The Fetishes are beautiful male dolls with a human appearance.
They serve a master.
Unfortunately, they are mistreated and some revolt.
The story begins with a Fetish, bought by a woman, who gets attracted to her fiancé. He, therefore, chooses to protect him, which will lead to unexpected consequences.
The Fetishes are beautiful male dolls with a human appearance.
They serve a master.
Unfortunately, they are mistreated and some revolt.
The story begins with a Fetish, bought by a woman, who gets attracted to her fiancé. He, therefore, chooses to protect him, which will lead to unexpected consequences.
Fetishes by Lyone 3D is the first in a series of speculative graphic novels set a world where humanoids (or "fetishes") have been created for the protection and entertainment of humans. A highly sort after commodity, the fetishes have become the valuable playthings of the rich and famous, with ownership limited to only the elite classes within society.
After a dancing contest featuring five attractive male fetishes, the nameless woman comes away having secured what the crowd have voted for as the most desirable. Renaming the fetish to Reiver, the female owner pushes her fetish's programming to the absolute limits, accumulating in her enlisting Reiver into a fight organised by the wives of other fetishes. For over seven pages there is pure fetish on fetish action. Reiver ultimately fends off all his rivals and is taken back home by its owner, making no attempt to hide her disinterest in her fiancée as she takes Reiver, the fetish, to bed. While the fiancée may not outwardly seem to care about the well-being of his partner's fetish, the look exchanged between him and Reiver suggests there could be more than meets the eye to this heterosexual slave robot/human owner relationship.
The biggest critic I have with this graphic novel is in the quality of the drawings. Imagery makes up 95% of what the story is trying to portray, yet time and time again the poor quality of the character faces becomes a major distraction. When the characters grin they portray a deathly haunting look, on the occasions where characters look direct at the reader (as is the case in the first scene involving pundits talking to camera), in these scenarios the profile views are more than disturbing. The proportions are all wrong.
I can see what the author/artist is trying to do with this story and with refinement it could potentially work. I would question some of the plot developments (some elements feel very rushed through) but given this is the first in a series the story arch could possibly get through with a three-star rating. The drawing standard however, that is something much harder to overlook and ultimately brings this review down to the two-stars that it is.
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