Narrative Framework Syndrome

A psychological condition where someone compulsively interprets their life through the lens of literary tropes and storytelling conventions, combined with an obsessive need to fill any gaps in their understanding with elaborate theories that fit these narrative patterns. Common symptoms include categorizing people as character archetypes, expecting plot twists, and creating complex explanations for simple events to avoid "plot holes" in their personal story.

1. "Dude, my roommate has such bad Narrative Framework Syndrome. When our neighbor got a new cat, he spent three hours explaining how it must be a magical familiar sent to watch us because 'that's how these story arcs usually start.'"

2. "My sister's NFS is acting up again. She's convinced her new coworker must be a secret heir to a fortune because 'why else would such an important character be introduced this late in the season?'"

by mKonic February 5, 2025

Meta-narrative

And it isn't 3 note.

Hym "No. Shithead. There is an entire anime dedicated to the multiplicity of meta-narrative that can be derived from this. What the actual fuck are you talking about? Do you know it's name? It's coming out with a 3rd season. There are literally dozens of meta-narrative in here. It's a literal masterpiece by all relevant metrics."

by Hym Iam April 10, 2023

narrative poem

A poem that tells a story

Narrative poem is basically a story but in the form of a poem.

by My pseudonym is.. May 9, 2018

Narrative Inertia

When the current media narrative has so much momentum that all news sources are covering the same topic and ignoring other unrelated news.

Science Dude: We finally figured out cold fusion! This is going to shock the world!
Friend Dude: Good luck, the pandemic has such much narrative inertia you'll be lucky to get a mention at the bottom of the page.

by JethroXP May 21, 2020

extra narrative

explains and expressing your thoughts like while watching a tv program as if you are the narrator

stop being an extra narrative

by purplestreet123 August 1, 2017

Victim/Victimizer Narrative

And it's funny that Jordan is obsessed with saying it's the wrong narrative when...

Hym "The Victim/Victimizer Narrative is the fuel that drives the conservative media infrastructure. 'We are the perpetual victims of censorship and are fighting that explicitly' but IN REALITY the EXACT OPPOSITE is the case. There is no coalition trying to silence them. They are the coalition. I'm the one being silenced. It isn't misinformation. It's a complete inversion of what is actually happening + current events. And the democrats AND THE PROGRESSIVE MEDIA... Are absolute garbage for allowing them to do it. All your bloviating about hate is meaningless when you're citizens are BURNING ALIVE AND DYING PERFECTLY PREVENTABLE DEATHS. I don't have to like any of you cocksuckers for any reason. And my situation is extreme and requires an extreme voice. This is and always has been absolutely necessary. The reason you will not face me is and always has been that when I articulate what has been happening to me it sounds like a psyop and if it has been signed off on by government officials their careers are over forever. I'm working at a gas station so Tulsi Gabbard doesn't have to. And I'm not going to let you get away with it. Trump was tight about the media being the enemy of the people it just also applies to the online media as well."

by Hym Iam January 11, 2025

Victim vs Victimizer narrative

That's not what is actually happening though.

Hym "It isn't a victim vs victimizer narrative. That is clearly not what's happening here. It's NARRATIVE vs WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. It's not even epistemology vs ontology anymore. It's Jordan Peterson's imaginary interpretation of events vs the things that actually happened in reality."

by Hym Iam July 26, 2024