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A review by ana90
Orchid, Volume 3 by Sierra Hahn, Tom Morello, Scott Hepburn
1.0
Where the hell do I start? This was tragic.
As I was reading, I kept thinking how this whole thing might have been better if there were 50 issues instead of 12. Maybe if some things were given more time to develop, if some back stories and explanations were a bit deeper, it wouldn't be so random and haphazard.
But the last issue changed my mind. 50 issues of this crap would have been painful.
The originality of quoting Nietzsche (not sure if it was a reference or if Morello actually thought he came up with it) and "creating" creatures that look like the sandworms of Dune. The Mary Sueness of Orchid. The fact that a character is killed off in like #2 and then he's suddenly alive in #12. The absolutely unnecessary Tom Morello cameo. The consistency of how a guy that was born a mute and has been a mute for 30 years says "Goodbye" to the baddie in the end.
Worst of all, the virtue signalling. All of the ridiculous attempts at feminism made me cringe, especially when characters that are supposed to be strong female leaders are patronized and referred to as "a smart girl". What else... Loveable sex workers: check. A token black dude (that dies, lol): check. Random gay couple (just nonchalantly squeezed in on the final page): check.
We get it, Tom, you're an amazing, accepting and inclusive guy. If I was grading inclusivity, I'd give Orchid 4* (it's missing an Asian with a disability, sorry), but I'm grading the story, and that's a 1*.
As I was reading, I kept thinking how this whole thing might have been better if there were 50 issues instead of 12. Maybe if some things were given more time to develop, if some back stories and explanations were a bit deeper, it wouldn't be so random and haphazard.
But the last issue changed my mind. 50 issues of this crap would have been painful.
The originality of quoting Nietzsche (not sure if it was a reference or if Morello actually thought he came up with it) and "creating" creatures that look like the sandworms of Dune. The Mary Sueness of Orchid. The fact that a character is killed off in like #2 and then he's suddenly alive in #12. The absolutely unnecessary Tom Morello cameo. The consistency of how a guy that was born a mute and has been a mute for 30 years says "Goodbye" to the baddie in the end.
Worst of all, the virtue signalling. All of the ridiculous attempts at feminism made me cringe, especially when characters that are supposed to be strong female leaders are patronized and referred to as "a smart girl". What else... Loveable sex workers: check. A token black dude (that dies, lol): check. Random gay couple (just nonchalantly squeezed in on the final page): check.
We get it, Tom, you're an amazing, accepting and inclusive guy. If I was grading inclusivity, I'd give Orchid 4* (it's missing an Asian with a disability, sorry), but I'm grading the story, and that's a 1*.