Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick

Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick
Portrait illustration from Rain: The Animated Series Cast Images
General Information
Born	29 May 1984
Full Name	Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick
Aliases	Lynn
Pronouns	She/Her
Gender	Female
Occupation	Author
Social	ComicFury: Jocelyn DeviantArt: JocelynSamara SmackJeeves: LittleLynn84 (defunct) Twitter: @LynnSenpai84 Fediverse: @LynnSenpai@retro.pizza BlueSky: lynnsenpai.bsky.social Facebook: RainverseComics Cohost: @LynnSenpai (defunct) Tumblr: lynnwritesstuff (abandoned)

Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick is the author of Rainverse Wiki's titular webcomic Rain.

Jocelyn is a panromantic asexual transgender woman, and has said that the comic reflects her personal experiences and at one point during a character's coming out, says that "[t]his is a very real and personal story for me". From an old FAQ, she states some personal experiences, and they have some parallels with Rain, such as her earliest childhood story being telling her father "I wish I was a girl", her closeting herself until she was 20 due to negative reactions. and having a transmasc therapist.

Jocelyn enjoys drawing, writing, gaming (especially RPGs and retro games), anime (her tastes are "pretty eclectic") and heavy metal (or more particularly, epic/symphonic metal).

Ever since Lynn read a comment stating that the reason for low transgender representation in media is because there is little variation on how to depict trans people in media, it has become Jocelyn's life mission to write LGBT people (and rabbits) into each and every story she writes.

Her Rainverse projects include:

• Rain, a slice-of-life dramedy webcomic about the experience of a high school senior named Rain. This comic started to publish in November of 2010, and is set primarily in 2012-13. The main storyline was finished in April of 2022, with only occasional bonus content coming out.
• My Impossible Soulmate, a follow-up semi-prequel webcomic to Rain, which started in December of 2022.
• Magical, a sibling-story to Rain that is mainly prose. It's about a group of transgender kids who all achieve magical forms and abilities that cannot be maintained without risk. Notably includes Carmen Jimenez, who is featured in Chapter 17 of Rain.
• Save the Princess, an in-development RPG set in the world of and featuring characters from My Impossible Soulmate. It will be released when ready. A Princess kidnapped, a hero and his companions travel to save her. Simple! Or is it?
• Lavender, Lynn's entry for NaNoWriMo 2007. It centers on a love story between Amanda and Lavie, two girls in a private school. Formerly "Lavender Town". It is currently on hiatus.

Her other projects include:

• Moonlight Wanderers, an upcoming fan comic based on Pokémon Moon.
• Silhouette, a different take on the stereotypical Gender Bender story. Exploring the fantasy "wish fulfillment" aspects of magical gender swaps in contrast with the very real and complicated aspects of gender transition in the real world. It centers around Harper, a cisgender guy who wakes up to find he's transformed into a petite cis girl to the frustration of his transgender best friend and confusion of his non-binary sibling. Following their exploits to figure out what even happened, or if it can be reversed or duplicated.
• The Scars of Redemption, formerly "Something Dark," revolves around three young adults: Garry, Raquel, and Lane. They have all escaped from a facility trying to raise young boys as super soldiers. They struggle to live simple, quiet lives to various degrees of success despite the struggles presented from their youth.
• Shangri-La, another in-development RPG focusing on a mysterious island that cannot be left. Currently has a short demo.
• Impure, a fantasy epic with an unknown format between novel and game. It's the story of Roland, a stowaway criminal who's traveling to the Purelands to start a new life.

Lynn's Fediverse Posts

[1]

And if you're wondering, "but Jocelyn, why would I ever need seven copies of each volume of Rain?" Well, that's the neat part: you probably don't! XD

(Unless you're getting extras to pass out to six trans friends!) ;P

2024-09-10 23:30:20

[2]

Just punching some numbers over here. Don't mind me. XD

2024-09-10 23:30:09

[3]

Me: "I really want to get something done today. I think I'm going to write for a bit."

Me: "Wow. I'm on a roll. This is several weeks' worth of pages."

Power: *blinks off and comes back*

Computer: "I only backed up like half of it lol."

Me: "I think I'm just gonna go lay down..."

