Rain
Comic 620 - Nightmare
Author Notes:
This is incidentally the first (and hopefully last) three-pager. Originally, I just wanted to have the nightmare in a two-pager and save the last part with Emily for the following update. It flowed weird though, and it felt a little too cruel to leave people hanging on that note. I feel like no one would argue that this is probably one of the heavier scenes in the story to date. Mr. Flaherty is terrifying, and Rain's fear is outright tangible (at least to me). That said, I actually think it's one of my favorites in terms or art and writing. I'm just proud of how it all came out, even if it is hard to look at (which admittedly, is kind of the point).
Something a bit lighter next time. I promise.
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Wow
You hit me hard
Is this some kind of implication of rape
He did say "I'll take it off for you"
This page really disturbed me and I have been reading this story since 2012
Not so much rape, but definitely abuse.
I am sorry for disturbing you so much. I admit I was a little afraid of posting this for exactly that reason.
From a writing stand point disturbing the audience is good
Keep it up
Even though he's just a silhouette, it makes me think of Alfred Drevis from Mad Father for some reason...
Dam girl I think your about to become big.
And I'm 31 and I can't come out to my Dad because he was the same way with me growing up.
This is some heavy stuff. The last two panels are needed to rebalance emotions for sure
Sadly I had the same thing happen to me but with my mother.
Anyone here ever read Spider Robinson's novel "Mindkiller", or his short story "God is an Iron", which is basically the novel's second chapter? I don't see Rain's father as being THAT bad, but this scene does put me in mind of it. And Spider says he DIDN'T MAKE THAT STORY UP. Someone TOLD it to him. It really happened to her. Life doesn't get much more sickening than that ...
I so, so, so much wish to hug Rain with sisterly love right about now.
It relates to one of my first, oldest memories. But it was my mom who caught me (as I don't have a father) and demanded I take it off before she got back home.
She stormed out of the house, and I went deeper into my closet, forgetting things and not understanding why I was so messed up.
She's supportive of me now, and doing her best to be understanding. And she doesn't remember the incident, at all. She totally blanked it out.
This is one of the cutest pages. Rain should adopt Emily as her sister! X3
Please be better than this turdnugget.