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Lowk i need to drop this rn bcos i really been having this on my mind for days since i'm rereading WMMAP

I'm HCing BOTH Athy and Claude as Aroace

+ i also hc Claude to suffer from ASPD as well too

+ the panel that made me hc Athy as aroace

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POST CONTAINS SENSITIVE TOPICS SUCH AS TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT, OVERWORKING, CHILD LOSS/MISCARRIAGE AND DEATH

Let me preface my thoughts by saying that I feel like a lot of people within this community doesn't respect the artists behind their favorite works.

As of recently, it's been announced that Spoon, artist behind the Forgotten Field and Who Made Me A Princess will be taking a hiatus on July 1st and then followed up by a release schedule of one episode weekly for three weeks and one week of break for them.

After this announcement, many voiced their dissatisfaction over this, saying that this is annoying and comparing to the release schedule of Under the Oak Tree which is still releasing after six years of serialization.

Now i understand certain point of views, perhaps some of these are fans of Spoon from WMMAP and underwent the long wait for them to release the side stories and now seeing that the artist is going on a hiatus, it gives them a sense of uncertainty if they will ever see more of Spoon's works in the near future.

But most, especially one who believes manhwa artists are 'privileged' for taking a hiatus, need to be reminded that artists are still humans at their core. Art takes time to create. And we have to take note that this industry is not only challenging but practically life threatening.

One of the more known cases of overworking during production has to be Juniljus, the artist behind Roxana/The Way to Protect the Female Lead's Older Brother

Juniljus was overworked by Kakao (allegedly?) to the point of suffering a miscarriage. This caused her to announce an indefinite hiatus on Roxana and she hasn't updated on any social medias since 2022

I hope Juniljus continues her journey through healing and continue putting her wellbeing above all else going forward on.

This entire situation could be read on this reddit post

OR

You could head down over to Juniljus's twitter page and read her statement regarding the situation

Another huge case within the opposite of this industry is DUBU of Solo Leveling

Now this is just speculation, take this with a grain of salt, i am only quoting what others have said and i might be wrong so i apologize in advance and willing to take anyone who's knowledgeable in this situation to give a better perspective on this

But in 2022, DUBU otherwise known as Jang Sungrak died to a long time chronic illness. Some fans and individuals within the industry speculate that this was due to poor working conditions during the serialization of Solo Leveling especially with how many long time fans would joke on how many times the artist took break from working on his manhwa.

And there could be more that remain unreported.

CONCLUSION

Though it is disheartening having to wait for a indefinite time for beloved stories to be told in a form of media accessible (trust me i've lived through waiting a long time for Under the Green Light : In Dreams to return). It has to be taken in account that artists are still humans that have limits to their own bodies.

No, they are not 'privileged' for taking hiatus, they are humans who has set their boundaries. They are humans who are risking losing their job, livelihood and months or years of work simply for prioritizing their health above all else.

No matter what, nothing takes precedence over human life.

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Slight spoiler warning for who made me a princess

I'm crine son why are they just standing there

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ANOTHER ONE OF MY PET PEEVES IN MANHWA

Part 2 of this maybe i'll make more bcos i am so happy so many people agreed on my last pet peeve post

Ok for this one this is specific but i also don't have examples of this but it's whenever the ML becomes a father by the end of manhwa and if he has a son, he would start treating the kid like he's a love rival for FL's love and would get jealous if FL shows the son more attention

I don't really have any examples for this because so far all the rofan manhwas i've read have their MLs become good dads or they would just have daughters but this is just based of novel leaks I've heard

I think Heinrey from Remarried Empress did this with his son in the novel

And from How to Get My Husband on My Side/How to Win My Husband Over, i think Izek fought with his son Aloysha for Ruby's attention and affection (grown ass man wtf r u doing)

I heard originally this is how Dylan from Taming of The Tyrant treated his son too in the novel, not sure if it's changed for the manhwa (i only read the manhwa)

(Since i don't have example picture i'll just throw in a random reaction pic)

If i'm wrong abt the novel spoilers pls do tell me and if you have any examples of this trope feel free to talk about it here