Sense System Vertigo

Neo-Nonsense

The individual faces the universe. Systems crack: ideologies, grand theories, illusions of control. Comedy becomes a tool for staying lucid when meaning stops behaving.

Definition Five DNA Branches Toolbox
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Definition

Neo-Nonsense is comedy after certainty. It appears when the world no longer guarantees a stable meaning. The text keeps moving, but the ground moves too.

Core tension: the individual vs the universe. Not society. Not law. Existence.

Formula: in a world that does not guarantee anything, a playful paradox can be the least extravagant logic.
Method

Coordinates, not a genre label

Neo-Nonsense is a direction. It is not a shelf.

Use: Current → Branch. Add one DNA line only if it clarifies the comic mechanism.

Branchform

Absurd, metafiction, comic SF: the shape of the nonsense.

DNAmechanism

Cut, science, objects, self-mockery, logic games: how it works.

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Environment + Comedy level keep the guide readable.

Rule: do not stack. One branch headline. One DNA line. Then let the text breathe.
Five DNA

Five DNA of Neo-Nonsense

DNA is a tool for description. It is not a doctrine.

These anchors are stable. Cite them when you need precision.

Cinematic grammar #dna-cinema

Cut. Ellipsis. Montage. The prose behaves like editing.

cut ellipse oral rhythm
Modern science #dna-science

Physics, medicine, systems. Science becomes comic matter.

model system failure
Object-character #dna-objects

Things act. Devices speak. Matter becomes a partner in the joke.

object agency material gag
Existential self-mockery #dna-self

The “I” laughs at its own panic. The body becomes a mirror of metaphysical fear.

body panic cosmos
Playful paradox #dna-paradox

Logic games. Riddles. Rules that collapse while being followed.

game rule collapse
DNA note #dna-note

Most books use two DNA at most. Pick the one that explains the laugh.

Tip: if you hesitate, choose branch first. Add DNA only if it improves navigation.
Branches

Branches of Neo-Nonsense

Branches describe the visible form. DNA describes the inner mechanism.

Keep one branch as headline. Use the rest as cross-notes.

Absurdist fiction / Surreal comedy #absurdist

Reality bends. The scene keeps a straight face. Meaning slips.

scene bend deadpan
Postmodern satire (society) #postmodern-satire

Society is still there, but the frame is unstable. The text questions its own tools.

frame media systems
Comic SF #comic-sf

Cosmic scale, human smallness. Bureaucracy travels into space.

cosmos bureaucracy protocol
Metafiction #metafiction

The book shows its wires. The narrator breaks the contract. The page becomes a stage.

narrator contract stage
Hypochondriac metaphysics #hypochondriac-metaphysics

The body is a sensor for the universe. Symptoms become philosophy.

body sign panic
Canon hijack #canon-hijack

A classic form is stolen and bent. The code remains. The meaning changes.

classic theft twist
Assistant comedy #assistant-comedy

A helper system becomes a character. Servility, prompts, dependence, misreadings. The assistant is a mirror.

assistant prompt misread
Note: this branch can attach to Society or Crime. Here, the assistant shifts the rules of meaning.
Branch note #branch-note

When two branches compete, pick the one that describes the main reading experience.

Tip: “Comic SF” is a branch. “Modern science” is DNA. Keep that difference visible.
Crossovers

Crossovers

Neo-Nonsense can reuse Society and Crime forms. It changes their meaning.

Keep crossovers as one-line notes. Avoid piles.

Society ↔ Neo-Nonsense#crossover-society

Workplace and family can remain, but the frame breaks. The institution becomes a hallucination.

institution frame break
Crime ↔ Neo-Nonsense#crossover-crime

The crime plot becomes a machine with missing parts. The investigation finds nothing but form.

plot machine missing sense
Boundary: if the main laugh comes from social friction → Society. If it comes from plan failure → Crime. If it comes from meaning failure → Neo-Nonsense.
Examples

Example coordinates

Keep the headline short: Current + Branch. Add one DNA line.

Toolbox reminder: add Environment and Comedy level as chips in each guide.