Why does everyone love Rorschach?

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#1  Edited By spiderpigbart

The man is a lunatic, and put his ethics before humanity's survival.  Why is that great?

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#2  Edited By The_Martian

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#3  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator

Because he's RORSCHACH! :D

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#4  Edited By spiderpigbart
@Icarusflies said:

" Because he's RORSCHACH! :D "

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#5  Edited By ~The Wanderer~

I've been wondering the same thing, as I personally hated Rorschach...maybe it's his stubborn refusal to compromise his values.

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#6  Edited By spiderpigbart
@~The Wanderer~ said:

" I've been wondering the same thing, as I personally hated Rorschach...maybe it's his stubborn refusal to compromise his values. "

Yeah, I personally prefer Nite-Owl or Ozymandias.
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#7  Edited By Calvin
@spiderpigbart: I don't love him.
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#8  Edited By spiderpigbart
@Calvin said:
" @spiderpigbart: I don't love him. "
 I meant everyone very broadly.
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#9  Edited By SuperXAsh

because he was crazy, and was like a more realistic version of a Batman-type character. He was also the only character who seemed to give a crap about the overall problem. Manhattan was removed from human society, Silk Spectre was more worried about sex with various characters, and Nite-Owl seemed more concerned with his erectile disfunction. And Ozymandias was busy being the hidden villain.
 
And why was Rorschach in the wrong to not wanna let thousands of innocent people get killed???

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#10  Edited By GT-Man

I love his costume I love his gritty voice and he's a BADA$$ vertigo question mix with batman THATS ONE I LOVE HIM as a comicbook character OFCOURSE
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#11  Edited By Calvin
@spiderpigbart said:
" @Calvin said:
" @spiderpigbart: I don't love him. "
 I meant everyone very broadly. "
Well if you don't love him, now you know you got one more supporter
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#12  Edited By spiderpigbart
@SuperXAsh said:
" because he was crazy, and was like a more realistic version of a Batman-type character. He was also the only character who seemed to give a crap about the overall problem. Manhattan was removed from human society, Silk Spectre was more worried about sex with various characters, and Nite-Owl seemed more concerned with his erectile disfunction. And Ozymandias was busy being the hidden villain. And why was Rorschach in the wrong to not wanna let thousands of innocent people get killed??? "
And instead being willing for billions to die?  And it was actually millions who died.  To save billions.  
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#13  Edited By IrishX
@spiderpigbart: 
 
I thought about giving an answer to the thread title but it's clear you don't actually care what anybody says anyway. You don't want to learn about the character or why fans of his like him. You've made up your mind that you don't like him and this is really nothing more than a hate thread. 
 
As for Rorschach being willing to let billions die let me ask you a question. 
 
Would you be willing to let someone kill your child if it meant saving a million others? You know what don't answer that. Just think about it.
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#14  Edited By Caligula

because he was the first really Dark down to earth character we got. while the gruff voice, and never compromise attitude is over-played now. It wasn't when he was introduced.
 
even the punisher was not as Dark or Realistic as Walter.

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#15  Edited By Bestostero

Rorschach is awesome because he can rip other characters design and still be better than the original lol jk
 
 but he is based on the Question...  They're both awesome :)

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#16  Edited By ReverseNegative

Here's a reason: 

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#17  Edited By SuperGamera

because he's an interesting character in an excellent book, he's also awesome 

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#18  Edited By Korg

He actually has an interesting psychological profile, like many of the other characters in Watchmen. He has a depth of character that most people seen in traditional superhero comics do not (or did not). You don't have to be sympathetic to his values or his ethical system to appreciate him as a character. Or maybe you do. I don't. He is incredibly well-written, and his perspective on current events during Watchmen is very interesting to me. He basically considers himself to be Batman, except his delusions are more transparent, and he's not written to be nigh-invincible. He hits emotional depths at several points in the story, but also pulls off the disturbing calm of a sociopathic killer. To sum things up, I like Rorschach because he's an interesting character to read about, and due to the nature of Watchmen, you get to learn a lot more about him than you would about most characters. He's more believable than Daredevil, or Batman, or The Punisher. He has many human faults, and his life up until he becomes a vigilante is far more realistic than most origin story portrayals. His motivations are more simple, and his worldview is completely black and white (like his mask). Compromise? No. Not even in the face of armageddon. Never compromise.

