has anyone ever thought abt like why so many bls promote unhealthy eating? or eds in general? how they always say how the uke "doesnt eat anything" or "only drinks coffee". by putting this kind of display of eating habits on the internet and spreading it to more people it influences and reflects on people. im reading sketch right now and he says "his stomach is so flat, ive only seen him drink coffee or water" and it js makes you pause cus why are authors promoting anorexia and not saying "he eats regularly and he works out" ?? its not that simple to add that they go to the gym. you dont need to say they don't eat because even if they did its not that simple and you dont always lose weight from not eating. i wanna be able to read a webtoon where the characters actually eat properly and the author doesnt write them as meek characters who starve all the time. i understand if they cant afford food and stuff, but if they can then theres no excuse. unless theres a clear point that implies "this character is anorexic" it just seems normal. sure, i enjoy the trope of other characters feeding them and being like "you hardly eat so heres this big ass platter of food" but the only reason i enjoy it is cus we're all so desensitized to people not eating and and only drinking liquids.
its not like authors can see this but if they do hashtag storrppp
i think that's bc a majority of bls are korean or set in korea and the authors themselves are korean and in south korea the beauty standards are insane and the way they promote eating disorders so casually is kinda crazy over there tbh.
a friend i know lived there for a while they said the food culture is crazy everything has the calories written on it and you're constantly seeing diet ads everywhere and that's also a huge topic when you meet people it's so normal to start talking about each other's bodies and pointing out body shape, weight, color, etc.... so that's probably why the authors generally make the characters so thin and promote that type of lifestyle, bc it's so common and encouraged over there
I get what you mean I think its bc of the general culture around body weight and eating and stuff in East asian countries- the ideal of being really skinny and not really 'needing' to eat reflects a lot in mangas and manhwas and stuff
this might be triggering?
because, and this is going to sound disgusting because it is, you can be too thin and hot but you can't be too fat and hot. to these people fatness and attractiveness are exclusive characteristics. which is why they need you to know that their characters aren't like those ugly fatsos who gorge themselves on thousands of of calories daily, they starve themselves and they are beautiful *because* of it. a very thin malnourished body is still beautiful, a very heavy malnourished one isn't. it's no coincidence that a lot of these korean manhwas with the same cliche art style came out after kpop blew up in the west and in korea as well. it's because kpop idols have been a huge part in promoting starving yourself for days on end to lose weight and look beautiful idea, though obviously the thinness = beauty idea has existed in EA before kpop. this is why i avoid reading stories set in modern world, or at least set in uni. they tend to have a lot of problematic elements to them.
diet culture is unfortunately very normalized in korea. im sure that 99% of people i know don't even know that 거식증 (anorexia, or eating disorder because it's barely specified here) is an actual disease. the word isn't used often nor diagnosed properly. as students and adults, overwork and skipping meals are normalized and not seen as a problem even if it is for weight loss purposes^^ for koreans, it really means 'this person is hard working while also thin,' which is the virtue. i don't think authors means to promote eating disorders, but are trying to frame a character in an earnest way（￣へ￣）
ughgjgjgjggjhhfhfhhf i hate these stupid beauty standards
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you're so true and idk if the triggering comment was to me or you but wheeoososp
honestly i get why i see so many because i primarillyy read korean stories, and you are so right, if its a historical or mafia or any other type of story that isn't uni or schoollife typically has less problems in its undertones
thats honestly so wild
like people dont even know??? crazy.
oh i meant it as a warning since it might be triggering to you (or anyone else), since i did use some nasty language to show the way these people think about thicker people.
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its also so cold and hot rn
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genuinely thought i got banned for a second would u guys miss me if i got restricted ??
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gang my neck hurts so bad i need a massage like ASAP.
ykw when ur younger u get told "dont roll ur head aall the way around it's gonna break/hurt!!" UM? I CANT NOOTT DO THAT. my neck is in so much FUCKING PAIN and im a schoolygirly hashtag academic comeback and i cant be caught LACKING rolling my head 360 degrees constantly. what the freak.
maybe it hurts cs i had to do insane amount of art for class (dont fucking pick art if you're british for your gcses even if ur likr "art is my life i love art nothing will makr me hate art" BITCH SHUT UP YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR UR OWN DEATH. UR LIFE IS OOONNN THE LINE.) anyways that meand im coonstantly craned over my desk and i have the posture of a fucking ostrich GOD HEELP ME
I had an aneurysm reading this.
In any case maybe invest in a desk with adjustable height so you can stand while doing art to prevent as much craning. Although I guess that also depends on what kind of art you do
thank you for ur aneurysm
i am broke !
Your’re welcome….
Maybe take micro breaks? Like every 10-20 or so minutes, get up and do a little bit of stretching. You don’t have to do it for long each time, the key is to do it frequently
every single bone in my body has been popped i think imma call up a chiro
Maybe not chiro….. massage therapist usually woks better lol
I CANT DELETE MY PREVIOUS THING ITS SO EMBARRASSING PLEASE HELP
Girl chill.. It’s a manga site and u anonymous... so who care... also people post such embarrassing things here, u really have nothing to be ashamed off.
Chill bud
still crazy embarrassing im allowed to be embarrassed
thank u bud
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girl i cant figure out how to delete a message and it was sooooo embarrassing and someone replied and was like "hey im gonna guess youre young" PLEASE IM SCREAMING that was nooottt what i was expecting but yeah like ummm. .......... i felt emo for a SPLIT SECOND.
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Errr click on the main header of ur thing then delete? Mango be sabotaging u i fear
It's quite funny lol you should just pretend like it never happened and forget about it ( or something ︵‿︵(´ ༎ ʖ ༎ `)︵‿︵ (￣∇￣") )
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at this point im like does life even get better will i forget how i am and move on or will i keep having this personality forever and continue to push ppl away be being like cringe and weird..... LIIIIKE this is emo omfg kms
i'm just gonna guess that you’re still pretty young, so… it will get better and you will probably go through a lot of changes. don’t worry we’re all cringe
thank u pook
ykw im actually sick of the scifi genre. sorry if you like it but as a person with super shitty memory it makes everything so bad if im tryna remember five hundred fucking names and an entire new setup and world?? this is exactly why i dont read those esper and guide (??) stories. its too much and i dont understand a single fucking word. sure, sometimes i like a bit of psychological challenge, but as someone who ploughs through so many webtoons a day, i hate having to remember every single detail of an entire universe every time i read a new update.
dont get me wrong, sometimes people can do this genre right for a reader like me, and sometimes people write stories that are perfect for someone to base everything about their personality around. but alot of the time, i want a recap at the start of every chapter, and all of the characters blur into one and im just starting to hate the story and want to drop it. they expect you to remember every single miligram of knowledge about the webtoon when, newsflash! half of the time people arent gonna be completely immersed in your comic all of the time.
um idk why im ranting abt this i cant sleep rn
hey ur everywhere
i get super bored very easy ┗( T﹏T )┛
eeeeverytime i start a new bl it has the SAME MF trope sooooo plspls i need more recs like 90s cram school!!!! its soso cute and also ooh la la (awesome)