Alien Romance, the daily comic strip
Dec. 25th, 2025 09:42 am
I wasn't going to post a daily comic today, but the prompts were so good! This one covers two: mythology across cultures (at least the first half of that one) and language-learning tricks.
Cathy explains to Maurice the fascination her city, Lyon, has with Saint Maurice, and he hands her a dictionary and asks her to tell the story in English. Maurice, the patron saint of Lyon, was a centurion from Egypt who was sent by Roman Emperor Maximian to secure Lugdunum, the previous name of Lyon. At some point in his service, he found himself required to slay Christians in the area. He refused to do it, so his unit was decimated in the Roman tradition. Eventually Maurice himself was martyred.
I portrayed him as a black African because that's how he appears in the painting on the Wikipedia page.
This scene is a bit of foreshadowing! Maurice isn't saint material, but he will provide a sanctuary for people in need at times.
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
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Date: 2025-12-25 05:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-25 05:28 pm (UTC)I only color him that way in summer scenes, though.
Maurice & Saint Maurice
Date: 2025-12-25 08:03 pm (UTC)(I always love learning about and even using mythology/religion in my own writing, so I am glad it worked for yours as well).
Also I like the fact that Maurice, is learning about someone else who shares his name. (I realize I don't know a lot about Christian saints and the stories around them, compared to my knowledge of gods in different cultures, so it's cool to learn more about them).
Happy Holidays!
-Quinley (Tesariel)
Re: Maurice & Saint Maurice
Date: 2025-12-25 10:06 pm (UTC)Happy holidays!