Rain
Comic 901 - Gorgeous
Author Notes:
Maria talks making dresses. This is a hobby of hers (mostly regarding cosplay) first mentioned as early as Chapter 5, but only mentioned again in passing a handful of times since. One particular time she did bring it up though, was Chapter 22 (which happened to be Maria's birthday) when Chanel wore the loli dress shown in Panel 2. Ana meanwhile parts ways with Colette whom she was still talking to from a couple pages ago, to join Gavin and the others (at his invitation earlier in this chapter). She arrives just in time to overhear Rudy talking about barfing at his sister and her girlfriend's overwhelming cuteness. And I may be suffering a severe brainfart here, but I don't recall Ana and Rudy ever formally meeting... so that's one way to do it.
If you didn't think that sum up was quick, keep in mind I thought that explanation was going to be like six paragraphs long. XD
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By the way, unrelated to this page, but I just wanted to talk about the update schedule a little. Weeks of three updates WILL return. I was originally considering switching it back with the new year, but then I forgot to talk about it beforehand. So rather than suddenly and haphazardly bringing back Monday posts which I feared may needlessly cause confusion, I think I'm just going to wait until I start the next chapter as I've done it in the past. So the rest of Chapter 30 will continue to be Wednesday and Friday posts only. However, Chapter 31 will return us to having Monday, Wednesday, and Friday posts (also, there's no hiatus currently planned after this chapter). I hope that's clear and agreeable.
Six more posts, I think. That means this chapter should end on a Friday, and the next one can start on January 30th, the following Monday.
Unless I'm mathing that out wrong, but I think I have that right.
This is the interaction I've been waiting for, can't wait to see what happens next.
Sent off for a passport with my now legal name and the glorious F on it!
For all your celebratory needs.
For even more celebratory needs. You can never have too much celebration.
Also, that "oh yeah!" moment from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is awesome. I only wish they'd left the wall like that.
Congratulations! That's amazing! Hearing about people like you hitting milestones like that gives me hope for myself and my future.
(Someday Rudy shall be the recognized international language. Forget English, or Chinese, or Esperanto. In the future, we'll all speak Rudy.)
"Well at least I don't still have my dad's ashes in my trunk."
"His sausage was really good."
"She got cream all over the place." (Over heard from inside the baking department, when I worked at Sam's Club.)
Round 1 of Rudy versuuuuus... Ana! Place your bets now! Rudy 4:1, Ana 3:1!
((Sorry for the double post. This was supposed to be in reply to BlackSocks. *blush*))
~$12.37
~A basket of apples
~5 elephant jokes
~A slightly dented Poke Ball that may or may not contain something
on Rudy.
So I'm worried that she'll first be happy to dress in something cute, but have a bad reaction when someone comments that she looks 'sexy' or 'that it brings out her curves', or something like that. Being considered attractive or sexy is seen as so unanimously good thing in our society, that a person who doesn't feel this way might never come to think of it at all, so it wouldn't surprise me if this didn't even occur to Maria.
The loli dress is actually a good example. Sure, it is cute, and you can see it only that way, but I know there are people who also see it as a very sexual themed clothing. And I think Chanel might not be too happy about that.
I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking it. (resumes lurking)