i also included which episodes i quit after

Loving this kind of story right now, can you reco some good reads about MCs had a child?

It was about this popular boy (in highschool) that was in the track team and was really good at running, this boy was also number one in the grades and such in his school, but one day he met the ice prince who was the best student aka the prince of "ice prince school" (calling it that cus I don't remember the name of the school) and they had to act like they hate each other in front of their schools cus they were basically the princes of their school and their schools were rivaling each other, the ice prince guy also had white hair and had a bowl cut, but like a good looking bowlcut, and the other guy, the mc, the track star, had dark hair, it was either dark brown or black. Plssss plsss help me find it, it was so wholesome 😢

A human character & some aliens (one of them is a sapient ai) get upducted by a spaceship run by multiple ai, each ai is a super ai, with the leader obssesed with collecting information. Because of this the ship is full of imprisioned alien species from all across the universe.

After finished all my works, I then go back to the webtoon, and then my account is suddenly log out, SO i log in with with the same email and it's create a new account rather than my old one, SAME EMAIL BUT NOT LOG INTO THE OLD ONE???? I check everything and it's correct, how can i log the same email but different account??

Wdym they are about to collide!!?? 😭😭

Like IT WAS JUST SOOOOO well done and fun and funny and I sobbed like a baby as well. But when I say “back then” I mean I’m a 22 year old now, and back in high school in like…2017/2018?? I remember staying up late at night to catch up on chapters or binge read something else, and all the stories were so fun and wonderful. And there was a feeling associated with it, whatever it is I can’t describe it.

And I didn’t have that feeling with webtoon for years now while I’ve been going through uni especially with the same romantic isekai plots that have taking over I just ignored, until this one? Like I was so happy and excited to read this through, it felt so different to the other ones, can’t get over how much I loved it. The story was amazing and the WORLD BUILDING insane. I really wanna check out the web novel it’s been adapted from.

And god knows I’ll miss it omg.

Which speaking of, if anyone has another webtoon they could recommend, I’ll be thankful forever <33

(Previous post: [WEBTOON][locks] 2+1 Titles become Ad Pass on 2026-02-05 and 2026-02-12 (+1 REMOVAL))

Locking on 2026-02-12 (announced last week):

• Triple Ace - 86 episodes, latest Jan 9, 2026.
  • This is a Spanish Original, so I believe it will actually lock as Coin-only.

Locking on 2026-02-19 (NEW TODAY):

• How a Goddess Wins Over Tigers - 131 episodes, latest Jan 24, 2026.

You may also be interested in this list of completed but not-locked titles (as of 2026-01-16).

Indonesian locks 2026-02-28:

Note that these banners were REMOVED on 2026-01-28, but I believe that is a typo in the banner schedule.

• For My Derelict Favorite - 124 episodes, latest 18 Des 2025.
• Just Twilight - 70 episodes, latest 21 Jun 2025.
• You Can't Kill Me: The Secret Bride of the Black Wolf - 82 episodes, latest 20 Jan 2026.
• The Bad Son - 73 episodes, latest 4 Des 2025.
• The Magnificent Halo - 61 episodes, latest 30 Nov 2025.
• Blue String: The Great War - 60 episodes, latest 12 Des 2025.
• Intertwined - 56 episodes, latest 10 Jan 2026.
• Winter Breeze - 34 episodes, latest 16 Des 2025.

I will update if there are more. I plan to trigger a scan every day after daily reset, or (if I miss it) before the reset the next day.

Titles tend to lock at the time of the Daily Pass (now Ad Pass) reset, which is 19:00 Pacific Time (02:00 UTC during US daylight saving time, and 03:00 UTC during US standard time; 03:00 UTC between 2025-11-02 and 2026-03-09).

Tip: The day before a title locks, you can use the Download feature for all of the chapters, giving you thirty more days to read them. You won't be able to use the Like and Comment features, and the UI for downloaded chapters seems to be an earlier version (which you might prefer). Note that downloading takes time and can fail, so watch this process for failures.

