Usually translators comments are funny as hell I admit. They're silly, light hearted, or even sassy and funny. They don't pull me out of the story. However I've read some stories where the translators took it upon themselves to shame the readers and shit on the author and story and I have to wonder why they're bothering translating something if they're going to ruin the experience of reading it for everyone else. Off the top of my head I can think of at least two instances where this happened. Do you think there should be a limit to the comments or at least basic professionalism?
you mean like the sadistic beauty BL side story
translator gotta be a masochist i swear. Chatting every single chapter.
ts had me so messed up bc like yeah it was very toxic and like def unenjoyable for some but why keep translating if u hate it and the author sm TT and they were saying it from the beginning so i dont even understand why they went through with the entire story
Yes exactly lol There's other ones ('Let's try S&M with me" I think the title was where the translator hated on every Domme woman but loved the Dom men). But what killed it for me with the sadistic beauty one was that the characterization in the original story didn't change when the author wrote it, but the translator shit on that and wrote her own ending and used the original as a platform to push her fanfic. Like what the actual f lol I'm a former fic writer (now just original) who thinks that's insane.
Author's love to put immoral or bad characters through redemption arcs, so it made me wonder. What redeems a character for you? Sometimes you want them to feel what they put someone through. Sometimes you want them to understand what they did and genuinely repent, it doesn't matter if they themselves go through the hardships they might have caused. Obviously this goes on a case by case basis, but man, sometimes they just torture the characters they're trying to redeem. For me, simply making me have sympathy isn't really redeeming a character. Giving them a bad past and ignoring the whole redemption (having the MC just forgive them) isn't preferable either though. Just a little musing on the subject.
Sacrifice. I can eventually swoon over that biggest bastard if they broke themselves for the one they harmed. Especially if it’s masterfully writer to be a process and not just done with one move.
Ooohwee my typos lol -REPOST.
Sacrifice. I can eventually swoon over the biggest bastard if they broke themselves for the one they harmed. Especially if it’s masterfully written to be a long process of pain and not just done with one move.
Yess an excellent example of a good redemption arc.
what redeems a character to me is when they realised their wrongdoings and put in effort to change, imo?
Agreed. For me the character coming to terms with what they've done and any harm it caused is key. I don't think terrible things need to happen to them to atone per se, but their *understanding* is necessary. And acting differently, not just brushing it off of course, or being immediately forgiven.
Exactly, u can torture a bad person as much as u want but that wont immediately "redeem" them.. they need to know that theyre a bad person and change for the better
Depends somehow
Sometimes I just couldn't accept a character redemption like
He kills your family, he kills your best friend, he destroys your kingdom, he chains you all because of the premise he loves you and then something happens and he regrets. TRULY REGRET IT. He feels remorse and everything and did everything he can to change himself.
I can sympathize and understand but I can never truly accept it.
Yeah I agree with that. There's limits to what can be forgiven or redeemed.
Is there even one comic where there's a female Alpha that isn't complete shit in some way? Because I'm not impressed. Give a girl a dick and she turns into a stereotypical shitbag BL lead apparently. It's disappointing because there's plenty of badass female characters out there, but I'd like to see those characters as Alpha too.
One Night Only main was okay, but still has a weirdly cold alpha, and the past side story has absolutely trashed the story for me. I honestly can't remember the name of the one by the author who also wrote a BL but it was also shit and they made the omega lie about being asexual, threw a BL relationship bait and switch in too. Both characters were trash. Am I being too harsh? We deserve a decent Omegaverse with awesome female alphas lol
I love BL, love omegaverse, ect. I just dream about a female alpha that doesn't act 100% like a typical toxic BL protagonist.