Memo: Luo Xia Ji

Watchmen

Memo [1]

Authorized confidentiality

Recipient: Antisense Police Action Team (Contact Group)

From : Agent Dale Pitt

Date : September 1, 2019

Subject : Witte and Rorschach

To put it simply, I want to put it on record: it is wrong to stop searching for Adrian Veidt and declare that he has passed away.

This view poses a huge risk of offending our colleague Agent Laurie Blake, because of the history of this memo, many important facts revealed involve her personally (assuming she has read our memo, I have sent the memo to She has received no response many times). But her history is our history. These histories have spawned problematic subcultures, which are the beats of our time. Nevertheless, I still want to express my apologies here.

The source of my concern is the enduring appeal of Walter Joseph Kovacs (nicknamed "Rorschach", classified as "paranoid/psychiatric" in the Welter Genealogy Analysis), He has much in common with Werther. Werther himself is a former masked volunteer (nicknamed "Pharaoh", "Savior/narcissist" type). Rorschach also disappeared from the earth like Werther, and the mystery of his disappearance continues to haunt those who worship him but make the general public trouble their brains. Especially the "Seventh Knights" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a white supremacist group, who misappropriated Kovac's mask and watched their twisted ideology reflected in the wild vortex of mask ink. We have reason to worry about how these well-known Rorschach fanatics will respond if the bureau stops looking for Werther. This group of confused and capricious people believe that Werther is the cause of Kovac's disappearance. They hope to get justice for their "savior martyrs". If we are indifferent to this, it is tantamount to inciting their anger. We know exactly what it will be like.

The basis of these people’s views on Kovac and Werther is the "Luo Xia Ji". This material seems absurd and ridiculous and can easily be dismissed as a false and fanatical creation, so that we often underestimate its hidden power, if Anyone understands it fully. This memo provides a comprehensive set of training, a sufficiently alert threat assessment, and proposes alternative courses of action to mitigate negative effects. Please consider forwarding this fact summary to anyone who needs it.

The story of two diaries

background

On October 21, 1985, Kovac was arrested by New York police at the home of a former drag criminal Edgar William Jacobi (nicknamed "Morlock Demon"). An anonymous whistleblower led the detectives to the scene of the crime in which the victim (Jacoby, shot in the head) and the obvious suspect (Kovac) were both present. This was a major event in the movement aimed at curbing lynchism at the end of the last century and dispelling the public's worship of "cross-dressing adventurers". After the "Kean Act" implemented in 1977 made all kinds of lynchings illegal again, only Alpha-level masked volunteers refused to retire. Rorschach’s arrest was a few days before Dr. Manhattan ("Superman/Passive Attack" type) left the earth. Manhattan was accused (existing controversy) that the electromagnetic energy radiation emitted by it caused cancer-which foreshadows a " At the end of the era of "masked justice" (its value is inestimable), for many people, the "overdue execution" of the past few decades has been quite useful.

Introduction to "Rorschach Common Sense"

The evaluation submitted by the court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. Malcolm Long ( one of the victims of the "Dimensional Invasion Incident" [2] ) showed that Kovac’s severe personality split was due to "dissociative identity disorder" "It is caused by childhood abuse, multiple psychiatric complications, and abandonment trauma. Some people speculate that Kovac, a typical "lone madman", would like to see his former Alpha-level associates defy the Keene Act and regain the ideals of chivalry for personal reasons. Perhaps he was out of friendship. , Perhaps in order to confirm the hearts of the people. These are of course sentimental conjectures, but Kovac is not worthy of it. He is a morbid and ruthless murderer, a mad dog with a fatal bite, and for the people I have met in my career, Kovac is the one who showcases the horror of the "cross-dressing adventurer". Good model.

Kovac is also an avid reader of "The New Trailblazer," a far-right tabloid, with flamboyant reports and paranoia about red horror. At the time, the editor-in-chief Hector Godfrey (Hector Godfrey) ) Is an exceptional supporter of masked volunteers. It seems that Kovac has excluded any other news sources when reading the newspaper. A more positive evaluation of this is that he collected this tabloid only because his war against crime was reported positively. But Godfrey is also a terrible racist. An example can be found in an editorial published before Kovac's disappearance. Godfrey objected to the criticism of a masked vigilante (mainly white male at the time). He likened them to the modern KKK, and then defended the KKK: "(I) should point out, although some people would think They later acted too aggressively. But the KKK appeared because when people were forced to approach people with less civilized and lagging moral values, they had every reason to worry about personal and property safety. No, the KKK is not strictly legal. , But they do spontaneously protect American culture in cultural fields that are at risk of being ravaged and hybridized.