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#19  Edited By FadeToBlackBolt

"None of you seem to understand, I'm not locked in here with you; you're locked in here with me!" 
"And all their sex and filth will foam up about their wastes and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout "save us!" and I'll look down and whisper "no"."
"Your hands; my perspective." 
 
Nuff said.

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#20  Edited By InnerVenom123

Because he's @#%ing awesome. :)

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#21  Edited By longbowhunter

Everybody loves an anti-hero. For me Dr. Manhattan was the coolest character in Watchmen. I loved the irony of his origin.
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#22  Edited By ComicCrazy

I hate how people say he is a more realistic batman. Everyone thinks being really violent and killing people is more realistic. Yet I don't have a giant problem with him myself  I think I kinda do like him.
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#23  Edited By TheVindicator

I think many people have become desensitized and even worse, enamored of, abject violence so they relate to this ultra-violent murderer.

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#24  Edited By Korg
@ComicCrazy said:
" Everyone thinks being really violent and killing people is more realistic."
This is not why I think Rorschach is more realistic, though it is perfectly true. Also, Batman is incredibly violent, so I'm not sure what your point is there.
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#25  Edited By Retro_Metro

He looks like a 1930's alternate Batman with no high tech but with a more insane perspective of life.

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#26  Edited By spiderpigbart
@IrishX said:
" @spiderpigbart:   Would you be willing to let someone kill your child if it meant saving a million others? You know what don't answer that. Just think about it. "
Well, actually, right now, I say yes.  But I don't have children, and if I did, that answer may change. And that doesn't work for Rorschach anyway, he's a sociopath.  
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#27  Edited By danhimself

I love him because he touches me in the right place
 
 
 
my soul

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#28  Edited By Jotham
@SuperGamera said:
" because he's an interesting character in an excellent book, he's also awesome 
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That is adorable. I wouldn't mind getting thrown down an elevator shaft by something that cute.
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#29  Edited By Dracade102


 
 
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#30  Edited By spiderpigbart
@Dracade102 said:
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Hey...... are you insulting me?!  That doesn't tell me anything!
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#31  Edited By ComicCrazy
@Korg said:
" @ComicCrazy said:
" Everyone thinks being really violent and killing people is more realistic."
This is not why I think Rorschach is more realistic, though it is perfectly true. Also, Batman is incredibly violent, so I'm not sure what your point is there. "
What I mean is everyone thinks that to make a realistic superhero he has to actually be an anti hero instead of being a really good guy like Hal Jordan or Spiderman or whatever he has to be like wolverine. But yeah I do like Rorschach and I do even think he is realistic but I hate it when people think being violent is more realistic than having good views and morals I mean in some ways it is more realistic but not all the time.
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#32  Edited By Nerx

He's a hero who kills people in interesting ways, nuff said

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#33  Edited By ReverseNegative
@Nerx said:
" He's a hero who kills people in interesting ways, nuff said "
That's pretty much the definition of "anti-hero".
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#34  Edited By pinchpaker29

2 things that sell well, Sex and Violence,
 Rorschach has none of the sex but is really cool on the Violence part. :D

