Always The Writer, Never The Reader.

Always the writer, never the reader.

Look at this man. 𝑆𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠〜 (●´□`)♡

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Mother is mothering alright.

mother

Friend: "Hey you read a lot right? Do you also read poems?"

Me: "...uh... sometimes, why...?"

Friend: "Cool! What sort of poetry do you read? Can you recommend some?"

The poetry I read:

'Kenjaku went up and down so Yuuji could go left and right.'

'Kenjaku gripped the sheets so Yuuji could be a beast on the streets.'

'Kenjaku took the white splash so Yuuji could hit the black flash.'

'Kenjaku tightened the hole so Yuuji could hit Mahito's soul.'

'Kenjaku rode so Yuuji could be the GOAT.'

'Kenjaku went to pound town so Yuuji could pound curses to the ground.'

'Kenjaku drained the pipe so Yuuji could hit left right goodnight.'

'Kenjaku bounced so Yuuji could pounce.'

'Kenjaku schemed and (s)creamed so Yuuji could jump his enemies.'

... ... ...

Friend: *expectant stare*

Me: "......"

"...you know 'Twinkle twinkle little star'?"

I-I...FINE! Now I gotta stop procrastinating and go fucking study I guess (￢‸￢)

You

you specifically who's seeing this

Y O U

I KNOW UOU SEE THIS

you know what you did

THANK YOU! THIS! THIS is what I've been talking about! Like, there can be over 100 million views and ten million likes on webtoon but outside of the app? It's like looking for a needle in a haystack except the haystack is the size of all the oceans combined and the needle is of a microscopic level.

Literally insane to me how small the general webtoon fandom is outside of the webtoon app itself (and maybe reddit??)

I've talked to multiple people irl who LOVE reading webtoon, but the online community is borderline threadbare ! Most people on Tumblr have no IDEA who our blorbos are! I've checked tags for some fairly popular webtoon and it was like visiting that Tatooine town in the Mandalorian where there are 5 citizens total, but only if you also count the Mayor, the sheriff, and the deputy.

Lore Olympus is the most popular webtoon and has under 2,000 fics on AO3. Lookism has roughly 1,000. Unordinary, THEE legacy webtoon, only has 600, and it's been running for almost 7 years now. It has nearly 6M subscribers and still gets 50K+ likes each week. It's not dead by any means.

I guess it doesn't help that each webtoon is its own micro ecosystem and once a webtoon ends, that ecosystem typically fades with it. But webtoons can go on runs longer than most shows on streaming services, and those fandoms burn hot and bright even if only for the first month of a new season drop.

By comparison, webtoon fans are largely casual about their enthusiasm, even if they're highly invested in the story or characters. From my experience, only the most passionate try to connect with other fans online. But when you're passionate about one webtoon, I suppose it's hard to show constant excitement about the 20+ other stories one might keep up with. Still, between the 85 million monthly readers, you'd think each major webtoon would at least have a dedicated fan base (meaning people who regularly post theories, thoughts, fics, and fanart) of mere thousands outside of the app.

One exception for this is that Batman webtoon? It actually trends on Tumblr every now and again. But it doesn't count, because Batman has a built in fandom who'll eat up and yell in the streets about any content where he's a decent dad.

People who read romance webtoon all tend to read the same comics, and actively understand the references to other popular romance comics (Trashta, Team Seojun, SLS), so you'd think there'd be a greater sense of unity. More people actively searching out others to discuss with and posting their thoughts online and not just in that webtoon's comment section.

I mean, C'MON girls!!! Millions of people log into that app like everyday!!! WHERE is the community?? WHERE is the fanart?? WHERE is the fanfic?? WHY does Odd Girl Out only have 7 fanfics?? WHY are there like 2 people on Twitter posting about Weak Hero?? Head in hands fr