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Moore didn't write Rorschach as crazy, he wrote him as a fanatic ("Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise."). In the book the prison psychiatrist
by mewse-hn 5y ago
Moore didn't write Rorschach as crazy, he wrote him as a fanatic ("Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise."). In the book the prison psychiatrist becomes deeply disturbed by Rorschach's world view because he's not necessarily wrong. It's definitely an exploration of what Batman's modus operandi would look like in the real world.
- tptacek 5y agoMoore himself said that he wrote Rorschach to be "a nutcase". :)
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoyeah uh, the character who wrote this journal https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Rorschach%27s_Journal https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Rorschach%27s_Journal was definitely just fanatically obsessive, no other problems there. Not to mention that the inability to compromise is not actually a feature of a well-functioning mind.
- staticman2 5y agoRorshach is definetly crazy- while Watchmen is a serious book on its face- there's a bit of mad magazine style sillyness where Rorshack will torture everyone in a bar- inflicting pain and suffering- then whine he's "depressed" while oblivious to the people he hurt. He also considers a crank tabloid the only legitimate source of news. Moore grew up on mad magazine and there's a bit of parody in Rorshack even though other scenes are played more seriously.
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