About the ongoing Alan Moore debate and in particular the "Female Falling in love with her Rapist" cliche: the Comedian attempted rape - he did not commit it. This relates to my point that there have been instances (of males) falling for their attempted ra

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I am not sure what you are trying to say here. My point was not that it was unprecedented in bad fiction, my point was that it was positively cliche in bad fiction. What makes me sad is that Watchmen ISN'T bad fiction, so seeing such a clunky bit of stuff in that regard is all the more painful.

And right, he did not commit it, because he was interrupted. But he beat the living shit out of her and ATTEMPTED it, only to be caught before he could complete the act.

I don't have a lot more to say about it, to me it seems the comic equivalent of a Magic Eye photo, where some see the boat and some do not. I'm not judging anyone for reading it differently, and I'm not saying my opinion is somehow authoritative. It's simply my take on the book, has been since the first time I read it.