AO3 Authors and Manhwagas are the same but one is respected

I'm not sure if it's just me but AO3 authors tend to be really respected to the point where even an ounce of criticism, there will be people that will defend them to the bitter end. On the other hand, a lot of Manhwagas(and even some mangakas) are given a lot of shit and are disregarded majority of the time. Why is that? Because I swear they're the same in my eyes if not AO3 authors are worse but why are they given the upper hand?

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Icy River 30 03,2024

Well. Manhwagas get paid it's their job and they need to keep the quality of their work to earn their pay. Ao3 authors post only because they want to, no money involved so it's only fair people don't expect stellar work and they're way more lax with them. reply

30 03,2024

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