End of Watchmen!

So I was pretty surprised, the ending to watchmen was actually pretty interesting!  Although i’m somewhat happy we are done with the book, the ending was definitely very interesting!  For the conclusion, it wasn’t much of a surprise to me that Laurie and Dan ended up together, aren’t most superhero books like that?  Although I was happy that they were happy, the ending got a little out of control.  Not only did they have sex right away, the one frame shows Dr. Manhattan standing there, watching?!?  Weirrrdddd!  Another part that I found weird yet interesting was the fact that Rorschach decided to mail in his journal, also I like how it tied in with the comedian and the boys shirt at the end, it all seemed to wrap up very nicely.

I’m not so sure if this relates to anything but one thing I found interesting was the color of chapter XI.  It seems that all of the other chapters all seemed very dark and somewhat mysterious.  When I flipped the page, I was surprised that this one was bright white!  Not only was it bright, it also had somewhat of a cheerful picture, instead of something covered in blood like the rest of them.

I guess this conclusion to the book may follow Deleuze and Guattaris’ concept regarding the theory of no end, no beginning and no center.  On page 27 Dr. Manhattan says “In The End?  Nothing ends, Adrian.  Nothing ever ends.”  Not only is the idea of a center, end and beginning talked about, the idea of unity is also brought up from Deleuze and Guattari.  Although I do think there was a sense of unity towards the end, it also seemed a little off.  After the mass amounts of dead bodies the idea of community came up (I think we talked about someone relating a theory to community…hmm maybe not?).  While in a community, there will not always be a sense of unity.  People have different ideas, beliefs and feeling about the things going on around them.  In this case, it seemed that a handful of the people were concerned with saving what was left around them, while others wanted to brush it off and go on with their lives, therefore, not creating a sense of unity…?  All of these ideas always sound better in my head.  All in all, I think Bubastis is really cute and i’m glad I had the chance to read something for a class that wasn’t just straight up reading, it was interesting!!

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