On Brand / How work gets passed down, and what changes on the way

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Not a force-directed cloud where everything floats. Time runs left to right and each work keeps its own band, so an object’s position tells you what kind of relationship you are looking at. An arrow pointing left would be an impossible ancestry claim, which is why none appear: the validator refuses to build one.

20002005201020152020NewsRadioCommunityevermoreMidnightsCrisis creates power vacuum — mirrors the plot ofLong-planned opportunist — echoes dialogue ofUsurper arrives with legitimate credentials — mirrors the plot ofRightful authority physically removed — mirrors the plot ofReplacement becomes literal — mirrors the plot ofTruth teller is treated as irrational or jealous — mirrors the plot ofControl the decisive evidence — mirrors the plot ofBoard legitimizes the seizure — mirrors the plot ofThe institution is the symbolic center of power — mirrors the plot ofUsurper wins followers before coercing them — mirrors the plot ofResistance movement forms inside the captured institution — mirrors the plot ofRightful leader reduced to a humiliating remnant — mirrors the plot ofOpponent’s own office or rule becomes the reversal mechanism — mirrors the plot ofFailed institutions conceal their own scandal — mirrors the plot ofUnderestimated manual worker exceeds assigned role — inherits a character function fromSimulated participation / induced agency — echoes dialogue ofPersona or mystery changes romantic perception — reuses the mechanism ofReversible guest biography / acknowledged absence — reuses the mechanism ofCoin participates in ritual but does not contain the magic — reuses the mechanism ofHidden third party makes two people attack each other — reuses the mechanism ofOnce private material is online, control is lost — reuses the mechanism ofPerson claims relationship is over while preserving the ex’s emotional hold — reuses the mechanism ofOne word kept twice where the idiom would drop it — echoes dialogue ofThe institution goes on the market — mirrors the plot ofThe buyer would convert the format, not just the ownership — mirrors the plot ofThe new owner absorbs the existing people — mirrors the plot ofThe ensemble claims unity, then fractures — mirrors the plot ofA deadline, then a procedural escape that makes no business sense — mirrors the plot ofEmotion against the deal, and then emotion as the machinery — mirrors the plot ofThe sale exposes who the ensemble actually is — mirrors the plot ofThe consultant arrives holding the power to remove people — mirrors the subplot ofThe incumbent is tested for necessity — mirrors the subplot ofThe efficiency review turns into forced intimacy — mirrors the subplot ofPrivacy: entitlement against refusal — mirrors the subplot ofNE S02E11Station SaleNE S02E16Houses of the HolyNE S02E17Physical GraffitiNE S03E06Awards ShowNE S03E08Movie StarNE S03E12RapNE S03E18TwinsNE S04E02PlanbeeNE S04E11ChockNE S05E06JailNE S05E07The LamNE S05E08Clash of the TitansNE S05E15AssistantCO S01E15Romantic ExpressionismCO S01E17Physical EducationCO S02E09Conspiracy Theories and Interior DesignCO S03E06Advanced GayCO S03E15Origins of Vampire MythologyCO S03E18Course Listing UnavailableCO S03E19Curriculum UnavailableCO S03E21The First Chang DynastyCO S04E01History 101CO S04E08Herstory of DanceCO S05E12Basic StoryCO S05E13Basic SandwichCO S06E01LaddersCO S06E04Queer Studies and Advanced WaxingCO S06E06Basic Email SecurityEV right-where-you-left-meright where you left meMI the-great-warThe Great War
unit with a connectionsolid edge — documented or establisheddashed edge — scene reading or working hypothesisarrow points from the earlier side to the later one

30 units and 34 edges, 1996 to 2022. At this size the whole neighbourhood fits in one view. As the corpus grows the page will load a neighbourhood around the selected object and expand on demand, rather than loading the whole database.

The same edges as text

Everything in the drawing is also here as ordinary links, so the graph is never the only route to a record. A crawler and a reader without the visualisation get the same corpus.

EarlierRelationshipLaterState
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
Crisis creates power vacuum		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		echoes dialogue of
Long-planned opportunist		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
Usurper arrives with legitimate credentials		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
Rightful authority physically removed		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Replacement becomes literal		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
Truth teller is treated as irrational or jealous		Community S03E19
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E07
1998		mirrors the plot of
Control the decisive evidence		Community S03E19
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Board legitimizes the seizure		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
The institution is the symbolic center of power		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E06
1998		mirrors the plot of
Usurper wins followers before coercing them		Community S03E18
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Resistance movement forms inside the captured institution		Community S03E21
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Rightful leader reduced to a humiliating remnant		Community S03E19
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Opponent’s own office or rule becomes the reversal mechanism		Community S03E21
2012		Scene reading
NewsRadio S05E08
1998		mirrors the plot of
Failed institutions conceal their own scandal		Community S03E21
2012		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E16
1996		inherits a character function from
Underestimated manual worker exceeds assigned role		Community S03E06
2011		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E16
1996		echoes dialogue of
Simulated participation / induced agency		Community S01E15
2010		Working hypothesis
NewsRadio S02E16
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Persona or mystery changes romantic perception		Community S01E17
2010		Working hypothesis
NewsRadio S02E16
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Reversible guest biography / acknowledged absence		Community S04E08
2013		Scene reading
NewsRadio S02E16
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Coin participates in ritual but does not contain the magic		Community S04E01
2013		Scene reading
NewsRadio S02E17
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Hidden third party makes two people attack each other		Community S02E09
2010		Working hypothesis
NewsRadio S02E17
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Once private material is online, control is lost		Community S06E06
2015		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E17
1996		reuses the mechanism of
Person claims relationship is over while preserving the ex’s emotional hold		Community S03E15
2012		Scene reading
evermore right-where-you-left-me
2020		echoes dialogue of
One word kept twice where the idiom would drop it		Midnights the-great-war
2022		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
The institution goes on the market		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
The buyer would convert the format, not just the ownership		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
The new owner absorbs the existing people		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
The ensemble claims unity, then fractures		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
A deadline, then a procedural escape that makes no business sense		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
Emotion against the deal, and then emotion as the machinery		Community S05E13
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S02E11
1996		mirrors the plot of
The sale exposes who the ensemble actually is		Community S05E12
2014		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S04E02
1997		mirrors the subplot of
The consultant arrives holding the power to remove people		Community S06E01
2015		Established interpretation
NewsRadio S04E02
1997		mirrors the subplot of
The incumbent is tested for necessity		Community S06E01
2015		Scene reading
NewsRadio S04E02
1997		mirrors the subplot of
The efficiency review turns into forced intimacy		Community S06E01
2015		Scene reading
NewsRadio S04E02
1997		mirrors the subplot of
Privacy: entitlement against refusal		Community S06E04
2015		Scene reading