There is a limit where inspiration ruins your work. Unfortunately that line was crossed here. It's up to a point where the leads action make no sense while trying to imitate the inspiration. I really want to explain instead of just saying things but this is going to get complicated. man. So for people who don't know - Who made me a princess is the main inspiration for this. And if you have read it prior to this story you need to be kind of blind to miss the heavy similarities. I don't really care for inspiration, but the thing is I just feel like I'm reading a version of WMMAP from the point of view of a person who didn't get WMMAP. The thing is all of the point used here are made poorly, taking everything out of context and ruining it for this storyyyyyyyy :'( For example, the meeting! In WMMAP the emperor is frightening for all of the chapters prior to their introduction. We know for a *fact* that he, in the past, was capable to murder his own child - the FL makes this very clear. Here, however, there is not enough place designated to this bit of the plot. It's very clear he is going to be in the gray area morally, which makes him not terrifying at all. We know his decision to kill the FL will most likely won't be influenced by their meeting. In WMMAP their first meetings were tests that detainment whenever the FL will survive or not. You can't beat that intensity with mr-I-love-my-son. Also the way the lead chose to act with her father - in WMMAP the FL used the information she had to understand how she is supposed to act in order to survive. Here it was just off and kind of unnecessary. Also I can't forgive them for pretty much re-drawing one of the best panels from WMMAP but totally misusing it. Anyway I can keep on talking about it for days cause there were a lot of problems that evolved from this, but I wont cause obviously, this is a new artist. I hope to see them evolve. Maybe I'll get back here in the future and this story will grow and change to something else<': amen
There is a limit where inspiration ruins your work. Unfortunately that line was crossed here. It's up to a point where the leads action make no sense while trying to imitate the inspiration.
I really want to explain instead of just saying things but this is going to get complicated. man.
So for people who don't know - Who made me a princess is the main inspiration for this. And if you have read it prior to this story you need to be kind of blind to miss the heavy similarities.
I don't really care for inspiration, but the thing is I just feel like I'm reading a version of WMMAP from the point of view of a person who didn't get WMMAP. The thing is all of the point used here are made poorly, taking everything out of context and ruining it for this storyyyyyyyy :'(
For example, the meeting! In WMMAP the emperor is frightening for all of the chapters prior to their introduction. We know for a *fact* that he, in the past, was capable to murder his own child - the FL makes this very clear. Here, however, there is not enough place designated to this bit of the plot. It's very clear he is going to be in the gray area morally, which makes him not terrifying at all. We know his decision to kill the FL will most likely won't be influenced by their meeting. In WMMAP their first meetings were tests that detainment whenever the FL will survive or not. You can't beat that intensity with mr-I-love-my-son. Also the way the lead chose to act with her father - in WMMAP the FL used the information she had to understand how she is supposed to act in order to survive. Here it was just off and kind of unnecessary.
Also I can't forgive them for pretty much re-drawing one of the best panels from WMMAP but totally misusing it.
Anyway I can keep on talking about it for days cause there were a lot of problems that evolved from this, but I wont cause obviously, this is a new artist. I hope to see them evolve. Maybe I'll get back here in the future and this story will grow and change to something else<': amen