These psychological details, ideological frameworks, and media preferences are incidental elements of an in-depth study of Kovac. However, any analysis to clarify Rorschach’s demands and credit to his work is indispensable.

"The First Diary"

One of Kovac's many influences is a leather-covered diary of a good size. According to the arrest report, the pages of these diaries “either were filled with carefully crafted codes, or the handwriting was too dense and weird to be illegible”. In 1995, the New York City Police Department gave Rorschach’s first diary to our Department of Behavioral Sciences for custody, and it is now owned by us (referring to the "anti-sense police action team"). Despite my best efforts, no progress has been made and the diary is still unreadable.

"Final Draft"

On October 31, 1985, two second-generation Alpha-class masked volunteers put on old uniforms and rescued Kovac from "Sing-Sing" (another name for a New York State prison) in a raid. His liberator is Dan Dreiberg (Dan Dreiberg), also known as "Night Owl" ("thrill seeker/nostalgia" type), Laurie Black (then named Laurie Juspeczyck) , Nicknamed "Silk Soul" (inherited the name of her mother Sally Jupiter), and later changed her name to "Female Comedian" (inherited the name of her father Edward Blake, Edward Blake [3] ). [Because Agent Black has always opposed the use of "Wetham Genealogy Analysis", out of respect for her, I will avoid analyzing her. ]

Kovac disappeared after escaping, but his behavior was confirmed before the elements of his disappearance became the legend of Luo Xia Ji. In the early morning of November 1, 1985, Kovac and Mr. Dreberg were witnessed for the last time. Kovac’s landlord, Dolores Shamaup, happened to encounter him prying open the floor of his apartment and retrieved a spare uniform and another diary. She also heard him call this diary " The final draft of the diary [my original words]". Kovac and Dreberg then visited "Happy Harry's Grill Bar" to interrogate criminals who frequent the bar. According to reports, Kovac tried to obtain information about an incident that occurred on the day he was arrested. A hired killer, Roy Victor Chess, attempted to murder Victor. After failing, he used cyanide pills to avoid suicide. Arrested. Using torture to extract a confession, Kovac obtained the confession he needed from a man who claimed to be an employee of "Pyramid Freight" (so the confession may not be reliable). According to this person's confession: At the request of his superior, he gave some envelopes to Chez, and the identity of the superior has not been verified.

The actions of Kovac and Dreberg on the morning of November 1, 1985 were never investigated in depth, and for good reason. On the second day, November 2, 1985, the world was changed. At that time, Steve Fine, the chief detective of the Rorschach case, was at the intersection of 40th Street and Seventh Avenue, the landing site of the "Dimensional Invasion". Over the next few months, investigating Kovac became a low priority task for the overwhelmed police department (half of the police officers died from the catastrophic psychological shock wave caused by EDBE [4] ). When New York began to restore stability, the remaining issues that few people cared about were left alone, just like Kovac's case. What people worry most is the possibility of another EBDE, a top psychological threat: the fetuses of cephalopods pour down like random rain, and experts with degrees in physics cannot explain this phenomenon. This culture of fear surrounded by superstition and pseudo-science is the concretization of "Luo Xia Ji".

"Century Exclusive News and Scandals"

Reasonable or scam?

On March 21, 1986, "The New Trailblazer" began publishing excerpts from the manuscripts allegedly written by Kovac. The editor Mr. Godfrey could not explain when or how he owned it. Four months ago, the editorial assistant Seymour David found this leather-bound diary on a pile of internally called "Freak Files". The editorial department believes that the diary was mailed, but the envelope containing the diary—postmarked with the date and possibly a return address—has been discarded. The delay in publication is due to the respectable enthusiasm for verifying the authenticity of the diary. Although fingerprints were found on the cover of the diary, the New York Police Department still rejected Godfrey’s cross-comparison of fingerprints filed by the police in accordance with the “Tricky Dick guidelines” of the Information Disclosure Act. Application. While working with the police, Godfrey learned of the existence of the obscure "First Diary." So another application based on the Information Disclosure Law was submitted to compare the two diaries, but he got another refusal. The manuscript in Godfrey's hand has no (difficult) content-it is filled with neat handwriting on clean paper and contains only 23 months of content (January 1984-November 1985)-this can be It is explained that there are multiple versions of the diary. (I don’t know if Kovacs kept his diary for many years. Nothing was found in his apartment. In short, Godfrey could neither prove that Kovacs had written "Rosummer" nor refute it. It is a scam.

