When not to give up

Last month I signed up for a DMBJ Small-Medium Ship exchange. Without going into any details (because it's a secret) I was assigned pretty much the perfect recipient whose interests align with mine perfectly. I started writing pretty much immediately.

I was a good chunk of the way through when I realised something wasn't quite right with the fic. I was happy with the overall concept but it just wasn't clicking with me. I could have started over and tried to figure it out but I pushed through until I had a completed first draft.

Now I'm going through and 'editing' it, but which I mean I have more or less completely re-written the start of it and it's SO MUCH BETTER NOW. I think pushing through to the end of the first draft was a good idea because now I know where the characters need to be at the end.

Normally I'd feel sad about scrapping so many words that I spent time on, but it's definitely the right thing to do. I feel so much better about this fic now.

Anyone else scrapped big chunks of writing and felt good about it?

TV Shows Watched 2022

1. Hawkeye - Started this last year but finished it last week because I was watching it with Jacqui so we left the last episode until we were both back from the holidays. It was fun. A nice mesh of the Fraction comics and the MCU version of Clint. Kate was awesome.
2. The Witcher Season 2 - Despite the fact I could barely remember anything that happened in season 1 I still very much enjoyed this. Jaskier continues to be a delight. Henry Cavill's arms, also delightful.
3. Tale of the Nine-Tailed - I loved this! Full of Korean mythology and folklore, an excellent female lead, and a side character I got very attached to. I didn't think I was overly emotionally invested and then I bawled through the finale. So good.
4. Kieta Hatsukoi (My Love Mix-Up) - This was adorable. It was very silly, and a lot of the drama could have been avoided if the characters had just talked to each other, but I haven't watched a bl drama in ages and overall it was very sweet.
5. You Make Me Dance - Short but very sweet. I really enjoyed it.
6. Wandavision - I have kind of fallen out with Marvel over recent years so aside from Hawkeye I haven't felt any real urge to watch any of the live action shows. My housemate suggested we watch this, though, and even thought she'd already seen it she watched it with it. It was good! I enjoyed it. I do love Paul Bettany and it was nice to see his actual face for a few episodes rather than the prosthetics.
7. Street Dance of China Season 4 - This actually finished last year and we've been waited ages for the final episode to be subbed but apparently they just aren't doing that. They partially subbed 2/3 of the finale (just the captains' comments) and didn't bother with the final 1/3 at all. So, we muddled through and tried our best to figure out what was happening. It's fun, I do enjoy watching all the dancing and you do end up getting attached to some of the contestants.
8. Falcon and the Winter Solider - I absolutely loved this! It's my favourite of all the live action MCU shows that we've watched so far. It had a bunch of great characters, great characters, interesting plots. Loved it. They managed to cram a lot into 6 episodes and it was excellent!
9. My Roommate is a Detective - I enjoyed this. It took me a little while to warm up to the characters and the ending wasn't quite what I wanted but overall a good and fun show
10. Color Rush - This was a really interesting idea (some people can only see in black and white until they meet their 'probe' which is a person that lets them see colour). They really needed a lot more time than 8 15 minute episode. They skimmed over a lot of the world building and left a few plothole. I did enjoy it, I just wanted a lot more of it.
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29. Under the Skin - Really enjoyed this! Haven't watched a c-drama in a while and this was a good one. The two leads were great and the supporting characters were fun too. It managed to make some of the nonsense about how they solved crime sound credible, and I learned a lot about art along the way.