off and it's obvious that they'll fill everyone in on that immediately. they're not keeping that info from everyone they just didn't get the chance to share it yet. BUT. that is a conscious writing decision. it would have been a 30 second extension to have them quickly tell this crucial information to everyone outside the cabin or have maybe El overhear the end of their conversation in the cabin, she was only a room over after all. but they didn't do that. so we end the season with Mike and Will being the only one's on the same page as the audience.

Mike and Will being back in town is going to be pivotal to Vecna's end and we're being told on a thematic, visual, and writing choice level

#literally insane how much they stand out by the end of the season #for being away from the Vecna plot the whole season they sure get emphasis on being in the know about the Future Vecna plot #we talk all the time about how them being framed as the central two people in that shot is insane #and it is #but the fact that they're also the only one's to even fully know that they'll have to kill Vecna 'again' is just #it's a lot #the whole plot of the show started when Will went missing in s1 and Mike dragged everyone out to look for him (finding El in the process) #with Will's coming of age happening the plot is going to loop back around to them and make them End the supernatural plot as well #got to love horseshoe narratives and circular plots thanks stranger things #byler #byler analysis #mike wheeler #will byers #st s5 #st analysis #stranger things

[skloomdumpster]

#fate the winx saga #fate: the winx saga #myedit #skloom #otp: you're the solution #hello hello its about the circular narrative of fate and the fact sky is doomed to repeat his fathers' mistakes #and how bloom literally walks the walk that marion did #its about the fact we're doomed by the narrative babyyyy #*falls to the ground*

[lucrezianoin]

The reason why I say ascended-astarion-uwu-bf fans is because there's plenty of ascended astarion fans who love him for who he is or enjoy how tragic his story is and how tragic the relationship with him is.

They might find it hot and/or sexy, they might live for the angst, they might think it's a great story, they might enjoy the chance of getting revenge on ascended astarion with Bhaal, or just imagine what would drive their character to choose to stay with ascended Astarion (I've seen a great story idea about this).

I see you guys. Don't ever think I'm talking about you (I'm one of you, in at least one of the points mentioned up there).

#ascended astarion #i embrace the fucked up tragedy of it #delicious circular narrative #a bit on the nose but still good #on the other hand im trying to film an ascended astarion game but it's so bugged...

[cupidswurld]

thinking about supernaturals circular narrative. how i don’t (and won’t) watch sitcoms because of the conventions of a circular narrative.

the parallels of how characters are reduced into one-dimensional imitations of who the audience perceived them to be, boiled down into their most defining, dividing traits— a phenomenon exclusive to the intrinsic nature of sitcoms. thinking about how everything that is learnt in one episode, is forgotten in the next— how there is no progress, how there is no change and everything will always, always stay the same for the sake of the audience where nothings new.

part of why dean felt he wouldve been better off dead, about why he didnt deserve to be saved, was because he could never make any difference. how they were trapped by the same story, over and over again, that nothing mattered no matter what he did, because he'd just end up in the very same position he was 15 years ago. even before the insertion of chuck's storyline, before freewill, the pervasive hand of the writers have always held them down from the very first episode

#supernatural #dean winchester #sam winchester #metanatural #supernatural meta #destiel #castiel #team free will #spn #spn analysis #guys I'm sorry but im seriously genuinely sickly obsessed with the metanarrative of supernatural theres nothing else like it #but also I really do stand by the 'I dont watch sitcoms bc of the circular narrative' #like are you not bored... this is referring from first hand experience to friends and community #however the good place is an exception and should always be hailed as the one good sitcom to exist #but please argue with me on that note! #me when sitcom characters are diluted into the most recognisable parody of the character they once were for greatest consumption #willowcoded's Sisyphean post was everything to me btw