Why are there so many villainess comics?

@joannekwan Joanne Kwan
Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:41:31 +0000

This thread asks the same

How "Villainess" Comics/Novels became so Popular? Questions

I noticed that there are alot of these "Villainess" comics that takes place in a Georgian/Victorian setting and the main character is either accused of crime they didn't commit & before they get executed, they magically go back in time where they change their fate OR the main character is reading a Georgian/Victorian novel & they end up being the main character of the story like an Isekai OR some other kind of plot that would still take place in a Georgian/Victorian setting. I'm curious on how…

and this is the most concise answer from that thread I feel

How "Villainess" Comics/Novels became so Popular?

I'm not sure about novels, but a lot of the villainess webcomic in Tapas seems to come from Korea. Made by Korean women to be consumed (primarily) by Korean women. In the current conservative Korean culture, Korean women can get called a feminist b**ch and doxxed for even daring to cut their hair short or not wear makeup. Women are generally discouraged from displaying traits that are considered positive for a man: assertiveness, independence, dominance, goal-focused, etc. (One could probably…