Raindom Fact

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On the Rain Page on Facebook!, I do a thing every Saturday called "Raindom Facts" where I talk about little behind the scenes things for the characters, story, creation, etc..  Normally, I'd leave it exclusive to there, but I decided today's entry was kind of fun, so I'm sharing it here as well.  Enjoy!  ^_^

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Happy birthday, Rain~! 


Raindom fact: Rain's birthday is in fact August 24th, 1995. Assuming the comic were going by real time, she would be turning 18 today. Mind you, considering it's taken over two and a half years to progress four months in the story, it may be a while before Rain actually turns 18 in canon. XD

I don't very often consider exact birth dates for my characters. Usually, I just name a zodiac sign and leave it at that. I chose Virgo for Rain (somewhat arbitrarily), but later reached a point in the comic where I felt I needed to input an exact date. That's the one that came to mind.

I was going to end this Raindom fact with that, but writing all this has led me to consider some of the other characters. The other "big four" main characters also had zodiacs selected (no one else; I don't think I even realized in the beginning how vast the cast was going to become). Those would be:
Fara - Aries
Gavin - Capricorn
Maria - Aquarius
Rudy - Libra

Interestingly, if these signs are to remain canon (and they are), then I've overlooked both Rudy and Gavin's birthdays (making them actually 16 and 18 now in canon respectively)! However, there were a couple jumps in the story from one point in time to the next. So if I want to overthink things (and I do), Rudy's birthday could be October 10th (landing somewhere between chapters 5 and 6), and Gavin's will be December 28th (occurring between chapters 13 and 14). This way, their not being mentioned is just that I didn't show those points in the story (although, surely they celebrated). Saved! XD

As for Maria, her birthday would be coming up soon in canon. Let's do February 14th for her. And Fara's will be April 3rd. Why those? Why not? 

I can already predict the responses to this post: "What about Kylie/Emily/Chanel/Randy/my favorite character?" As an author who can be somewhat fanatical about details, I SHOULD probably know this. I'll think about these. Maybe I'll release some dates for everyone in the future.

Or I could take suggestions. ;)

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the1smjb's avatar
I vote for Ky's birthday to be September 30th, because that's my birthday.  We're pulling you in all sorts of directions on that one, though, aren't we? Okay, then, Drew's my second choice.