So the cliffhanger for ep6 does something that I, as a reader, really fuckin' appreciate. A lot of authors in the episodic VN scene have this bad habit of making the penultimate moments in their current arc the cliffhanger, and then running the resolution and cooldown as the opening scenes of the following chapter. Sure this can work great in a product where you know you will see the resolution next week, same bat time, same bat channel. Problem is in a product where the next chapter is anywhere from months to a year away, it's borderline counterproductive. If you're gonna give me a literary edging session, then just get up and leave and drive away before the resolution, sure than can be exciting, but you gotta make sure I'm still hard for it when you come back to finish me off. If I have to wait months for the resolution, I've damn near forgotten why I cared by the time the release gets here. It actually lessens the impact of the resolution by putting that much time in between the story beats. It's hard to even justify it with a "it works better for the finished product" argument since in that scenario the reader gets the resolution immediately anyway, the only difference being which side of the episode title splash screen you get it on.
This one was good though, pushed some more long term lines forward, wrapped up a mini arc with a satisfying resolution, gives the reader a few moments of literary PNC, then hits you with a "hey, wanna get excited for something else?" right before credits roll. As a reader I'm hooked either way, but this is more satisfying. Building anticipation instead of blue-balling.
This one was good though, pushed some more long term lines forward, wrapped up a mini arc with a satisfying resolution, gives the reader a few moments of literary PNC, then hits you with a "hey, wanna get excited for something else?" right before credits roll. As a reader I'm hooked either way, but this is more satisfying. Building anticipation instead of blue-balling.
