#episodic

[waifusplit]

That ending is priceless... Episode Gallery

#visual novel #waifusplit #miss hazard #tiktok #funny videos #big tiddy gf #anime #art #artists on tumblr #otakucore #otaku #waifu #episodic #pngtuber

[seancamerons]

DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION 6.03 TRUE COLORS // Sean Cameron & Emma Nelson "Nothing could replace the real thing."

#degrassiedit #degrassi #degrassi the next generation #emma nelson #sean cameron #episodic #edits by brimi #dtngedit #edit #picspam #daniel clark #miriam mcdonald #2000s #2006 #semma #semmaedit #coloring #its fun doing this kind of coloring i feel like its been an eternity since i did something like this #caps #screencaps #say what you want about season 6 but this was a stronger one compared to cltcl #but i really don't get what emma saw in peter hahahaa #i actually own a vanilla honey lotion #someone got at work got it for me as a favor gift #bc i helped her with somethings #and she got me that as a thank-you #but i doubt she knows about semma #lol she has no idea 100 percent #bc i just don't think she'd watch something like that #but ugh so thankful for her for that

[the-overanalyst]

character development in episodic shows is something that can be so personal

#tv series #sitcoms #tv shows #character development #writing #writers on tumblr #episodic #saiki k #tdlosk #saiki kusuo #brooklyn 99 #brooklyn nine nine #jake peralta #amy santiago #community #jeff winger

[yosb]

my costume for lawmen: bass reeves <3 i haven't had the chance to properly watch this series for my scenes yet!

#bass reeves #lawmen: bass reeves #lawmenbassreeves #costumes #costume #costuming #costume design #set life #me #selfie #episodic #tv #ootd

[worldanvil]

#writing #worldanvil #writeblr #fantasy #serial fiction #web novel #episodic #writing serials

[lily-orchard]

Just to finally put to rest the issue with terminology we have

Episodic and Serialized do not refer to the presence of a plot from Season to season. They refer to the structure of the story from EPISODE TO EPISODE.

So when we complain about serialization and you respond "So it's bad to have a plot?" Congratulations: You're a dumbass.

#episodic #serialization #episodic vs serialization

[bloomdigital]

We've updated our Steam page with new screen shots n_<

Can you guess some of the storylines?

#longstorygame #datingsim #visualnovel #lgbtq #steam #indiegames #cute dating sim #longstory 2 #romance #cozy games #indiedev #switch games #steam games #wishlist #gaming #episodic #narrative game

[drink-n-watch]

The Apothecary Diaries Episode 14

Those consorts just can’t function without Maomao! I don’t blame them. I would also not be able to do anything without Maomao once I had a taste for her efficiency. She seems to make life a whole lot easier. Especially if you live in a palace and people are trying to assassinate you a lot. Like me! Continue reading Untitled

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#anime #episodic #historical #Mystery #romance #The Apothecary Diaries

[filmseries]

Iwaju

I never know with Letterboxd so I'm logging this here too

This is so good. I watched it all in one sitting. It's so beautiful and dynamic. It reminded me of The Lion King and Aladdin: "I laugh in the face of danger"; Poor boy and rich girl; Poor boy shows rich girl the marketplace of the commoners. It's cute.

~ 3.4.24

#iwaju #tv shows #animation #disney #series #tv series #episodic #african #africa #the lion king #lion king #aladdin

[lgbtqfiction]

Tokyo Babylon: A Save Tokyo City Story

author: CLAMP

format: manga with anime adaptation

premise: in tokyo, a city of sin and desire, sumeragi subaru works to bring peace to the dead as one of the last onmyōji. he lives with his bold and outrageous twin sister hokuto, a less skilled magician, and the affable but mysterious veterinarian sakurazuka seishiro, an older man who openly declares his love for subaru and bears the surname of a rival onmyōji clan.

tone & rating: tragedy, pg-13

setting/genre: tokyo at the end of japan's bubble era (contemporary at the time), with supernatural elements

representation: subaru and seishiro are both gay; there are also some scenes that could be interpreted as wlw, but they're less explicit.

disclaimers: the relationship has an age gap of nine years, and is between a 16-year-old and a 25-year-old.

further disclaimers: the subject matter tends to be dark, with topics like suicide, rape, child murder, cults, and bullying as subaru deals with vengeful spirits and grieving families.

#manga #supernatural #onmyoji #gay #technically they could be bi i suppose but never show any interest that way #tragedy #episodic

[tapwrites]

Episodic vs Serialised Storytelling

One way of avoiding the dissonance between what the audience thought would happen in a later story, and what does happen in a later story... is to not set up any expectations in the first place.

Star Trek, and The Next Generation are told episode-by-episode. Almost all episodes are self-contained stories, with the only thing carrying over between stories being the characters themselves. And then, the characters don't have any real long-term goals or interpersonal drama carrying through.

