#tbf i started the reread like 4 years ago

[atopvisenyashill]

if cat takes tyrion to riverrun instead of the vale do we think that changes much

[sweettsubaki]

DnA Reviews/liveblog

Hi !

Because I am trash and haven’t been able to load season 2 of DnA on my computer in like…3 months (at this point I’ve decided it hates me…. I couldn’t finish it when it came out and I still can’t watch it now that I’m trying again wtf), I decided I’m gonna reread the series instead. If anyone’s interested, know I’ll start tomorrow.

Now, I stopped it two or three years ago (I was happier just reading DnB!! to be honest, DnA got very frustrating at that point and I just kept wanting to hit the characters all the time hjsbvzvqkqib). I caught up recently but honestly I skim read it to see if it was as frustrating as it was when I stopped. From what I gathered some things got better, others didn’t. So I decided that instead of playing a guessing game I was just gonna rewatch the series but then season 2 got in my way again [insert the “Old Man Yells at Clouds” Meme here], so I’m gonna reread everything and try to give small daily reviews at the end of every few chapters (2 to 4 most likely) and maybe a more thorough one after specific arcs? As suggested by the titles, it’ll look more like a liveblog than a review kinda like my One Piece and Young Justice posts. (I know I’ll relatively enjoy Act I, it’s Act II that scares me ‘cause I’m the type who can’t enjoy fanservice if the rest doesn’t follow up and that was my issue when I stopped).

So I’ll try to post one a day but… I’ll be honest there’s a 30-60% chance I’ll forget the reviewing and keep on reading… and because of my mix of classes and work I might not get to read for a full week here and there (unless I’m full on procrastinating in which case I might do more).

Things got a bit personal so I’m putting them under a read more. It’s just a bit of a disclaimer to explain why I might stop during Act II again so if you’re not interested you can pass it. I thought about deleting this but it is a fairly important part of my motivations behind the reread/reviewing so I thought I might as well keep it. I haven’t decided on the tag yet but it’s most likely gonna be DnA: Review with a side tag like DnA Act I: Review.

I’ll be honest, I’m doing this now because I’m too tired to be frustrated by writing tropes I dislike and I’m hoping it’ll get me into act II more easily because the reason I had to stop DnA was because my frustration impacted my mental and physical health and I don’t want it to happen again because characters like Eijun are a balm for the soul (that’s how bad it got, yes).

So if it goes anywhere near close, I’ll stop again. Now I’m in a way better state than I was at the time despite being basically a ball of exhaustion, so there’s no real risk but… I really love the characters, it’s rare that I get so emotionally involved with a story to its core and because of this DnA represents something special in my life. I even started to ship naturally - ok it’s like only one important ship but I usually get invested after thinking, reasoning, understanding and I am not an emotional person by Nature. Getting frustrated by tropes I dislike is nothing new but not to the point of impacting my health even when I was dealing with the full swing of my depression (though tbf, fiction has always been a way to help me emote bc I suck at it irl…like…I can reach Miyuki’s level type of sucking at emotions and depression is… yeah not gonna go there). So it’s kind of uncharted territories.

I decided to do the review thing because it will help me notice if things go too far and, if I do stop I’ll be able to analyse it later. And I thought sharing with others might be fun.

All this to give you a heads up Act II will probably have me frustrated but if it goes out of hand because of my emotional involvement I will stop.