Itās so sad that Steve Jobs died of ligma š«
Hey babe, instead of a present can I get a Steve Jobs job this Christmas? Itās where you put on a turtle neck and hold my dick weirdly whilst you talk about it to the whole world.
Since when is he a hypocrite, terrible detective, or manchild? Or even a psychopath? There are a lot of things wrong with him, but not those particular things IMO. But maybe itās been too long since I read Watchmen and Iām forgetting something?
He doesnāt try to prevent crime, he simply delights in the sadistic act of beating up criminals, which is ironically a crime.
He instantly judges people based on which side of the law they stand on, but when he is declared a criminal himself, he doesnāt even attempt to reflect on it. He just keeps punching.
When his own friend is revealed to be a rapist, murderer and war criminal(?), he has no interest [āIām not concerned with speculating on the moral lapses of men who died in their countryās serviceā], because he doesnāt actually care about crime, he just uses āfighting crimeā as an excuse for his real passion, beating up those he considers undesirables.
Heās a hypocrite (and a fascist).
If I remember correctly he was a pretty good detective in the sense that he figured shit out as fast as literal supernatural humans
Because the world that he lives in, despite all of the machinations and ulterior motives of characters and ālesser of 2 evilsā scenarios, is actually still incredibly black and white. Itās OUR world that has nuance. We like Rorschach because heās principled and we wish we could treat our problems the way that Rorschach deals with his problems: kicking the door in and punching them. In Watchmen, everyone gaslights Rorschach to believe that heās a crazy psycho who isnāt onto a huge conspiracy. Characters in Watchmen are very much good or evil but possessing complex motivations.
Anon is right.
Itās the same story with tons of films: Taxi Driver, Joker, The Boys, Watchmen. They get universal praise from the left and right.
The Left: āThis insightful satire shows the protagonistās slow descent from obsession and inceldom into terrorism and psychopathy. It serves as a stark reminder of how these thought patterns are the beginnings of a societal tragedy.ā
The Right: āI fucking love this guy. He just shoots the people he doesnāt like. Based. Highly recommended.ā
To anyone who thinks this may be exaggerated, itās not.
My former friend got swept up into the right-wing pipeline hard these last handful of years.
Right-wing often folks like these characters because they unabashedly hurt people they think justify being hurt. Just like they would like to be able to do.
Once my friend started ranting about how he thinks the US is āoverdue for another genocideā then staunchly defended himself over it, I told him to never fucking come back.