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#35  Edited By The Devil Tiger
@Korg said:
"He actually has an interesting psychological profile, like many of the other characters in Watchmen. He has a depth of character that most people seen in traditional superhero comics do not (or did not). You don't have to be sympathetic to his values or his ethical system to appreciate him as a character. Or maybe you do. I don't. He is incredibly well-written, and his perspective on current events during Watchmen is very interesting to me. He basically considers himself to be Batman, except his delusions are more transparent, and he's not written to be nigh-invincible. He hits emotional depths at several points in the story, but also pulls off the disturbing calm of a sociopathic killer. To sum things up, I like Rorschach because he's an interesting character to read about, and due to the nature of Watchmen, you get to learn a lot more about him than you would about most characters. He's more believable than Daredevil, or Batman, or The Punisher. He has many human faults, and his life up until he becomes a vigilante is far more realistic than most origin story portrayals. His motivations are more simple, and his worldview is completely black and white (like his mask). Compromise? No. Not even in the face of armageddon. Never compromise. "

This.
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#36  Edited By ReverseNegative
@pinchpaker29 said:
" 2 things that sell well, Sex and Violence,  Rorschach has none of the sex but is really cool on the Violence part. :D "
No sex? What about "the accumulated filth of all their SEX and murder will foam up about their waists.
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#37  Edited By ~The Wanderer~
@ReverseNegative said:
" @pinchpaker29 said:
" 2 things that sell well, Sex and Violence,  Rorschach has none of the sex but is really cool on the Violence part. :D "
No sex? What about "the accumulated filth of all their SEX and murder will foam up about their waists. "
Because just MENTIONING sex, even when he's speaking about it in a clearly condemning manner, warrants him a popularity boost because "sex sells"?
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#38  Edited By ReverseNegative
@~The Wanderer~ said:
" @ReverseNegative said:
" @pinchpaker29 said:
" 2 things that sell well, Sex and Violence,  Rorschach has none of the sex but is really cool on the Violence part. :D "
No sex? What about "the accumulated filth of all their SEX and murder will foam up about their waists. "
Because just MENTIONING sex, even when he's speaking about it in a clearly condemning manner, warrants him a popularity boost because "sex sells"?
"
Yes, it is sarcasm. But who needs sex in a comic when you have a raging sociopath? 

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#39  Edited By ~The Wanderer~
@ReverseNegative: Dunno, I'm not sure I necessarily need either in my comics.
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#40  Edited By CrimsonAlchemist

Beacuse he is the most realistic character in Watchmen and he is a callus bad ass with a heart of gold that's why.

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#41  Edited By ReverseNegative
@CrimsonAlchemist said:
" Beacuse he is the most realistic character in Watchmen and he is a callus bad ass with a heart of gold that's why. "
True, but I'd say more a "heart of rage".
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#42  Edited By 614azrael
@Korg:
AN thus the bloger has his answer. Hes grity believable and black an white even in the worst of places his outlook even now is a fresh an original thing
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#43  Edited By ReverseNegative
@Retro_Metro said:
"He looks like a 1930's alternate Batman with no high tech but with a more insane perspective of life. "

WHAT?!?!? HELL NO!!!!!!!
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#44  Edited By Vitality

For me...I would never...ever...let innocents die to save someone else.  
I would die trying to save people...but I would never kill innocents to save others. No matter how many people were getting saved.
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#45  Edited By ReverseNegative
@Vitality said:
"For me...I would never...ever...let innocents die to save someone else.  I would die trying to save people...but I would never kill innocents to save others. No matter how many people were getting saved. "

That adds the element of "crazy"
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#46  Edited By RetolledTruth

I love him because he's conservative....even though he's poor...like myself... 
 
he fights....even though it means he'll get hurt 
 
he is the only hero a real world can bear

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#47  Edited By LightBright

Crazy will always be sexy. xP

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#48  Edited By BAKIMA3

Fans of Rorschach love him because he has motives and has a amazing backgroind to as why he hides ans doesnt compramise he uses house hold items as weapons and is far skilled than a lot of superheros where he is just a human when the goverment banned masked vigilantes he stayed out there And continued to fight for justive because he believed

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#49  Edited By MadeinBangladesh

I love DARK characters and characters with barely any powers, But love the xmen though.
Rorschach is Just AWESOME.

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Because he died as a true hero. And the story of his life began tragic and ended tragic