This ended up being a far deeper page than I meant it to be. Change around a little dialogue, and suddenly I'm really connecting winged girl on a personal level. Go figure. XD
Anyway, as Rain walks through town, she overhears some random bystanders (represented by Debbie, Holly, Devon, and Randy). Stupid, awkward dream symbolism, indeed. Now's probably as good a time as any to discuss said symbolism too. What exactly are "wings" in this context? Or to be more precise, what do Kaminari's wings specifically represent? Hint: It's not Rain's privates, so don't even go there.
Side note: I am not used to drawing generic fantasy villager garb. I hope I'm not doing too bad with that so far. Of course, Holly's still wearing brown and white... ;P
Just a guess but "wings" refer to being "visable" or open about being transgender... in Kaminari's world her black wings signify she's diffrent and are a part of her that she chooses to display, in Rain's case being transgender is a part of her being (her wings) but she decides who she can trust to share her wings with
I understand the symbolism and all, but Rain. Those are wings. You can FLY, or at least look like you can! Plenty of people would give ANYTHING to have wings! I know I would.
Ah, but that's the thing. Kaminari CAN'T fly. It's mentioned in the fifth paragraph on the first page here. Meaning Rain can't fly either. Wings are super cool and beautiful and I love them too, but would you still necessarily want them if they were just for show and couldn't actually function?
Based on what Holly says, it's something disturbing for most people but not the easiest thing to notice... Maybe it's a passing issue, such as a 5 o'clock shadow...
Or maybe it's depper than that. Rain says "no one needs to know", a passing issue isn't something others "know", but rather something they notice. So, I'll say it's Rain's homosexuality.
In this case, maybe Toria is like a "male kingdom", where people love women (have wings) in a male way (white wings). Rain loves women as a woman, so she's a outcast both in the kingdom of Toria and on the ground (which would be a "female kingdom" where people have to love men as women).
I'm probably overthinking it, actually. j-eagle may be right. ^^'
I'm sorry, but we need someone there to be all "I want one." Because wings look awesome. Even metaphorically speaking, there should be someone that is totally okay with this.
I just can't stop thinking of it as a metaphor for skin color. The white wings vs black wings thing was pretty obvious imo. Of course black skin colour is a good metaphor for other pseudo-reasons for discrimination, and as such I'm also thinking about some of those. Like "his" girly hair or such.
there is something to hope for, a deep warmth, a longing. the way ahead is uncertain and it's a long way to fertile lands, i fear we cannot make it on foot..
Ah, but that's the thing. Kaminari CAN'T fly. It's mentioned in the fifth paragraph on the first page here. Meaning Rain can't fly either. Wings are super cool and beautiful and I love them too, but would you still necessarily want them if they were just for show and couldn't actually function?
Nice catch. Thanks! Fixed now!
Or maybe it's depper than that. Rain says "no one needs to know", a passing issue isn't something others "know", but rather something they notice. So, I'll say it's Rain's homosexuality.
In this case, maybe Toria is like a "male kingdom", where people love women (have wings) in a male way (white wings). Rain loves women as a woman, so she's a outcast both in the kingdom of Toria and on the ground (which would be a "female kingdom" where people have to love men as women).
I'm probably overthinking it, actually. j-eagle may be right. ^^'
Your clothes are totally fine! :3
There's SO many ways to understand this, and none of them are stupid... That proves it's a pretty clever metaphor, I think.