2024-09-10 17:37:40

[4]

I hope to not be out of commission too much longer. As I've said before, neither MIS nor Dragon Rain were intended to have such extensive breaks here. But at the same time, I'm taking things slow. I'm eager to get back to it, but I want to do it right and be at my best for it!

2024-09-09 16:34:55

[5]

I know I've been extra quiet lately, so here's a little doodle to let you know I'm still alive. Kinda sick, but hanging in there. ^_^

Games and manga and tea are helping me through, with little bits of planning and scripting when I have a brain for it.

2024-09-09 16:34:46

[6]

I played ZZZ exactly just long enough to pull characters. Didn't get Jane with the starting supply of gacha currency. Oh well. Uninstalled. ^^;

I am kinda bummed that the biggest rat girl representation out there right now is locked to a gacha mechanic in a frankly mediocre game, but hey, fan art is free and Mihoyo can't take that from me. XD

2024-09-05 12:32:08

[7]

Cut my thumb trying to close a stuck window. Thankfully it doesn't hurt as bad as it looks, but I do have to wear a bandaid. But now I'm having so much trouble typing/scrolling on my phone, so I guess that's one way to reduce screen time.

No doom scrolling for me today! XD

2024-09-01 16:02:58

[8]

Official post on the Twitter issue, including a thorough list of links for everywhere you can find me (that probably well exceeds the character limit here) if anyone wants/needs them.

CF - https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/190/
DA - https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/Everywhere-I-exist-on-the-internet-1093167170
Tapas - https://tapas.io/episode/3278999

2024-08-31 19:15:30

[9]

So yeah, in summation: yippie?

2024-08-30 00:46:58

[10]

A bunch of friends were floating this autism test around. I already know where I stand, so there weren't many surprises outside of a question or two highlighting yet another thing I do that I never realized was attributed to autism but totally explains a lot from my childhood/everyday life. XD

2024-08-30 00:46:12

[11]

It's fixed now, but I just wanted to draw attention to this because it's super funny to me. Especially since earlier today someone pointed out a "hidden among us" on a different page which was news to even me!

Plot integral items? Nothing.
Memes? Eyes like a hawk. XD

2024-08-28 03:46:56

[12]

So, page 166 has been up for a month and a half now. And I only just noticed now that I forgot to draw Jude's choker in one panel. You know, the unremovable one. It's not the first time I flubbed a design, but I can't believe not one other person apparently caught it in all the time either! XD

2024-08-28 03:46:39

[13]

Fields of Mistria came out at exactly the right time to distract me with its chill wholesome vibes while I've been burnt out lately. I'm not always about life sims, but this one pulled me in immediately.

As I slowly recover, I thought I'd warm up by drawing my character. I hope you like her. ^_^

2024-08-25 15:55:35

[14]

If you're not familiar, she's from my webcomic... Rain, a coming-of-age dramedy about a young trans girl trying to be seen as herself in high school. After an 11 year run, the story is over, but I still do a lot with her. ^_^

Please, check it out!
https://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/1

2024-08-24 13:21:49

[15]

Happy birthday to Rain (the character, not the comic). I don't think I'll be able to draw something up today, but I felt like I should post something. I owe this kid everything. 💜

In real world time, she would be 29 today, but she's 24 as of the last noted canon date. ^_^

2024-08-24 13:21:33

[16]

You know you married the right person when it gets to the end of the day and we both simultaneously have the sudden realization that today's our anniversary. Whoops! XD

Married 16 years, and we share exactly the same level of derp. ^_^

2024-08-23 01:32:51

[17]

Official update on comic/art stuff. More details in the blurb in the link.

CF - https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/189/
DA - https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/Comic-Return-Update-1089724910
Tapas - https://tapas.io/episode/3269323

2024-08-22 13:53:30

[18]

That's a "Senpai promise." XD

2024-08-18 22:32:04

[19]

Depression's going extra hard today.

Wanna draw. Too tired.
Wanna write. Too tired.
Wanna game. Too tired.
Wanna sleep. Get up and do something.

Sigh...

2024-08-15 18:45:55

[20]

I'm rereading my main comic, My Impossible Soulmate, today. Been meaning to for a while to refresh myself on little details, and ahead of Ch.6 is a VERY good time for this.

Have you checked it out yet? And if not, is there anything I can say to convince you?  ;)
https://mis.thecomicseries.com/comics/1

2024-08-14 13:39:46