Mpl is a mess indeed. The author keeps repeatedly goes into hiatus. There was no S2 summary, leaving us very confused. It just feels like the author has no interest in it anymore.
Yeah, it's a shame, I know the creator has gone through a LOT the past year, apparently during the midseason hiatus they lost a family member and IIRC they're struggling with the physical demands of keeping up with the deadlines, so I can fully empathize with the notion that lilydusk just sort of lost control of their own story along the way. When it comes to long-term projects like this, the condition you start it in won't necessarily be the same condition you end it in and that can reflect through your work. I do think it's clear that the creator might be kind of 'done' with MPL but still trying to finish it for the audience, which I can respect, but it shows when someone's burnt out and still forcing themselves to keep up with it and that can result in a lower quality story which won't make the audience happy, either. It seems like a really shitty situation to be in.
That's just my two cents though, I have no clue what's going on with lilydusk's side of things and from what they've said, it seems like they're going through a lot that's making it hard to focus on the comic.
I do really like MPL as a concept, but I think due to the amount of hiatuses that have happened due to the struggling of the creator, MPL has sort of "lost the plot" so now it's really hard to keep up with, it feels very disjointed in its ideas and execution. I feel like lilydusk just needs to take a seat and actually look at their plot, the story they're trying to tell, and map out a game plan to get there, because right now it feels like they're just sort of going from episode to episode with no clear direction.
S1 was definitely when it was at its strongest, I miss the Poppy / Tora dynamic as the central plotline </3
I’ve gone 31 years on this rock without knowing about webtoons…when I tell you I’ve INHALED a handful so far😅 It’s currently 1:40 am and I’m sobbing over Days of Hana it was so beautiful. If anyone has any recommendations I’ll gladly take them! 🖤 PS I’ll be adding more as I go. Please keep those recs coming!🖤
Here’s what I’ve read so far:
~Webtoon~
• Midnight Poppy Land (as of 3/24/2023) BACK FROM HIATUS!!! Welcome back Lilydusk!!🖤🖤🖤
• SubZero (also back from hiatus as of 2/19/2023!!!)
• Atnomen
• My Gently Raised Beast (spin-off happening)
• The Witch and the Bull (back from hiatus)
• Days of Hana (complete)
• Brimstone and Roses (on hiatus)
• Down to Earth
• Eaternal Nocturnal (back from hiatus!! Another current favorite🖤)
• Phase (back from hiatus)
• Your Wish (on hiatus til 8/14/2023)
• Reunion (complete)
• Morgana and Oz (back from hiatus)
• Maybe Meant to Be (current favorite 🖤 and on hiatus)
• I Love Yoo (other current favorite 🖤 and also on hiatus)
• Let’s Play (complete, but feels unfinished lol)
• Happily Ever Afterwards (complete? There was a series finale, but it still says “updated every Thursday” so🤷🏻♀️)
• The Alpha King’s Claim
• Edith (no hate to the author, but I actually stopped reading. Love the art, I just don’t care about the story there, you know?)
hi my name is Sadie and im addicted to reading romantic webtoons now that i gave up all social media 🫠🥰
p.s. im down to talk about any of them! although im not super far into “taming the marquess” bc its a daily pass 🙄😒 and i just started “the dark lords confession”