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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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

      2 replies 4 retweets 24 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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.

      1 reply 4 retweets 25 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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      10. There are a couple of reasons why the audience comes to identity with Rorschach so closely.

      1 reply 4 retweets 8 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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

      3 replies 6 retweets 16 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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.

      2 replies 6 retweets 16 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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.

      2 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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.

      3 replies 7 retweets 18 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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      15. Last three RTs all offer reasons why Rorschach engages audiences sympathy and becomes figure we identify with.

      5 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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

      3 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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.

      4 replies 5 retweets 22 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015

      18. Rorschach wants the truth of Ozymandias' crime to come out, and Moore himself wants that truth to come out (for good political reasons)

      8:04 PM - 26 Jul 2015 from Toronto, Ontario
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        2. Woke Mind Bacterium‏ @JimHenleyMusic 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet Does Moore want the truth to come out? I've always thought he was soft on Ozymandias' scheme.

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        3. Kevin J. Maroney‏ @womzilla 27 Jul 2015
          Replying to @JimHenleyMusic

          .@UOJim @HeerJeet I think it's less a question of whether truth will come out than playing with the idea of impossiblity of perfect control.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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          19. The good political reason is that Moore (at his best) is a democratic anarchist who doesn't want elite superheroes to have secrets

          1 reply 3 retweets 16 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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          20. So Rorschach at the end becomes the figure who stands not just for absolute morality but also for the rights of ordinary humans.

          19 replies 13 retweets 22 likes
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