Judgment Time
Society pays the Piper.
The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'SAVE US!'...and I'll look down and whisper 'No.’
Rorschach, Watchmen
Rain lashed against steel buildings, concrete sidewalks, and asphalt streets. Sputtering lights cast the roads and alleyways in a ghastly neon glow. Throngs of people, destitute and violent, choked the thoroughfares. Assaulting passersby just trying to get through another day.
He had the prowess to intervene. But the powers that be wanted everyone to suffer. They mercilessly punished the do-gooders.
This is what people wanted. This is what they agreed to when they cast their dimwitted votes.
Actions have consequences, he thought as he continued on impassively. The drug-addled vagrant lunging at him was going to learn the hard way.
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That Rorschach quote still gives me chills every time I hear it. Great confrontational piece.