"I wanted to … make [Rorschach] as like, ‘this is what Batman would be in the real world’. But I have forgotten that actually to a lot of comic fans, ‘smelling’, ‘not having a girlfriend’, these are actually kind of heroic! So Rorschach became the most popular character in Watchmen. I made him to be a bad example. But I have people come up to me in the street and saying: ‘I AM Rorschach. That is MY story’. And I’d be thinking: ‘Yeah, great. Could you just, like, keep away from me, never come anywhere near me again as long as I live?’"
Alan Moore (via
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“I wanted to use the typical cliches to signal that this character is disgusting, but people sharing some characteristics saw a reflection of themselves, no matter how twisted (it’s not like trans women never recognized themselves in “evil” characters), and I just want to make it absolutely clear that I consider smelly people without girlfriends disgusting and worthless.”
– Alan Moore
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2 months ago · tagged #steel feminism #seriously this is some massive lack of awareness #oh wow there are people who can't find any better heroes for themselves than this one i accidentally made #better remind them that i think they don't actually deserve even that one #i really want a simple word to refer to this one oppression #failing-at-hegemonic-masculinity-ism is too unwieldy #but yeah #cw failing-at-hegemonic-masculinity-ism · 24,819 notes · .permalink