Rain
Comic 1257 - Conditioned
Author Notes:
And for what it's worth, when they found out about the pregnancy, both Debbie and Holly did react rather badly. But time has passed and they've had a lot of time to think. They've even actively expressed regret, concern, and support since then. So this shouldn't seem so unlikely. This has been coming for a while. Everyone wants to be past this.
Now, I feel it's worth mentioning that this doesn't forgive everyone's behavior up to now, nor does it mean the three of them are back to being besties with no hangups regarding how different Emily is now compared to how they've known her for years. But for now, this is okay. This is a step in the right direction. ^_^
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Really made me let out the biggest chortle.
Thank you Holly, I should never have doubted you!
What a nice way to start the week!
Emily should have been the one apologizing, and Debbie and Holly couldn't have been judgmental over a situation they weren't informed of. I'm not saying that these friends should have broken up or anything, and again I like the end result. But how the story got there I feel was a bit of a misstep.
Emily did apologize. Second to last panel. ^^;
That being said, I'm quite interested to hear Debbie's story about how she came to know the things that Emily wouldn't have expected her to know. I suspect that at least part of it is that after clocking Rain in Chapter 32, she did her research and actually gained a fair understanding of Rain's situation, which would also explain her turnaround on the matter at the Prom.
There's been a few comments earlier on suggesting that Debbie could be related to Vincent on the basis of the two of them having similar hair colour and skin tone.
I'm not sure about that theory though. We know from Vincent's backstory that he ran away from everyone he knew before he transitioned. Given that he never tried to reconnect with Fara after transitioning (despite knowing she was a trans ally), it seems fairly unlikely to me that he would have resume contact with family.
Just kidding. Or am I?
Rain was most likely afraid that Debbie was going to out her to Holly since Debbie apparently has logically deduced that Rain is transgender, quite a long time ago but actually much to my own surprise, Debbie is surprisingly very well understanding thet if you’ve figured out somebody is transgender all on your own, and haven’t been explicitly permitted by them that it’s cool to talk about that or mention it to anyone else (outing them privately to someone else), and doubly so when the transgender person passes so well they’re easily able to be stealth. The correct, honorable and respectful thing to do is keep your mouth shut about your discovery and share it with abso-freakin-lutely NOBODY ELSE!And much to my surprise because I didn’t read that level of honor and respect from Debbie’s apparent personality, especially given how much resentment she has about Rain’s relationship with Emily, I was expecting her to out Rain as a punitive expression of some immature need to “get even” and do it just to hurt Rain , like teenagers are often prone to do as expressions of emotional outbusts. instead, I’m kinda blown away by Debbie’s maturity and restraint, since she knows hurting Rain that way wouldn’t do anything to undo her own hurt feelings, it would only hurt Rain and make herself feel like a jerk for stooping that low, plus everyone else would think she’s a total dick and probably end up shunning her. Debbie’s a lot smarter then others realize and she stays modest about that too.
That's why I think she's done some research in the meantime and come to this understanding in the time between then and now.
I…can’t believe I hadn’t heard this mistake, nor my take on it, before. I think it’s pretty funny, and will probably try to wedge it into a conversation aomeday.