At first, I didn't get what you're talking about then I read the comments. Ooof, it was something...I wish people didn't spend their time and energy on something they have problems with. I used to do the same thing when I was younger, but I stopped doing that because I realized I would rather read something that I actually enjoy and doesn't irritate me.
You can critique something you love because you want it and the people behind it to succeed however those who don't have love towards it can have a habit of finishing things even when you don't like it or start to dislike it. Even if you spend your time on it better to walk than let those negative emotions fester in you.
Also, I think some people also forget writers (actually people within entertainment, really) are human, too. Get too comfortable with insulting and threatening them as if they have no emotions and feelings of their own. (This isn't directly to this is just something I've been thinking about lately) As long as it doesn't hurt real people then let people write what they want, there is something bad about a repressed person. I used to write some horrific dark-ass things (that cringe thinking about) as a teen and my creative teacher even restricted us from anything. It did help my depressed bullied ass.
And saying that "I have my freedom of speech" or something, "so I have a freedom to say what I want that I find troubling". (?)
How about "you have a freedom of decision-making and one is to walk away from the things that exhaust your mental fortitude and emotional stability"?
Why not choose the latter and stop exhausting yourself over something you completely dislike then blame it altogether to another individual who was just making her art alive and be appreciated by those people who actually resonate with them.
You not only put your mind in peace, you also treated another human being the respect they deserve, and that is actually a plus points to your humane credits. Like, really. That's not so hard at all, is it?
(P. S. Thank you for sharing your childhood <3. I, too, am doodler myself, lol. In my journal. XD)
I meant to say my creative writing teacher didn't restrict us, he even encourage it.
The comments hating the "concept" of this manhwa after all this time...
I'd like to write a whole essay to retaliate, but figured it'll just be a total waste of time, explaining every detail of the story, when we all read the same thing.
If you aren't in-depth readers who can't read between the lines or the nuances, empathize with each characters POV, yet had the balls to say it's problematic, it's technically a you-problem.
I for one, will go over it again and again to figure the things I can't understand. Fill the gaps I may have missed. Think outside of "my" box if it seems I can't meet with the "author's" and the context they want to convey.
If I still can't figure what they wanted to say in their art, I drop it wholly and don't look back. Leaving no spit towards the author's work which I, myself, can't comprehend.
It's easy to admit you know, if you can't understand a concept. What I don't understand is that, why do you stalk something that you already find hateful in the beginning, yet at the of the day, complain when you're already bias of it being trash? Where's the justice in that?
Anyway, I might be just as bias, cause I'm hating that I'm reading bad comments towards this work of art that I find to be one of my favorites. Tit for a tat, maybe?