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"[Gibbons and I] thought about superhero types like Batman, so I thought, 'What would he be like in the real world.! And he'd be very much like Rorschach--if you're a revenge-driven vigilante, you're not quite right in the head. Yeah, alright, your parents got killed when you were a kid, whatever, that's upsetting. But for most of us, if our parents were killed when we were little, would not become a bat-
themed costumed vigilante--that's a bit mental. So, I thought, 'Alright, if there was a Batman in the real world, he probably would be a bit mental! He wouldn't have time for a girlfriend, friends, a social life, because he'd just be driven by getting revenge
against criminals... dressed up as a bat for some reason. He probably wouldn't be very careful about his personal hygiene. He'd probably smell. He'd probably eat baked beans out of a tin. He probably wouldn't talk to many people. His voice probably would have become weird with misuse, his
phraseology would be strange. I wanted to kind of make this like, 'Yeah, this is what Batman would be in the real world. But I had forgotten that actually to a lot of comic fans that smelling, not having a girlfriend--these are actually kind of heroic. So actually, sort of, Rorschach became the most popular character in Watchmen. I meant him to be a bad example, but I have people
come up to me in the street saying, 'I am Rorschach! That is my story!' And I'II be thinking, 'Yeah, great, can you just keep away from me and never come
anywhere near me again for as long as I live?'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:szju5kn6ofypukhfs2qxo23d/bafkreid2gwsjtguwei55e7q6hqait2bo52tkxzqlhifotjzph4q3kobts4)
