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to quote:
"The Comedian's breakdown after seeing what was being done on that island is absolutely central to the story. Rorschach visits Moloch (and is later captured) because Blake had been to see Moloch as well. Would Blake have broken down in front of Moloch if he had merely discovered a plot to use Doc Manhattan to destroy New York? Nope, not a chance. So Moloch is just in the story as a foil for Rorschach on his cape-killer quest. As such, Moloch only serves one story beat, which is sloppy storytelling.
The horrors that were being created on the island (the monster design, the cloning from the dead psychic's brain, the mind-rending sounds, and so forth) are central to plot and to Blake's character arc. He needs to break down in front of Moloch, because it's about the only place in the story where we he is humanized (and it is not believable that he breaks down in front of Moloch unless he has witnessed unimaginable horrors). Unless he's humanized, he's just another monster, and we can't care about his death or his relationship with Laurie.
Remove the island of horrors, remove Blake's drunken commiseration with Moloch, remove the horrific, non-partisan alien threat (Manhattan is American; he doesn't work as an alien threat to unite the world) and you've destroyed virtually all of the story's emotional core."
No Comedian breakdown, no Comedian death. No Comedian death, no Rorschach involvement. No Rorschach involvement, no Dreiberg involvement. No Dreiberg involvement, no fucking Watchmen.
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