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Watchmen Comic SPOILERS
This might have been the GOAT storyline in comics. Every time you read it, you pick up on something new.
For example, the whole pirate comic is actually an allegory for the whole character arc of...
The pirate comic is about a sea captain who finds out that the pirates of the Black Frieghter are going to body his hometown.
However, the protagonist gets stranded and ends up committing more and more violent acts in a desperate attempt to get back to his hometown to warn everyone. In the end he becomes a savage murderer himself and ultimately gets exposed in front of the very same people he was trying to protect.
This gives us an idea of what will ultimately happen to the character I just spoilertagged above.
Chapter 1 - The Comedian is murdered. Rorschach sets out to warn the other characters
Chapter 2 - The Comedian's funeral, mixed in with flashbacks about his time with the Minutemen and in Vietnam
Chapter 3 - Dr. Manhattan gets fed up with the media hounding him and leaves Earth for Mars
Chapter 4 - Dr. Manhattan's backstory--how he got his powers, won the Vietnam war, and ultimately lost touch with his humanity
Chapter 5 - An assassin tries to kill Ozymandias. Meanwhile, Rorschach is framed for murder and gets captured by the police. This entire issue is symetrical from start to finish
Chapter 6 - Rorschach's backstory--he went to investigate a kidnapping and went crazy after he found out the little girl was murdered
Chapter 7 - Nite Owl and Silk Spectre start falling for each other. Then the two of them rescue a bunch of people from a burning building at the end
Chapter 8 - Nite Owl and Silk Spectre bust Rorschach out of jail. Meanwhile, the OG Nite Owl is murdered by gang members
Chapter 9 - Dr. Manhattan takes Laurie to his palace on Mars where she remnisces on her life and realizes the Comedian was her dad. Dr. Manhattan learns the value of life
Chapter 10 - Rorschach and Dan team up to investigate the criminal underworld. They find out that Ozymandias might be the mastermind behind the entire plot.
Chapter 11 - Rorschach and Dan confront Ozymandias in Antartica. It turns out Veidt killed the Comedian for knowing too much. Ozymandias reveals his entire plot to kill millions in order to bring about world peace... and that he did it 35 minutes ago
Chapter 12 - The aftermath of Ozymandias' squid attack. The major powers of the world (Russia, the US, etc) call for a ceasefire, bringing about world peace.
The rest of the characters go along with the ducktales so that another war doesn't break out. Rorschach refuses to go with the plan and Dr. Manhattan murks him so that he won't spill the beans on Ozymandias' plot. Manhattan leaves to create a new universe while Veidt wonders if it was all worth it and if the peace will truly last. It is revealed that Rorschach mailed his journal to a local newspaper, so the there's still a chance the truth might get out.
Chapter 2 - The Comedian's funeral, mixed in with flashbacks about his time with the Minutemen and in Vietnam
Chapter 3 - Dr. Manhattan gets fed up with the media hounding him and leaves Earth for Mars
Chapter 4 - Dr. Manhattan's backstory--how he got his powers, won the Vietnam war, and ultimately lost touch with his humanity
Chapter 5 - An assassin tries to kill Ozymandias. Meanwhile, Rorschach is framed for murder and gets captured by the police. This entire issue is symetrical from start to finish
Chapter 6 - Rorschach's backstory--he went to investigate a kidnapping and went crazy after he found out the little girl was murdered
Chapter 7 - Nite Owl and Silk Spectre start falling for each other. Then the two of them rescue a bunch of people from a burning building at the end
Chapter 8 - Nite Owl and Silk Spectre bust Rorschach out of jail. Meanwhile, the OG Nite Owl is murdered by gang members
Chapter 9 - Dr. Manhattan takes Laurie to his palace on Mars where she remnisces on her life and realizes the Comedian was her dad. Dr. Manhattan learns the value of life
Chapter 10 - Rorschach and Dan team up to investigate the criminal underworld. They find out that Ozymandias might be the mastermind behind the entire plot.
Chapter 11 - Rorschach and Dan confront Ozymandias in Antartica. It turns out Veidt killed the Comedian for knowing too much. Ozymandias reveals his entire plot to kill millions in order to bring about world peace... and that he did it 35 minutes ago
Chapter 12 - The aftermath of Ozymandias' squid attack. The major powers of the world (Russia, the US, etc) call for a ceasefire, bringing about world peace.
The rest of the characters go along with the ducktales so that another war doesn't break out. Rorschach refuses to go with the plan and Dr. Manhattan murks him so that he won't spill the beans on Ozymandias' plot. Manhattan leaves to create a new universe while Veidt wonders if it was all worth it and if the peace will truly last. It is revealed that Rorschach mailed his journal to a local newspaper, so the there's still a chance the truth might get out.
This might have been the GOAT storyline in comics. Every time you read it, you pick up on something new.
For example, the whole pirate comic is actually an allegory for the whole character arc of...
Ozymandias
The pirate comic is about a sea captain who finds out that the pirates of the Black Frieghter are going to body his hometown.
However, the protagonist gets stranded and ends up committing more and more violent acts in a desperate attempt to get back to his hometown to warn everyone. In the end he becomes a savage murderer himself and ultimately gets exposed in front of the very same people he was trying to protect.
This gives us an idea of what will ultimately happen to the character I just spoilertagged above.
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