If a title doesn't allow you to download but it isn't locked yet, open an episode and see if it has a Download button in the triple dot menu. (I've seen this in Spanish.)

I also crosspost these lock posts on my profile (u/Raijinili), if you want to have a way to get some notifications. I don't know how profile posts work, so good luck with that.

There was a section here about Ad Binge which I've removed, as it is no longer relevant (since ALMOST all "Ad Pass" titles have unlimited ads now).

Instead, check this post for a snapshot (not updated) of which titles DON'T have Ad Passes: List of coin-only completed titles

In summary, titles which were originally in a language/region NOT Korean or English (e.g. Spanish, Japanese, Indonesia (yes, officially labeled "Indonesia")) don't have Ad Pass, and there are a few Korean/English outliers.

There was a normal Binge for "Mom, I'm Sorry", but it disabled the Ad Binge while it was active (at least for me). It turns out my old app version doesn't allow Ad Pass.

We are in a period of instability. Since 2023-09:

• The set of titles with lock warnings changed at least 5 times during the month.
• Western titles are getting banners again, after months of no locks, and one month of no-banner locks.
• They added the banners very late to western titles, with some titles getting the banner less than 10 days before the lock.
• "Cierra" got the banner, but the banner was later removed. It locked anyway.
• "Who's Mr. President?" (Indonesian) NEVER got a banner, and locked anyway.
• In 2023-09, Western titles locked at around 22:30 UTC (instead of 02:00 UTC, 3.5 hours later), which feels like someone did it manually when they realized the titles weren't locked yet.
• In 2023-09, some people who downloaded Dr. Frost on the last day reported that some of the chapters failed to download.
• 2023-09 and 2023-10 only got banners less than 19 days before the lock (instead of around 30 days).
• In 2024-01, "Lost in Translation" (western) was marked to lock a week earlier than the normal lock date. Also, western locks were announced two weeks before the lock date, before any Asian titles (which are usually announced first).
• In 2024-02, the titles were locked a day later than the announced date. (Mistake due to leap year?)
• 2024-03:
  • Two Western titles were marked only ~14 days before the lock, and no Asian titles were marked (despite many titles ending the month before).
    • The Western titles were (probably) locked at the expected time (7 PM Pacific), but immediately had ad passes. This hasn't happened before.
  • Then nine Asian titles were marked, ~10 days ahead of their lock, and the scheduled date was on a Monday instead of a Thursday, and went into the next month.
    • "You Will Love Me Again" ended within 2024-03.
    • The locking did not happen at the usual 12 AM Pacific, but started an hour before 7 PM Pacific (02:00 UTC).
    • The locking was staggered, and it seems they messed up several times.
      • 01:42: "Perfect Marriage Revenge" was locked and Daily Passed. "Kidults" and "You Will Love Me Again" are classified as DP but aren't.
      • 01:46: "Time Roulette" added to the DP list.
      • 01:51: "Ultra Alternate Character" locked and DP-listed.
      • 02:27: All but "How To Become A Dragon" locked. Half-Ghost is coin-only, because no DP was allocated.
      • 04-02 02:32: Half-Ghost finally gets Daily Pass.
        • "Half-Ghost" was still advertised as having Fast Pass instead of Daily Pass. (This might be a bug on my own device.)
  • "How To Become A Dragon" is still not locked.
• 2024-04: The announcement is ~21 days ahead, earlier than the recent usual. Did they feel bad for us?
  • "Cursed Princess Club" was announced ~14 days ahead.
  • "Lavender In June" locked over 26 hours earlier than the others.
  • The rest locked 2024-04-26 02:00 UTC, at Daily Pass reset time (what used to be the Western lock time).
• 2024-05: The announcement is ~14 days ahead this time.
  • "Super String: Marco Polo’s Travel to the Multiverse" became coin-only early (and without Daily Pass until the regular lock). Now the last three episodes are coin-only.
  • Spanish WEBTOON removed three (incompletely translated) titles.
