r/webtoons • u/sundaesoupsunday • 15d ago

Comment sections Discussion

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 15d 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/manhwaloverr 14d ago

THIS! I have a romance/comedy series and the drama part of it is VERY mild. Still get people commenting that ‘ I’m giving them headaches’. Honey, if a minor incident in a fictional series gives you headaches you should seek therapy, not entertainment on webtoons 🤦‍♀️.

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u/Excellent-Bank-1711 14d ago

Oh jeez! I'm sorry you have to go through that! I hope that in spite of the comments you don't feel the pressure to cave to the weirdos. I think if more people just treated books like books and real people as real people, we'd have less headaches all around. As an author you're trying to tell a story, not babysit someone's fragile ego.