I'm hoping to see progress towards consistent characters, objects, scenes etc. So much of what I'd want to do creatively hinges on needing persisting characters

I'm hoping to see progress towards consistent characters, objects, scenes etc. So much of what I'd want to do creatively hinges on needing persisting characters who don't change appearance/clothing/accessories from usage to usage. Or creating a "set" for a scene to take place in repeatedly. I know with stable diffusion there's things like lora and controlnet, but they are clunky. We still seem to have a long way to go towards scene and story composition. Once we do, it will be a game changer for redefining how we think about things like movies and television when you can effectively have them created on demand.