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    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. 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
    6. 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
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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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)

      2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
    8. 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
    9. 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
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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      21. RT @bruce_arthur and dies for it

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015

      22. Yes. Rorschach lives for the truth and dies for it. He's a martyr, which aligns him with the humans killed by Ozymandias' mad scheme.

      8:08 PM - 26 Jul 2015 from Toronto, Ontario
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        2. billbrock1958‏ @billbrock1958 26 Jul 2015
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          .@HeerJeet Thanks for the spoiler. :-|

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        3. Helen Androlia‏ @HelenAndrolia 26 Jul 2015
          Replying to @billbrock1958

          @billbrock1958 The books have been out for nearly 20 years, the movie 6. I don't think you can be mad at @HeerJeet for spoilers.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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          23. So despite Moore's intent, Rorschach becomes not figure of satire but moral center of book. And ironically reaffirms ideal of superhero

          6 replies 15 retweets 25 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 26 Jul 2015
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          24. As much as I'm loath to say so, Ted Cruz is on to something in including Rorschach on his list of favorite superheroes.

          3 replies 10 retweets 24 likes
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        1. MagnetCarta‏ @MagnetCarta 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet It doesn't help that Moore really doesn't justify MAD not work in this universe, making Ozymandias' plan seem unnecessary.

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        1. Dylan Horrocks‏ @dylanhorrocks 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet Yeees, or maybe he's a martyr to the purity of his own abstract ideals & his refusal to embrace the messy complexity of it all?

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        2. Dylan Horrocks‏ @dylanhorrocks 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet You're ignoring the fact that Ozymandias' mad scheme *works* & arguably saves humanity from armageddon. It's morally vile BUT.

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        3. Craig Ranapia‏ @CMRanapia 26 Jul 2015
          Replying to @dylanhorrocks

          @dylanhorrocks Every supervillians' grand plot has a demented internal logic to it. That's the biggest joke of all. @HeerJeet

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        1. wilde cock bougie nouveau‏ @SolidShepard 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet what's one more body among foundations?

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        2. A/Eve Caesar‏ @RedMaistre 26 Jul 2015
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          A/Eve Caesar Retweeted A/Eve Caesar

          @HeerJeethttps://twitter.com/RedMaistre/status/625506597297594368 …

          A/Eve Caesar added,

          A/Eve Caesar @RedMaistre
          Replying to @moshspace
          @databaseanimal I would add also that the text, regardless of authorial intent or not, vindicates Rorschach's original conspiracy theory
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        3. A/Eve Caesar‏ @RedMaistre 26 Jul 2015
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          @HeerJeet (this is why the self- unmaksing and death of Rorschach coincide. They are the same thing)

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