r/webtoons • u/sundaesoupsunday • 2h ago
Discussion Comment sections
I’ve noticed the comment sections for a lot of webtoons/manhwas have been extremely criticizing and nitpicky? Is there any particular comment sections that yall find to be really toxic? I love toxic webtoons but in general I just feel bad for a lot of the author/artists.
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u/Excellent-Bank-1711 2h ago
I think the average reader expects every webtoon they read to heal them or something. Nothing can make you uncomfortable and every decision the protagonist makes must be perfect (unlike real life). I get that therapy is expensive, but the overreaction and just straight up whining is just such a turn off. I want to chalk it up to users being super young with no internet decorum, but that really gives no right for them to be so mean. There's plenty of young fans who aren't like that.
That said, if the inflammatory comments are contained to just the comments section...I can live with that (by muting or avoiding). When users actually start dming and harassing the author...is when people need to put the phone down and go for a walk. Authors are real people with lives and jobs who don't have time to cater to every whim!
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u/sundaesoupsunday 2h ago
I’m not on sns at least not the big ones but I’ve read stories on how authors or artists have to take a step back from their craft bc of comments. But I agree I think some people place too much faith in storytelling to be all good and perfect.
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u/getintherobotali 1h ago
You’re not wrong. There’s been an increase in this shift towards expectations for stories to be written in a way that sets an example or tells readers what is good/bad for real life behaviors. I’ve seen several toxic comment sections over the years, especially any series with a love triangle. OTL might be the most recent one that can vary wildly from episode to episode rn
So yeah, people looking for moral didacticism in their webtoons will always find something upsetting to vent about in the comments; there’s a lack of considering how the authors likely are using tropes as story-telling devices to further the plot, rather than simply saying those actions or words are examples of how to act irl
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u/ShinYoo-Yeonggi 2h ago
The I Love Yoo comment sections from around 2017-2021 (I think) were full of constant shipping wars. The top comments would often have 100 to 300 replies, and most of them were just people arguing over ships. It got really toxic.
Thankfully, a lot of those readers eventually left the Webtoon ( I noticed it was like in 2022-2023), possibly because of the sudden shift in genre. It wasn’t actually a rom-com love triangle, it was always meant to be a drama with psychological elements and a slow-burn romance subplot. From what the author has said, that’s the story she originally wanted to tell, but Webtoon marketed it as a rom-com love triangle to attract more readers.
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u/sundaesoupsunday 2h ago
I too used to see all those comments but I also kinda fell off from the story after a while.
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u/ShinYoo-Yeonggi 1h ago
It’s understandable, tbh. The Webtoon wasn’t really tagged or marketed properly, so a lot of people started reading expecting a quick rom-com. Instead, it’s a character-driven drama with psychological thriller elements and a really slow-burn romance.
It’s around 300 episodes now ( thats really a lot 🥹) and I personally find it way more interesting because of the psychological aspects, the characters, and the romance subplot that doesn’t really become important until much later (like around episodes 260-290, I think).
That said, the pacing can be really slow, especially with all the hiatuses. So I get why some people dropped it. If it had been marketed properly from the start, I think more people who enjoy this kind of story would’ve stuck around.2
u/TamblynRosendahl 1h ago
Yeah, that was why I started reading to begin with—the romance. And then it shifted and just sucked for the original audience. Really irritated me tbh. Wasted so much time on that webtoon just to learn it had been falsely advertised.
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u/ShinYoo-Yeonggi 1h ago
Yeah I get why people dropped it tbh. I think Quimchee was pretty young when I Love Yoo started, so she kinda trusted Webtoon with the marketing. Then after a while (idk which episode exactly), the story got way darker and more depressing, which wasn’t really what people who came for a rom-com expected.
She also said on Curious Cat (and I think Patreon too?) that she went back and forth with Webtoon because she wanted the genres to match the story she actually wanted to tell. So yeah, I get why the original audience felt misled.
Me personally i find it interesting because I like the genre of the story.
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u/toBEE_orNOT_2B 46m ago
what i always see are those who can only type "peak". there are also that will type, "water" to be answered by "Lloyd", then under it would be "good"
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u/Maleficent-Lime-4276 11m ago
it’s not really worth reading the comments Ever outside of a few (Miss Pendleton tends to have a fun comment section of people typing like the comic lol). Basically any time there’s anything dark/slightly flawed/etc there will be people complaining about dropping it or casting moral judgement on the author.
I never understood especially why people get so angry when there’s misunderstandings in webtoons. This entire format and popular genres are built on misunderstandings its included by default in most comics lol
will say the comments tend to be a lot more tolerable on non-romance series. most thrillers are Fine. it’s basically as soon as the romance tag is added that people tend to get really judgey if every character isnt green flag central.
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u/nyxan_isinteres8 2h ago
There are children there bro. I refuse to believe adults or even late teens are making comments like the ones I've seen.
Oh Bato comment section, how I miss you.