7. But huge popularity of Rorschach (he is most beloved character in book) perhaps suggests book has meaning different than Moore intented
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8. "Watchmen" is work that has divided intents. Parts of book are satire or deconstruction of superhero genre, but others pure genre
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9. One of the things that makes Moore's work interesting is that he creates pastiches that aren't so much knock-offs as pure distillations.
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10. There are a couple of reasons why the audience comes to identity with Rorschach so closely.
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11. Moore is really good at finding core emotions of genre tropes: Rorschach is perfect distillation of bullied/abused kid turned avenger
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12. But beyond that we identify with Rorschach because he's the puzzle solver who unravels grand conspiracy behind the book.
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13. Alan Moore is of course something of a conspiracy theorist himself and loves to create mysteries his people only imperfectly solve.
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14. Rorschach is the truth-seeker in the book, and hence we identify with him as we ourselves try to unravel puzzle of the book itself.
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15. Last three RTs all offer reasons why Rorschach engages audiences sympathy and becomes figure we identify with.
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16. But there's also the ending of the book, where Ozymandias is revealed as monster and all the other superheroes comprised with his crime
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17. We don't have to agree with Rorschach's fatal decision to oppose Ozymandias to see that it is one of the few acts of nobility in book.
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18. Rorschach wants the truth of Ozymandias' crime to come out, and Moore himself wants that truth to come out (for good political reasons)
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