Mostly straight-forward page, I'm not sure what else to add here. Except I guess, did this go the way you expected? And what about singling Rain out at the end there?
Meant to post this yesterday, but I got totally sidetracked and forgot. But it seems that as of yesterday, Rain has had short hair for a longer time than she's had long hair.
Now I'm wondering how people imagine Rain when they think of her. Like, assuming you're not actively looking at Rain herself. Like, when you hear Rain's name, do you think of her with short hair now? Or do you still see that half-covered face in your mind's eye?
If it had anything to do with her relationship with Emily, I expect he would have asked Emily to stay as well. I suspect it's more likely that it relates to Rain's use of her deadname to to get Chanel into the prom.
What Rain did to get Chanel in was the most reckless of the group. Arthur knows that, but he doesn't know how many of the other students know, so he wants to talk to Rain alone.
I really truly hope Brother Arthur is going to ask Rain some questions about how he can reach out to his brother. We’re in the last quarter(?) of Rain, so it seems reasonable to me that Brother Arthur might be making some strokes that lead to reuniting with his brother. I imagine he’ll also want to apologize for the whole Prom King thing. A question for Jocelyn: Is the story behind Brother Arthur’s scar ever going to be revealed, or is it just not that important to his story?
He was found covering for some kid that assaulted all of the girls in school looking for a date, which came to a head with Chanel and was interrupted by Maria who punched him, which is why she was also expelled
There are a couple theories from the students here, although obviously not direct confirmation, but it’s heavily implied he was taking bribes from Todd’s family to overlook several things (including bullying Rudy). He resigned probably so an investigation was started because that would not have ended well for him
Apparently, <a href="http://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/1074">he was caught taking bribes</a>, which was why Todd was able to get away with so much stuff.
Well I hope it's because he's concerned about her well-being since it doesn't seem like this school has a counselor. If she walks, they're very likely going to be stuck in a dead name situation.
This ending would be ominous if not for the fact that Brother Arthur has been the chillest person since his introduction and I have no doubt that what he wants to discuss will be positive.
I think he's probably going to criticize her use of her deadname. Worry over her safety, and caution her. I have no reason to believe he'll do anything.
I hope Rain's grades are still good enough to pass all her classes and graduate and that the reason Brother Arthur wants to speak with her separately has to do with something like getting her diploma to specify Rain instead of Ryan as her name, or some clerical issue like that. I know officially the transcript records must use full legal name, but since a diploma itself is mostly ceremonial document, schools often have some leeway in the actual names printed on them. I know at my own high school (OMG, I'm attending my 40th class reunion this fall, Ima freakin' fossil, lol!) they allowed nicknames and such to be printed on our diplomas if that was the name the student actually used in everyday life, for example the name on the diploma might have gotten printed something like "William 'BillyBob' Robert Hicks" or "William 'BillyBob' Hicks" even ommitting including middlenames if the student really hated theirs. Name spelling in the diplomas had to be approved by the student's parent(s) if the student was still under age 18 at graduation, but 18 or over the student was a legal adult in 1980 and deemed fit to decide for themselves how they wanted their name represented on the ceremonial document diploma. Heck, 18 was the legal drinking age then too. I simply had my high school diploma state my full legal name by default.
And speaking of diplomas.... I still need to go to my college records office and process my legal name and gender change for my college transcript and see if they still offer diploma reprints with new names incorporated on them. I know they used to do this a couple years ago when I first got my court order but never got around to doing that. I still have my old college Bachelor of Science diploma but lost my high school diploma a long long time ago.
Oh, god. I just accidentally binge-read Rain from the start. I didn't realize it lasted nine years. I got so invested. And now there's a cliffhanger :(
I started reading Rain after she had short hair, so that's how I picture her. ^.^
Brother Arthur is probably checking in about the Prom King mix up and whether he can help. From their descriptions, her wouldn't know yet whether it outed her
When I just think of Rain with no attachment to a part of the story she has long hair. It was in the early impressionable pages so that image of how she had her hair at the very beginning stays.
Also it is the one she chose vs. the one she made due with so there is that as well.
Also, does he have a piece of hair stuck to his chin or is that a cut?
Feels like we're getting ready for a wrap up, albeit a drawn out well written one.
There are a couple theories from the students here, although obviously not direct confirmation, but it’s heavily implied he was taking bribes from Todd’s family to overlook several things (including bullying Rudy). He resigned probably so an investigation was started because that would not have ended well for him
And speaking of diplomas.... I still need to go to my college records office and process my legal name and gender change for my college transcript and see if they still offer diploma reprints with new names incorporated on them. I know they used to do this a couple years ago when I first got my court order but never got around to doing that. I still have my old college Bachelor of Science diploma but lost my high school diploma a long long time ago.
Brother Arthur is probably checking in about the Prom King mix up and whether he can help. From their descriptions, her wouldn't know yet whether it outed her
Also it is the one she chose vs. the one she made due with so there is that as well.