Rain
Comic 419 - Special Relationship
Author Notes:
And with that, I will just say this to make sure we’re all on the same page here: RuIn is done. Fortunately, it seems they will remain friends. They are not dating anymore though. This pairing has been met with MANY conflicting opinions from readers for the past year and a half since I put them together, but now that it's over, where do you stand? How do you feel? Could this have been saved? Should it have?
Thoughts, feelings, celebratory cheers, new ships, predictions, objections, and/or retroactive predictions that you saw this coming all along are ALL welcome.
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On that note, I hope Rudy's parents don't go berserk on him for dumping her and think he's gone back to gay. I doubt he'd care since he's been through it before, and he was gay the whole time anyway, but still.
It's really well-written. Though now it's gotten to a subject that's always worried me, and caused me pain in the past.
I've known quite a few transsexuals in my life, and I'm a huge fan of at least two. (Maddie Blaustein, Rabbit from Steam Powered Giraffe...)
Three of the transsexuals I came to know and love went ahead and did their transition.
Two of them passed away soon after.
Maddie Blaustein was found in her bed at age 48 in 2008. My friend, aged 29, was found in the shower in March of 2005 (I guess I should say this was a month or so after her orchiectomy). Both were similar cases; they had been complaining briefly about a 'stomach virus' or 'stomach flu', accompanied by chest pains assumed to be GERD at the time.
My other friend, who is alive and VERY well now (even more confident than ever!) did suffer from long bouts of illness on and off following his transition. You cannot imagine how freaked out I was every time he came down with something. I thought I was going to lose another of my best friends.
I believe transitioning is a great danger because of my experiences. If Rain is to actually do this, I really fear where the story is going to go from there.
I seriously don't want Rain to go the way my friend did.
Firstly, my deepest condolences in regard to your friends.
Transition is certainly not without risks. And as someone who is looking to move on to the final step of transition soon myself, I can't deny that I'm really nervous. It's scary stuff!
I happen to know a few dozen post-op transfolk myself (one of whom who finished her transition over thirty years ago when she was my age), and they're all doing well. I just have to hope that's the future what I'm looking at. Speaking purely on my part thus far, I don't think I've ever felt happier or healthier than this first year on hormones.
For Rain's part, I have no intention of going that route either. I have a fondness for dark writing, but this story is something I want to keep largely positive and encouraging. Put bluntly, I want this to have a happy ending. Because although terrible things can happen, as Fara once said, "it doesn't always have to end badly."
Once again, you have my sincerest sympathy for your losses. And I hope you don't have to go through it again. Take care and be well.
What worries me is Maria. Now I'm torn between shipping MaIn and MaNelly
Rain's birthday is August 24th, 1995. ^_^
I will say this: I really like the Rain x Ana ship names. I'm also thought "January Rain" was very clever. XD
(rain *under* umbrellas? what's the world coming to!)
Okay but seriously, I'm a new reader and I love your comic, it's adorable and wonderful and so relatable!
(Also I was always skeeved out by someone who's not into girls being with Rain even if he wasn't misgendering her, and also I'm a tryke myself so aaaaaa~~~!)
(I was shipping Marain hard earlier today while I was getting caught up but even though it looks like that ship is sunk I can't be mad, I'm too excited about all the girls and their relationships/potential relationships :D (please tell me I'm not the only one rooting for Jessica/Fara >/////>)
(I'm sorry for all the parentheticals)
Well, actually I guess I AM the Rudy... when I'm not depressed anyways.
Preach it, brother.
Now she's broken up with Rudy because she's a transbian, and I'm both relieved and sad.