Losing by Winning Page 5
October 30th, 2012The marksmanship competition is in full swing in Losing by Winning Page 5. So much crystal shot into little, tiny pieces. To see Sunny’s sketch for this page, please vote for Snow by Night on Top Web Comics.
By some miracle, the power stayed on over the past couple days. We in Washington, D.C. were fortunate to be spared the full brunt of the Sandy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those not so fortunate, especially our colorist who lives up that way. She’s without power and it might be up to a week before she gets it back. Drawing is on the back burner for her at the moment, which is completely understandable. This means that next week’s updates might be a bit late.
My question might seem a bit strange, but why using Madame in Vivienne’s case instead of Mademoiselle, which especially implies not yet married woman in French?
Madame is the honorific for women of statue. Historically, that meant you were married, but widows and older unwed women would also be addressed as Madame. Since Vivienne and Marguerite are both veterans, commanders, and nobles, they can be addressed as Madame in this fictional world as a sign of respect.
Really like the way Vivienne is drawn in this vignette vis-a-vis the way she was drawn in Chapter 2. Much easier to imagine suitors ;)
Glad you were not badly affected by Sandy. That’s really the important thing. Stay safe!
Vivienne was having a bad hair day in Chapter 2. ;-) We’ll be seeing her in the main story in Chapter 6.
So much crystal. The artisans’ hearts must be broken as well. :'(
I hope things get better over there.
I’m glad that power is the biggest concern!