Cliffhangers

[elfinblaze]

You might want to read this post if LJ's "outboundlink.me" bugs you, or if, like me, you have a nine year old computer that gets ridiculously slow trying to handle that script.

And no, I haven't watched the newest Doctor Who episode yet; I'm going to wait until I have next week's one. That's how much I loathe cliffhangers.

Also, I tend to forget episodes that end in cliffhangers. The thing is, I like to think things over when I get to the end of a piece, but with a cliffhanger there's no closure, it just stops. It leaves me going: "Okay then. What now?" and then I wander off to find something else to do, rather than sitting and thinking about it, becuase in my mind, the story isn't finished yet!

So when I don't think something over afterwards I tend to forget it very quickly. Hence, me forgetting entire episodes/pieces that end without resolution. The problem then is that the next expisode screens and I am completely lost because I can't remember what happened in the previous one, so I lose half the story.

I have the same problem with WIPs that end chapters in cliffhangers.

Does anyone else have this problem? I know I can't be the only one.

Anyway, I've learnt to avoid falling prey to cliffhanger endings, to the point where I sometimes won't even watch the last episode of a TV season until the next season, because too often seasons end in cliffhangers. I would rather have the whole story at once so I can degest it in peace in the end.

Thus, no Doctor Who for me this week.

Comments

[miryai.livejournal.com]

Are we talking about the same Dr Who episode? (i.e. the one that aired on ABC on Sunday night?) Cause I didn't see any cliff-hangers, bar the tie into next week's episode. :)

[elfinblaze.livejournal.com]

No, I meant episode 4. Episodes 4 and 5 are one long story. As will be episodes 8 and 9, and episodes 12 and 13, at least according to Wikipaedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_serials).

[miryai.livejournal.com]

k. That makes more sense. :)

[elfinblaze.livejournal.com]

Sorry for confusing you. I probably should have specified in the post which episode I meant.