At first he seems like a man that time has passed up. His speech bubbles are just as tattered around the edges as the yellowed pages of his diary. He seems politically reactionary, sees everything in black and white, and there is a distinct feeling that he believes everything was better in the past.
On the other hand, he is almost militantly apocalyptic. The end of the world is nigh.
And while he seems to see things the most concretely out of all the characters, his characterization is also the most ambiguous. Dr. Manhattan? Manhattan Project. Atomic bomb. Nite Owl? Oh, is costume looks like an owl.
But Rorschach? That isn't anything concrete. In fact it's just the opposite. The Rorschach test is that crazy inkblot test psychiatrists have you look at to determine whether or not you're absolutely out of your mind. Which would explain his mask, white with a giant ink blot where his face would be. Is he crazy? Or is he the only sane one? What about me? What about you? What about us all?
Who watches the watchmen?
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