![]() To presume this is the ONLY possible outcome is to presume that, if superpowers were real, a guy like Nite-Owl would never be the one who gets them. ![]() (In spite of the fact that he's also basically a cosplay fetishist) Would EVERYONE become a fucking nihilist detatched from humanity if they were in Manhattan's shoes? Maybe not.īut even Watchmen has at least one guy who seems CLOSE to a decent, well-adjusted person or classically heroicly motivated superhero in Nite-Owl. See also: Kickass, or real life dorks like Phoenix Jones.Īnd it is convenient for the story Alan Moore wanted to tell that the ONLY dude in the world who gets powers is already an extreme introvert and prime candidate for clinical depression. ![]() Stories like these just happen to depict a world in which only deviant personalities would choose to become vigilante crimefighters.īut note the fact that in the world of Watchmen, superpowers almost don't exist and the only people who are heroes are the kinds of people who would have a mental disorder or selfish, fetishy motivation to put on a goofy costume and pick fights with muggers. ![]()
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