#episodic

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Session structure rules for Oneiroi.

It’s not required, but it provides an episodic format for those who want a guid in Session planning.

Now he layed on the bed, looking at a wall. No thoughts, if there were any they would be too hard to organize, too confusing.

Then.

Sound. Steps. Metal. Rustling. Spray. Cloth.*

Lately I've been thinking about formulaic shows like House or CSI.

The streaming era gave us high end shows that had better production value, that didn't relied on step-by-step narrative and could stretch a plotline for a whole season rather than tackle it in parts. And I like shows more like that to be honest.

But we were too quick to dismiss formulas. I've been re watching house clips and they're just clips but I still remember the episodes, the phrases, the patients, and the moments. Using a formula lets you tackle many separate aspects (theme, character moments, world building) without having to blend them into each other. It's probably not organic but I am very against media trying to feel like real life. And yeah you need good characters and interesting situations to carry an episodic show; otherwise it'll feel boring.

I'm saying this because I'm on Fallout ep. 5 and I feel like they're loosing steam. Like, the war of the Anclave is taking too long to get started, We haven't seen what's Lucy's dad doing. Norm and the vaulties have only appeared like twice and I was more interested in that than what happened with the Caesar's legion.

The point is, *puts on old man glasses to shout at cloud*, Shows these days are shorter but they stretch plotlines for more episodes than they should; complications and turns don't happen as often and so, progression feels slower. Or they could use the padding in exploring the worlds or the characters, I'd be okay with that.

Again this is all due to not knowing if they will be renewed, so they become more cautious with what they can show and tell. And maybe bigger productions just make shows so expensive that there's too much risk for the writers to stray into weird territory that could be more interesting. Or said another way: