This post is pretty "late", because every time I typed this in the past few days, it just ended up as a huge wall of text that inevitably became really ranty at parts. So screw it. Now, I'm just gonna steer clear of the negative stuff and just say a few things while keepin' it simple.
So I'm the anon who's been taking care of the FF Imgur account recently. I'm saying this purely for context. This isn't a big reveal or anything. I set up the separate account flutteringfeelingsmanhwa and the email address simply so that if ever I can't do it anymore in the future, I can easily pass it to someone else. BTW, I didn't start the FF Imgur account. jrdp_18 was the one who set it up to provide a single convenient place to read the roughs of all existing chapters. (And mad props to her for that.) I just volunteered a short while ago to help out a tiny bit (just uploading).
Anyway, I just want to say, after all the "pseudo-drama" created by certain people (though not really here on Dynasty, mostly somewhere else...), I'm really glad that in the end, the conclusion is that people will have the choice to read FF however they want. They can choose to read it directly on Comico via the overlay method OR they can choose to read it as they did before, in a rough typeset uploaded to Imgur, without any delay.
I personally think this is simply the best outcome. I think that giving people the choice is almost always the best thing to do.
As an aside, I was really on the fence about this for a good while. On one hand, I don't like "forcing" people to do anything, but on the other hand, I really really really wanted to help support ssamba and for myself personally, the 3-day thing felt like a perfectly fine compromise. For a while, I was pretty much down with the idea of putting up the roughs 3 days later, just to help encourage people to read it on Comico. But... long story short, with time, I've come to form the opinion that it's just best to let people decide for themselves.
Now, perhaps this is naive of me, but I honestly believe that many true FF fans will definitely try to help support the author and check out the overlay method, of their own volition.
Sooo...
I really look forward to the new method. Regardless of all the "support the author" jazz, it is also Just Plain Cool. I mean, you click a button, and the chapter turns into friggin' English in front of your eyes. It's magical pixie dust.
I do however still place a lot of value on having the option to read standalone uploaded typesets, as there may be people who really cannot use the overlay method for whatever reason. I wouldn't want anyone who loves and enjoys this series to be deprived of it.
So as I said, I'll continue to upload the typesets, as long as someone wants to make them. The only minor thing is I think I'll put a note at the beginning of the chapter, at the top, just to let people know about this other option, and then it's totally up to the reader. Otherwise, business as usual.
In closing, I'm of the opinion that you can never be too appreciative, so I just want to take the time to thank to everyone who is contributing or who has ever contributed to making it possible for us to read and enjoy FF.
... Ah hell, I'll just name everyone that I know of. Thank you, in no particular order, to kyra (rough typesets, QC), d.d.d. (rough typesets), Cold (rough typesets), QCO (rough typesets), jrdp_18 (raws, QC), halmoni (translation, TLC), Haggant (translation, early chapters), Kanaria (TLC), Gulf Standard (QC), kubrick (cleaning), winter (cleaning), takachi (cleaning), Ryo (editing/typesetting), Doonge (magic). Terribly sorry if I missed anyone.
Special shout-out to jrdp_18; without your initial obsession in and dedication to this at-the-time completely unknown manhwa, FF might still be completely unknown outside of Korea, let alone having such a large avid thriving English-reading fanbase who looks forward to every Sunday/Monday.
last edited at May 30, 2015 2:06PM
