She can do it all, and she does it on her own terms. In other words, thatвЂ™s Laurie Juspeczyk for you. SheвЂ™s headstrong, freethinking, and independent. Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 13 STR 3 12- Lift: 150kg 2 1/2d6 HTH Damage 20 DEX 30 13- OCV: 7/DCV: 7 13 CON 6. LaurieвЂ™s no puppet though, not even for the writer who invented her. ItвЂ™s what makes graphic novels more adult-oriented than comic books (and no, weвЂ™re not talking that kind of adult). Laurie turns out to be MooreвЂ™s biggest opportunity to tout his feminist credentials, which is important. Combine that with the fact that in so many other comics, the female lead would never get this opportunity to contribute something other than eye candy. This is incredibly powerful, even more so because itвЂ™s two women just talking to each other, which doesnвЂ™t happen in comics (or movies) as often as youвЂ™d think.ДЄlso, Alan MooreвЂ™s worldview isnвЂ™t known for its tenderness, so that makes this scene even more unique. You never did anything wrong by meвЂќ (XII.29.6). They do strange things, and well, sometimes they canвЂ™t talk about them. Laurie hugs her mother, and says, вЂњPeopleвЂ™s lives take them strange places. Somehow, that must be the formula for infinite wisdom, beyond even Adrian VeidtвЂ™s level, and heвЂ™s the smartest man in the world. SheвЂ™s traveled to Mars, learned the true identity of her father, fallen in love with Dan Dreiberg, and seen millions of people dead on the streets of New York. By now, LaurieвЂ™s been through so much and gained so much experience. Contrast that to the embrace Laurie and her mom share during Christmas at the end. She starts off as a petulant child-acting out, smoking in front of her mother, rolling off snarky one-liners like вЂњOh, right. Or Am I Everything Like You?Д«esides ending the book with blonde hair and a name change (she switches it up to Sandra Hollis, after вЂњperishingвЂќ in VeidtвЂ™s NYC attack), Laurie goes through a serious amount of personal growth. Manhattan in the Rockefeller Nuclear Research Facility in Washington D.C., where she fights crime as Silk Spectre until the passage of the Keene Act makes it illegal. ItвЂ™s the only graphic novel to make TimeвЂ™s 100 Best Novels list, one of Entertainment WeeklyвЂ™s Top 50 novels of the past 25 years, and has made fans of. Have you ever felt the pressure to follow in your parentsвЂ™ footsteps? ThatвЂ™s no fun for anyone. Ozymandias.Who watches the WatchmenAt this point, who doesnвЂ™t ItвЂ™s sold over a million copies and is the first thing people mention when talking comicsfor-adults.

Ages 0-15, she trains to become the next Silk Spectre or else face her mommaвЂ™s wrath. Not that her biography is especially complicated. Overall, Laurie makes an appearance in nine out of the bookвЂ™s twelve chapters, and she holds her own every step of the way. Manhattan, who doesnвЂ™t believe in separating time, no matter what. Since Watchmen tells the story of two generations of American heroes, the old folks have the past, but the present and future belong to Laurie. Does that mean she deserves the short end of the stick, even though sheвЂ™s the female lead? Not at all. Of the eight main characters in Watchmen, Laurie Juspeczyk is the only one without her own chapter, you know, one of the mini-ones. Laurie Juspeczyk (Laurie Jupiter, Silk Spectre 2.0) Mom, You DonвЂ™t Understand Me, IвЂ™m Nothing Like You

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