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Violent Flowers #2 by Maria Llovet from Image Comics.
Erzsébet’s Origins (Spoilers)
Violent Flowers no.2 reveals the backstory for the main antagonist. A long time ago, Erzsébet was a servant of Carnelia, the story’s protagonist. Also, she was a member of her entourage with the hopes that Carnelia would turn her into a Vampire. Thus, obtaining eternal life. It is also said that from her entire entourage, Erzsébet was Carnelia’s favorite. However, Carnelia refused to turn Erzsébet for personal reasons.
Messy Tea ahead (Spoilers)
Once Erzsébet became a vampire, her first move was to replace Carnelia in the family. Her disdain for Carnelia was palpable. Everyone in the family was aware of this conflict. This of course, was a messy affair. After a while, Erzsébet was exiled from the clan. Due to Erzsébet’s excesses, the Queen was forced to punish her.
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Carnelia’s character continues to show reservations for the Vampire ways of life. As we saw on issue no.1, Carnelia has renounced to her Vampire ways and her position in her family clan in the present. And now we see that she also had reservations in the past when she enjoyed her clan’s privileges in full. Erzsébet refused to be deterred, so she convinced Nikodemos brother of Carnelia and the now deceased Sentinel, to turn Erzsébet.
Setka spills all the Tea
Setka, the clan’s portrait painter, spills all these ancient secrets to Anna. Furthermore, he shares an interesting theory on how Erzsébet may have escaped her imprisonment. Setka’s theory is that Erzsébet somehow obtain a weapon called the Toxikon. The Poison Arrow, a magic weapon of sorts that dates to the days of the Roman Empire at least. The Toxikon caused mass devastation and countless death. With the issue being those dead, came back. Safe to say the Toxikon is a major cause for concern.
Mythical Night Life
Carnelia and Anna head off to Barcelona for a supernatural festival. Yes, supernatural creatures party, what did you expect? The festivities are hosted by the Triplets. Tree sisters versed in foreknowledge and the occult. Carnelia is confident the Triplets can aid her quest of finding Erzsébet. Of course, the Triplets will assist Carnelia in her quest. However, the price to pay for their services is not in any coin. The Triplets only accept earthly pleasures as currency.
How about the ART?
This issue has Maria Llovet’s style and creativity in full display. No one does fantasy-horror erotica in comics quite like Llovet. Specifically, Erzsébet’s origins are depicted as a very personal tale in relationship to Carnelia. Even though, Erzsébet tale is being shared by Setka, a third party.
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Erzsébet’s path to destruction is very clear because of the portrayal of her actions. Maria Llovet turns up the heat with the explicit content in this issue, with the Triplets as the stars of the show.
I give this issue 8 out of 10
There’s a lot going on in this story. Plenty of names and plots to follow. However, using Anna as a proxy for the reader’s experience was a very smart decision by Llovet. We get to experience and learn everything about this world with the character of Anna. Accordingly, this story is currently an exciting messy ball of yarn and Llovet’s job is to unravel it one issue at a time. It is in my assessment that Llovet is doing a fine job!
