So at last, Center Con! Although it wasn't named at the time, it was technically first brought up way back in Chapter 9. I don't know if I originally meant for it to take this long to get here though. Now I worry it won't live up to the hype. That said, the last chapter ended on a heavy downer, so I'm hoping this one will at least lighten things back up a bit. Not to say there won't be drama (I mean, come on! Think about whose webcomic you're reading here!), but I am going to be aiming for something a little more upbeat for a while.
As an aside, virtually all depictions of cosplay or general "anime/manga characters" will be my own characters from other stories (ones that aren't part of the Rainverse though, so no Magical and no Lavender Town). But apart from the occasional Kaminari or Pandora, anticipate me chiming in if there's ever a seemingly random character in the background to tell you where they're from. XD
Foooor instance, on the Center Con banner we have a group of random peeps depicted. While my personal con experience is fairly limited, a commonality I've noticed from knick-knacks brought back by friends, is that anime conventions seem to often have characters that aren't from anything as mascots. Usually it's just some variation of a cute fluffy monster/animal thing, a robot, a swordsman, and/or a cat-girl.
As such, Center Con's mascots are from left to right: cyborg girl, Camille, a cute critter known as a wüffle, and swordsman-esque hero, Cole (all from three different older works). I don't think I have any cat-girls, so I had to leave that cliche out. The two characters can be found in my 100 Character Challenge piece I did a while back (numbers 37 and 82). The wüffle is something I'd honestly forgotten about until making this page (it might not even be entirely accurate to how I used to draw it ages ago; I don't think I still have any references though).
Getting back on track, I also want to add that Rain is agonizingly cute in this chapter for no good reason. It's so basic, but this may be one of my favorite outfits I've put her in for a while. The orange wristbands, by the way, are just signifiers that they've presented tickets to get in. I'll be seriously impressed with myself if I get through this chapter without forgetting it. XD
Oh, yeah... and I guess there might be some kissing or whatever. I dunno.
Probably no one cares about that. ;P
Kisses and they're the only two on the cover... If this doesnt happen this chapter between Emily and Rain i will unleash so much fury into the comment section...
Well yeah but now if it doesnt happen we know shes just baiting us with it, i mean seriously of all the chapters this is the one. The cover says it all.
That's how you see it. In my humble opinion, a writer shouldn't always listen to the fandom, because if she always listens, there would be no element of surprise anymore.
*SMOOOOOOOCHES* :DDD Okay, seriously though, I've been reading this for a few months now, and I've actually gone back and re-read the whole thing like 5 times or something, and I am absolutely in love with this work. Just from the name I can imagine so very many scenarios, any of which could go very well or very badly. The fan boy in me hopes for something good to happen to Rain, because I empathize with her so much, but the author in me hopes something crushing happens just for the added drama and because sometimes I need to cry over imaginary characters. *crosses fingers for both*
Well Femslash generally just describes something of a lesbianic*is this even a word?* nature and from my experience it almost always involved sex or something along those lines. So im guessing february is the month for writing/drawing it? IDK
To clear things up, it is a month where people typically draw 2 characters as lesbian even if for a brief period of time, this can be as simple as kissing, but can be more. The slash refers to \ that is usually used to separate 2 names in fanfics.
It's a big thing on Tumblr, but you could do it in other places as well. You post pictures or fanfictions of female shippings, no gender-bender is allowed since it was created because male characters had to much focus and the females were in the shadow. It doesn't at all have to be sex, it can be anything you find romantic (or sexual if you are more into sex when it comes to ships).
Jocelyn, I just wanted to thank you, During the entire time you were on hiatus you kept us updated, let us know what was going on with the comic. I have been dealing with another comic that has been incommunicado during hiatus, and I just wanted to let you know how much I and other fans appreciate it. Keep up the awesome work on the comic.
Back in the day, there was this little webcomic called RPG World. It was possibly the first that I really followed and remained one of my favorites for a long time. At some point, the author started missing updates a lot without explanation. And when readers would comment on that, he'd get bitter about it. This caused a huge rift between the writer and the readers. In the end, he starting rushing towards a conclusion to get the story over with (complete with a drop in art quality) and even then never finished it. And unless I missed a memo somewhere myself, I'm pretty sure he just stopped doing it without a word to anyone (I stopped checking after the first year of no updates).
If writers want to move on to something else, or something big happens in their lives, I can understand. But it's not the readers fault, and I think the least that could be done was a little communication. I've seen situations like this a lot, and it stuck with me. So it became a cornerstone of how I choose present my webcomic. If, heaven forbid, I can't make an update (whether for a day or for a couple weeks or even a couple months), you guys will know ahead of time. I will repeat it as many times as I can so everyone gets the memo (and chime in just to say hi occasionally while I'm gone), because I don't want my readers revolting at me, when they could just as easily be totally okay with me needing time. I guarantee I would've lost a lot of readers over the years if I just went ahead and never said a word about my hiatuses before they came. So I think communication is integral. I'm not trying to say I'm better than other webcomic artists; I just try my best to learn from others' mistakes. ^_^
I probably didn't need to share all that, but this is actually pretty important to me, so I hope it's at least interesting.
There is a webcomic I follow called two kinds, he used to update it twice weekly then to once weekly, now we are lucky if we get an update once every 2 weeks, he doesn't really tell us why all his updates are all random now, i have been a dedicated reader of two kinds for the last 10 years but i now rarely check it for updates.
I love how I can trust when your webcomic will be updated it is so refreshing, I love it.
"virtually all depictions of cosplay or general 'anime/manga characters' will be my own characters". So you're saying this convention won't be flooded with Deadpool's? Well that's not very realistic. :P
It sounds self-explanitory, but I feel like I've got to ask: what's Femslash February? I've actually never heard of it.
Thank you. I try my best. ^_^
Back in the day, there was this little webcomic called RPG World. It was possibly the first that I really followed and remained one of my favorites for a long time. At some point, the author started missing updates a lot without explanation. And when readers would comment on that, he'd get bitter about it. This caused a huge rift between the writer and the readers. In the end, he starting rushing towards a conclusion to get the story over with (complete with a drop in art quality) and even then never finished it. And unless I missed a memo somewhere myself, I'm pretty sure he just stopped doing it without a word to anyone (I stopped checking after the first year of no updates).
If writers want to move on to something else, or something big happens in their lives, I can understand. But it's not the readers fault, and I think the least that could be done was a little communication. I've seen situations like this a lot, and it stuck with me. So it became a cornerstone of how I choose present my webcomic. If, heaven forbid, I can't make an update (whether for a day or for a couple weeks or even a couple months), you guys will know ahead of time. I will repeat it as many times as I can so everyone gets the memo (and chime in just to say hi occasionally while I'm gone), because I don't want my readers revolting at me, when they could just as easily be totally okay with me needing time. I guarantee I would've lost a lot of readers over the years if I just went ahead and never said a word about my hiatuses before they came. So I think communication is integral. I'm not trying to say I'm better than other webcomic artists; I just try my best to learn from others' mistakes. ^_^
I probably didn't need to share all that, but this is actually pretty important to me, so I hope it's at least interesting.
I love how I can trust when your webcomic will be updated it is so refreshing, I love it.
Is Emily gonna kiss Rain?
Is Rain gonna kiss Emily?
Is Emily going to kiss Aiken?
*runs around in circles*