Re-reading the Prologue

quimchee

Yeah I try not to. I was a young and impressionable artist lol

quimchee

I have thought about writing actually! I wrote lots of short stories when I was in school, even moreso after I quit drawing but then I discovered webtoon and gave art another chance. I do believe my visual thinking is so much stronger than my verbal thinking. Maybe if I practiced writing more? I know I can't draw forever despite how much I love storytelling lol.

quimchee

Nah but seriously they underestimated everything from the story to the readers lol.

Jupet

They definitely underestimated the fandom and our dedication 😂

Cleonidovna

If you knew all the theories that came out about the color of his eyes! 🤯😂Your editor didn't think that your fandom would be like detectives analyzing all the panels in this comic and their meanings 🕵️😂

hufflenuss

Haha I remember trying to find some symbolism with the eye colors and toys, guess that was actually unnecessary😂 On a more positive note, it seems like not a lot of people still doubt Shin-hye due to her eye color though. She just looks too similar to Shin-ae to not be her sister, so you still made it work. The thing about Alyssa (and Meg) being considered as Shin-ae's sister honestly always confused me because even before Alyssa showed up..Meg said she and Kousuke could be in-laws someday, meaning she's Alyssa's sister. Seeing the "What if Alyssa/Meg is the sister?" comments afterwards only made me question if these people even process what they read😅

imaginary_dragonling

That's fascinating to hear 🙉 thank you for sharing!

AuntWacky

But please don't beat yourself up too much. You couldn't have known. You and your editors are only human, after all. 😉😆

AuntWacky

At one point I even thought Shin-Hye was wearing colored contacts! 🤣

AuntWacky

Gadzooks, that explains a lot! 🤣 I'm so sorry you had to endure that, but I'm also so grateful your vision is strong enough to power through all of that confusion, and frankly, BS! Sheesh! That's probably the same kind of nonsense that made their marketing department think the "side hustle" idea was a good one! I swear, some of these guys have never read a comic before. 🙄😑

Yessica (Keka)

I am on the side of gratuitous abs. 😌

♡◇

I feel for you. 💀 I hope you don’t have to deal with anyone trying to dissuade you from your plans or adding things to fit some marketing narrative lol. I feel like the story became more what you always wanted it to be. I know not everything—there are things you may have wanted to put or add and maybe just didn’t have time/space. It’s one of the things about the weekly deadlines and just nature of webcomics vs say… writing novels. I don’t know if you’ve ever been asked and obviously you’re an amazing illustrator/artist but do you like writing stories in a more novel format or prefer storytelling in comic?

Ashlie

😂 you're on the editor's side I see!

Yessica (Keka)

I too wish for more abs.

Elle

I feel like this explains so much 🥲

Elle

It would actually be really cool to see the comparison of your original visions vs the editor suggestions! There's a few scenes that come to mind

Ashlie

No but i TOTALLY appreciate your backgrounds and attention to detail! I know he wants to make it easier on you, I get it, but honestly the way you craft it sets it apart so I applaud you!

Ashlie

Oh THAT would be fun! See what SHOULD have been lol

quimchee

I should post the Nol ab panels and the original ab-less panels side by side (if I can find them)

baba

Im sorry what LMFAO. Omg I feel so bad for you, please tell me that you have a different editor or that the editor better understands your story now, cuz my god that seems painful

Brittany Freeman

I’ve been meaning to reread everything again and now I really want to! I just don’t pay enough attention to this details 🤦‍♀️

quimchee

Yeah I was assigned this editor in the first place because he handles the Romance webcomics. I remember our first interaction when we were introducing ourselves to each other, he asked me for a summary of ILY so he can better understand how to tackle the story as my editor. I told him and he went "Oh..." 💀

Becky Alfaro

🙏🧎🏽‍♀️

quimchee

Yes 🥲 Even suggested just using unaltered 3D backgrounds because no one will care. Like Mr. Editor, I appreciate the advice and even if readers don't care, there's nothing I hate more than 2D characters looking so out if place in a 3D environment and I don't want to create something I can't look at.

♡◇

The confusion lasts to this very day. There are some people who say Miss Stalker Sister “can’t be the sister because the eyes” and I just have this face 🥹 ~ I also don’t get the purpose behind their suggestion but I also remember some people over there fanning flames early on because any press was good to draw people in.

Oh so you are returning to older episodes because you are preparing for the physical print of I love Yoo please god 😭

Ashlie

Speaking of editorial advice lmao thinking of all the gratuitous Nol abs 😂

Ashlie

Redrawing episodes, huh 👀👀 inch-resting.... I wonder what this could be for 👀👀 (oh I'm excited!) It's funny cos the eyes HAVE been a point of contention and in retrospect, it feels confusing. I'm sure your editor had their reasons but... then again... is this the same editor that tells you to simplify your backgrounds?

Xiomara~

Lo mío con tu editor es muy personal