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22nd Mar 2024, 11:05 AM
Chapter 5 and future art status update

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22nd Mar 2024, 11:05 AM
Jocelyn
Chapter 5 and future art status update. It's a lot, so this felt like the best way to share this information. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on everything as we go.

If you're interested in the new Dragon Queer shirt, you find that here:
https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/RAIN-Dragon-Queer-by-littlelynn84/159548986.IJ6L0

You can find all my other merch here:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/littlelynn84/shop

And if you haven't seen them yet, I recently added new character bios for the thieves and some of Library staff. You can find those here:
https://mis.thecomicseries.com/Characters/

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22nd Mar 2024, 11:52 AM
Thank you for the update. And remember to pace yourself. Burning out just means we have to wait anyway.

More confirmation that Chigasa will be a thing. Nice!

I wonder why Eiji is with Bonnie. Perhaps he was part of her gang? I know it’s not for shipping reasons. I also wonder who the silhouettes are going to be. The guy on the left looks like a villain of some sorts.

Is DragonHRT a comic that spiked in popularity recently? Is it about trans people becoming dragons? If so can it be applied to trans characters who transitioned through magic?
22nd Mar 2024, 12:12 PM
Jocelyn
Dragon HRT is like a comic series someone made about a trans girl who wants to transition into a dragon. It can be funny and very real while also featuring some body horror, but it's been really popular in trans circles because it kinda recontextualizes the pursuit of transition in an interesting way. It cleverly shows how even when it hurts or it's scary or there's lots of obnoxious bureaucratic roadblocks in the way, being trans isn't necessarily always glamorous, but we still seek transition because it's how we can be who we are.
https://www.tumblr.com/ayviedoesthings/740184238162378752/dragon-hrt-bonus-part-0-3-months-oh-you

In response, a lot of other trans artists have been having their OCs or personal avatars seek out their own [x] HRTs. Many dragons. I've also seen bat, dog, fish, and even human HRT in the instance where the avatar in question happened to be a rabbit. My thought was kind of a what-if scenario where Rain became introduced to the idea of Dragon HRT, kinda "cracking her dragon egg" so to speak, and she decided to pursue it. (Needless to say, it isn't canon. But the story is over, so I can just have fun like this now.) XD
22nd Mar 2024, 12:21 PM
Thank you for answering. And I did see the Human HRT comic in my searches. I think I was expecting more posts talking about “dragon HRT”, so maybe that’s why I wasn’t sure I found the right answer.

People can do whatever they want with their own creations. Have fun with it.

Funny enough I’ve already came up with a trans character who wants to be a mermaid. Then one day she woke up in a new body with gills and fins (that fold up).
22nd Mar 2024, 12:49 PM
You know, putting aside Rain's connection to MIS (which can be explained away anyway by pointing out that it's two different worlds and magic may exist in one but not the other – aside from whatever transported Chiaki to the MIS world, which might just be the other world's magic or some other multiversal force leaking in), the fact that Magical takes place not just within the Rainverse, but specifically in Rain's "real-world" universe proves that magic does exist in Rain's world. In other words, it is perfectly plausible for beast HRT to exist there. Now if only Rain could find it, since I imagine it not being exactly common because magic itself is not exactly common in Rain's world. (Presumably, since the only evidence we have for magic in Rain's world are the four kids from Magical and whatever force is transporting Unbounds between the worlds.)

Can't wait to see Dragon Rain!
23rd Mar 2024, 2:53 PM
Another canon-consistent explanation: On this page of MIS, we see vials of transition potion used by trans people. However, judging from what Harley says, they can apparently be used for more than just gender transition – including changing into a different kind of demi-human. That sounds a lot like our beast HRT! Of course, we don't really know the limitation of the MIS transition meds (yet). To the extent that they can change species, it may just be for different types of humans (both demi- and holo-human) and we do not yet know if dragon-type demi-humans exist in the MIS world or if the transformation can go as far as changing you completely from a human anatomy (as seen with this comic's demi-humans) to a beast/animal anatomy (as seen in Ayvie's Dragon HRT as well as the other artists' comics). However, if the possibilities are enough to function similarly to Ayvie's Dragon HRT, I can imagine an Unbound showing up in Rain's world and bringing the transition potions with them to give them out as trans-species HRT. (And of course, they inevitably get snatched up by gatekeeping doctors, or that Unbound is a gatekeeper themself... unless Jocelyn decides not to go down that route; I'm just mentioning that because it's a theme in Ayvie's comic and several others.)
27th Mar 2024, 8:17 AM
Jocelyn's been mum on magic in Rain. If she wanted, it'd be her prerogative to say there's no magic in Rain or Rain's world, since Rain's just not that kind of story.
27th Mar 2024, 10:15 AM
Jocelyn
Quite the contrary. Rain may not be that kind of story, but as Adriana says, it is worth noting it takes place in the same world where isekai and magical girls happen (via other stories, to be fair, but the same world is shared between them all nonetheless).

