GIANT AUTHOR’S NOTE

FOR MY RAGNAROK FANFIC

I’m going to explain a few things about Ragnarok the manhwa (Korean for manga/comic) that Tokyopop (the company that distributes it in English) has screwed up. I’ve read the original Korean Ragnarok (and will soon own the entire set), so I actually do have grounds for this argument. Sure, I should make and devote an entire website about the errors in the translation and go page by page in each book, but that takes time and effort.

What really bursts my bubble is that Tokyopop butchers the spells, moves, locations, and dialogue by trying to make everything sound mystical and/or Norse. They even try to make the manhwa seem totally different from game! (A lot of people don’t realize how much the manhwa and online game have in common). For example, Chaos’s mom’s name isn’t “Frigg”. In the original Korean manhwa, she’s really “Tiamat” (which is actually Babylonian, not Norse). And for the most part, no one in the entire series really mentions Odin (go figure). For more alterations, I guess you could email me and I could tell you some really specific ones.

Basically, keep an eye out for footnotes that I’ll put in brackets with numbers in them. If some names are altered (like mentioned above, Frigg to Tiamat) and you don’t recognize them, you can press Ctrl+F and type in the number and find the corresponding footnote. Instead of spewing out everything here that I’m going to change (which I don’t even know currently) all at once, I’ll keep you posted with footnotes and author’s notes. Usually I’ll only change things back to what Myung-Jin Lee (the artist/author) originally wrote.

I do have a request though. I’m pretty much a perfectionist and I don’t want to post chapters up until I’ve edited them like a million times over. But for this fanfic, I wantit to be one of those epic fanfics that go on for a while (doubtful that’s going to happen, but I can dream, can’t I?), butI also don't want it to take months just to get one chapter completed.My goal is cut down on painfully long waiting periods yet produce quality work while stillkeeping this as accurate to the manhwa/game as possible. So if there are any plotholes, grammar/spelling errors, continuity issues, and/or parts that are just plain crap, please tell me. Heck, I’ll even take story suggestions/ideas.

Also, when reviewing this fic, don’t just write:

“OoOOOoo~~ me wants more! I heart it LOTS! wHeN’s tHe nExT cHap cOmiNg!”

It does feed the ego, but it doesn’t help me improve anything. What parts did you like or hate? What could be improved? (dialogue? action? transition?) When you do send me suggestions, don’t make them stupid like:

“MaKe it Yaoi! I’m a fangirl of yaois! And lemons!” or “You should make them high schoolers! And have them face life problems!”

Remember, I’m aiming for accuracy towards the text.

Alright, I’ve tortured you long enough. Thanks for taking the time to read this.