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I was wondering how difficult it would be for scanlators and/or uploaders to mark "Chapter 0" chapters that are previews and not actually prologues as such? (I guess this mainly applies to webtoons.)
You see, a prologue is an introductory part of a story, usually showing early events that lead to or somehow have an impact on the main story. It's important not to skip it!
A preview may also loosely fit some people's definition of a prologue, but it is essentially a preview, a teaser, and a mild spoiler.
Personally (and I'm not sure if anyone else is like this) I really hate reading the preview just before starting on the real first chapter. It almost always takes away the surprise and freshness of the first chapter or two. However, because it has become standard to label previews as "Chapter 0 - Prologue," I always have to read them in case I miss the rare one that actually is an introductory part of the story. It honestly makes beginning of so many webtoons kinda meh for me because they've been spoiled already. 😟
I'm assuming it'd be ridiculous to expect everyone to completely change the labels on every chapter 0 just for me!! However, I was wondering if it is plausible/reasonable to ask scanlators or uploaders to perhaps add the word "Preview" (or something similar) to those chapter titles/descriptions so that people can skip them if they wish?
You see, a prologue is an introductory part of a story, usually showing early events that lead to or somehow have an impact on the main story. It's important not to skip it!
A preview may also loosely fit some people's definition of a prologue, but it is essentially a preview, a teaser, and a mild spoiler.
Personally (and I'm not sure if anyone else is like this) I really hate reading the preview just before starting on the real first chapter. It almost always takes away the surprise and freshness of the first chapter or two. However, because it has become standard to label previews as "Chapter 0 - Prologue," I always have to read them in case I miss the rare one that actually is an introductory part of the story. It honestly makes beginning of so many webtoons kinda meh for me because they've been spoiled already. 😟
I'm assuming it'd be ridiculous to expect everyone to completely change the labels on every chapter 0 just for me!! However, I was wondering if it is plausible/reasonable to ask scanlators or uploaders to perhaps add the word "Preview" (or something similar) to those chapter titles/descriptions so that people can skip them if they wish?
