# Timelocks Always Fixed?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/timelocks-always-fixed/1450>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 27, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/timelocks-always-fixed/1450 "2018-01-27T04:12:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/timelocks-always-fixed/1450/4 "2018-01-27T12:54:38Z")

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I wonder if @JBarker might have some insight, because I thought there was a kind of delay in the Timelock that happened in his Far End of the Black script that he deemed okay?

This is from that old thread:

> [@Far End of the Black script creation](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/far-end-of-the-black-script-creation/119/5):
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> The IC has a journey to complete before her infection completely kills her; she’s on her own with no more options for **delaying the timelock** left and the person providing for her safety - the MC (along with the remaining survivors) - have been captured.

Also, I asked a question a while ago that is related. Not sure if that thread will help, but it has some good insight from Chris Huntley:

> **[Timelock - specificity of deadline](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/timelock-specificity-of-deadline/723)**
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> For a story to be a Timelock, how precise and accurate does the deadline need to be? I mean, if you have a story where the protagonist is trying to “be ready to run a marathon by June 17”, that seems like an obvious Timelock. But what if it’s...

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