This did nothing to stop Godfrey's ambitions. I will not review every paragraph of the "Final Draft", because even the relevant paragraphs are full of digressions, acrimonious rants about moral relativism and urban degeneration, and about "liberals, intellectuals, and slickers." "The hatred. For "New Trail Blazers", this rhetoric is certainly a golden signature, and it is too similar to Godfrey's writing style to make it suspicious. But the story does prove the pathology of schizophrenia diagnosed by Dr. Long. The author of "Rorschach" is obviously an individual who fully identifies with Rorschach. He believes that the identity of "Walter Kovac" is just a disguise, and the ink mask is his true appearance.

A huge and insidious conspiracy

The chapter of "Luo Xia Ji" I am currently concerned about is the tortuous investigation into the horrific murder case of Edward Blake, nicknamed "Joker" (Super Soldier/Nihilist) on October 12, 1985. record. At the time, the fact that Blake was a "come star" was little known; this was undoubtedly a surprising revelation from Luo Xia Ji. In fact, the truth about Blake that we now know undoubtedly provides an official endorsement for "Luo Xia Ji". Like Dr. Manhattan, Blake was also employed by the US military, which allowed him to be exempt from the "Kean Act" and allowed him to operate as a drag adventurer. Together with Dr. Manhattan, the comedian is a symbol of the polarization between authoritarianism and imperialism in the United States as a totalitarian superpower-because of this, he is loved and disgusted at the same time. The author of "Luo Summer" has a high degree of respect and deep gratitude to Blake. When reading his narrative, it is difficult not to be influenced by his sympathetic prejudice, or more precisely, "coerced".

Rorschach's detective achievements are summed up as "painting a disturbing picture"-the last entry of "Luo Xia Ji" on November 1, 1985 is such a statement. The story portrays Rorschach as obsessed with a conspiracy theory: someone is determined to kill or eliminate other Alpha-level masked vigilantes. His reasoning connects a series of high-profile events: the murder of Black, the cancer panic that forced Dr. Manhattan into exile, the attempted murder of Werther, and the murder of Jacoby. It is said that three people had cancer due to contact with Dr. Manhattan. These actions are to protect or complete a mysterious project and may involve the staff of a private island: artists, writers, and scientists. According to Jacoby’s confession to Rorschach, Blake understood the goal of the project, which made him deeply disturbed, and even fell into moral anger and despair-for a man known for his coldness, articulation and nihilism. , This is ironic. (According to records, the official cause of Blake's death was "suspected suicide.")

The allegations against Werther

The most shocking statement of "Luo Xia Ji" is in the final chapter. This diary is said to have been written during the flight—according to it, on the way to Antarctica—the journey was to deal with the so-called behind-the-scenes adrian Witt. (Dreberg [5], now detained by the FBI, insisted that he refused to talk to the bureau about "Luo Summer Day" or any other questions about the diary. Godfrey speculated in another editor's note that he had previously spoken to Witte The murder was to divert the suspect’s performance. If this is true, it succeeded. There is no evidence to confirm any of the accusations against Werther in "Luo Summer". The last diary tells that Rorschach was exposed by Dreyberger Werther Persuaded by his crime, but Dreberg did not submit-if he had any-any relevant evidence.

It must also be pointed out that in the final chapter, Rorschach is convinced that confrontation with Werther will make him unable to die well. "Werther, an incalculable opponent...Werther is agile than Dreberg, maybe faster than me. It is impossible to retreat from this mission."

After the tenth and final installment of the series, Godfrey published a concluding editorial, throwing out some crazy and sloppy conclusions. What is his grand view? "Dimensional Invasion" is a cover event funded and planned by Witt; "EBDE" is a subtle suicide bomb built around a stolen brain cloned from a man named Robert Deshanes (Robert Deshanes). Deschaines [6] ) the psychic. Witte’s goal stems from his non-affiliated political outlook, and this belief makes him stand on the opposite side of almost all Alpha-class associates. Excerpts from Godfrey’s notorious remarks are as follows:

"Werther's redness has already been enchanted. I am sure that if someone searches his thick wallet, you will find his party membership card sandwiched between a pair of industrial-strength condoms, which is a physical relationship with his genetically engineered cat. He is undoubtedly enjoying this relationship at the same time he hates this relationship. And this, readers pay attention, is why we live in a guardian of the Trinity-our blue god [Dr. Manhattan], our greatest super soldier[ Comedian] and our most energetic watchdog [Rorschach]-the reason for the deprived of the world. Let’s take a look at the most evil conspiracy in the history of the United States: In order to subvert the rule of the legitimate conservative system, Werther faked it together by Hollywood The space disaster rendered by magic and Satan science is aimed at turning stars and stripes into hammers and sickles. And he succeeded! The events of the past six months are proof!

