You might have noticed that it is not Wednesday (in the US east coast, anyway), so this page is a little early. I have a big dentist appointment tomorrow morning (the big one I've been talking about for months) that will essentially put me out of commission for the day, and I forgot to announce this was coming. I don't want to screw up the posting schedule (I'm aiming to have the scenes all running through the week this chapter), so I'd rather not just skip the day as I might normally.
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. ^_^
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
I was just coming here to look at the comments one more time, and was like "wait- another page already?" Wishing you luck for your appointment tomorrow, Jocelyn!!
I've found "oddly high" percentages enough places I've been to suspect that the Kinsey surveys somehow did not actually turn up honest information about how prevalent alternative sexuality is, but shocker it's skewed in the same direction that alternative sexuality deniers would want to skew it.
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.
Whenever someone (who I don't really know) asks me (in person) what my preference is I usually rapid-fire back the following 3 questions in the same breath just to see their reaction and if it rattles them / knocks them off balance at least a little bit:
"Why? Are _you_ interested in me? How much income do you earn?" (while batting my eyelashes at the end)
And an answer to the question of whether they're still at St Hallvard. At least that's the logical conclusion from the line "at the very school you hated for so many years."
Them both teaching at St. Hallvard was not my first guess after the previous page. Fara was talking about possibly applying to teach at other schools back in Ch. 39, so I would have to assume that thing changed for the better over the years for both to be teaching there. Ch. 35 mentions that there would be a new head of the school the year after Rain et al. graduated, so I hope we get at least some indication how that all that went, and how things are at the school now.
Am I wrong or do we see Ruby in the last frame? It's surprising how often the female self comes shining through...even when we are not trying to show that side of ourselves.
It is so weird seeing Rudy all grown-up. How he matured definitely makes sense, having maintained his silliness and sense of style while picking up some more formal clothes and a man-bun; but after 10 years of him being 15, it's so hard to wrap my head around the idea of adult Rudy, no matter how many times I look at panel one
Seeing them still working at St. Toxic Culture is...not what I expected. Maybe the learning enviroment has improved in the last six years (and maybe Fara and Rudy helped with that.)
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.
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.