Narrative and Reason

Narrative

Narrative noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Reason and narrative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Narrative".

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Narrative and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Narrative" instead a noun "Reason".

good	good narrative	good reason
clear	clear narrative	clear reason
particular	particular narrative	particular reason
better	better narrative	better reason
Other adjectives: common, original, true, single, strong, actual, entire, real, main, personal, new, compelling, primary, bizarre, different.

In Death of the Family, Bruce privately admits to Alfred that the reason he never tried to kill the Joker is because he also believes his life follows a narrative, with Gotham City itself as the Big Bad.

Source: Theory of Narrative Causality
Granted, the reason why they're featureless is they're written as actual interview transcripts instead of any sort of narrative.

Source: Featureless Plane of Disembodied Dialogue
The Dreaded: Many of the villains become this over the course of the narrative — and with good reason.

Source: Literature / The First Dwarf King

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