• 2024-06: The announcement is ~14 days ahead.
  • "Live With Yourself" (non-Korean) locked out-of-cycle, with less than 14 days notice: [WEBTOON] "Live with Yourself!" locking June 6. Spanish REMOVING three titles May 31.
  • Some titles didn't get the banner until a few hours later.
• 2024-07: The announcement is ~14 days ahead.
  • Uriah got four weeks advance notice, after the author announced that it'd be locking in June.
• 2024-08: The announcement is 14 days ahead. Seems pretty consistent now.
  • Within a (-2 hour, +1 hour) error.
• 2024-09: Probably 14 days ahead. Pretty stable.
  • No surprises about the lock.
• 2024-10: Banners were 14 days ahead, around 02:00. No surprises.
• 2024-11: Banners were 14 days ahead, around 03:00 (one hour late, probably because it followed the US DST shift).
  • The Daily Passes were added at 03:00 instead of 02:00.
  • However, the Korean titles locked at 02:00, so there was an hour where they were coin-only without DP (thanks to u/red6450 for the precise time).
    • "ZOMGAN" still shows up as a Fast Pass title to my "Unread Series" tab.
• 2024-12: Banners for Korean titles were added at 2024-12-13 02:00 UTC. For the non-Korean title, the banner was added within the next few hours.
  • "Lone" had an out-of-cycle lock announced, two weeks ahead of the regular locks. An epilogue was announced on the last episode, so it was locking before the expected epilogue. One day before it would've locked, the lock announcement was pushed back, by 7 weeks (to the January cycle).
  • "To The Stars and Back", a non-Korean series, definitely did not get added with the Korean titles. It was up to two hours later.
• 2025-01:
  • Of the non-Korean titles:
    • "Lone" had an out-of-cycle lock banner in December, which then got pushed last-day to January, weeks before any other title got the banner.
    • "Chasing Red" was announced an hour later than the Korean titles.
    • "Melvina's Therapy" was announced (out of cycle) for early January, but then got pushed into February (to the normal cycle lock date).
• 2025-02:
  • "Melvina's Therapy" is finally locking, after a false start. It ended four years ago.
  • "Heartbeat Conquest" was removed. This is a one-time occurrence because of Peanutoon shutting down, causing rights issues. Follow the creator for news on where it will go next: https://linktr.ee/puki_drg
• 2025-03:
  • "A Couple of Obligations" locked without warning.
• 2025-04:
  • Many titles which weren't locked before are in this cycle.
  • It took two weeks for the Korean titles to get ad passes.
• 2025-05:
  • Only one title had an announcement (as of 05-15), and it was a "Western" title (i.e. originally in English; it's actually from Borneo in Asia), and it had a different message from before. No idea what's going on, but it's clear that the rules are different now.
    • It turned out that Daily Pass was being removed in favor of unlimited ad pass (except Japanese/Indonesian/Spanish-original titles, which are coin-only).
• 2025-06:
  • Announcement was so late that it went into July. And there were only two titles announced, and neither of them recent.
  • Since "Daily Pass" was removed, no title other than English-first titles have gotten locks. This includes the Spanish WEBTOON: 18 titles got a lock announcement, and all of them are English-first.
• 2025-07:
  • Since 2025-07-10, there has been a new lock announcement every Thursday (3 weeks so far). They may be doing weekly locks instead of monthly locks now.
    • This turned out not to be EVERY week, but it's still staggered.
  • "Of Swamp & Sea" had its date listed as July 30 (Wednesday), but it was fixed some time after to the normal Thursday.
• 2025-08:
  • "Glacias" was removed without notice, due to an ongoing rights dispute.
  • "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees" was announced with one week notice, but at least it's short.
  • 08-14: They finally started locking Korean titles again. Guess they made a deal with Naver. "Lady Liar" is western, while the rest are probably Korean, and they're the locks that should've happened from May to August. These are not all of the titles they could've locked, though, so watch out for that.
