Drama finishing challenge: CHECK-IN

[phrenk]

Hey there, drama-finishers! It may feel like the challenge has slipped away, but in fact we've just reached the HALFWAY POINT. So we're just here to check in and see if anyone wants to touch base with their fellow challengers. Have you had a chance to drama-watch yet? Think you're on pace for your desired goal? Any series you're looking to knock

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[ltgmars]

I'm having a really hard time getting started on Yasashii Jikan because I'm anticipating having a lot of feelings, and I'm scared of being exhausted while watching it. This is actually the reason I've put off watching it for years.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get started on something you know you want to watch but will take a lot out of you?

[topazera]

I feel like I should know the answer to this because I'm very much the same way... but because I am, that's probably why I don't really know either. XD

For me, sometimes it's a matter of giving myself permission to just watch them as quickly as I want and wallow in a glut of emotions but knowing I'm not going to draaaaag it out like I sometimes do. Let it wash over me~

Another angle might be pairing it with watching something else that you know will always be there to pull you out of the feelings. :) A sitcom or something light.

...does anyone really have an answer for Nino's face?? no, no we don't. XD Yasashii Jikan is one of those dramas I've had downloaded for years now and never watched either. I too will have someday accept that no one is ready for Nino's face and watch it. ♥♥

[ltgmars]

Anticipation is so hard to get over, isn't it? D: And then I think that maybe it won't be as bad as I'm imagining it, and then I realize that it's Nino, and he magnifies any feelings I have with every moment his face appears on screen. ;_;

I think just letting it happen would be good. At least I know in advance? And having a backup light show is definitely a good idea, too, thank you! And I know from experience that having a watch buddy also helps, because then you're forced to pay attention and you can't pause too much, but it's good to have techniques for watching solo as well.

[quaggy_mire]

Do you have some sort of fluffy, cotton-candy show or book that you could use as a chaser? That way you know after every episode that emotionally exhausts you, you'll have something that will soon be making you smile.

[ltgmars]

Ahh "chaser", I like that idea. I definitely have a few I could turn to, so I'll try to plan time for something after each emotionally loaded episode. Thanks for the suggestion. :D

[phrenk]

For me, if I'm sure I want to watch something but have trouble getting myself to sit down and watch it, I make time goals. I have something else that I'm doing (a game, flashcards, reading a fic, watching something else that is light), and I start the show and watch it for ten minutes. After ten minutes, I can do my other thing I'm doing, but I watch ten minutes exactly by the time elapsed in my video player. A lot of times I get caught up in the show: without the option of doing something else, I forget how much time is passing, and I end up only realizing after twelve minutes or something, at which point my break feels very virtuous. With a jdrama, ten minute goals break up an episode into about four parts, which is doable. <3<3 I also do flashcards during a lot of shows I'm watching, which works on both goals (not pausing every thirty seconds as my attention span would have me doing, and also doing flashcards a lot every day). Even if you don't do something like that, having a time to wait for can be distracting enough to get

[ltgmars]

You know, I'm trying to train myself to get rid of the habit that I (and I think many of us) have of not being able to sit through an episode of something without pausing and getting distracted. That being said, I think it's really useful and necessary to pause sometimes, so maybe all I need is to remind myself that it's okay to take breaks, especially if something is overwhelming. And what you say about getting caught up in it is true -- maybe I won't even need to take a break at the specific time, or I'll forget about it altogether, but giving myself the option and forgiving it should certainly help make it easier to start in the first place. I'll keep this in mind. Excellent suggestion, thanks. :D

And I'll do my best. ;_;!!