Kate

Well, since I started using on hold for completed shows and variety shows I am watching, I simply cannot put them on hold. Now, I usually add note to the dropped show, with the reason I dropped it. If it was just "not in the mood" etc, I usually am more excited to pick them up again.

I don't mind watching these 3 episodes of the shows I disliked and dropped (even if I still end up dropping them). With how easily I drop shows, making sure the ones on the list are actually not for me gives me peace of mind hahaha + ranting about them as I watch the 3 episodes is quite entertaining too hahaha

In the past I set myself a number of episodes I have to watch before dropping too. At some point I just stopped caring tho.

oh! I actually did not like first episode of Healer too. Not the best opening for a drama for sure.

Sometimes, watching a show with other people make is "better": either coz you are affected by them enjoying it or because you can rant together hahaha

Came across some of these during the project hahaha
Usually watching one episode I have already seen refreshes my memory enough to continue with the plot, but for few dramas I just had no idea what's up and what happened before.

Oh, I liked Goblin a lot but I also feel like I would not like it as much if I watched it now.
I dropped It's okay not to be okay too, for a specific reason aka they started to go into Disney territory of FL getting better with her APD coz of "love" lol

Secret is probably one of the best makjang melo kdramas in the history.
I've rewatched it quite a few times myself :)

Well, if you are not an easy dropped, there is no reason to pick up the dramas you dropped, since there must have been a truly valid reason you dropped them in the first place hahaha this system works more for people like me, who drop shows on a whim hahahaha

thank you hahaha
Not sure how interesting it is, but I've been doing the 2nd chance project for a year now and kind of wanted to share the experience hahaha

I mean, you can always drop a show but add a not to it "come back to it later" or something. I did it with few shows, to know these ones were dropped not because they are bad, but because I was simply not in the mood for them :)

I did not try Eternal Love yet, but it is on my ptw hahaha We'll see how it goes for me.
But yeah, I dropped NiF twice and I cannot see myself giving it 3rd chance ever. I lot of people who LOVE this drama love ML, while I truly disliked him. So suffering for more episodes makes no sense for me hahahaha

In the past I was putting dramas on hold too, for future revisit. But since I now use "on hold" list differently, I only can drop shows hahaha

For the "picking dramas"... that depends. First of all, even if I am not in the mood, I quickly get in the mood if I start episode and that helps a lot. I always try to keep up with airing dramas I am watching - new episode, watch as soon as possible.

For the dramas from my ptw lists, I made custom lists for each country. Usually I think what country I want to watch, then scroll through the list - if something catches my attention, I go with that. If not - random number generate next drama hahaha

Well, 114 is not even that many. It's because it took me years to finally start dropping shows in the first place hahahha

I actually really liked first 8 episodes of NiF, but after that I slowly started losing interested and even started to get frustrated hahaha Got to episode 20, coz everyone told me that's the "turning point" lol

Nobody Knows is actually one of the shows I dropped hahaha BUT I dropped it coz I was just not in the mood and I'm for sure on the "excided" side to pick it up again at some point.

It was really dark and emotionally exhausting tho.

Not a problem. I mean, everyone can adjust the rules for themselves. I did what works for me :)

No, it actually is impulsive. If I drop a show 8 minutes in episode 1 just coz I don't feel it, it's definition of being impulsive hahaha

There are some dramas I dropped and will not include in my 2nd chance project (for example if in the cast there is an actor accused of SA etc), but most dramas I dropped on a whim without any specific reason. "insulting you with propaganda, sexist character, laziness and so son" are not the reason I drop dramas most of the time.

Like Project S: Skate Our Souls which I named in the article: dropped it coz at the time I watched it the first time, it was too much for me, after picking it up again it became one of my favorite dramas I have seen in 2020.

If someone drops dramas for specific reason (be it sexist character, poorly written story, any type of triggers) then yeah, not picking them up makes sense. For me it's "nah, I don't feel it at the moment" or "damn I watch to many dramas atm, need to drop some titles".

You won't even know when your dropped list will start to grow hahaha it started with just few dramas for me too hahaha

For me, even the dramas I disliked coz of the plot and characters are big question mark, coz my taste changed a lot. Things I disliked in the past I like now.

I feel you with SKY Castle tho. I had similar "problem" with Save Me. Was on hold for me for 2 years coz it was too intense and I was just getting too angry while watching.

Well, they had Vincenzo with actor who cannot speaking Italian speaking Italian, many people made fun of it. Pretty sure ALL dramas has doubles: for fighting scenes, cooking scenes, and at times dancing. Not only that, in When the Devil Calls Your Name the main actress who acted as singer-song writer did not sing any of the song, and her voice was dubbed for the performances.

At the end of the day, for me, it's better to cast an actor who does not have well trained skill but fits the character, than having someone who slay in said skill, but his performance in portraying the character does not fit. I did not mind the double for Navillera, they filmed it quite well with the limits that the set and skills of the actor set.

Oh, I drop currently airing dramas far more than completed ones, but that's because overall I watch more currently airing ones.

I had a need to give a drama fair chance with few episodes in the past, but now I can give up even few minutes in first episode.

But I kind of understand why you would drop completed dramas more often if we think about the spacing episode up a bit in time :)