Rain
Comic 1459 - Clown
Author Notes:
Instead, I'm opting to just post a little early. This is going up on Tuesday, but it's the "Wednesday page". And the next page will go up on Friday, as regularly planned. I hope this isn't too big an inconvenience for anyone. ^_^
Anyway, I don't have a lot to say about this one. I don't recall having Fara and Rudy interact that much, but I really like them chatting like this. I think they play off each other well. ^_^
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Small side note: I hit 2,000 followers on Twitter today. Thank you to those of you among them. I mostly just post links to the new pages there, but sometimes, I also share extra little doodles and thoughts that don't make it anywhere else. For instance:
https://twitter.com/LynnSenpai84/status/1483523794878746626
In all seriousness, I’m curious to see how this all goes.
We’ll have Rain, Kellen, and Rudy all in the same room for the first time…
Grab your popcorn, everyone.
Still, it's so lovely. I love how Rudy matured (¿?) over the years. I'm so happy for him.
Then again, he will certainly be a good ally for the (oddly high) percentage of LGBT+ students that seem to go through those halls.
That said, I know I also have lied to surveys that ask me about my personal preferences, especially when I was asked in the presence of someone I felt would judge me negatively if they knew how I really felt about stuff. I'm not gay, at least to the extent I count as a cis man, so I haven't contributed to any skew on the LGB part of that stuff.
But there's also issues with "does this particular survey actually cover the options that I represent?" Especially back in the 1990s, the answer to that was frequently "no", at least not for the definition of transsexual they provided at that time when I asked. Assuming they even had *that* option on the survey.
Add to this the people who haven't figured themselves out yet, and the whole 10% homosexual, 1% trans numbers seem really weak.
All of that having been said, it's been pointed out frequently that there's another issue with people noting the "oddly high" percentage of LGBT+ students at St. Hallvard. Specifically, in order for a student there to get into the cast of this strip, they need to be significant to Rain. The best way to do that is be LGBT+ and be supportive. So there's a lot of selection bias.
"Why? Are _you_ interested in me? How much income do you earn?" (while batting my eyelashes at the end)
I never found that old to be overused. It was used sporadically enough and in various contexts so it didn’t overstay its welcome.
Best of luck to us both in our toothy endeavors tomorrow, then! ^_^
now I find it even more fun for Ruby to show up as a teacher on some days.
On the other hand, in the real world Catholic schools still routinely fire openly queer employees, and sometimes employees who are known to support their queer relatives. Even if the culture at the local level is better, Fara and Rudy would have to worry about losing their jobs in the blink of an eye if someone higher up the ladder of the church hears about them. Although, maybe the Rainverse version of the Catholic Church is less bad.