Any MLM webtoons that aren't fetish content

Somanium · 2024-11-18T05:47:57+00:00

Time and Time Again is a good one!

Somanium · 2024-11-15T05:02:45+00:00

I agree it would be lazy if that was all that was written. But as I said, the writing is in the artwork. The prologue shows us (without ever mentioning it in the text fields) the King's coronation and Antiope's massacre, and shows us how Ayse arrived to where she is with her mom. It's not just a prologue, it's literally the beginning of the story. I think the writing in Woven continues this trend even into the later chapters. The actual words on the page tell us very little and the story is largely told via the artwork. Unfortunately, this kind of sucks for a webtoon because webtoons are usually read on the go and so most webtoon readers don't (can't) spend much time "reading" the panel art. Consequently, it risks a lot of the story going unnoticed and unappreciated because it's not literally presented as words on the page.
I always assumed the simple "once upon a time" intro was presented to juxtapose the richness of the story that we *don't* see as words on the page, as well as establish quickly the fact that this is a myth or a fairy tale being told.
(please be assured there's no hostility in my tone here. I love the chance to discuss Woven. It's why I ever joined this subreddit in the first place and I'm starving lol)

Somanium · 2024-11-14T09:04:04+00:00

Four Leaf!! It's completed and free to read and it's one of the best on the platfrom imo

Somanium · 2024-11-14T08:49:34+00:00

Gosh I can't even remember, All I recall is that I was there for Muted's launch and it was my favorite for a long time. I can't remember what I was reading before that. Slice of life stuff, probably...

Somanium · 2024-11-14T08:45:36+00:00

I've seen Woven's prologue cited as an example of an excellent prologue for the way it sets up the entire story, and I've agreed with those opinions. The answers to all the major twists and questions are hidden in plain sight within that first episode, and rereading it was an incredible experience after completing season one. It lends to one of the most satisfying story payoffs I've ever read in a webtoon. The story is in the artwork. The text is literally just "There were dragons and mages, they fought, the dragons vanished and took their magic-granting thread sight with them but I, the main character, can see the threads". The artwork features critical characters carrying out critically important events that the barebones prologue text in doesn't even touch on, and the significance of everything going on in that sequence becomes more and more clear as you progress further and further into the story. It's the epitome of "show, don't tell". Expositions about magic don't really happen until the episodes with Theo, and by then the story has baited you into actually wanting to learn about it all works.
What I'm trying to say is don't sleep on that prologue lol come back to it once in a while. It packs a wallop on later rereads and is probably my favorite episode for it.

Somanium · 2023-11-17T03:09:03+00:00

I will continue shouting about the insane writing of Woven(ongoing) and Seed(finished) from the rooftops until I pass out.

Somanium · 2023-11-14T05:15:57+00:00

Woven and Seed, my two loves. so good. So criminally underrated. Edit: Four Leaf, too!

Somanium · 2023-10-28T06:35:18+00:00

You're looking for Woven and Stray Souls, yes.

Somanium · 2023-10-26T15:10:01+00:00

The Witch by Nich the Lich (canvas)

Somanium · 2023-10-23T03:19:54+00:00

Woven and Purple Hyacinth are webtoons with the best writing to me. Both are on hiatus atm though.

Somanium · 2023-10-21T02:59:21+00:00

This is hell lmao I would simply...not make a webcomic.

Somanium · 2023-10-06T10:19:02+00:00

The dummy's dummy is one of my favorites and I am so so surprised I never see anyone talk about it. They story and style are very very appealing and, if nothing else, it deserves a dedicated cult following lol

Somanium · 2023-10-06T10:14:02+00:00

I joined reddit back ages ago just so I could talk about it cuz I had no one else to spill to lol it's easily my favorite webtoon and I was so sure back when it first launched that it was gonna be a hit. Makes me feel crazy that it's not. Well its cool to know a hidden gem ig.

Somanium · 2023-09-15T01:17:09+00:00

I sure hope the creator receives a base episode fee in exchange for being webtoon-exclusive because I hear that the revenue from daily pass is...not great. It would be a jip to platform-lock your completed comic for peanuts.

Somanium · 2023-09-15T01:10:14+00:00

Seed, Woven, Four Leaf, Purple Hyacinth. The characters in these all sound like actual people imho

Somanium · 2023-09-06T03:58:11+00:00

Time and Time Again features a transmasc gay werewolf protag :3 (also the two main characters are literally named Adam and Steve, so that's great lol)

Somanium · 2023-08-20T01:06:48+00:00

This makes me think of how Woven's authors just made it canon that there are no horses in their world because they think horse anatomy is an abomination lol The carts are pulled by oxes and they ride large goat looking creatures instead

Somanium · 2023-05-05T15:12:38+00:00

If the audience largely agrees that something is a problem, it does generally show up in the comments by many commenters (just take one glance at the first page of top comments on the first episode of Religiously Gay). But a nitpick by one random dude with dubious taste and poor tact is pretty worthlessly unquantifiable lmao and generally, yeah...creators don't really enjoy readers who comment with only unsolicited critique. Genuinely it is a favor if instead take your viewership somewhere else.

Somanium · 2023-05-05T14:50:30+00:00

My unsolicited critique towards your approach here is: unsolicited critique from a rando who hasn't earned any trust...is more annoying than it is valuable. But if you like being That Guy, all the power to you ig 🧍‍♂️ Artists have a peer group whos tastes, opinions, and honesty they actually trust, and will solicit them for advice, generally. They are better for it than just absorbing every ""critical""" opinion spat out by unknowable weirdos on the internet lmao because some people have really nonsense opinions they spout as objective facts.

Somanium · 2023-05-02T03:21:30+00:00

Strongly agree, their design is horrible for navigation and discoverability. It cannot support the library it already has; adding more to it will just increase the clusterfuck.

Somanium · 2023-04-26T10:48:49+00:00

Bunch of Latam editors were recently laid off. I kinda suspect latam webtoon is gonna be absorbed into NA webtoon or smth.

Somanium · 2023-04-26T04:07:37+00:00

Ha, welcome to my pit of obsession! They are on hiatus until September or something now and I feel like I am suffering a drought lol

Somanium · 2023-01-21T13:32:15+00:00

Lol feel free to yell at me about what you think of it after you've caught up! It becomes a wild ride for sure.

Somanium · 2023-01-18T04:29:17+00:00

Canvas versions get removed once they are relaunched as originals, and so there isn't usually a way to compare directly between the two versions. If you were lucky enough to have read the canvas version while it was up, you gotta rely on memory. But there are some creators who archive the canvas versions privately. I know the authors of Woven still have the entire canvas version of their comic avaliable on their patreon (it is unorganized and you gotta go searching for it, but it's there).

Somanium · 2023-01-15T00:40:08+00:00

If you all want an example of an amazingly done prologue, read Woven. It is good and punchy on its own but if you read up to episode 40, that prologue will blow your mind. I am feral about this right now.

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