Watchmen

I’d like to talk about Watchmen for this week’s journal. While reading I was convinced that Rorschach was the good guy and eventually he would fix it all. Obviously I was mistaken seeing as he, physically, didn’t survive to the very end of the comic. When I finished the comic I had a lot of analyzing to do. There’s a lot to take in at the end and I probably laid around thinking about it for a good half hour after reading it. Eventually I gave up thinking though because I wasn’t sure who was right or would happen following it all. I think because I liked Rorschach from the start I tended to lean in his direction after it all. I didn’t have much time to think about it any further before I had read the assigned articles. The authors expressed exactly how I was feeling at the end. Who was right and why? Of course the authors delved deeper into the reasoning behind everyone’s actions. I wasn’t able to initially because I was still in shock & awe at the end and even now I don’t fully understand/accept the end. After reading the articles I’m even more unsure. They discussed Rorschach’s dichotomist thinking which had me contemplating if he was really in the right. I don’t think Veidt was right. After reading the article I’m convinced that Rorschach wasn’t either. Jon’s actions at the end were probably the worst for me to accept and then Laurie and Nite Owl became so passive. There’s so much to take in at the end and so much to consider. When I thought I could accept it in the end, we read article which turned my thought process around. I still want to believe that Rorschach was in the right but I know he’s not because of the evidence presented against him in the articles, particularly the evidence calling him a hypocrite. My mind is swirling again thinking about it all. It’s truly amazing that a comic could do this. It’s brilliant and I really have no other words. This is probably because I’ve yet to fully make up my mind about the ending and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to. I’ve never been this mind blown from a book ever. It’s been a great experience reading it.