Tbh, I don't think Daniel knows what happened with the Roche case. He wasn't there at the time, and I really can't see Rorschach telling him any horrific details. At MOST, maybe Rorschach came to him on that night--maybe. I sort of doubt it, though. But even if he did, all Dan would see was Rorschach covered in blood and being more psychotic than usual, which wouldn't tell him a whole lot.
You make an interesting point though. I'm pretty hard on Daniel, to be honest--WELL, not **hard** necessarily, but I see him as being very normal. Like more normal than any of the other Watchmen cast, definitely, and not as understanding as some people like him to be--just a normal man. And being normal, I can't see him feeling confident that he knows Rorschach. I think he definitely DOES know Rorschach better than anyone else, but it's not on a level where Dan realizes he does, because it's not a normal relationship, which is all that Dan is used to. I think eventually Dan DOES learn that he's pretty much Rorschach's only friend and that he knows him better than anyone else does, but to him there's still an acute sense of mystery about Rorschach's motivations and past, which is sometimes essential to really understanding someone front and back. Basically Dan knows Rorschach best out of anyone, but that doesn't mean he knows the full story.
So I pin the break up drift in the partnership more on lack of communication than anything. Rorschach starts acting funnier than usual, Dan doesn't have any idea why or how to even approach Rorschach about it (who's even more antisocial than before, possibly) and eventually they lose their sense of understanding of one another (if Dan ever had it, which I do think he did at some point)--and tensions only rise when the Keene Act approaches.
I think if anything Dan didn't want to give up on Rorschach. I see him as being pretty stubborn and sentimental as well--he did work with the guy for years before the Roche case, after all, so he had to get attached to the little nut. But there had to be a point where he gave up, because he just couldn't understand the change in Rorschach.
I'd agree for the most part, but there is a part in the GN during the Keene Riot between The Comedian and Daniel where The Comedian asks Daniel about Rorschach. Daniel tells him that Rorschach has been working on his own lately, and The Comedian comments "Rorschach's -nuts-. He's been nuts ever since that -kidnapping- he handled three years back." That makes me think that they all knew about it, because during 75, the masks were more glorified than frowned upon. I doubt Rorschach's actions went unnoticed by both the other masks and the press.
It became common knowledge to the public that he killed that guy. ><
Poor Rorschach. He just needs some soup and a blanket. <3
You make an interesting point though. I'm pretty hard on Daniel, to be honest--WELL, not **hard** necessarily, but I see him as being very normal. Like more normal than any of the other Watchmen cast, definitely, and not as understanding as some people like him to be--just a normal man. And being normal, I can't see him feeling confident that he knows Rorschach. I think he definitely DOES know Rorschach better than anyone else, but it's not on a level where Dan realizes he does, because it's not a normal relationship, which is all that Dan is used to. I think eventually Dan DOES learn that he's pretty much Rorschach's only friend and that he knows him better than anyone else does, but to him there's still an acute sense of mystery about Rorschach's motivations and past, which is sometimes essential to really understanding someone front and back. Basically Dan knows Rorschach best out of anyone, but that doesn't mean he knows the full story.
So I pin the break up drift in the partnership more on lack of communication than anything. Rorschach starts acting funnier than usual, Dan doesn't have any idea why or how to even approach Rorschach about it (who's even more antisocial than before, possibly) and eventually they lose their sense of understanding of one another (if Dan ever had it, which I do think he did at some point)--and tensions only rise when the Keene Act approaches.
I think if anything Dan didn't want to give up on Rorschach. I see him as being pretty stubborn and sentimental as well--he did work with the guy for years before the Roche case, after all, so he had to get attached to the little nut. But there had to be a point where he gave up, because he just couldn't understand the change in Rorschach.
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It became common knowledge to the public that he killed that guy. ><
Poor Rorschach. He just needs some soup and a blanket. <3
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