Thread by @pompomchan7

Okay, people are gonna be mad at me but :

#POTN #PainterOfTheNight

People have to realise published work and fanfiction culture is poles apart. In fandom, you can say "don't like, don't read" and "unwanted criticism not welcome" and most people will respect that. >>

Because it's a tiny specific amount of people who love the author and/or their works or the ship. When it's such a Tony number, you can understand there won't be much room for so called antis/haters/critics.

For ex : I'm an author of smol fandoms. I barely get 100 hits >>

per work, but that also means I don't encounter as many antis or critics who drop unwanted criticism on me or cuss me out.

If I were a big account, it'd be different.

Similarly, we can say that if you are popular and/or write published works with big followings, you'll have >

more fans but also more haters. The more subjects you have in an experiment, the more your chances for error will occur.

Here, BD is a fairly big published author who has great drawing and writing skills. But did they suddenly drop the last chapter of season 3 too hastily? >

Yes. But that's my opinion. BD themself probably knows that critics are inevitable in their line of work. They are not a fanfiction author (I'm not saying fanfic writers are not writers, but let's be real here, we are not massively recognised published authors either). >>

What does this mean? BD-nim made a choice with the last episode of POTN and knew perfectly well that criticism WILL come. There will be both good and bad reviews.

So I'm infinitely surprised to see fans say that if people want to criticise POTN, they should drop the manhwa >>

altogether. How is that even logical? This is not fanfic fandom we are in. We are part of a major fandom with significant reach and popularity. If the author themself knows that criticism is inevitable (whether they welcome it or not, I'm not aware), how can we as fans decide >>

who should read & review and who should not? It's infinitely childish to say that don't criticise the work of you read it. Good things only happen when you take criticism.

I'm not saying all criticism is great. There are assholes who will straight up cuss an author out >>

for writing something. Those are not good people. But what's wrong in voicing your opinion by saying that you didn't like how the story was handled and therefore you'll drop it? How is that in any way bad for the author? If a massive amount of readers say that, then the author >>

must realise that they are going wrong somewhere. It's not about just the fans of a particular ship either, as most of these hardcore fans are suggesting. Just because you like a side character doesnt mean you don't deserve to voice your opinions on the said character's arc. >

If that's the case then the author shouldn't have introduced the character in the first place. When you write a story, you should know best when and how to progress it. If you're easily swayed by fans or haters, and therefore change something drastically, then what does that >>

say about you? As a writer, you have to listen to people's opinions but you also have to write the story how YOU envision it. This was BD-nim's choice for the season 3 end. But that doesn't mean that their fans (yes, fans, because they're allowed to criticize something too) >>

have to accept this end wholeheartedly. Yes, they should definitely be respectful of this choice and civil while laying forth their opinions, but just because they are fans doesn't mean they do not have the right to object to something they feel was not done right.

Anyhow rant over. I'm just waiting for people to unfollow me now lmao. Cheers.

P.S. : Opinions are all mine.

#PainterOfTheNight

P.P.S : No I'm not a Jihwa fan. Just for the record. And I also absolutely detest Min, but as a writer myself, i felt his end was too hasty and badly handled if the whole of the season was spent developing his arc.