So there are no expectations beyond the characters existing next time. That's an easy expectation to live up to, in the next episode.

Some film series are episodic too—think of Indiana Jones. Or Fast & Furious. Nothing changes permanently as a result of one part, at least not stuff that anyone cares about. So fans there aren't hints about what's coming next. And so, fans don't imagine their own stories that would happen next. And then when the sequel comes around, there's no bulldozing their fan-fic, and no let-down that the cool hinted thing wasn't there.

(I mean, Indiana Jones does its best to disappoint in other ways, but not because it's forgotten about the previous film.)

Instead of being left "open-ended," inviting the viewer to imagine what might happen next episode... they are "closed-ended."

Each story ends with the Cosmic Reset Button.

By the end of the episode, of film, or novel, everything's back to the way it was. And the audience can know exactly where they stand next time. Or—in the case of TV broadcast series—they can hop into any episode in any order and they'll never feel they missed something.

Episodic storytelling has its advantages and disadvantages...

Because each episode tells a complete story, the viewer is left satisfied. And, if they like the series, they're happy to enjoy another complete story next time.

The disadvantage is, you don't have hours on hours to build up the drama and suspense and mystery and whatever else you want to use to string the audience along and keep them watching week-to-week. All that's got to fit into 40 minutes. And the thing that keeps people coming back is that they like the characters.

But that's also its strength, as a format. You have to write solid, tight scenes. It has to be interesting all the way through, because you can only fit in the good parts. This is the same reason why novel writers cut things out—scenes, sub-plots, entire characters—to tighten up the narrative, and keep things interesting.

Star Trek Voyager had an over-arching plot about slowly travelling back home, which stayed in the background and poked its head in from time to time. But it wasn't something that weighed heavily on the characters' minds, and so wasn't an ongoing concern pulling on the viewer.

Star Trek Enterprise had 2 seasons with their own over-arching plots, which tied into each episode. But still, each episode was its own self-contained story, with a satisfying conclusion. (It struck a very good balance in my opinion.)

In the old days where everything was episodic, you might have a sprawling epic of a story you want to tell. But you have to cut the fat (boring parts that don't add to the story) to cram it into your 40 minutes runtime.

And you can't just run it over 5 episodes, because the requirements of the format is that each episode can be enjoyed by itself. So edit it down, tighten it up, or that story's getting canned!

With the advent of streaming services, the requirements of the format have changed. And episodic shows have changed with it.

Streaming episodes don't have to fit between adverts; they can be as long as the writer wants them to be. So all the flabby parts that don't need to be there stay in. What's up, Orville season 3?

And streaming series can have as many episodes as the budget allows. So you can take your way-too-long episode script and chop it into 3—who cares? Only now, those flabby boring scenes that don't need to be there take up entire episodes, before the "end" of that arc arrives and things actually happen. Hey there, Andor.

Since Lost started the trend, serialised shows (one longer story told in many parts) are a lot more popular nowadays. These longer stories can really grab your attention with their intricate plots and ongoing suspense over "What's going to happen next?" Although...

Serial writers often forget to make stories interesting as you watch them.

Game of Thrones has a strong over-arching narrative about houses vying for power, back-stabbing ne'er-do-wells, and shocking twists of main characters getting shuffled off the mortal coil. But in the early days, each episode followed one clear thread, ending in a satisfying (or maybe horrifying) conclusion.

As the seasons went on, however, the threads became more spread out. Instead of getting one arc from beginning to end, we would get the middle of 10 different arcs. And, as none of those arcs would end, not a lot of satisfaction would be gotten that way. All you'd have is a tiny bit of progress on all the different arcs, making each individual episode quite uneventful.

...Until the final episode of the season, where everything is--in theory--wrapped up in one go. That's a tall order! And if it isn't handled just right, the whole season, all those threads, all those hours of watch-time can feel like a huge waste of time.

I love slow-burn storytelling. But if the ends don't justify the means (or the ending doesn't justify the slowness of the burn), it's always going to be a let-down. And if the slowness is to the degree of 10 hours of watch-time over 10 weeks of your life... that pay-off better be darned mind-blowing!

