History Webcomic / Rain

* TransEqualsGay: Averted, as the Trans characters in the story are of varying sexualities.
** [[spoiler: This is discussed when Jessica tells Heather that when she was until she was in her late teens, she just thought she was a gay guy.]]

* BlackSheep: Rain's elder brother Aiken seems to be [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=48 viewed]] as this.
* BlandNameProduct: Video game systems and games (and possibly other things) in Rain's world tend to be lawyer-friendly versions of their real life counterparts. For instance, the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem "Super Nintendo" entertainment system]] instead becomes the "Super Funtendo" entertainment system, and the game ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' becomes [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=105 "Fighter Frogs".]] [[NintendoHard And it's just as hard as ever.]]

** There's also [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=167 fake anime names]], like ''[[Anime/DeathNote Kill Book]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Dragoncube A]]'', and ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemist Hardsteel Physicist]]''. [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=599 Later]] ''[[Anime/AttackOnTitan Assault on Colossus]]'' is mentioned

** Emily’s [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=724 aPhone]] has a [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=550 carrot logo]] on the back, instead of the more common pear

* ColorFailure: Rain's [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=17 reaction]] to Gavin asking her if she happened to be familiar with his childhood friend, [[SecretIdentity Ryan Flaherty.]]
** Maria gets in on the action [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=37 here]].

* CrazyPrepared: Rain has [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=29 spare pads and tampons]] ready. You never know when another girl may need one.
* CureYourGays: According to Rudy's [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=43 flashback]], this was the reasoning his parents used for sending him and Maria to a catholic school after Rudy came out to them. Considering how they reacted, it's no wonder Maria has kept silent about her own sexual preferences.

* DeathGlare: Maria is a master at it. She could teach [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800 robots]] a thing or two about [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=28 how to do it.]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: : [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=283 “Cute people are cute.”]] Repeated in an author’s comment [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=375 later]].
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Chanel [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=375 loves Maria]], and Emily is Rain’s [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=662 favorite person]].

* DudeShesALesbian: The TropeNamer. Rudy says this exact line to Gavin when he was hitting on Maria in [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=44 this strip]]

* FacelessMasses: The [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=192 cover]] of Chapter 8.

** Maria's comments [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=133 here]] and [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=241 here]] make a lot more sense when you learn that [[spoiler: Emily is pansexual and used to date Maria]].

* {{Gaydar}}: [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=72 Rain doesn't seem to know what one is…]]

* GilliganCut: [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=19 The page]] after Rudy crashes into Rain, and sees Rain's "junk" under her skirt:

* ImprovisedWeapon: Aunt Fara's improvised [[WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice]]? ''[[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=33 Student artwork.]]''

** Aunt Fara. Full stop. (In spite of not being anyone's actual biological parent.) ''Anyone'' who threatens the welfare of her loved ones is met with varying levels of violence, ranging from a stern lecture to assault via student homework. [[spoiler: This even extends to protecting her family from other family, as Rain's elder brother Aiken [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=326 learns the hard way…]]]]

** [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=368 Chapter 15]] is about the “January Girls”, usually female transfer students coming in after Christmas break
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Implied to be [[AvertedTrope averted]] [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=29 here.]] Rain is very prepared.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Rain's gym outfit has a rather [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=37 distracting effect]] on Maria. Preceded by a [[LuminescentBlush Luminescent Blush]] and comboed with [[ColorFailure Color Failure]].

** Which then becomes GotMeDoingIt when [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=429 Jessica gets her own name wrong at a job interview]].

* ShipperOnDeck: Shipping [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=466 gets]] [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=467 discussed]], but they don’t really do anything about it. [[spoiler: And Emirain/Rainily seems to come along without help anyway.]]

* SpitTake: From [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=155 time]] to [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=608 time]].

* SweatDrop: Both Rain and Rudy displays one [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=19 the script after their collision.]]
** Also, Gavin when the [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=90 lie that he told about Fara's drunken violence]] finally [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=336 catches up with him]].

* TheBeard: Gavin for Maria, called her [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=45 smokescreen]].

