Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw th…

Alan Moore
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Blake understood. Treated it like a joke, but he understood. He saw the cracks in society, saw the little men in masks trying to hold it together...he saw the true face of the twentieth century and chose to become a reflection of it, a parody of it. No one else saw the joke. That's why he was lonely. ✨ Watchmen. Comic book by Alan Moore, 1986-1987.
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