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_refugee_  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Book Club: Watchmen Discussion Part 1 [final discussion March 1st]

I don't know. We could side with Laurie. She's not presented as a totally main character though.





StJohn  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't want to ruin things for anyone who hasn't got to the end yet, but you're right, at the halfway point we could still side with Laurie or Daniel. That becomes a more interesting choice by the end, though.

kleinbl00  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One of the trickiest things to learn in writing is Point of View. The more POVs you have, the more story you get to tell... but the fewer POVs you have, the more pure and relatable your tale.

Watchmen has shit tons of POV. Without spoiling too much for the next couple weeks, it's worth noting who has POV and who doesn't.

That said, each character is a protagonist of their own story, really. Some are more relatable than others. Nite Owl, if anything, is the story's access character - he was a little boy that loved superheroes so he became one and it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Laurie had no choice but to become a superhero and she hates it through and through. I'd say she has just as much POV as Dan does. More than Rorschach.