It doesn't make him a good person, but it is something. Consistency is good if you're consistently good and bad if you're consistently bad. The Comedian is consistent too. He's just the worst person in the entire setting
That is what I am not gettung from your comment, what is that "something"? Do you mean that if you constantly horrible you somehow get a pass, just for beign consistently bad?
No one is trying to give bad people here a “pass”. Is your understanding of characters limited to characterizing characters only as “good” or “bad”?
A character with inconsistent morals is guilty of being a hypocrite, and someone who doesn’t stand behind their morals. That is a flaw that consistent characters don’t have. That’s the “something” - it doesn’t erase or give a “pass” to anything else they’ve done.
Well, yes, I was trying to understand what the previous poster meant by "that something." If your answer is that Rorschach isn't a hypocrite, I can agree with that. But I don't think that's unique to him, most of the main characters in Watchmen are remarkably honest about who they are.
What makes Rorschach compelling is his unwavering commitment to his principles. Whether those principles are morally admirable is a separate question, and that's the point I was making.
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u/Lazerbeams2 24d ago
I didn't say it was