* WhamEpisode: [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=174 The Penultimate comic of Chapter 6]] where [[spoiler: Rudy kisses Rain while drunk.]]
** [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=230 Have A Wonderful Day]]. [[spoiler: Maria comes out of the closet in front of a crowded hallway.]]

** [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=690 Rain wakes up from a]] DreamSequence [[spoiler: to find that Kellen cut off her hair in her sleep.]] Especially jarring since the DreamSequence was mostly lighthearted up to this point.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:[[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=230 Take a guess.]]]]
** And [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=356 later]]:

** [[http://smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=90588&articleNo=816 Much later.]] Also doubles as a [[spoiler: LoveConfession]].

Fara came up with an interesting (but ballsy) plan to remedy this, but keep Rain happy. It took a long time and a lot of work, but she saved up enough money to move the two of them to a new town where nobody would know them. They acquired a fully female wardrobe for Rain, and she was [[NewTransferStudent enrolled in a high school]] '''as''' a girl. It would be potentially dangerous for Rain if she were ever caught, but her nature made her seek perfection in her presentation before going out into the world… [[EnforcedMethodActing Well, her voice could use some work anyway…]]

Rain updates are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It can be read [[https://www.smackjeeves.com/discover/articleList?titleNo=90588 here]], or [[http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=rain here]], or on Jocelyn's [[http://littlelynn84.deviantart.com/ DeviantART gallery]]. It has facebook group [[https://www.facebook.com/RainWebcomic/ here]], a Wikia [[http://rain-web-comic.wikia.com/ here]] and Discord channel [[https://discord.gg/tE4VvJb here]]. Among comics hosted on the services it uses, it is very popular; it was one of the top 12 most popular comics on ''Website/SmackJeeves'' (before the site got completely overhauled) and the 2nd most popular comic on ''Website/ComicFury''[[note]]''the'' most if you only count active comics[[/note]].

Rain updates are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It can be read [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=90588 here]], or [[http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=rain here]], or on Jocelyn's [[http://littlelynn84.deviantart.com/ DeviantART gallery]]. It has facebook group [[https://www.facebook.com/RainWebcomic/ here]], a Wikia [[http://rain-web-comic.wikia.com/ here]] and Discord channel [[https://discord.gg/tE4VvJb here]]. Among comics hosted on the services it uses, it is very popular; it is one of the top 12 most popular comics on ''Website/SmackJeeves'' and the 2nd most popular comic on ''Website/ComicFury''[[note]]''the'' most if you only count active comics[[/note]].

* BlackSheep: Rain's elder brother Aiken seems to be [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1137407/kellen/ viewed]] as this.
* BlandNameProduct: Video game systems and games (and possibly other things) in Rain's world tend to be lawyer-friendly versions of their real life counterparts. For instance, the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem "Super Nintendo" entertainment system]] instead becomes the "Super Funtendo" entertainment system, and the game ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' becomes [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1251478/the-weirdest-things/ "Fighter Frogs".]] [[NintendoHard And it's just as hard as ever.]]

** There's also [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1370003/adaptation/ fake anime names]], like ''[[Anime/DeathNote Kill Book]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Dragoncube A]]'', and ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemist Hardsteel Physicist]]''. [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2025797/now-stuff/ Later]] ''[[Anime/AttackOnTitan Assault on Colossus]]'' is mentioned

** Emily’s [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2188610/sulking/ aPhone]] has a [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1969816/emily-alone/ carrot logo]] on the back, instead of the more common pear

* ColorFailure: Rain's [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1073316/its-a-small-world-after-all/ reaction]] to Gavin asking her if she happened to be familiar with his childhood friend, [[SecretIdentity Ryan Flaherty.]]
** Maria gets in on the action [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1114467/pass/ here]].

* CrazyPrepared: Rain has [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1098260/awkward/ spare pads and tampons]] ready. You never know when another girl may need one.
* CureYourGays: According to Rudy's [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1127039/slight-overreaction/ flashback]], this was the reasoning his parents used for sending him and Maria to a catholic school after Rudy came out to them. Considering how they reacted, it's no wonder Maria has kept silent about her own sexual preferences.

