time manipulation
Altering duration's flow
Time manipulation is the fictional or theoretical ability to control time—speeding it up, slowing it down, stopping it, or traveling through it.
The concept appears throughout science fiction and fantasy: The hero used time manipulation to undo the disaster.
In video games, time manipulation often appears as a game mechanic allowing players to rewind mistakes or freeze enemies.
The phrase also describes film and narrative techniques that alter temporal sequence: slow motion, flashbacks, or nonlinear storytelling.
- alternate timelinesBranching versions of history
- presentismBias toward current era
- rewindReturn to beginning
- turning back the clockAttempting to restore youth
- tachyonsFaster-than-light theoretical particles
temporal anomaly · relativity · entropy · freeze · determinism · chronology · wormholes · free will · spacetime · loop · precognition · paradoxes · slow · speculative fiction · pause · moment · split second · warp
- mythical powersimmortality, shapeshifting, telepathy, teleportation, invisibility
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
- Prince of PersiaFarah, Ubisoft, rotoscoping
- time conceptsclock, calendar, hour, minute, second
- fairy magicfairy dust, pixie dust, fairy rings, fairy godmother, glamour
- Christopher NolanInception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet, Oppenheimer
time manipulationliving in the moment
Awareness of present experience
going with the flow · natural aging · mindfulness · fatalism · patience