So the symbol was explained, but I still don't get one thing

>>95268998
Why is he bald?

Like those gods from those myths

Color of transcendence

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Why the fuck are you whatever color you are?

>>95268998
Rayleigh scattering

>>95268998
>Why the fuck is he blue?

Because da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa Da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa, da ba dee da ba daa

Cherenkov radiation is blue

>>95268998
From his rapidly deteriorating relationships with other people and fatalist world view

>>95268998
Hes emitting high speed beta radiation and is 70% water.....

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>>95268998
anyone have that virgin Roschach vs Chad Ozzy picture?

>>95268998
jesus dude you don't just ask why someone's blue

>>95268998
Wait, you think the symbol was explained?

That just leads to the question of why someone with godlike knowledge would be so in love with the inaccurate Bohr model of hydrogen.

>>95268998
He just blue himself.

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>>95270773
maybe it's like with the old fashioned heart symbol - we know a heart looks nothing like that, but the symbol has accumulated so much meaning it's still widely used to this day
Dr. Manhattan may be godlike, but his very core is still human, making him ever so slightly sentimental

>>95271010
many thanks stranger

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>>95271010
>muh works, ye mighty

>>95270804
He prematurely blue his wad

>>95268998
If you really want to go for a spin, before the interview he easily changes the hue of it to a darker blue.
Maybe he can only go from light to dark blue, but I get the impression with his mastery of matter and energy it's entirely up to him how he appears. Which only raises more questions.

Maybe that blue is the least troublesome to do?

>>95271010
When did he hit on his landlady?

>>95271429
When Rorshach is thrown in jail his landlady says he hit on her

>>95271417
maybe it's his way of distancing himself from humanity

>>95271010
Somebody should do one the other way around.

>>95271417
He doesn't care about his looks

>>95269182
Great, now I have that song stuck in my head.

>>95268998
Cherenkov Radiation

>>95269094
Yeah, but he can be any color he wants.

>>95271040
It's hydrogen dude.

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>>95268998
Radioactive decay emits a blue light

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>>95268998
>>95275651
Nuclear reactors glow that same shade of blue. Since he is now nuclear powered or whatever, so does he.

>>95271463
Pretty sure she made that up so the reporters would pay her more attention.

>>95270808

Fuck off, Billy Corgan.

>>95268998
Which characters have been blued so far?

>>95270804
>>95271351
Haha nice ones, reddit!

>>95272360
It doesn't work the other way. Nice try Walter, you ginger faggot.

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>>95270808
Fuck off Jason statham

>>95270808
I don't get

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>>95268998
>>95275758

What color do you want him to be?

>>95268998
If he was green he would die

>>95277228
That's the whole point.

>>95268998
Cherenkov Radiation.

>>95276468
Because the whole thing is about "Atomic" and they wanted his symbol to be that lame ass Nucleus atom symbol, which is a really lame way of showing an Atom. he says it flat out "I respect this because of it's simplicity and it's relative accuracy compared to this nonsense"

>>95268998
Motherfucker respects hydrogen, I guess.

>>95276708
is he really nuclear powered though, or is it just a conscious reference on his part?
also, we know he can make his blue darker, does that require decreasing his power, or can he just manipulate his color at will?

>>95277228
Faggot in thread today

>>95271010
>muh works, ye mighty

>>95268998
I think this is the correct thread to ask for.
is the anon that made the essay WHO WATCHES THE COLOUR here?
I really liked that work and I didnt really saved it.
does anyone have it?
Its a breakdown on how color matches the story of watchemen

>>95281760
Cherenkov Radiation doesn't really happen in air.

>>95268998
>Why the fuck is he blue?
Cherenkov radiation.

>>95283193
People don't develop quantum reality powers by being disintegrated, either. Welcome to comics.

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>>95271010
The Virgin Vigilante
The Chad Mastermind
The Beta Batman Rip-off
The Red-pilled War Hero
The Pushover Heroine
The Cucked Demigod

>>95283224
But this isn't just a comic. This is Watchmen. It's about REALISTIC superheroes.

>>95284149
it's just a deconstruction, it's not supposed to be 100% realistic

>>95284149
no it's not

>>95268998
>Why the fuck is he blue?
Why are you autistic and why didn't your parents smother you when they could still claim crib death

>>95285764
is it really that autistic to ask why a demigod shown to be capable of altering his own appearance chooses to be blue?

>>95277243
KEK

>>95268998
Could be because of an electromagnetic shock front which gives off energy in the ultraviolet or the blue portion of the spectrum. He has to reassemble himself on the removal of his intrinsic field. He is constantly generating, pulling up stray electrons out of the ground to keep his atomic balance right. Some of these electrons are leaking off creating drain off radiation. By adjusting how fast they’re going he can adjust the hue and intensity of his glow.

>>95269165
source?

>>95284149
Actually, it's really not.
It's a deconstruction, which means it's done by removing the concessions that you'd usually make for capes.

You can't deconstruct the almighty super-hero type if you don't allow some impossible event to create them. Only autistic faggots actually care about things being all-caps realistic.

>>95286410
Because an assumption can be made that his form is naturally blue, and he doesn't care to change it?

It's like asking why someone with brown-hair choses for it to be brown, when they have the power to change that.