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It seems that much of the definition hinges on the lack of direct communication between the two time frames, particularly that the events of the past <i>don\'t</i> change the future, per se, but that the audience witnesses the repercussions of past events more rapidly than real-time would allow. But then several examples (like \
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It seems that much of the definition hinges on the lack of direct communication between the two time frames, particularly that the events of the past *don\\\'t* change the future, per se, but that the audience witnesses the repercussions of past events more rapidly than real-time would allow. But then several examples (like \\\"Frequency\\\" and \\\"Lake House\\\" in the film section) involve explicit communication between the time frames *and* an attempt to change the timeline.

So who is confused this trope: me, or the tropers who added those \\\"change the future\\\" examples?
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