![]() You never did anything wrong by me” (XII.29.6). They do strange things, and well, sometimes they can’t talk about them. ![]() Laurie hugs her mother, and says, “People’s lives take them strange places. Somehow, that must be the formula for infinite wisdom, beyond even Adrian Veidt’s level, and he’s the smartest man in the world. She’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, Laurie’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 “Oh, right. Or Am I Everything Like You?īesides ending the book with blonde hair and a name change (she switches it up to Sandra Hollis, after “perishing” in Veidt’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. Have you ever felt the pressure to follow in your parents’ footsteps? That’s no fun for anyone. Ages 0-15, she trains to become the next Silk Spectre or else face her momma’s wrath. Not that her biography is especially complicated. Overall, Laurie makes an appearance in nine out of the book’s twelve chapters, and she holds her own every step of the way. Manhattan, who doesn’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 she’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 Don’t Understand Me, I’m Nothing Like You
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