27th Apr 2020, 9:19 AM
in Ch. 39 - The Aftermath
Author Notes:
Jocelyn
27th Apr 2020, 9:19 AM
If this feels like a strange way to end the chapter, you're not wrong. As I've said a couple times in the comments recently, though, I'm taking a hiatus for a little while. Originally, when I wrote and started drawing the chapter - before I knew the world would be in its current state - I didn't plan to have a hiatus here. And while the script called for one more scene after this, it's just not the note I wanted to leave off on. It's not written to be a cliffhanger with a long break, so I'd rather just save it for now and cut off on this note today instead. ^_^
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Anyway, starting now, I'm taking a hiatus. Like I said, I didn't want there to be one yet, but real world events kinda killed my motivation for a while, and now I'm extremely unprepared. I'm trying to work through things and catch back up as best as I can, but I'm taking things very slow right now while I deal with... everything.
While committing to my work is difficult for me right now, I understand the last few weeks of pages could have been a brief escape for some of you. So even during hiatus, I'd like to keep posting something. Filler stuff, fanart, future story previews. I'll keep you occupied. I just need to not have that deadline stress (among other things) for a little while.
Thank you for understanding. And rest assured, Rain will return. In the meantime, stay safe and stay healthy. Love you all. And I'll talk to y'all again real soon. ^_^
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Anyway, starting now, I'm taking a hiatus. Like I said, I didn't want there to be one yet, but real world events kinda killed my motivation for a while, and now I'm extremely unprepared. I'm trying to work through things and catch back up as best as I can, but I'm taking things very slow right now while I deal with... everything.
While committing to my work is difficult for me right now, I understand the last few weeks of pages could have been a brief escape for some of you. So even during hiatus, I'd like to keep posting something. Filler stuff, fanart, future story previews. I'll keep you occupied. I just need to not have that deadline stress (among other things) for a little while.
Thank you for understanding. And rest assured, Rain will return. In the meantime, stay safe and stay healthy. Love you all. And I'll talk to y'all again real soon. ^_^
©2004-2020
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!
And you can get Rain shirts, stickers, mugs, and more at RedBubble.
You can also follow Rain on Facebook!
And lastly, you can also follow me on Twitter!
User comments:
Stay safe everyone.
I wish you health and rejuvenation.
Thank you for all you’ve done for me. You’re a brilliant artist.
I really relate to wanting to hold onto finally feeling like you belong. It took me until post-college to have that.
Can you help?
It seems Lulu is experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment. I just saw notice that this is happening to a few people. I'll do some digging around, but it may take some time.
I'll try to keep you posted if anything changes. ^_^
And, I'll still be here. I didn't quit Manly Guys Doing Manly Things, even though I'm pretty certain that hiatus is permanent, and took years to quit Venus Envy.
Wait, the fact that I'm still tracking that might suggest I haven't quit on it after all...
Stay safe and well during these chaotic times and thanks for brightening our worlds with your art! This comic is wonderful.
I personally know that I’m somewhere in that and haven’t entirely figured it out yet, but that’s okay because I’m not unhappy as is.
It’s really made me think about how to handle one of my own characters in one of my stories and truthfully I’m not sure which way to take them yet.
But, regardless, thank you for the awesome work.
It's only been abit under 8 months, accepting myself, but with supressing things for 19 years, it's been a bit of a partially involuntary speedrun. I've been full time for just under 6 months and started HRT just under 5 months ago.
I'm so happy that this comic exists, it's giving me something I never had, a glimpse ito what things could have been like, if I had been born 10-15y later.
But I realized that transitioning much earlier would have been perilous, a year or two would have been possible, maybe. I wish getting hormones officially would have been as easy and quick as for Rain, but I can't complain too much, just with the built up pressure, waiting for months is just torture.
I'm changing my name, got my first of two psych evals for that done today, the second one is in two weeks, and then it's time to burn my deadname out of existance.
I'm eagerly awaiting new pages. Take your time though, and thanks so much for writing such a wonderful story.
How? How could I be "cought up"?
Oh, how surreal that is. I've been caught off guard a couple of times by the references to specific games and such coming out over the course of this comic, but seeing this reference is the real kicker.
This story began being published back in 2010 - when I was still in middle school -- and was still being worked on during the start of this pandemic that's plagued the last three years of my adulthood. It's crazy to think about a decade of time in such a personal context. And crazy that this work of fiction that I've fallen so heavily for over just the last few days was being worked on for so much of my life, unbeknownst to me.
I know I'm getting near the end, much as I hate to admit it. And right now, I'm really not sure what I'm gonna do once I'm finished. I'm so utterly absorbed in these characters, their relationships, and their stories that I can't think about much else. So I guess, having the colossal amount of time put into perspective... I just want to say thank you. Thank you, Jocelyn, for putting so much love into this series over the years. It accompanied you through much of your transition, and in a way it'll definitely accompany me through mine. These characters will have a place in my heart forever. So thank you for sharing them with me. With all of us.
... sounds really final, even though I've got a few chapters left to go. I guess I'm just feeling emotional right now. Wanted to get some of that off my chest.
1. Ch. 23: The Flaherty Siblings
2. Ch 14: No More Fake Smiles
3. Ch 5: Cordially Invited
4. Ch 4: Not the Same
5. Ch. 37: Prom Night
6. Ch. 28: Love, Trust, and Respect
7. Ch. 27: Same Girl, New Look
8. Ch. 35: Weather the Storm
9. Ch. 34: Promise
10. Ch 15: The January Girl
11. Ch. 19: Vincent's Story
12. Ch. 24: Of Cons and Kisses
13. Ch. 26: Cut
14. Ch. 29: Transitions
15. Ch. 32: Unfeminine
16. Ch. 39: The Aftermath
17. Ch. 33: The Calm
18. Ch. 21: Valentine's Day
19. Ch. 20: Just a Quiet Weekend
20. Ch. 31: A Symbol of Trust
21. Ch 13: Togetherness
22. Ch. 36: New Directions
23. Ch. 30: Little Victories
24. Ch. 17: Journey of 1,000 Miles
25. Ch 9: One Week
26. Ch. 38: Supportive
27.Ch. 18: Sunny
28. Ch. 16: The Exception
29. Ch 12: Drab
30. Ch 11: Big Brother
31. Ch. 22: Valentine's Night
32. Ch 7: Mixed Feelings
33. Ch 10: Friendship
34. Ch 6: Fallen Angel
35. Ch 2: Secrets and Lies
36. Ch 3: Normal People
37. Ch 1: The New Girl
38. Ch. 25: Wings
39. Ch 8: Confrontation