* DeathGlare: Maria is a master at it. She could teach [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} T-800 robots]] a thing or two about [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1095306/reputation/ how to do it.]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: : [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1620113/so-true/ “Cute people are cute.”]] Repeated in an author’s comment [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1746528/chicken/ later]].
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Chanel [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1746528/chicken/ loves Maria]], and Emily is Rain’s [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2126103/favorite-person/ favorite person]].

* DudeShesALesbian: The TropeNamer. Rudy says this exact line to Gavin when he was hitting on Maria in [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1129629/not-so-secret/ this strip]]

* FacelessMasses: The [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1426557/chapter-8-confrontation/ cover]] of Chapter 8.

** Maria's comments [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1311854/that-sort-of-person/ here]] and [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1545166/someone/ here]] make a lot more sense when you learn that [[spoiler: Emily is pansexual and used to date Maria]].

* {{Gaydar}}: [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1184187/shipper/ Rain doesn't seem to know what one is…]]

* GilliganCut: [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1078625/thought-process/ The page]] after Rudy crashes into Rain, and sees Rain's "junk" under her skirt:

* ImprovisedWeapon: Aunt Fara's improvised [[WeaponOfChoice weapon of choice]]? ''[[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1106514/doctors-note/ Student artwork.]]''

** Aunt Fara. Full stop. (In spite of not being anyone's actual biological parent.) ''Anyone'' who threatens the welfare of her loved ones is met with varying levels of violence, ranging from a stern lecture to assault via student homework. [[spoiler: This even extends to protecting her family from other family, as Rain's elder brother Aiken [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1682766/just-like-him/ learns the hard way…]]]]

** [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1737030/january-girls/ Chapter 15]] is about the “January Girls”, usually female transfer students coming in after Christmas break
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Implied to be [[AvertedTrope averted]] [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1098260/awkward/ here.]] Rain is very prepared.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Rain's gym outfit has a rather [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1114467/pass/ distracting effect]] on Maria. Preceded by a [[LuminescentBlush Luminescent Blush]] and comboed with [[ColorFailure Color Failure]].

** Which then becomes GotMeDoingIt when [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1817682/job/ Jessica gets her own name wrong at a job interview]].

* ShipperOnDeck: Shipping [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1860378/names/ gets]] [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1861241/blonde/ discussed]], but they don’t really do anything about it. [[spoiler: And Emirain/Rainily seems to come along without help anyway.]]

* SpitTake: From [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1351581/question/ time]] to [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2055371/that-little-brat/ time]].

* SweatDrop: Both Rain and Rudy displays one [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1078625/thought-process/ the script after their collison.]]
** Also, Gavin when the [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1219078/gavin-the-stud/ lie that he told about Fara's drunken violence]] finally [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1691317/insufferable/ catches up with him]].

* TheBeard: Gavin for Maria, called her [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1131150/smokescreen/ smokescreen]].

* WhamEpisode: [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1381417/spectators/ The Penultimate comic of Chapter 6]] where [[spoiler: Rudy kisses Rain while drunk.]]
** [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1493267/have-a-wonderful-day/ Have A Wonderful Day]]. [[spoiler: Maria comes out of the closet in front of a crowded hallway.]]

** [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2156764/awakening/ Rain wakes up from a]] DreamSequence [[spoiler: to find that Kellen cut off her hair in her sleep.]] Especially jarring since the DreamSequence was mostly lighthearted up to this point.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:[[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1493267/have-a-wonderful-day/ Take a guess.]]]]
** And [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1720756/rain-and-emily/ later]]:

** [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2275807/matter/ Much later.]] Also doubles as a [[spoiler: LoveConfession]].

Rain updates are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It can be read [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=90588 here]], or [[http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=rain here]], or on Jocelyn's [[http://littlelynn84.deviantart.com/ DeviantART gallery]]. It has facebook group [[https://www.facebook.com/RainWebcomic/ here]], a Wikia [[http://rain-web-comic.wikia.com/ here]] and Discord channel [[https://discord.gg/tE4VvJb here]]. Among comics hosted on the services it uses, it is very popular; it is one of the top 10 most popular comics on ''Website/SmackJeeves'' and the 2nd most popular comic on ''Website/ComicFury''[[note]]''the'' most if you only count active comics[[/note]].