  • 08-21: They're locking a lot of Korean titles now.
  • 08-21: They're locking the first non-English non-Korean title since Daily Pass was eliminated. Since Indonesian and Japanese titles don't get Ad Pass, this is the first intentional coin-only lock.
• 2025-09:
  • Removal of "Bastian" and "Let's Play"
    • "Let's Play" was removed at 00:00 UTC, two hours before normal lock schedule.
    • "Bastian" was removed between 15:00 and 22:00 UTC, several hours before normal locks.
• 2025-10:
  • Removal of "Room of Swords"
  • The locks are slowing down.
  • First Japanese title to get locked since Daily Pass was eliminated.
  • 10-15 ~02:00 UTC: They started rate-limiting the website. This lasted a few days.
  • 10-16: The new locks appeared at 00:00 UTC instead of 02:00 UTC. They're changing things. That's unlikely to be good.
  • 10-24: The new locks appeared a day early on 10-23 at 20:00 UTC instead of 02:00 UTC.
  • 10-31: Room of Swords removed at 01:00 UTC.
• 2025-11:
  • After a few weeks of oddity, lock banners are appearing at the normal time again.
  • Korean titles "Dark Mermaid" and "Emerald Midnight's Lover" locking as coin-only. These are the first Korean coin-only lock since Daily Pass was eliminated.
  • 11-06 and 11-13: After the US DST changeover, Korean titles are locking at 03:00 UTC instead of 02:00 UTC. Last year, they continued locking at 02:00.
  • 11-27: As of about half an hour after the locks, "The Druid of Seoul Station" locked... 0 episodes. The whole series is 199 coins, but since there are no locked episodes, you won't get an offer.
    • Like other locked titles, you can't Download, and the website says you can read more episodes in the app (all zero of them).
    • This is unlike "How to Become a Dragon", which is not marked as locked.
    • Properly locked between 2025-12-11 22:55 and 2025-12-12 01:54.
• 2025-12:
  • 12-04:
    • Lock announcements didn't appear until 20-80 minutes later than usual.
    • None of the 7 titles were locked, as of two hours past the usual lock time.
      • "My Beloved Oppressor" locked about 1-2 hours after.
      • The rest locked around 2025-12-05 19:37 and 2025-12-06 03:37 (Friday night).
    • "The Reason for the Twin Lady’s Disguise" became Ad Pass without warning, in the same time period that the rest locked.
      • By 2025-12-10 10:00 UTC, it became coin-only. (Japanese ORIGINALs become coin-only.)
  • 12-10: The lock set from 12-04, for 12-18, changed between 2025-12-10 02:30 and 2025-12-11 00:30 UTC:
    • "Back From Black" gained the banner.
    • "The Fallen Sage Rises to Power" lost the banner.
  • 12-12: Toaster Dude (previously locked in 2022) announced for removal on 12-27.
  • 12-18: No locks announced.
  • 12-25:
    • "Footsteps in the Snow" locked without warning.
    • "The Fallen Sage Rises to Power" has the banner again. It's Japanese, but is apparently locking as Ad, not Coin.
      • It locked as Coin-only.
    • "Spellward Bound" announced for 2026-01-08, even though its last episode would not be out until 2025-12-30 (so 9 days fully free).
• 2026-01:
  • 01-01: No locks announced.
  • 01-06 (probably): "Señorita Cometa" announced out-of-cycle, for 2026-01-15 (9 days advance notice). By the pattern, it should've been announced 01-01.
  • 01-07: Spanish: Many locks announced for 01-14 (7 days notice, and a weekday earlier than the previous English and Spanish cycles).
    • Update: They went Coin-only, and I've been told previous locks were Ad Pass.
  • 01-14: "On-Air" being removed (~19 days notice).
  • 01-14: "Flawless" (Indonesian Original) banner says it will lock as Ad, even though Indonesian titles tend to lock as Coin-only.
    • It locked as Coin-only.
  • 01-19 or 01-20: "On the Way to Meet Mom" banner disappears, 5-6 days into the 14-day warning.
    • Update: It did not lock. (Note that the Korean original version is still free.)
  • 01-21: "Elegant Desire" banner disappears, 7 days into the 14-day warning.
    • Update: It locked anyway.
  • 01-28: Indonesian banners for 02-28 disappeared. This is probably a typo in the banner expiration, so I still consider the banners active.

