Do y'all even understand how much of a mind**** this all is?
All this time I was waiting on a major Veidt/Manhattan reveal and the biggest twist of the show is the little race riot survivor that could.
And at the same time it's a MASSIVE retcon of the OG book that actually ****ing fits without squinting.
AND it's the biggest, take a step back and look at your delusions, deconstruction of the superhero genre at large.
What if the foundations of superheroes was simply opportunistic or overlooked white people mythologizing themselves based off black human beings seeming like superheroes to them.
But that simple truth being so unbearable existential, that it's better to erase all trace of it.
That his homosexuality could become public knowledge but his RACE couldn't, is so ****ing telling.
Gay? Shameful.
Liberal? Traitor.
Jewish? Invader.
Black? HOLD ON NOW... Don't you go giving them ideas!
The police are meant to protect the public. But from whom? Superheroes are supposed to right wrongs, and save the world and defeat evil. But what if the world is evil? What if the wrongs are endemic to the people? What if right is simply leaving it all behind like Dr. Manhattan did?
What if the modern KKK was wearing masks, after their idol, Rorshach, who only wore one after his idol...a black man in whiteface.
Think of how old Superman and Batman comics are? What would white America in the 1930s even know what to make of a LeBron James. He'd be some freak King Kong sideshow to them, because if it's not white, it's a threat to the established hierarchy.
This show is EVERYTHING.