Oh. So, novel!ZYL isn't just an asshole, he's a *creep*.
I interpreted the disrespect for personal space and constant threats to dock pay of series!ZYL as warm and not to be taken seriously, respectively (and I shall continue to do so as much as possible!). But it sounds as though novel!ZYL is actually an abusive boss, a domineering groper.
It's a tricky translation question, all right, how much to improve objective faults in the source (typos, etc.), and how much to improve things like this mis-match of adjectives. I apologize for assuming the problem was your grasp of the nuances of English when the issue is actually in P大's writing.
Is there a character arc for ZYL in the novel, the way there's one for SW? If the author were a Western slash fan (which was the lens I started with), I would have really wondered what kind of person ZYL is supposed to be, if he's supposed to be heroic-but-flawed or kind of endearingly flawed.
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Date: 2019-03-01 12:01 am (UTC)I interpreted the disrespect for personal space and constant threats to dock pay of series!ZYL as warm and not to be taken seriously, respectively (and I shall continue to do so as much as possible!). But it sounds as though novel!ZYL is actually an abusive boss, a domineering groper.
It's a tricky translation question, all right, how much to improve objective faults in the source (typos, etc.), and how much to improve things like this mis-match of adjectives. I apologize for assuming the problem was your grasp of the nuances of English when the issue is actually in P大's writing.
Is there a character arc for ZYL in the novel, the way there's one for SW? If the author were a Western slash fan (which was the lens I started with), I would have really wondered what kind of person ZYL is supposed to be, if he's supposed to be heroic-but-flawed or kind of endearingly flawed.