Yeah, I know. Shoot me. It's Rorschach and a woman together. I encourage everyone to give it a go anyway, because it might surprise you. I VOW not to make this the typical Rorschach/Mary Sue fodder so intrinsic to the label. You all can hold me to it.
I'm still fairly new to Watchmen, but I'm doing my very best to re-read the GN and absorb every detail of the characters and plot. I've got a list of dates, villains, heroes, personalities, etc. So fear not. I obsess like no other!
This one's short, but the others will be longer, as per usual.
PICTURES ON PROFILE!
Tell me what you think, and enjoy!
I'm not quite certain how this happened. Some of the details are sketchy and muddled, made fuzzy by the rushing of scenes and stimuli, flat from my single point of view. All I know is what I know, because no way in hell would my partner ever recount his side of the story or his feelings about it. It's unbearable at times; sometimes I question how I dealt with his mysterious ways and apparent issues with the singular fact that I am a woman, for so many years. I was young; that was probably the easiest excuse. There was never really any share of understanding and support.
But I guess I'm not being fair. My other partner, Dan, told me his thoughts constantly, all most to the point that I regret asking. He still does; calls all the time. In fact, the phone's ringing now; I would bet my left arm it's Dan checking up on us. Anyway, so maybe I should wonder why I don't include the second Nite Owl's recant of things? Hmm. That's a good question.
Maybe I just want this to be about me, Sharon Lewis. Sure, it's a selfish and biased thing to write your own story and your story alone, but there you have it.
This is my perspective on a number of events that happened throughout my life so far. I can't promise that they'll be wholly accurate, and I know it won't follow any structured and accepted form of chronology. But this is how it makes sense to me. Plus, a little uncertainty on the part of the reader can be enjoyable. Jon was always saying that we take not knowing for granted. So, as the author, I'll hold some things for later, and reveal others sooner. That's part of the fun, part of the game.
Regardless of how the timeline reveals itself, this is the story of how, by some unknown and completely unanticipated miracle, I came to be important to the person most people know as Rorschach, masked vigilante and later psychotic mass murderer. I know, sounds unbelievable. It's true.
Don't believe me yet? I don't blame you. I hardly believe it myself, and I lived it.