Interest gauging: episode-by-episode thing with screencaps and maybe icons?

[extrapenguin]

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So, I've been going through the episodes again for purposes of my dramatis personae thingy, and I've been making notes and screencapping as I go (I'm currently at ep 6). Then I got the idea that maybe I should make icons out of the 20ish-screencaps-per-episode – smallish themed packs! And maybe give the "raws" to the world so that people can use them as they wish! And hey, I'm already making notes on stuff like expressions and what people say, perhaps I should include those as well, and-

Well. I suppose it would be a watchalong thing. Do any of the things mentioned above excite interest in people? Here's some example screencaps; I've generally tried to go for interesting composition or team shots/people interacting over shot #10250345 of Shen Wei Pines Sadly. (Well, after I got enough shots of Shen Wei pining sadly. But surely we all have enough icons of Shen Wei Pining Sadly available for our needs?)

Poll #21384 Interested?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20

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Would you be interested in this?

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Yes
18 (90.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

With caveats
2 (10.0%)

What things would you like?

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Screencaps
18 (90.0%)

Episode-themed icons
11 (55.0%)

Discussion of what happens in the episode
18 (90.0%)

Discussion of characterization during episode
18 (90.0%)

Other – I will tell in the comments
1 (5.0%)

Comments

[jo_lasalle]

I think an episode-by-episode post series could be a lot of fun! I was staying away from anything in the fandom for fear of spoilers when I was watching for the first time and so there wasn't much online / fandom by-episode stuff for me.

I'd personally like a somewhat predictable schedule so I'd know what's up when and can do my research. *g*

Is my vote!

ETA:
"Other - I will tell in the comments": a Zhao Yunlan Cool Jacket Watch

[asya_ana]

I would definitely follow and enjoy. Always happy to see more Guardian meta :D I probably would avoid eps I haven't seen yet, but I would save those posts for enjoying later!

And as a side note, these kinds of things can end up creating some pressure for the poster to continue even if you're not feeling it anymore, so I would just say that although I would LOVE this, I'm also happy with as much or as often as you have time for :D

Is there EVER enough pining!Shen Wei??? Actual question.

[yantantether]

This would be really fun! And would encourage me to rewatch more consistently - I tend just to rewatch bits when I'm thinking of writing fic set around that point, so my memory of overall canon can get a bit confused.

[trobadora]

This sounds like fun!

(Am I the only one who really isn't into Shen Wei pining sadly? I mostly tend to find pining boring, unless it's "quietly pining while busy with other things, and not really spending much time dwelling on it" ...)

[schneefink]

I would be interested in all of this, though I'm not sure how much I could/would participate in discussions.

[kurosakiami01]

I love this idea!! Yes, I'm all for it. And my "other" is actually all of the above :P (I... didn't try to see if I could select more than one. I'm sorry if that was something I could do hahaha.)

[no_detective]

this is an excellent idea, as i've just finished a rewatch but - like a kid at a roller coaster - i wanna go again! :D there's so much that happens, nevermind the tons of subtext, so it would be really cool to do individual ep breakdowns.

p.s. it might also be useful to keep track of content that might need trigger warnings in episodes; i've tried noting some of it bc i want to recommend the show responsibly to friends, but the eps do tend to blend together.

[teaotter]

I'd love to have a place for discussing episodes!

[tinny]

If you make the episode-themed icons a battle, I'd be very much up for that!

[china_shop]

I'm allergic to actor talk and talk of actor performance (like, I do not want to know whether certain scenes were improvised, or have my attention drawn to how well something is acted, or even really any mention of the actors, because it disrupts my suspension of disbelief, though weirdly I'm fine with talk about writers' intent and narrative causality and the like), so if that ends up being a thing in the discussion (which it probably will, because fandom), I probably won't participate. But I'll be cheering on your posts from afar! *\o/*