While Watchmen is an ensemble piece and all the characters reflect a part of the wider story, I think that there is a clear protagonist, and that's Adrian.
The main character, and the one really driving the plot forward, is Rorsharch. Flawed as he is, he's still the protagonist in that we largely see the story through his eyes, and whatever you have to say about him, he's possessed of a basic morality betond that of the other "heroes" who are largely indifferent to the events of the story until he pulls them in. Adrian is the hero in that he potentially prevented WW3, but he's also told explicitly that his peace won't last, and implicitly, that he probably didn't even need to do what he did
>>154172036The real hero of watchmen were all the vietnam milfs we raped along the way
>>154171821I agree with >>154172036 that the protagonist is Rorschach. This comic is a team book but since Rorschach functioms like a narrator, it is much safer to say he is the protag. But you can say that with every issue/chapter you get a different protag. Thats why the French covers have one of the heroes shown, because you get a shift in narrator.
>>154172915>This comic is a team bookNo
>>154173849It is. Thats why it called Watchmen, not Watchman. Minutemen, CrimeBuster. The funeral are all heroes present. At the end Manhattan, SilkPectre, NiteOwl and Rorschach comfronts together Ozymandias.We just see different amount of „screentime“. We have parts were it is SilkSpectre with NiteOwl, Manhattan with SilkSpectre and Rorschach withc NiteOwl.
>>154174039You're an idiot.
>>154174382Thats not an argument. Thats just an Asperger or Tourette tantrum.
>>154175133OP already said ensemble. It's not a team, doofus.
>>154176095Yes, but >>154173849 denied it. And i reacted to it.
>>154176970That anon is right. It's not a team book. It's an ensemble, but not a team.
>>154177992Ok, but a team book can be an ensemble. wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast>The Avengers, X-Men, and Justice League are three examples of ensemble casts in the superhero genreAnd i made my points that they are a team rather just characters side by side.
>>154171821>Before Watchmen slopew
>>154171821Rorschach is the main character and also the book’s primary POV character; next come Manhattan, Owlbitch, and Ozzy, while Silk doesn’t have a single POV chapter. She’s simply ignored by Moore, who raises some points but doesn’t do anything about them.
>>154172915anyone have higher resolution pics of each cover?
>>154179214I think that she has some POV moments. But i agree that those are sprinkled in and kinda disputable if they are POV because they are always nteevined with NiteOwl or Dr. Manhattan..
>>154179224There are pics from the portfolio edition.
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>>154181490thanks anon
>>154181404I think the green clashes with the blue on this one, but they're all pretty great.
>>154178447It's not a team book. These characters do not work together, keeping tabs on each other at all times, reporting to a leader. None of that.
>>154185506They used to be a team
>>154172058they weren't milfs until after he encountered them though kek
>>154181941I wasnt sure if this was the right thing. Since the logo is missing. >>154183940You are right. I wonder what was the idea behind the selected colors.
>>154185506You can have teams with less good chemistry, for example the suicide squad. They work well together as duos and in the end they work together as a team facing Ozymandias.And a team doesnt need a team leader, but i would argue, Rorschach is the team leader since he connects everyone and keep tabs on them.
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>>154181378I hate how much i relate to everything about eddie blakes personality
>>154179016You are too uptight and narrow minded.
>>154188082You have shit taste if you think that literal slop was good
>>154187896I hope his approach of reality and philosophy, not his rapy behaviour.
>>154188104I might have shit taste. But like i always say i read it objectively and open minded as possible. I know this was just a cashgrab but the comics were not that bad.
>>154172036>>154172915I have to disagree. The issue here is the definition of a protagonist and what he does. It is the protagonist that performs the actions that determine the flow of events of the story. Without the protagonist, the events of the story never culminate to a climax. In this case, Adrian is the definitive protagonist. His goal is to unite the world, so he kills the comedian, creates the monster, turns the world against Dr. Manhattan, later kills him, unleashes his monster, and unites the world. Meanwhile, Rorschach does nothing but follow along. Rorschach doesn't do anything besides find out what has already happened. Sure, he influences Night Owl, but only to follow him as he follows bread crumbs. His actions barely influence the plot. Sure, most detective stories are largely like this. Except the antagonist always pushes back when the detective starts getting too close. None of this happens here, ever. He is almost entirely irrelevant, and the events would still occur as they did without him.
>>154188226They were the definition of mid and I say that with an open mind. Uninspired prequels are the definition of slop.
>>154188169>I hope his approach of reality and philosophy, not his rapy behaviour.Mostly the former and his mother issues i have a massive rape fetish tho unfortunately
>>154188805MinuteMen, Silk Spectre were better than mid. And i was surprised about Comedian and Ozymandias.Dollar Bill and Moloch were good too.
>>154186795green is there probably to represent radiation
>>154189086What mother issues. He has an anger problem paired with inferior complex in his youth.
>>154190562Isnt yellow radiation and the energy that Manhattan represents is blue. The Cherenkov Radiation.
>>154188550That are good points. Now i am not so sure if Rorschach is the protag or Ozymandias. But i would see it from the storytelling perspective. Rorschach is the one who pushes the story and is investigating, Ozymandias is the plot of the villian. So is every Bond villian the protag because they have the plan and James Bond is just following them? I would say Rorschach is still the protag, but i have to admit that your view is a good point to question that. Well argued, anon.
>>154190570>forgetting the "mother forgive me" part before he gets yeeted out of the window by AdrienAlso im pretty sure his mother got mentioned somewhat in between the actual comic and the pirate comic within the fake newspaper bits
>>154190549Comedian sucked shit, terrible dialogue and the story ruined the character not to mention the art was pure ass. Minutemen, Silk Spectre, Dollar Bill, and Moloch just repeated things from the comic but worse, they weren't additive and were totally uninspired i.e. mid as I said.
>>154190693“Mother forgive me“ is a standard sentence. Either he has the feeling he didnt made his mother proud or he means Mother Maria.