#story #sequels #writing #episodic #serialised #cosmic reset #TV #Andor #Star Trek #Orville #Game of Thrones

[seancamerons]

#the oc #theocedit #ocedit #oc #summer roberts #fanart #art #anna stern #marissa cooper #ryan atwood #seth x summer x anna #idk i tried to make it shaped like a xmas treee #holiday #television #chrismukkah #my fave holiday lol #design #graphic #graphic design #episodic #holiday 2023 #poster art #shapes #illustration #artists of tumblr #i was gonna do something different with this #edit #edits by brimi #typography #quote

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Meaning of Life (1983, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam)

8/5/22

#The Meaning of Life #Monty Python #Terry Jones #Terry Gilliam #John Cleese #Eric Idle #Michael Palin #Graham Chapman #comedy #musical #80s #sketch comedy #episodic #surreal #absurd #satire #parody #philosophy #Catholicism #religion #black comedy #grotesque #fish #afterlife #death #heaven #war #gross out #British #England

[rawralittlerawr]

Whispers: The United States of Christ on Kindle Vella

Dystopian / LGBTQ Fiction / Alternate History / Political Fiction

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Alternate History / Dystopian / LGBTQ Fiction / Political Fiction

*A snippet from the Prologue in Episode 1 - "Dear Diary" *

Whispers: The United States of Christ on Kindle Vella

Thirteen years ago a radical religious group bribed and blackmailed three Supreme Court Justices to control the outcome of the civil rights case Obergefell v. Hodges. After their success in swaying the opinion of the court, the emboldened fanatics set their sights on the White House. 

Seven years after the bloody, Inauguration Eve coup, The United States of America no longer exists as a democracy. In 2028 things like freedom, liberty, and justice for all are just words without meaning, relics of the past.

For months there have been rumors that the madman in the White House has cancer, and will be dead before the new year. But his puppet masters are still alive and well, overseeing and controlling the daily lives of the People.

Welcome to The United States of Christ!

A cautionary tale set in an alternate Dark America

"This story feels timely and personal on so many levels for me, and I won't lie, I cried as I wrote the prologue and first chapter."

-Octavia Ambrose (pen)

Read the first three episodes for FREE and catch up before Episode 9 drops. Stay tuned for a recap of Season One so far, and a preview of what's coming up.

#kindle vella #kindle #mustread #bookaholic #amreading #bookaddict #newreads #kindlevellastory #serialized fiction #episodic #dystopian #cautionary tale #lgbtq fiction #political fiction #survival #dark #horror #haunting #near future #alternate history #alternate reality #lgbtq #lgbtq characters #lgbtq community #equal rights #marriage equality #black lives matter #human rights #diverse characters #diversity matters

[yeomsobd]

To be a Beast

"It is an excuse that I'm waiting for you. But still, I'm counting on you."

These images that have captivated me are so unfamiliar. Will the magic mirror reveal a fair reflection to a Beast like me? I surely deserved to build my castle walls bounded by a rusty fortress gate, for no damsel shall be able to lose their way to my lair. Who said that only a princess would awaken by a kiss from centennial slumber? Maybe a Beast also deserved to be kissed while driven by hibernation from the snowstorms. If Belle had lost her horses on her search to find Maurice towards my skylark, this might be the first time I'm shown myself uncapped to a maiden. Enduring to be alone and holding back will suspend my policies, for I know how lonely and difficult it is to have a kingdom without servants. A throne without a queen and a prince without looks.

To my Beauty that I will love, please look at me with molten dark eyes. Look back to my eyes that are being misunderstood for being crooked. Look at my hooked nose that is sensitive to the scent you are lapping to your pulses. Look at my feral fangs being threatened by other dukes, for they are visually impaired. I look like an animal to them, forgetting that I once became their master. My appearance may be different, but the heart is the same to still love you behind these itchy locks. Even though I don't dare to face you in an exemption, that monster doesn't really fall in love. But this story that is as old as time and still being written in a fairy tale can be a princess like you love a beast like me. Please turn around and look at me as I've overwatched you from my rooks.

It seems to be an excuse that I am waiting for you. I'm sorry because I've only got a few remaining petals at my cursed rose for my true love to save me from this death. In an instance that time will pluck the last petal, I will descend lifeless, for no one had answered my distress call from the West Wing. I hate to be a burden to her, but I keep holding on to her despite having these shredding talons I got from being a mull. It seems to be greed that I want to grasp you, but those are the instincts for being a Beast, right? I try to hide it, but it stays like that. A person who had been a monster once will always be a monster. I'm afraid I'll regret it if I don't say these death threats. My claws are nibbling while dreaming for your flesh. I'd like to look at her heart now to see if that is genuinely beating.

The Belle that I am waiting for, I wish it was you. I've been sleeping for years in this Beast form. Please wake me from this nightmare. I've been trying so hard by myself alone. I need someone to tell me some stories until I calm down from making uproars. Even though I'm too lacking in loving you, a dog will be loyal to its master, even if it will be traded for life. A fairy tale as dark as my thoughts, where is the happy ending now? Petals have been scattered on the floor, and I need a quick remedy before the clock ticks until the end. Can you please love me? Can you turn your head to look like a deadly creature like me?

#episodic #serial #iu #lee jieun

[arteicetb]

#the owl house #amphibia #star versus the forces of evil #hailey on it #episodic #Youtube