Our commander-in-chief had to make peace with the Kremlin out of fear and draft a "common defense" agreement to deal with a threat that did not exist in reality! (Before scientific analysis can be carried out, the psychic seafood melts into a puddle of harmless water and then evaporates. It is suspiciously convenient. Very suspicious, I would say, this is really suspicious!) "We have gained a firm foothold on our sacred land (everyone is "burgers and borscht" [7] ? Farewell. Let’s go!), and the process of globalization, democracy, capitalism, and Christianization ——Our glorious "talent mission" has stalled. Now, while waiting for the next boot to fall, we flinched. You know what it is. It is not another beast from the outer limit of dimension X, nor is it the nuisance caused by spoiled prawns swaying in the sky. No, this crude idiot is an antichrist disguised as a benevolent cowboy, an actor who is bad on many levels, trying to re-educate us as slaves to the "big brother". This is a damn liberal president [8] . "

So so and so.

Impact and conclusion

Immediate consequences

The publication of "Summer Romance" made "New Trailblazers" sell thousands of magazines, but for most people, this is not apocalyptic, at best it is an indecent form of entertainment, providing a Indecent, temporary transfer of "dimensional invasion anxiety" catharsis. Godfrey mainstream media refused to recognize the "scoop" to the "new pioneers" to cast a glance of contempt, just because the "new pioneers" has long been the "Weekly World News" under the leadership of Godfrey [9] as Notorious. Common sense finally prevailed. Even if "Rorschach's Diary" was written by Kovac-if it were the "final draft" taken from the apartment on the night of his disappearance-his words could not be believed, because after all, Walter Kovac had been Diagnosed as a mentally ill patient.

When Witt was asked about "Luo Xia Ji" in an interview with "Nova Express" (Nova Express [10] ), he joked about the conspiracy theory and regarded it as a failed search for the horrific truth: "What do you call Maybe this kind of thing should be called'to straighten the curve'?" He added: "I know Rorschach. I work with Rorschach. When we disagree, he gets my sympathy because he is a The hurt person, he also got my admiration, because no one in our fraternity is more committed to making our world safer than Walter. If we want to remember him as we move into the future, let us remember Those qualities of him are not trying to catch the wind under his name. These things are fake news in the literal sense."

"Luo Xia Ji" as a counter-cultural classic

Had it not been for the "Blue Wave" in 1992, and the arrests of Dreberg and Laurie Black in 1995 for violating the "Kean Act", "Luo Summer" might have become obscured. The arrest of Dreyberg and Laurie reignited the cultural charm of masked volunteers. Taking this as an opportunity, "New Trailblazers" published the full version of "Luo Xia Ji". This monograph [11] became a bestseller, attracting all kinds of curiosity, including right-wing extremists. Some people regard it as a history book, while others regard it as a devout literary work. For them, "Luo Summer" and Godfrey's interpretation of it challenged a new, heretical orthodoxy—the revolutionaries they respected as saints talked about it, making them feel that they were marginalized. Transformed and outdated. It rationalizes their belief that our current president is an illegal president who has passed the EBDE and according to the complex logic of Godfrey’s conspiracy theory. Concocted by the ideological elite, it paved the way for the "Blue Wave" in 1992, a derivative of the "Dimensional Invasion". This belief has justified countless anti-social behaviors, from the formation of marginal vagrant communities known as "Nixonvilles" to domestic terrorists like the Seventh Knights who violently attacked the symbols of the administrative system- Law enforcement-come to protest the president.

