Carm's corner

It's been two months since the Nirvana in Fire watch party started on fedi and I didn't imagine I would enjoy it as much as I'm enjoying it. When I started watching it, I didn't know what it was about (like I usually do with everything I read or watch these days). So, every new revelation leaves me surprised and intrigued and wanting to watch more. I'm not really going to talk about the plot but since the earliest episodes I liked Mei Changsu. I just love that kind of character a lot. 

Yesterday, I started watching episode 30 but had things to do and ended up exhausted, so I didn't finish. It turns out the hot weather is my kryptonite and I need a lot of time to recover after spending time outside, even if I wasn't that exposed directly to the sun.

Anyway, the watch party has been so much fun and, to me, personally, a challenge to not binge watch it. Truly, an exercise on self-control. According to the schedule, this week it was time to watch episodes 27 and 28, so we're halfway through the series and I have the impression that what has happened so far is not even half as intense as what is coming. I'm looking forward to the second half of this drama. And we'll see how much time I can resist being (more or less) on schedule. This week I gave in to temptation and I'm an episode ahead but here comes into play Joy of Life.

A little more than a week ago, after seeing more and more mentions of Joy of Life Season 2 on my feed in fedi and also seeing it as a suggestion on Viki, I decided to start watching Joy of Life. It piqued my curiosity enough to continue watching it and as of today I have seen 19 episodes. I like Fan Xian and I want to know what's going on. Honestly, I wasn't planning to start watching another long drama, but here I am, and I'll probably finish watching the first season before I finish NiF. Then I can watch Joy of Life Season 2. And now there are tentative plans to watch NiF 2 when we're done with NiF.

Something I've noticed is that now the 40-45 minute episodes don't seem so long to me now. I've also noticed that I really enjoy the action sequences, the fights are so fun to watch. Before, I always preferred short shows and short episodes, and that's one of the reasons I enjoy watching japanese and korean BLs, but watching Cdramas has been a good way to learn patience and enjoy the journey, and also appreciate the fact that there's enought time to tell different kind of stories. This process has been almost parallel to me starting my danmei journey too and I've noticed most of the novels are longer than the average book I'm used to, so it makes sense that the adaptations are long too.

And, speaking about cnovels, I started reading Global Examination yesterday in the bus, so we'll see how it goes.