I maintain that Rain's Dragon HRT short will likely be non-canon. If nothing else, but for the sake of continuity, because it might be awkward and confusing if Rain is inexplicably a dragon throughout the final book's bonus chapter. XD

I'm mostly just looking to have some fun with this. ^_^
22nd Mar 2024, 1:13 PM
I'm pretty sure I should know this, but—what game's logo is that...?

Also: yes, Rain, you would make a cute dragon. You have so much cute, you would make a cute anything, so long as you wanted it. ^_^
22nd Mar 2024, 1:17 PM
Jocelyn
Dragon Quest. :)
22nd Mar 2024, 2:23 PM
I second the statement that Rain would be a cute anything.
22nd Mar 2024, 2:27 PM
bgb16999
Take all the time you need. I will be happy to read both Chapter 5 and dragon Rain when they are ready.
22nd Mar 2024, 3:00 PM
One more comment and a question:

1-A human HRT seems to be sharing a lot of space with the “become a real boy” trope. That’s where a non-human character, usually a robot, seeks to become human. One example would be Bicentennial Man.

2-How come Fumiko and Kenta are the only characters listed as “seems to be straight”? Other straight characters as listed as simply straight (this is putting aside Theo who most likely is attracted to boys/men in some degree).
22nd Mar 2024, 3:32 PM
Jocelyn
So here's my logic on why some characters are "straight" or "seem to be straight" or "insist they're straight." Most straight people don't come out. At least per my experience, many straight people don't think they need to come out, and some even become offended by the very notion they'd have to confirm it. To be fair, such defensiveness is also sometimes used as a mechanism to keep hiding in the closet for some. So someone who "insists they're straight" might be queer to some capacity and hiding it... or they might actually just be straight. We'd have to wait and see in Theo's case.

The characters who "seem to be straight" are people who others might simply assume to be straight. Chiaki sure thinks so! But technically, for example, Fumiko's never been asked, so at this time she only "seems to be straight." But we don't necessarily know this for a fact.

And the characters who are listed as straight just... are straight. One way or another, they've proven this. Originally I was going to list every straight character as one who "seems to be straight" at first, just to keep my options open with my writing (but I think I forgot and fell out of the habit with more recent characters; whoops!). I'd change it if it was confirmed, but I guess we'll just have to trust that Ai, Honoka, Harley, and Rafael have actively stated it at some point for some reason off-screen. XD
22nd Mar 2024, 5:31 PM
This is the first I've heard of Dragon HRT.
22nd Mar 2024, 6:01 PM
Jocelyn
It won't be the last. :)
23rd Mar 2024, 2:45 PM
Vessyra
With the two silhouettes, there isn't much information to go on, but there's also no downside to guessing wrong, so I'm going with: guy on the left is Hokori (companion on Kaminari), and the kitsune on the right is Keegan's older sister. Reason behind each theory: ummm just trust me.

Also, Eiji's outfit looks freaking awesome
24th Mar 2024, 7:48 PM
I like these theories.
24th Mar 2024, 12:53 AM
oh6
No worries re tablet pen delays.

I'd come across dragon HRT via Tresenella's "dargon HRT" comics. Hopefully whatever Rain tries is a little easier to swallow...
24th Mar 2024, 7:52 PM
Omg very trans, I am excited for this ^<^
25th Mar 2024, 5:28 AM
Dang. My Wacom is about 35 years old and still going strong (not that it gets used much - I was *never* much of an artist). It's sad that they don't make them like they used to. :(

Hope the new pen fixes things!
25th Mar 2024, 9:11 AM
Jocelyn
Has Wacom really been around that long!? I had no idea. I always assumed they'd have come along a bit later. :O

I think I was told towards the end of my previous drawing tablet's life, that one should expect tablets to last around five years on average. That one lasted eight or nine for me (although I did need to replace the pen once there too at some point). That's still not 35 years, mind, but to be fair, mileage may vary.

I've had my current one for about three years, and apart from this hiccup right here, it's actually been my favorite one to date. So yeah, hopefully the pen does resolve everything and I can keep using it for a few more years, at least, before I need to think about replacing it.
25th Mar 2024, 7:10 PM
1983 according to Wikipedia. Mine is from about 1990, either a couple years older or a couple years younger. Not completely sure. It could be as young as 29 years old!

I've also been through pens though - mine is so old it's compatible with the pens for laptops, so I've used Fujitsu pens, and I have to *fight* the urge to get one of the "Staedtler" wacom pens hahahaha
25th Mar 2024, 8:30 AM
I love the Dragon Quest reference a lot, as it's one of my favourite Video Game series ^-^

Looking forward to the new content, thank you for creating such beautiful stories
25th Mar 2024, 10:15 AM
It's probably not a coincidence that the only person on the characters page that is literally made of binary data is listed as "non-bunnary"...