Rain
Comic 208 - The Bad Guy
Author Notes:
Hypothetically speaking, if you have a crush on someone - and so do three of your best friends - do you back off in favor of making your friends happy or do you pursue your crush? If you said you’d back off, would you change your mind after a significant amount of time has passed with no one doing anything? Is there an okay amount of time to wait? And if your crush gets asked out and swept away by a third party that isn’t among you or your friends, wouldn’t that just be a thrown away chance for you and everyone you seeked to help?
Deep page. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. I feel like I haven’t proposed an “in their shoes” question in a long time.
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1. Because I agree with him.
2. Because he's Rudy.
3. Because frankly I'll side with any argument if the one presenting it is the only person in the room acting calm and rational.
To be honest, I don't think Rudy is being very considerate of anyone but himself here.
He himself, it will never work for them. The best he can do is be a smokescreen, and that smokescreen is going to dissipate, fast.
I also don't really like how cold and analytical he's being. I mean, I don't need him to be irrationally emotional about it, but sheesh. This page chilled me.
And there is a time period; whenever Rain feels comfortable. He put her on the spot in front of everyone. He's been making dick move after dick move. He's worse than Gavin was in the early chapters.
I'm on the side of Rudy.
There's some comments pointing fingers at him for being inconsiderate, but if it's been 2 months, as he is making clear it's been, then, well, really, the others did have a fair time in which to make their moves. And Maria pretty much did, even if it wasn't understood.
I think it would have been better to give the others fair warning.
But. He is making clear that he is willing to take the consequences. And I, personally, like that. He's willing to take a risk.
Considering who Rain is, and the kinds of things she is worrying about.. having someone who accepts her for both who and what she is, clearly likes her, and makes his stance clear, willing to face whatever consequences that may result.. I think Rain really really needs that at this point in her life and in her story.
It will probably not hold up forever, as has been pointed out.. but, for now.. this seems to be a good match. I think it can work out -very- well for at least a while.