Welcome back Rain Beaus, and Happy Valentine's Day! <3
Or, wait... was it some other holiday?
Whatever! Valentine's Day is a veritable literary floodgate of possibilities opening up onto a minefield of emotions... in a story revolving around teenagers. XD
Will love bloom? Will hearts be broken? Only one way to find out!
Also, I've said this before, but I'm trying to raise money for SRS, and I'm still struggling with it. If you can help, it would be most welcome. If not, don’t worry about it. I totally understand (you don't need to feel bad or apologize if you can’t).
Hah. I don't really have anything against GavinxRudy, its just that how serious and longterm this can be depends on whether Gavin is actually bi, or just open-minded enough to try dating someone of incompatible gender/orientation (again). He might just have a fetish for crossdressers, and Rudy already felt slightly insulted once about crossdressing just for someone elses sake.
(GavinxKylie remains my preferable one though)
Or maybe I am worrying for no reason as nobody intends to be too serious about it. For all we know Gavin will only give him a peck on check and that will be it.
By they way, is everyone of any importance to the plot except Fara and Emily (and those we know are married) virgin?
Ok maybe this is just an April fools joke, but this would be an interesting chapter if it is real. The whole GavinxRudy/Ruby thing could really put a twist on what we think of Gavin in his current state.
So now that it's been about a day, did you catch my April Fools prank? As in this right here with Gavin and Ruby? Yeah. Nope.
Based on the comments, it looks like I got a couple people. I did try to offer clues in hopes that I wouldn't dash anyone's dreams too hard into the ground, but my foolery may have been too good for some. ^^;
For example, I said several times already that Chapter 21 is beginning at the END of the week on the Friday update (and that has always meant when the chapter page goes up). I even made the joke of saying "Happy Valentine's Day... or was is it some other holiday?" I picked this particular pairing because I didn't think anyone would believe it too. Perhaps I underestimated how much people wanted it though (sorry, Gavin x Rudy fans).
So, I hope you enjoyed my April Fools prank. And if you didn't, I hope you'll forgive me soon, because the REAL Chapter 21 is starting next update. ^_^
Well, then you shouldn't tease your readers before with Gavin having fantasies about "Ruby" :D. And Maria reminding us couple pages ago. Shippers gonna latch on anything.
Good April fools is like satire, it can't be just one step beyond realistic, because that's still somewhat plausible. Like if I would told my mom that I love tomatoes, when I hate them - she has no reason to disbelieve me, even though she knows I hate them, so where would be satisfaction in her falling for that? It has to be two steps beyond realistic, like Fara marrying Gavin. Or Rain her pet rabbit. Its when people fall for completely ridiculous thing you made up, April fools is most satisfying.
No. You misunderstand. This was TOTALLY satisfying. :D
I just didn't think people would fall for it because it IS rather unrealistic. I mean, I did spend a good chunk of the last chapter establishing Gavin's attraction to Ana. And look at the Author's Notes; I didn't mention the image at all. Normally, I'd say something. At the very least a, "What is going on here? Looks like this chapter's going to be interesting."
I was just banking on people's interest on the idea of Gavin x Rudy to do the fooling for me. But I really honestly thought, people would recognize it for what it is immediately. On average, they didn't. In my eyes, that makes this a success and wildly satisfying. XD
![Chapter 21 - Valentine's Day [FAKE]](https://img.comicfury.com/comics/68/67a494bb08d40b977038ec1720e99086642142860.png)
Cute picture, though ^u^
(GavinxKylie remains my preferable one though)
Or maybe I am worrying for no reason as nobody intends to be too serious about it. For all we know Gavin will only give him a peck on check and that will be it.
By they way, is everyone of any importance to the plot except Fara and Emily (and those we know are married) virgin?
So now that it's been about a day, did you catch my April Fools prank? As in this right here with Gavin and Ruby? Yeah. Nope.
Based on the comments, it looks like I got a couple people. I did try to offer clues in hopes that I wouldn't dash anyone's dreams too hard into the ground, but my foolery may have been too good for some. ^^;
For example, I said several times already that Chapter 21 is beginning at the END of the week on the Friday update (and that has always meant when the chapter page goes up). I even made the joke of saying "Happy Valentine's Day... or was is it some other holiday?" I picked this particular pairing because I didn't think anyone would believe it too. Perhaps I underestimated how much people wanted it though (sorry, Gavin x Rudy fans).
So, I hope you enjoyed my April Fools prank. And if you didn't, I hope you'll forgive me soon, because the REAL Chapter 21 is starting next update. ^_^
Good April fools is like satire, it can't be just one step beyond realistic, because that's still somewhat plausible. Like if I would told my mom that I love tomatoes, when I hate them - she has no reason to disbelieve me, even though she knows I hate them, so where would be satisfaction in her falling for that? It has to be two steps beyond realistic, like Fara marrying Gavin. Or Rain her pet rabbit. Its when people fall for completely ridiculous thing you made up, April fools is most satisfying.
No. You misunderstand. This was TOTALLY satisfying. :D
I just didn't think people would fall for it because it IS rather unrealistic. I mean, I did spend a good chunk of the last chapter establishing Gavin's attraction to Ana. And look at the Author's Notes; I didn't mention the image at all. Normally, I'd say something. At the very least a, "What is going on here? Looks like this chapter's going to be interesting."
I was just banking on people's interest on the idea of Gavin x Rudy to do the fooling for me. But I really honestly thought, people would recognize it for what it is immediately. On average, they didn't. In my eyes, that makes this a success and wildly satisfying. XD
Besides, it is rather lovely picture. It goes on my disk, that can never be undone.
welp, looks like i´ve got two new ships...