Crimson Lotus #1 - preview

[zerodemon]

Okay, I did not expect that. spoilers:

A Devil Ex Machina to stop the powerful, but not too powerful Lotus.

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Little disappointing to be honest. What a pointless, throwaway, meh story. Went absolutely nowhere.

I mean, look at the good examples of this kind of story: Rise of the Black Flame told us so much about the world. Rasputin and Koshchei too. I’d have expected there to be some kind of mandate for these stories where we learn sweeping things about important characters or the mythology, but the Crimson Lotus is only important to the sweeping story in the sense that she’s related to a character who is long (probably) dead or (maybe) wendigoed. And the final third of the final issue? What was the point?

spoilers:

Okay, stupid Varvara Deus Ex Machina completely unreliant on the agency of either of our protagonists, so why even have them in the story? They overcame nothing and did nothing of worth, but okay, they’ve caught the Lotus. Great, except no they havent. The first three pages and last 8 pages are some weird b-plot where she escapes without having told them anything... Soooooo, why not just have had her escape in the first place and skip the who 8 pages. Crappy filler is why.

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Was anybody actually excited about this? The first issue’s preview thread has also served as the final issue’s post release thing, and it only just cracked 2 pages of discussion.
Terribly written drivel of a comic. Avoid.