True, sometimes authors change their story depending on the fans. Even series.
I remember there was one Korean series that was changed near the end because of the fans. The Director was not comfortable but they have no choice since the Producers wanted the change to cater to the fans.
Yeah, the author said she would rewrite some parts because the fans were not happy. And that her next work will be 100% her story without changing it. The thing is, I really like Painter of the Night. It’s a shame that “fans” didn’t get the essence of the manwha and only complained about the story. I guess it depends on the age of the readers or, anyway, on their maturity.
I look forward to the next chapters to see if the story still feels weird.
Disney effect. They all want the story to be like fukin disney.
If only they knew what happened to slaves or a lord's people in this era, this by far is more softened but nooo.... they still want their disnyish love story. -_-
I always wonder if their own love life or life is like that of disney's too? Or how they cope up with their problems in life? Will they also think its like disney, close their eyes and say kumbaya? Because they so want the stories they read to be always a happy ending, ranting to authors why this and that happens when irl a happy love story is so fukin rare its a million to one.
It also hinders Authors to show their own art which I despised the most!
I agree!
What bothers me the most is that you could see since the first chapters what kind of manwha it was. We saw Seungho killing people without caring, we saw him almost torturing Nakyum when he didn’t want to admit he was the painter. That was the kind of treatment Seungho would have kept showing if he was not interested at all in Nakyum. Because he DID many mistakes. I am not saying rape is a good treatment of course but, as you said, let’s be honest, if this was not about Nakyum, he would have already died long ago. People though expected to see a “loving story”. I think Seungho’s character development was already happening before chapter 70/71, slowly. But it was happening. And now it’s just... kinda ruined? I did expect to see a more caring Seungho but not this early, to be honest. Development is about small things, small moments.
About their life, I think they read mangas to evade from it, maybe. I think most of the people here are kids, if you read the comments it’s all “kyaaa kyaaa”. But I mean, there are SO many other mangas/manwhas with a cute plot, loving couples, etc etc... so why trying to look for that in this work too? What is the rush? It’s like everything they read must be unicorns and rainbows. Maybe I’m just too tired of reading that kind of clichey plot but what is the fun in reading always the same story, maybe in a different era or with different characters ?
I also quote you, I feel sorry for the author who surely thought about working in a certain way and found herself listening to kids complaining about violence in a clearly violent manwha. I was not surprised at all when she said she meant to put a lot more violence here.
I do not think Seungho is suspicious. I think he is serious about the way he acts. But do you know why it feels weird? ‘Cause it’s rushed! It would have been better for the author to keep writing the story as she originally wanted it to progress. Instead people wanted softness and peace so she gave her fans that before going on with the story. Cute chapter, doesn’t really feel in line with the rest of the manga.