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And I'm sure that if/when Walter realized that his father was named Joseph, he made the immediate connection and started thinking of himself as the Messiah.

It kinda fits.

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I havent read through all of these posts but has anyone else noticed what looks like a pot plant in the vivarium in chapter 11 page 7 panel 1 then again on page 10 panel 4? im not antidrug but i thought it was funny because veidt starts talking about eating hashish in tibet a little while later.

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Sorry if anyone's already noted it. (didn't see it) You guys were talking about the name of Walter's father...

So Walter thinks his dad's name is Charlie/Charles.

In the scene where Rorschach shoots the guy with the grapple gun, all the cops start yelling for a fellow named Charlie. The name is also in bold. It even seems like Rorschach pauses momentarily, surprised.

Walter talks about his father like he's a heroic every-man, working for a day's wage. The cop most certainly isn't his father, but represents the same ideals, doesn't he? And then Rorschach shoots him.

It's a really surreal twist.

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That's pretty neat. Although I'm not sure if Rorschach's expression in that panel is exactly from the reaction of the name, though it can be taken that way...

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Rorschach idolizes the father he never knew.
By turn, he just doesn't like cops - period.

Not sure if this has been posted yet, becuase I havent read the whole thread but look at chp. 1 pg. 18 panel 4 and flip the book upside down, and you will see that mabey the film wasn't changing the story with the real doomsday clock.

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Don't know if anyone already noticed this but...
In the Chapter "The Abyss Gazes Also", at the end (with Kovac's police files), there is a picture of young Walter outside of the Charlton Home, wearing an oversized pinstriped suit... does he use this same (or similar) pinstriped suit as part of his Rorschach getup, when he grows older? Hurm...

Judging by the Thank-God-I-am-outta-there smile on his face, I think that the pinstriped suit his something that Walter would later associate as 'good' (aside from the death of Mommy Dearest some years later). Perhaps it is really Kovacs' first happy memory and thus dons the pinstripes again year later, as fighting crime makes him happy is a strange way. Perhaps it releaves his pent up sexual tension or something...

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I've always been struck by the way Archie appears to be the opposite of how most flying ships are designed. The front of the ship (the 'eyes' and 'nose') are where you'd normally expect the engines and tail/rudder to be. Perhaps a subtle comment on the way Watchmen turns superhero fiction onto its head, or perhaps a reach...

when Rorschach is sitting on the comedian's window in the beginning, there is a painting of a nude woman with blood on her stomach. Possibly a reference to the vietnamese woman.

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In the alternate reality of the watchmen pirate comics replace comics about super heroes. In chapter 12 near the end of the book there is a panel that shows Seymours veidt sneakers and under his feet there is a copy of a comic called tales from the morgue, after the death and destruction caused by veidts squid the public now has a taste for gory comics that deal with death

"A pretty butterfly."

Hurm.

Which is what Rorschach said he saw (during session with Long) when he really saw a dog with head split open... "handled watch dogs before" he said looking at Anubis... who watched over the dead...

nice layers, eh?

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Many cultures worldwide have attached symbolic meaning to the butterfly, several of which resonate with the themes of WATCHMEN.

Mandarin Chinese culture actually regards the insect as being symbolic of a long life, whereas many others belief systems including those of ancient Greece, Russia and Ireland do indeed conversely link butterflies to death in so much as they are creatures considered to be the embodiment of the souls of those who have passed away. The ancient Greek word for a butterfly is "psyche". Other ancient mythologies consider the butterfly to stand for wisdom and everlating knowledge.

One can also regard the butterfly as being a metaphor for the human condition overall, if we consider some of the symbolism found in the Christian religion. In the grand scheme of things we all start out small, rather insignificant and seemingly all the same like the caterpillar but as we grow and flourish, our true identity and even beauty finally shows. Like a butterfly, we are all still different yet beautiful in our own way in the eyes of God. In this sense, the metamorphosis a butterfly undergoes is symbolic of the spiritual evolution all Christians should go through.

The insect of course lends its name to the so-called Butterfly Effect often espoused in discussion regarding Chaos Theory, the concept that the actions of just one single butterfly could eventually have a far-reaching ripple effect on the subsequent course of humanity and historic events. In this respect, several of the WATCHMEN characters can arguably be regarded as butterflies themselves: the chance accident that befell Jon Osterman which gave the world Dr Manhattan and all the ramifications thereof... the actions of Veidt and his plan to alter the path of human destiny... the journal scribblings of Rorschach which may lead to the downfall of Veidt's plan and set humanity off on an entirely different tangent for better or worse...

PLEASE EXPLAIN THE JOKE! I don't get it.

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