• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Since when is he a hypocrite, terrible detective, or manchild? Or even a psychopath? There are a lot of things wrong with him, but not those particular things IMO. But maybe it’s been too long since I read Watchmen and I’m forgetting something?

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      11 months ago

      If I remember correctly he was a pretty good detective in the sense that he figured shit out as fast as literal supernatural humans

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        11 months ago

        He figured out Ozymandias was going to do something terrible. He beat the smartest man in the world. He is a terrible “hero” for a variety of reasons but that isn’t one of them.