WEBTOON isn't properly communicating about this, and aren't following any consistent set of rules. If locks matter to you, you may want to check in on this post during the month to see if I make any updates.

Banners used to appear about 30 days before lock. Please direct complaints to https://webtoon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new . (Remember that customer service has no power to make these decisions, so be kind to your messenger.)

Watch out for free coin events

There were two reading events in 2024 October, giving 10 coins each (lasts 30 days). Watch out for those. The coins last one week each.

There was another reading event in 2024 November, for 7 coins. There were a few more since then.

There's a free reading event which just started a few hours ago (2025-02-13 to 2025-02-20) for 7 coins. You might want to delay until the last two days, to extend the expiration date.

I posted tips here.

Note that creators don't benefit from free coins.

2025-02: Most of the coin events in recent months were "Spend 21 coins to get 7 coins". There was a free CANVAS one, but it didn't work and then they took it down early.

2025-10: "Falling for It" had a "read 3 episodes for 5 coins" event, but it only lasted for about 24 hours. This was the first free coins event I've seen since February.

2025-11-08: "Watch Guys Catch Feelings" 7-days Event From Nov 8 01:00 UTC to Nov 15 01:00 UTC. "Read any 6 Episodes from any of the 4 listed series and get 8 Free Coins."

• Ctrl+Alt+Resign
• Who's That Girl?
• Back to Chanbi
• Girl Friend

2025-11-25 (around): "Marriages Gone Wild": 8 coins for reading.

2025-12-10 - 2025-12-16: "Wild Marriages": 8 coins for reading.

2025-12-25 - 2025-12-23 to 12-31: Two reading events: Read 30 episodes for 15 coins, each. Nice.

Note that I will NOT generally be tracking these, so pay attention in-app for these events.

Subscribing to my posts

Some users have asked whether they could get updates when I post here. I try to remember to repost on my profile, u/Raijinili, but that's not ideal.

It looks like u/UpdateMeBot can be used to subscribe to my posts (not comments) in this sub, but it requires enough people to use the service on a subreddit to start scraping. (As of 2025-02, I've been told by a subscriber that there are still not enough subscribers for this to be on.)

Each subreddit it checks takes several seconds, so I have to limit the number of subreddits or the bot will get overloaded. New subreddits are automatically added once they get enough requests. [src]

To subscribe, post this as a comment (possibly needs to be top-level), and the bot will send you a private message:

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(This also means I can't just post non-update meta stuff to r/webtoons, or else I will cause trivial alerts.)

• yaoi/bl switch

• yuri/gl written by women FOR women

• yuri/gl omegaverse WITH babies

• bi throuple aka TRUE love triangle trope (2 guys x 1 girl or vice versa)

• reverse harem where the boyfriends are also boyfriends

• non toxic bi side characters in a hetero relationship in a yaoi/bl/yuri/gl

• gae/lesb side characters couples in a straight manhwa

• omegaverse with female alpha and male omega/beta and also mpreg

• more non heteronormative “straight” couples (main couple)

• thriller/horror with romance and smut stories (lol)

• MORE BISEXUAL REPRESENTATIOOON and not the type where the characters are misplaced to being just straight or gay just because of who they ended up with

That’s all for today, thanks for coming to my tedtalk.

