Rain
Comic 227 - Courage
Author Notes:
Brother Arthur’s explanation of how he figured it out actually has a second purpose, moreso from a technical standpoint for me as the writer than anything plot-related. For the longest time, I got really hung up on how Rain could be enrolled in a school like this when her legal name doesn’t match the name she goes by. After all, I’m relatively certain such documents must be presented upon enrollment; the fact is, I don’t know if in real life anyone COULD go through high school without ANYONE knowing who they are. Members of the faculty would probably have to know. It’s a minor, forgettable hole that one could easily overlook because it IS fiction, but I guess it bothers me. Hence, this sort of explains it. Sort of… ish…
Also, I changed the dialogue SO MANY TIMES on this one. This page may have won the award for most dialogue rewrites of any in the story thus far. From Rain’s reaction, to Brother Arthur’s speech, I probably spent a literal day pacing around my apartment working out this dialogue. It’s still a little campy towards the end, but I think I generally like it for the most part.
Anyway, big important page. But I hope you all like it.
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He didn't turn straight. His classmates have assumed he did because he's dating a girl, and he's really just playing along. He is still plenty gay, in actuality. His attraction to Rain is just deeper than sexuality.
'Rain-homo-sexual'?
Ok, that sounded cooler in my head...
A trans friendly school system could have provided paperwork with the updated name, and still been someplace that Rain would've wanted to move from, because of all the people who knew her as Ryan. And her aunt could've easily gotten a new job somewhere and had to move - especially if she just got her teacher's license.
But in this sort of school, it's really helpful to have a faculty friend, even if they can't be public about it.