Rain
Comic 1138 - The Soda Bar
Author Notes:
The focus here is on Randy, Drew, and Aidyn talking about girls. This is Randy's first appearance in the chapter and we now know he came to prom with someone named Molly Finch. Is this some new character? Yes and no. A little bit of a random fact: way back in the beginning of the story, before Randy was made a recurring character by fan demand, I was considering this similarly unique character. Instead of being seen and not heard like Randy is though, this Molly would never be seen, but we'd hear about her a lot. Stuff like a lot of "oh, did you hear what Molly said?" or "get a load of Molly's amazing prom dress" (that we'd never see). She was more or less cut in favor of Randy, as I figured two of this sort of character would be overdoing it. But using Molly here felt like a nice way to call back to her. ^_^
While on the subject of Randy, check out that suit. With all the black tuxes in this chapter, I wanted one to seem at least a little different. My spouse told me it kinda looks more like he's cosplaying someone, which wasn't really my intention. But given we know he does like anime and gaming and such (he was at the con, many chapters back), maybe it IS cosplay. I don't know of who, but I'm willing to run with this. XD
Also of note, Chanel is present at the head of the line but doesn't interact with anyone. Mostly just setting up something for later here. And we see Ky, Rain, and Emily at one of the tables. Again, we don't hear anything from them today, but we'll catch up with them soon.
Finally, we come full circle to address that most of the page is just these boys talking. And mostly, Drew and Aidyn talking about Ky. Your thoughts are most welcome here.
©2004-2019
Rain, all characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.
Support our Patreon.
You can buy Rain: Vol. 1 through 5 here!
You can also follow Rain on Facebook!
The soda's being poured before her very eyes, and it's just looks so cool and refreshing, Chanel stares in wonder.
Alternately, Chanel places her order in the same hammy way she got through check in, and she's just acting.
No real reason. I guess I just drew her with big eyes here. But you can imagine one of these scenarios or others, if you like. XD
#ReallyRandy
My personal opinion on this is that not outing someone is more important. People should have the right to choose when they come out, and you can't take that back. Drew has no right to out Ky or risk attracting undue attention to their actual gender, unless Ky has given him permission to.
I hope Drew is properly considering Ky and their feelings here. Ky really doesn't anything but positive and supportive people with how their dysphoria is treating them.
In any case, Drew should talk with Ky about this, and find out how Ky wants to handle it. And support Ky, no matter what the decision is.
And being I don't know Ky's preferred pronouns (I may need to reread again), I hope I didn't do too terribly in avoiding a misgender.
Dunno if this comes off as a rant, it's just I've seen a lot of people suggesting that Drew wear Ky's dress, and it seems to me that people don't get how much danger that would put Rain in.