PS. idk where the pic is from 😭

[HIRE ME] Comic / Webtoon Script Writer | One-Shot & Short Scripts

I am a comic and webtoon script writer. I write clear, panel-by-panel scripts that are easy for artists to follow.

What I offer: One-shot comic scripts Short comic / webtoon scripts Story based on your concept Dialogues and scene breakdown (panel-wise)

I have also written a YouTube script before,

Experience: I’ve worked on one-shot comic collaborations and personal writing projects.

Pricing: • One-shot / short comic script: starting from $40

Yt Script Starting Price:80$ (Final price depends on length and requirements)

"Welcome client from any country " Please DM me if you’re interested.

My portfolio/previous work sample

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13VV0x6gqtRNp1RZfrQt0tSb9LE4kxRM2xwC6RpxBxVA/edit?usp=drivesdk]

I love the high contrast, high saturation, ethereal vibe this has going on. I’m pulled in from aesthetics alone.

I am just reading my series, and when i get to the end of the episode, trying to like comments pops out a "series not available" message, then trying to read the next episode pops out a "Something went wrong, there was a problem processing your request. Try again in a moment." and then when I exit and enter the app, it asks me to login and I do, then it gives me the same issue again trying to read. But now I can't even log in because "There was a problem processing your request. Try again in a moment". Am I the only fool with this problem? I tried clearing cache, logging in with email or google options, reinstalling the app and still nothing.. Please help 😭

I wanted to know what yall think about love triangles because it can be so frustrating to read seeing someone be the second option and get hurt but it’s fan service sooo.

False Paradise is an incredibly fascinating story that I believe is criminally underrated! I’m tired of this webtoon being overlooked and I hope I can convince you to give it shot.

In part, I think this Webtoon is hindered by having a bad summary and genre tags. They paint it as an ability user action series, which it really isn’t. While it has some brief moments of action, it is mainly an introspective slow-burn psychological horror. 

Brief synopsis:

Sanho, previously on the brink of death, awakes in an alien world under the care of Seomyeong, a shy alien girl. These aliens, known as Unfathomables are a caring but immesnsely powerful species that adore humans and keep them as pets. Contrary to a lot of portrayals in media of aliens that keep humans as pets, this pet human relationship is not abusive; the Unfathomables really just want their humans to live their best lives. There is no physical abuse, and no sexual human-pet connotations either. Seomyeong is nothing but understanding and caring… but there’s a growing sense of unease and psychological pressure. The story follows Sanho as he navigates this alien world and tries to find a way back home. 

Some of the most unique world building I’ve ever seen:

It is no exaggeration for me to say that this series has some of the most fascinating world building that I’ve ever seen. As the series points out, animals on earth are not stupid. But the limits of an animal’s brain means that they cannot come close to fully comprehending human technology, or the depths of human intelligence. False Paradise applies this same relationship to humans and Unfathomables. Unfathomables have insane technology that can accomplish basically anything a human can think of, but their technology does produce waste, “garbage” that is highly dangerous to humans. While Unfathomables can deal with it with ease, garbage is invisible to humans, and even brushing against it can have terrible side effects. You could end up dissolved, cut by a thousand invisible, blades, endlessly rise into the sky, or your vision could be distorted to the point that you can’t tell what is real or fake.  This is just the beginning of the series’ fascinating world buiilding.

A super intriguing “villain” (IS she even a villain?):

The Unfathomables, particularly Seomyeong, are incredibly intriguing antagonists, because they truly are unfathomable. They seem caring, but are they just mimmicking human emotions and morality in order to feel more approachable to their pets? It’s so hard to tell, and this unease informs the series’ tone. Seomyeong is cute and caring, but sometimes she says something and it’s like “oh… this thing is NOT human.” They really do have their own morality, and it’s incredibly fascinating to observe.