But the influence of "Luo Xia Ji" is reflected in every kind of "anti-hero" righteous police that we see in our work. Imitation heroes everywhere wear strange costumes, lead a self-centered life, and yell at society. Call. Most of them firmly believe that the government—especially an interventionist government that emphasizes strengthening regulation to control growth—is either severely inefficient or untrustworthy. Their cynicism has been further nurtured by the government's controversial policies. These policies are designed to manage our popular culture, including putting warning labels on entertainment products, and prohibiting the depiction of "dimensional invasion", because such works may cause "112 PTSD [12] "patients to suffer. Or touch the nerves of delusional and paranoid people. (They have tended to think that cultural institutions have been manipulated to demonize them. See: The first season of "American Heroes" [13] , which turned the current common conservative/liberal idol Rorschach into a disease The destructive deconstruction of Confucianism secretly humiliates anyone who has discovered Rorschach, or the kindness in his character is noble and worthy of admiration.)

Suggest

As mentioned above, I am deeply concerned about the decision to close the case of Witte’s disappearance. After the seventh re-election, the current president [14] announced that he would not participate in the eighth election. As everyone knows, the tension of the situation is increasing. After eight years of disappearance, Werther was finally declared dead, which will raise a strange question for every conspiracy theorist in the United States: "Why is it now?"

In short, abandoning the search for Werther and announcing that he is dead may anger and activate extremists "inspired by Rorschach", who either express their opinions through maverick lynching or brazenly attacking law enforcement agencies. The government’s mistrust, or even both; for them, playing these games is like covering up the truth. (Same example: The Seventh Knights, whose members believe that Werther is behind the disappearance of the hero they admire). But if Witt himself is still missing is to be subjects of the investigation - or at least as a "unresolved event" - perhaps they suspect may corpuscles. Moreover, given time, as with the demise of other popular culture, these people will eventually lose interest in Werther.

At the same time, we risked Witt’s miraculous re-emergence, which is like putting all the eggs on the face of the investigation bureau. It has been 20 years since the death of Elvis Presley, but the public has its own way of remembering: a person who should have passed away suddenly walked into a nightclub in Hanoi and sang each of his songs with the word "Melancholy" in the title on the night of VVN [15] (15 songs in total).

Considering the huge resources possessed by the "smartest man in the world" and the larger ambitions than that, isn't it possible that he is planning a farewell performance-style return of his own?

Therefore, I propose what its done, what might as well not do . Witte disappeared from public consciousness even before he disappeared from Kanak [16] . Why answer a question that no one has asked before, especially if this question provokes every weirdo’s distorted imagination of what happened 30 years ago?

Of course, in public, the Bureau of Investigation still needs to show something to do. This is why the ideal action is for the "anti-sense police action team" to take over the case (technically, we will throw "'Pharaoh'" He was still a righteous policeman at the time of his disappearance”) and announced that the investigation is still ongoing. Only superficial due diligence can reduce the negative impact of abandoning Witte. I am happy to take the responsibility of continuing to write lengthy memos. No one can prove his diligence by reading these memos.

I assure you that I have time to do this work. [17]

Respectfully submit

Agent Dale Pitt

Antisense Police Action Team/Research Team

Negative second floor, room X, desk 2

[1] This "memo" translated from HBO drama Rye ad hoc official website " Pete Encyclopedia " (Peteypedia, to play the title role of "History PhD agents" Dell Pitt name. You Need to access the ladder.), May Seen as a collection of memos written by Pete and related materials, so that TV series viewers can understand the overhead historical events of the Watcher universe and some materials complementary to the plot (similar to the colorful appendix in the original comics of "The Watchers"), this memo entries in the "Encyclopedia Pete" named "memorandum: Rorschach diary", the original link Seeing . In addition, unless otherwise specified, all endnotes in this article are translation annotations. Because the episode is still being played, some original settings or settings in the drama will have new explanations or developments, so the "valid range" of some translations and annotations ends at S01E05.

[2] Dimensional Incursion of Event, abbreviated as "DIE". That is, the "New York Massacre" planned by the Pharaoh in the original comics was intended to use the threat of a fake "different-dimensional biological invasion" to stop hostilities between countries and prevent an imminent global nuclear war. In the world of the "Watchmen" TV series, this conspiracy has not yet been exposed. By the way, the New York Massacre in the movie version of "Watchmen" is different from the original comic version, and the TV series settings are directly inherited from the comic version. However, the play has not yet provided a complete explanation: why the Pharaoh’s forged "extra-dimensional biological invasion" incident continued to affect the world until 34 years later (although S01E05 has already provided some hints).

[3] It is implied that many years later, Laurie not only fully accepted the fact that her father is a "come", but also gradually moved closer to her father in character and way of doing things, just like in the play.

