I think constructive criticism is far more valuable than cancellation. If a story handles a sensitive historical topic poorly, tell the author why. Point out which scenes don't work, which dialogue feels insensitive, or how the historical context could be handled more thoughtfully. Suggest changes to the dialogue, characterization, or story progression. That's feedback a creator can actually learn from. What worries me is that this project was judged after a single introductory chapter—essentially a pilot. A first chapter establishes the setting and conflict; it rarely reveals the full character arcs or the author's ultimate message. One chapter is enough to raise concerns. It's not enough to fully judge an entire story. By shutting a project down before it has the chance to develop, the lesson isn't, "Here's how to portray difficult history more responsibly." The lesson becomes, "Don't write about difficult historical topics at all." That doesn't help creators improve. It discourages them from trying. And in the long run, we lose the opportunity to have meaningful discussions about how difficult history should be portrayed in fiction.
i agree. i think people have a hard time differentiating what's racist and what's ignorant. especially based on one chapter alone. and while it is a difficult conversation, i noticed it looked so one sided that the author just understandably gave up on this.
you're assuming that she didn't get feedback that explained these things to her in this comment section alone and on social media people are giving constructive criticism so it's not farfetched to think she received feedback and after reflecting she discontinued it bc of her own inabilty. Even if she did continue with the feedback it would be incredibly insensitive and tone deaf considering what's happening to black people rn under trump's presidency it was never going to work even south korean readers were like "nah this ain't it"
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my comment got cut off le sigh
ppl have already discussed ad nauseum what the issues with the 1st chapter was so i'mnot gonna repeat them but add on the fact that jaxx admitted to not doing research on the time period and how bad it was the story was never going to be good sorry to say
Hard disagree. If this was a manwaha about comfort women I guarantee the author wouldn’t be able to work in Korea again. And Native American suffering is as deep
I think constructive criticism is far more valuable than cancellation.
If a story handles a sensitive historical topic poorly, tell the author why. Point out which scenes don't work, which dialogue feels insensitive, or how the historical context could be handled more thoughtfully. Suggest changes to the dialogue, characterization, or story progression. That's feedback a creator can actually learn from.
What worries me is that this project was judged after a single introductory chapter—essentially a pilot. A first chapter establishes the setting and conflict; it rarely reveals the full character arcs or the author's ultimate message.
One chapter is enough to raise concerns. It's not enough to fully judge an entire story.
By shutting a project down before it has the chance to develop, the lesson isn't, "Here's how to portray difficult history more responsibly."
The lesson becomes, "Don't write about difficult historical topics at all."
That doesn't help creators improve. It discourages them from trying. And in the long run, we lose the opportunity to have meaningful discussions about how difficult history should be portrayed in fiction.
i agree. i think people have a hard time differentiating what's racist and what's ignorant. especially based on one chapter alone. and while it is a difficult conversation, i noticed it looked so one sided that the author just understandably gave up on this.
you're assuming that she didn't get feedback that explained these things to her in this comment section alone and on social media people are giving constructive criticism so it's not farfetched to think she received feedback and after reflecting she discontinued it bc of her own inabilty. Even if she did continue with the feedback it would be incredibly insensitive and tone deaf considering what's happening to black people rn under trump's presidency it was never going to work even south korean readers were like "nah this ain't it"
my comment got cut off le sigh
ppl have already discussed ad nauseum what the issues with the 1st chapter was so i'mnot gonna repeat them but add on the fact that jaxx admitted to not doing research on the time period and how bad it was the story was never going to be good sorry to say
Hard disagree. If this was a manwaha about comfort women I guarantee the author wouldn’t be able to work in Korea again. And Native American suffering is as deep