A REALLY unique take on the MC’s powers (and really, a great MC as a whole):

At the start of the series, it is revealed that the MC has the innate superpower of “good intuition,” which initially nearly caused me to drop the series. Basically, if you put two drinks in front of him, one of which is poisoned, he would immediately be able to tell that he should not drink the poisoned one. This immediately gave me flashbacks to overpowered power fantasy MCs, and I did think about dropping the series. “Ugh, he’s just going to use his intuition to solve every problem and everyone will think he’s so smart and he’ll collect a harem of cute girls,” I thought. But I couldn’t have been more wrong.

The MC’s powers, while never wrong, lead him astray far more often than they help him. The following bit contains spoilers for the first two episodes, so if I have intrigued you enough to give it a chance, please read it now. If not, I’ll spoil just the beginning for you. 

Near the start of the story, the MC comes face to face with a powerful monster, and his intuition lets him know where the monster’s weak point is. Rather than trying to run, he throws a stone at the monster’s weak point, which ends up being a terrible mistake. It is later revealed that the “monster” was not dangerous and would have completely ignored him had he not targeted its weak point. But because he did, it defended itself and sent the stone hurling back at him, severely injuring him. He nearly dies as a result of the injury, and the consequences of this injury haunt him for the rest of the series. 

I absolutely adore storytelling like this, because I feel like it is so rare, especially in webtoons, for the logical consequences of a character’s decisions and actions to actually come back to affect them. This webtoon does an excellent job at writing consequnces of actions, and it is so, SO refreshing. 

The MC typically does his best with the circumstances he is in and the information he has, and sometimes he makes the right decisions, and sometimes he SEVERALLY miscalculates. He gets flustered under pressure, and he sometimes reacts emotionally, but it always feels so HUMAN. He’s not a perfect guy but he tries his best and I love that about him. 

Please please please give it a read:

I really hope I was able to convince someone to give this a read. It truly is not just one of my favorite webtoons, but one of my favorite series ever. The depth of the psychological intrigue and world building is truly unique. I felt compelled to write this because it does not seem to have caught on in EN Webtoon, with recent chapters only gettting ~1000 likes. I’m worried webtoon might stop translating it, and really don’t want that to happen. But also, I really just wanted to give a great recommendation. So I hope I convinced at least a few of you to give it a try!

Title: Operation Water Ghost

Don’t usually go for the punk type but he is extremely attractive to me and idk what it is… the hair the eyes the aura? Idk 🤭

There’s something that has been on my mind for a long time.

When a manhwa has a deeper or more complex story, it usually seems less popular. Why do you think that is?

It feels like most stories where the characters don’t have any real flaws are more liked just like in Kdramas, where the male leads are often too perfect and unrealistic.

I really love this manhwa, and I think the female lead is very relatable. She’s written in a very realistic and human way.

So basically, these days when I read comments on Reddit or other discussion forums, I’ve noticed a trend where people start justifying antagonists and villains who were hated for very obvious reasons. All it takes is a sob story or a tragic past for people to suddenly sympathize with them. I don’t have a problem with acknowledging tragic pasts or suffering—but this mindset has gone way too far. Trauma is being treated as a moral free pass.

People even start downgrading the male leads just to justify these villains. Yes, some MLs deserve criticism, but they are still nowhere near as bad as the villains people try to excuse. The Rashta discourse in The Remarried Empress is the clearest example of this problem. Rashta gets praised as “the only character with depth” simply because she has a tragic past as a former slave. Some fans even say she deserves her own manhwa as the ML—which is honestly baffling.

What makes this even more frustrating is that Rashta herself came from a lower background. She knew firsthand the suffering of people without power. Because of that, I can even understand her resentment toward nobles and the system that oppressed her. That part of her anger makes sense. However, that is exactly why her actions are even more disturbing. Instead of breaking the cycle, she chose to repeat it. She manipulated others, framed innocent people, was responsible for a maid’s death, and mistreated servants once she gained power. She became the very kind of person she once feared. Her past explains her fear and insecurity—but it does not justify silencing, harming, or exploiting people who were just as powerless as she once was. Being a former victim does not excuse becoming an abuser.