[4] At present, there is no official announcement of the abbreviation of "EDBE", one of which is speculated to be "Extra-Dimensional Biological Entity", that is, "Extra-Dimensional Biological Entity"; , "Extraterrestrial biological entity", or abbreviated as "EBE") imitation.

[5] The detention of the second-generation Dreberg of the Night Owl has been mentioned in the TV drama version of "Watchmen", see S01E03. In addition, the following memo also mentions the time and reason of the arrest of the night owl and the silk souls. This is also the plot of the ending part of the Watchmen comics: Dreyberg and Laurie decided to continue their career in drag heroes, in the "New World" "Zhong Xing chivalrous righteousness, see Chapter 12 of the "Watchmen" comic.

[6] This disappearance is mentioned in the appendix of Chapter 8 of the comic, presented in the form of a typographic draft of a report in "New Trailblazer" (October 31, 1983).

[7] The name of a fast food restaurant in the original comic should be operated by Russian descent. Godfrey, the editor-in-chief of "New Trailblazer", hates this fast food restaurant very much.

[8] Refers to the next president after Nixon in the Watchmen universe-Robert Redford (Robert Redford), this president is a former Hollywood star who has acted in popular Western movies. And, yes, there is also an actor named Robert Redford in the real world, who has acted in the topical Western movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). Later, actor Robert Redford really played the role of President Robert Redford in the TV version of Watchmen (there is a picture of him in the play, and the birthday of the character in the play is also taken from the birthday of the actor himself), which is also considered " The merit is complete". In addition, when Alan Moore created the successor to President Nixon, he probably also referred to President Ronald Reagan, who also has a Hollywood career. The first letters of the two names are both " RR". The Watchmen movie version directly put Reagan on top and became Nixon's successor.

[9] "Weekly World News" is an American tabloid dedicated to reporting on weird and bizarre events, such as aliens, folklore, declassified scientific experiments, and covert investigations. In the real world, the tabloid was founded in 1979 and ceased publication in 2007 and turned it into an Internet website to continue its operation. Those who are interested in free thinking, thunder strikes and laugh, please click here .

[10] A gossip magazine, once used by the Pharaoh to concoct "Doctor Manhattan's carcinogenic theory", forcing him to self-exile to Mars. PS "New Star News" and "New Trailblazer" continue to be published in the modern period (2019) of the Watchmen universe.

[11] The original text here is "Bookazine", which literally is a combination of the two words Book (book) + Magazine (magazine). Generally refers to books with bright content, information-oriented, and "magazine style", which are generally published on a periodic basis around a specific theme. Special topics published in the name of a separate volume of the magazine can also be included in this category. There is also "Mook" as a compound word with similar meaning. There is no Chinese noun that exactly corresponds to this type of publication, so it is temporarily translated as "Zhishangshu". In addition, the published "Quan Ben Luo Summer Diary" should only be the "final draft" part. The previous article mentioned that the "first diary" was kept by the FBI until September 2019. The "New Trailblazer" application for comparative verification was also rejected, so Should be unpublishable

[12] The "112" here refers to the New York Massacre published in the original story on November 2, 1985, which means to imitate "911 PTSD".

[13] A TV series shown in the Watchmen TV series, premiered in September 2019, shortly after the murder of Tulsa Police Chief Judd Crawford (Judd Crawford).

[14] Refers to President Robert Redford. The U.S. President of the Watchmen Universe has set a record for the most re-election and the oldest in office.

[15] In the Watchmen universe, "VVN Night" means "Vietnam War Victory Night", because in this universe, Dr. Manhattan helped the United States win the Vietnam War. See Chapter 2 "Absent Friend" in the "Watchmen" comic (Chapter II: Absent Friends). Of course, this stalk may also suggest that Elvis is indeed still alive in the Watcher universe (at least in some form), just like Pharaoh. PS Friends who are interested in listening to what songs Elvis has sang on VVN, please click here (fan-made collection).

[16] Karnak, originally referring to the ancient Egyptian Karnak temple complex. In the Watchmen universe, Pharaoh Witt named his Antarctic base "Karnak", and it was from this base that he remotely initiated the New York Massacre.

[17] Obviously, the FBI did not accept the recommendations in the Pete memo and still publicly announced that Adrian Witt was dead. See the conversation between Pete and Laurie on the plane to Tulsa in the TV series S01E03.

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