History Main / PlaceBeyondTime

* In the CrossOver ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights'', The Lighthouse is a crystalline structure floating in the VoidBetweenTheWorlds, a sanctuary for {{MagicalGirl}}s and their friends [[Franchise/SailorMoon from]] [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura five]] [[Anime/PrettyCure different]] [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha parallel]] [[Franchise/MadokaMagica universes]], fleeing the [[ApocalypseHow destruction of their homes]].

** [[WordofGod Keith Baker]] has mentioned two places that can apply in ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': The Astral Plane and Xoriat: The Realm of Madness. In the Astral Plane, time moves alongside the Material Plane, but no one ages or needs to eat or drink and, more crucially, if timeline ever changes, anyone and anything in the Astral Plane is immune from those changes. In this setting, this is where the [[spoiler: Gith]] come from. Xoriat is similar to the Far Realm in comparing influences to Lovecraft, but is on this list because it exists outside the flow of time and is a "canonical" method of time travel by messing with the [[AlternateTimeline Maze of Reality]].
* ''TabletopGame/FengShui''[='s=] Netherworld is a lot like this, with Innerwalkers heading there for the first time getting [[RippleEffectProofMemory Ripple Effect Proof Memories]], as well as a bit of TimeTravelTenseTrouble. Time (such as it is) in the Netherworld tends to pass normally though.

* Irem shows up once more in ''Videogame/FallenLondon'', where (once the Evolution storyline is completed) a bold player character can directly dive into the threads of destiny and start both exploring, altering and even profiting off the many possible futures London can hold; navigating between them is a lot like navigating dreams. Granted, one ''can'' come apart in the process and need to be pulled back to Irem without one's treasures from another time, and not all of those futures are pleasant; they go from a simple, ruinous BadFuture, to the [[EldritchLocation great indistinguishable morass of threads that end in your various ignominious deaths]], to [[spoiler:no future at all, where everything is ''gone'' and the [[RealityWarper Law]] has been passed: "No Thing Shall Be."]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' Eientei was once a limited version of this, where entropy/aging did not exist and there was "no history", due to Kaguya shielding it with her power over eternity. The [[HiddenElfVillage Lunar Capital]] has similar traits.

'''Ralph:''' ''(confused)'' What don't they...?\\

'''Ralph:''' ''(now UTTERLY confused)'' I'm getting... what is time?\\

* As put in the ''Literature/{{Confessions}}'', {{God}} lives in an eternal Today, where all tomorrows and yesterdays occur simultaneously.

* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse has "Limbo", the home of Immortus (and possibly some other folks like the Time Variance Authority). One of the depictions of the Axis of Time (see below under Western Animation) matches it exactly. Note: not (usually) to be confused with either of two other Limbos in the MarvelUniverse, which have different spacetime-related properties. One of those other Limbos (associated with the demon Belasco and the sorceress [[ComicBook/XMen Illyana Rasputin]]) has non-linear time. Doctor Doom once pointed out that can't be the real Limbo because time still exists in it, even if it behaves oddly.

* A strange version of this occurs in ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}''. There's a section of the timeline that's hard to reach if you don't already know of its existence: a completely empty version of the map you're playing; a region in the future where causality from the present never reached. This is probably the only ''mechanical'' version of the place beyond time. (Other video games simply create an extra, perfectly normal level and give it some backstory.)

* This shows up in the seventh episode of ''Anime/HumanityHasDeclined''... as part of a scheme from the fairies to get more sweets. They have priority issues.

* This shows up in the seventh episode of ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined''... as part of a scheme from the fairies to get more sweets. They have priority issues.

* The End Of Time in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Its sequel ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', which mostly isn't about TimeTravel at all, nonetheless features the Dead Sea, a chunk of an alternate future stuck in temporal stasis, allowing you to walk around on a frozen, raging tsunami. The (B)end of Time itself returns as a secret area to house the BonusBoss.
** The Darkness Beyond Time, meanwhile, is where paradoxical timelines are discarded, also, [[spoiler:the Dream/Time Devourer, a [[FusionDance merger of Lavos and Schala]], waits here to consume all time and space.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has The Furthest Ring, which is a space filled with {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that links all universes and their timelines together. To further complicate matters, most of those who are there, who are any combination of either really being there, asleep and dreaming under special conditions, or dead, have dream bubbles where they can navigate through their memories, which causes time to either go forward or backwards. It's to the point where one would have to have mastery of time and/or space or near-perfect omniscience just to be able to navigate it without getting lost. [[spoiler: [[SuperpowerLottery Fortunately, our heroes have all three.]]]]
** Although the chronologies of each universe - including the game sessions - are linear, each is basically a place beyond time from the perspective of each other.

->The Burrow was like being in the television store of the Gods, which honestly, it kind of was. Gina looked around at the thousands of monitors in awe. While Alix hung out with her often, she was particular about letting people into the Burrow. Gina had only been here a couple of times, and this was the first time Alix hadn't bothered to blindfold her. "Is all this going on right now?"\\
Alix chuckled. "Sweetie, right now there's no such thing as 'right now.' In here, we stand outside of time. This is everything, everywhere."
-->--'''Fanfic/TheMiraculousWorldOfCalineBustier''', "What To Do When You're Grounded"

*** The Throne's timeless nature ends up being a minor gameplay mechanic: due to the way the [[AllegedlyFreeGame Summon system]] works, it's entirely possible to summon certain Servants long before they're encountered in the story, or even end up with a situation where you face an enemy Servant [[MirrorMatch with that Servant in your party]]. Taken UpToEleven with the presence of Servants from AlternateUniverses, particularly those coming from '''[[ExpendableAlternateUniverse Lostbelts]].'''

* In ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'', the titular dimension is so far beyond time that spacetime itself is stagnated, like a giant pool of still water. Any organic life that ends up there is slowly poisoned just by being there. All timelines flow into it, and its possible to find alternate versions of yourself floating around.

* A strange version of this occurs in ''VideoGame/{{Achron}}''. There's a section of the timeline that's hard to reach if you don't already know of its existence: [[FanNickname "The Beach"]]. It's a completely empty version of the map you're playing; a region in the future where causality from the present never reached. This is probably the only ''mechanical'' version of the place beyond time. (Other video games simply create an extra, perfectly normal level and give it some backstory.)

* The {{Multiverse}} of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has the Time Room. A central, hypercube-like, structure all other dimensions orbit whose Time wave emissions allow for the flow of time. It is hosted by an [[TheOmnipotent all-powerful being]] named Prismo who grants guests wishes that transport them into a Timeline where it comes true.

The trope is often described quite literally as beyond time as though one has made a fifth dimensional movement to step outside normal time. Thus the Place Beyond Time may also be a PocketDimension. Sometimes the Place Beyond Time is actually a particular time — it is 10:42pm on the last day of the universe's existence, but it will remain so as TimeStandsStill, so the reason why people can go there and exit at any time is because getting there is time travel anyway.

* The Axis of Time in the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, through which all time travelers pass, and in which time itself doesn't exist.