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Rain:1182: Harmful

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Author Notes

I know some folks are gonna get on me about how this "worked out too easy". "Why would Rob just volunteer an apology?", and all. I say, why wouldn't he? If he truly believed he was just joking around with his friend all along, then he was never expecting to be called out on it. He never considered it might be harmful. If he actually hated Drew for potentially being gay, he would've stopped hanging around with Drew when he first started questioning. Not you know, continuing to hang out with him at school or going to anime conventions with him.

Does Rob still have a lot to learn about sensitivity and respect? Good lord, yes! And that he'd make those kinds of jokes at all, means he does have some genuine homophobia to work through. But he's not so far gone that there's no coming back. And Drew may be in a better position than ever - after plenty of his own ignorant mistakes - to help Rob with that.

Anyway, this scene is the first to kinda ruin my flow with this chapter a little. In other words, we're not quite done here yet. Expect one more page with these guys next Monday.

Transcript

Drew, I... I wanna say I'm sorry.
I... really meant everything as a harmless joke.
Just because you don't mean harm, doesn't mean you can't cause harm. Believe me, I know that first-hand now.
I've hurt a lot of people without intending to, and it never clicked when I was told to stop, because in my mind, I wasn't doing anything wrong.
So you need to stop with the gay jokes.
But... are you even gay?
Honestly, Rob, I don't know. I never figured it out.
But it doesn't matter. Even if I do turn out to be straight after all, you still don't know who's listening to you. Who your "innocent jokes" might be affecting...
Maybe it’s funny to you, but it’s so important to someone else.

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