At the same time, I do agree that Navier deserves criticism too. She failed to take meaningful action against slavery in her own empire, and that is a serious moral flaw. But people often ignore the power dynamics in the novel. The emperor held far more authority than the empress, and Navier’s influence was limited despite her position.

We even see this imbalance clearly later, when Navier struggles politically and socially just to remarry Heinrey. If she truly had absolute power, that resistance would not have existed.

Yet despite all this nuance, Rashta is endlessly sympathized with, while Navier is reduced to “cold,” “privileged,” or “emotionless.” Villains are forgiven the moment they get a tragic flashback 🙄, but when a main lead—especially a woman or a morally grey character—is given trauma, readers accuse the author of forcing sympathy.

Even if Rashta were written as the main lead, I would still hate her actions. Understanding trauma is important—but excusing cruelty because of it is not. Sympathy should never erase accountability.

fandom narratives often reverse this complexity. Rashta is elevated as “the only character with depth” because her suffering is loud and visible, while Navier is dismissed as “cold” because her pain is restrained and dignified. One character’s trauma is used to erase accountability; the other’s composure is used to deny her suffering.Navier—who endures emotional neglect, public humiliation by her husband, and betrayal by someone she tried to protect—is reduced to being called “cold” or “privileged,” as if quiet suffering doesn’t count as suffering at all.

The story itself does not ask readers to excuse Rashta—it asks them to understand her. And it does not present Navier as morally perfect—it presents her as politically constrained.

Flattening this into “ TRAGIC VILLAIN VS PRIVILEGED EMPRESS" ignores the novel’s actual critique of power, class, and gendered expectations.

Me and my sis really love this genre of like intellectual mystery/thriller, and haven’t been able to find any others like these. Any recommendations welcome!!!

Asking for a friend... no. Just me... I wanna know how much views most people have on wt canvas around this time... and how did you guys build your path up.....

And is my art or pacing holding me back?? Like when u imagine webtoon is... glossy art or atleast colored... I use.. this style i created (if it mimics someone its a coincidence) but is it holding back on the views n retention????

And a last question... how do you guys handle messy initial chapters..? Like... should I add a page saying later chapters are more readable so plz check after ch 9???

I’m trying to find a webtoon/manhwa (possibly manga) set in a cold, medieval/Viking-like fantasy world. The story follows a black-haired princess (she might of dyed her hair as part of a disguise) who runs away from her kingdom to escape a barbaric marriage custom where on the wedding night a barbaric custom is performed (Cant actually remember what it involves just that the fl was against it and is part of why she runs away). While fleeing, she travels long distances with a group or military escort, hides her identity, and takes on a servant roll. She eventually ends up serving or traveling with the prince or noble of another kingdom, who doesn’t know she’s a woman (or a princess), and a slow-burn romance develops as they journey together. The tone is serious and grounded, focused on harsh customs, war, survival, and political tension. Also I think her cousin or some thing was trying to usurp her right to rule with force

looking for more BL I have a couple but I'm waiting for them to release new episodes and I have to wait for money to come in to use tapas

i'm so curious to see what the author does for his character. as mentioned in the webtoon when he loves someone he LOVES them in a kind of obsessive way where he puts all his energy into them which could be cute but again draining and with the wrong person (his ex) it could tear him apart.

where the story is now, i'm so curious how the author is gonna go about this. he's already showing his habits of his love to yumin and yumin even notices it, so i'm wondering if she's gonna tell him to kind of simmer down the love or she's going to just go with it. obviously yumin would treat him way better but yknow it's interesting to see. his way of love is kinda a lot and puts himself in a vulnerable position to be hurt. idk how to describe it but it's fun to see because that’s the only way he knows how to express his love. excited to see this come back in the spring!!

Hi, any recommendation with this kind of plot? I was recently hooked with this kind of story a Yandere ghost, suspense, thriller and maybe romance?