** There's also [[http://littlelynn84.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4i7hia fake anime names]], like ''[[Anime/DeathNote Kill Book]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Dragoncube A]]'', and ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemist Hardsteel Physicist]]''. [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/2025797/now-stuff/ Later]] ''[[Anime/AttackOnTitan Assault on Colossus]]'' is mentioned
** As a lampshade of the entire concept, [[http://jocelyncd.deviantart.com/art/Rain-Delay-11-325373227 one Rain Delay]] has Rain reciting an overly LongList of all the video games she has. Rudy at the end asks, "Did you just make some of those up?"

* ShyFingerTwiddling: Rain does this when even [[http://jocelynsamara.deviantart.com/art/RAIN-p265-So-True-337638687?q=gallery%3AJocelynSamara%2F27273884&qo=264 more]] [[http://jocelynsamara.deviantart.com/art/RAIN-p631-Favorite-Person-530137862?q=gallery%3AJocelynSamara%2F27273884&qo=581 nervous]] than usual. So does [[http://jocelynsamara.deviantart.com/art/RAIN-p292-Blushing-349050083?q=gallery%3AJocelynSamara%2F27273884&qo=289 Chanel]].

* ParentalAbandonment:
** [[spoiler: Rain's father abandoned the family for unknown reasons.]]
** [[spoiler: Ana's mother abandoned her because she could not accept that Ana was not a boy.]]

** [[spoiler: Emily]]'s mother leaves her alone for months at a time and has made her feel unwanted her whole life. [[spoiler: Emily only really started dating Chase because she wanted her approval for once]].

Rain updates are on weekdays. It can be read [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=90588 here]], or [[http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=rain here]], or on Jocelyn's [[http://littlelynn84.deviantart.com/ DeviantART gallery]]. It has facebook group [[https://www.facebook.com/RainWebcomic/ here]], a Wikia [[http://rain-web-comic.wikia.com/ here]] and Discord channel [[https://discord.gg/tE4VvJb here]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Many of the characters have unfortunately had it very rough.
** Rain, Aiken, and Kallen [[spoiler: grew up with a horrifically abusive and prejudiced father, who physically and emotionally harmed them and their mother. It's because of his abuse that Rain was so neurotic about her identity. Their mother later passed away from an illness (implied to be cancer) and their father abandoned the family immediately afterward, which is why Rain was taken in by Fara.]]
** Ky [[spoiler: was effectively disowned by their own mother after they came out to her, [[ItsAllAboutMe simply because she didn't want people to get the wrong idea about her being associated with Ky.]]]]
** Emily. Dear lord, poor Emily [[spoiler: was the unplanned child of a neglectful, manipulative bitch of a mother, and became fixated on [[WellDoneDaughterGirl earning her approval]]. Because of that, she ruined her two best previous relationships- Maria and Blair- and drifted between shitty partners between them. Meanwhile, her mother exploited that and pretty much treated her like a convenience. It was because of her that Emily ended up with Chase, who manipulated her insecurities and later slept with her, an act that is ''heavily'' implied to have been non-consensual, leading to her pregnancy. And until she and Rain became friends, she desperately tried hiding all of that under a perfect AlphaBitch exterior that did more to alienate her from her peers than anything.]]

** Maria and [[spoiler: Rain]] are lesbians, Chanel is ''lesbi-ish''.

** Drew is questioning sexuality, Rudy may be questioning gender
** It has been established on multiple occasions, both in universe and out, that Rudy is not questioning his gender. He is a cis guy that enjoys crossdressing.

* GreenEyedMonster: Heather's initial attitude towards Ky's genderfluidity is actually this. [[spoiler: Heather was born with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome CAIS]] which led to her resenting Ky for sometimes not wanting the female body that she'll never have.]]

** As a lampshade of the entire concept, [[http://jocelyncd.deviantart.com/art/Rain-Delay-11-325373227 one Rain Delay]] has Rain reciting an OverlyLongList of all the video games she has. Rudy at the end asks, "Did you just make some of those up?"

* MyBelovedSmother: Gavin's mom, much to his dismay, although it's mainly Played for Laughs.

* SexWithTheEx: [[spoiler: Fara and Vincent go out to dinner to catch up after reconnecting, and the next scene shows them in bed sleeping after having had sex.]]