Rain
Comic 1440 - Rain Delay 27
Author Notes:
Changing Brands
A lot of people asked about this. Can Rain really change her name when the comic, Rain is named after the person, Rain? I mean, sure. Why not? Rain is still part of her name, and she'll still answer it (and for the sake of not making things too confusing, I'll probably continue to call her Rain myself in blurbs and such, going forward). But Rain, as a title, has some symbolic meaning too, so I promise the branding doesn't need to be changed. I'm not retroactively renaming the comic, or using a new title for the final chapter or anything. Don't worry. ^_^
Ryan Reboot
On the other hand, because the last few chapters are loaded with name-swapping shenanigans, I did feel like "Ryan: The Totally Normal Guy" strips might need to change. They kinda did anyway. I'm on the record saying they're mostly all the exact same joke. But this offers all new potential to be a different joke repeated over and over. The new Ryan is already canonically part of the story and already canonically a totally normal guy, so the joke is that nothing changes... except for maybe some random liberties here and there. :3
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Rain, all characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.
Also, as of this weekend, Rain is now available in Spanish, thanks to my friend, Val. The entire first chapter is already translated, with more to come! If you're interested, you can check it out here:
https://rain-es-mx.thecomicseries.com/comics/first
Don't forget that this is addition to the French translation (currently up through Chapter 16), provided by my other friend, Mia:
https://rain-tradfr.thecomicseries.com/comics/first
Please, check them out if this is helpful/interesting for you or anyone you know! ^_^
And Liriel has a good point; nothing has changed, besides the significance of her name. Taking on her dad's deadname so that he can't be abused by his family is no small task
I like Rain ^_^
Did you consider switching to something like “The Adventures of Cole, the completely normal girl”?
I'm gonna miss Rain, both the character and the comic. I still don't know for sure if I'm trans or not, but seeing Rain get what she, and I, wanted brought me quite a bit of joy on some of my worst days.
As a side note, do you intend on writing any more stories? I'd love see more of your work.
"As a side note, do you intend on writing any more stories?"
I do, indeed! My goal is to keep writing stories for the rest of my life. So if you've enjoyed Rain, please don't go too far when it's over. I'll have more to announce soon. ^_^
childcomic now."In Western culture, we have a precedent for people changing their name as a result of a life event: when a woman gets married. So when Sally Smith gets married to John Jones, she is referred to as Sally Jones, née Smith. And since someone can change their first name on marriage without much hassle, she could even be "Sarah Jones, née Sally Smith."
My silly (?) idea is to use the same thing for name changes upon transition: Liriel Rain Bryer, née Ryan Flaherty, or just Rain, née Ryan. And Ryan, né Colette.
Of course, for this to not trigger people right and left, we'd have to live in a world where transphobes were a tiny, fringe group, like flat-earthers, who were seen by almost everyone as a bunch of kooks. And one's deadname were simply a historical fact (the way a person's "maiden name" is), rather than an invalidation ("To dream .... the impossible dream....")