Every "surreal" universe has a theme that distinguishes itself from other existences. For example, in the science fiction masterpiece "The Three-Body Problem", the law of the dark forest is its label and core feature.
Once upon a time, in a vast void, there were two universes that existed independently, the DC multiverse and the Watchmen universe.
The theme of the DC multiverse is superheroes and super criminals, and the theme of the Watchmen universe is - no matter how hard the people or "gods" in the world try, the earth will always be destroyed by a nuclear bomb crisis due to human stupidity and greed.
No one changes the theme of the surreal universe!!!
Even "God" can't do it.
This is fate, and it is the meaning of the existence of the universe itself.
If the theme of the surreal universe is changed, then it itself cannot exist.
Who can imagine how the plot of the "Three-Body Universe" would work without the laws of the dark forest?
Or, in the DC multiverse and Marvel multiverse, superheroes no longer save the world, but instead go to work to start businesses to support their families and pay their mortgages?
Dr. Manhattan studied both on and off the timeline for a long time, and finally understood this truth.
Well, Dr. Manhattan didn't belong to the DC multiverse before.
He is the "number one" in the Watchmen universe, just like Superman is to the DC multiverse.
"To break fate, you must first break the universe!"
In order to save the world and to free his "Watcher Earth" from the nuclear bomb crisis forever, he tore apart the Watcher universe and the DC multiverse.
It's like tearing a complete painting apart.
Then, he pieced together the scraps of the two paintings into an oil painting that had the characteristics of both.
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"Watchmen" is a team of cross-dressing heroes, similar to "Avengers" and "Justice League" (actually very different), except for a few old teammates who died of various frustrations, the main members who participated in "big events"
There are six people: Silk Soul in the Vase, and the Five Heroes of the "Saints of Man, God, Ghost, and Demon".
The "urinating man" Ye Xiao is a middle-aged man who has more ambition but less strength. He is a human being.
The seemingly omnipotent but powerless Lan Diao is a god.
The comedian who has seen through the world but is fettered by patriotism could have become a saint, but the cruel reality made him live like a ghost, a pitiful ghost, and an evil ghost.
The "smartest man in the world" who loves to seek inspiration for salvation from movies and novels is not an Egyptian, nor is he even remotely related to the Pharaoh. He is a demon.
"I will now step into the shadows without any complaints, without any regrets, because... I have lived and never compromised!" - Sage Rorschach (the next second, he was squeezed into a puddle of tomatoes by his teammate Lan Dadiao)
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Before and after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Pharaoh, the smartest man in the world, spent several years behind closed doors and thought hard, and finally got an inspiration to save the world from the movie - if there are no foreign patients in the country, the country will perish.
Therefore, he wants to create a false foreign enemy for the earth to scare the earthlings so that they will give up their stupid internal fighting.
On November 2, 1985, the Pharaoh turned his inspiration into reality. The "alien" giant octopus descended on New York and killed 3.5 million people with mind bombs.
Faced with aliens, the common enemy of mankind, the nuclear crisis between the Soviet Union and the United States collapsed in one day, and world peace was achieved.
In 1989, driven by the Pharaoh, the "National Data Exchange Project" was launched, and the number of nuclear bombs, the locations of nuclear bomb silos, and the layout of the military industry in various countries around the world were fully disclosed.
The earth has never been so peaceful, or in other words, quiet.
In 1991, seeing such a peaceful earth, Brother Su passed away peacefully on his hospital bed, leaving behind Brother Ru and a group of younger brothers.
The earth has never been as peaceful as it is now. If the squid rain hadn't reminded the earthlings from time to time that there are "alien devils" watching us, God might have walked into the wrong door and come to the world, because the earth at this time is no different from heaven.
In 1992, "Rorschach's Diary" was exposed by the New York Bulletin, the "false" peace was exposed, the world fell into madness, the European Union disintegrated, and the torrent of Russian tanks swept the world (in the west).
"A bunch of idiots! Why don't you understand that peace is false, but the peace you enjoy is real!" Pharaoh, the world's most wanted criminal, hid in a dark and smelly sewer and cursed.
November 23, 1992.
Because of the "National Data Exchange Project", the national power of the United States was exposed; because the news of "the US government colluded with the Pharaoh Director 112 Incident" spread, the whole world, including the Americans themselves, hated the Americans.
In order to avoid being attacked by a group under extremely unfavorable circumstances (disclosure of national defense data)... In other words, if the Americans do not want to be destroyed, they have only the last way: to launch an attack first and destroy the rest of the earth except the United States.
All countries have “powers that can threaten themselves”.
Of course the Americans didn't want to be destroyed, so they did just that.
They fired all their nuclear bombs at once, and their enemies also fired all their nuclear bombs at once...
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"Alas, stupid humans!"
Dr. Manhattan, who is located above the timeline, sighed numbly, tore apart the Watchmen universe, threw the fragments into the DC multiverse, and restarted a new DC multiverse...
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During World War I, the Amazon princess Diana left the paradise island and became the world's first superhero. However, she was very low-key and fast. There were no surveillance equipment at the time, and almost no one knew that there was a heroine silently guarding the world.
During World War II, a cross-dressing hero organization with a somewhat rustic name "Militia" was established. It was their job to fight against terrorism and maintain law and order.
In the 1960s and 1970s, future famous hero giants such as Superman, Batman, and The Flash were not even fertilized eggs. The "Watchmen" evolved from the "militia" were very active.
Time came to November 2, 1985, and the "alien octopus" appeared again... Gotham!
The location has not changed, but the name of the city has changed from New York to Gotham.
In 1992, Rorschach's diary was discovered by a reporter from the New York Gazette, but the people in this newly restarted "DC Multiverse" were "saner" than the people in the Watchmen universe.
The secret is sealed, and a few insiders work hard to maintain this false but real peace.
If time is a line, at this point on November 23, 1992, the Watchmen universe and the DC multiverse intersect with each other, just like two straight ropes intersect at this point, and then become entangled upwards and downwards.
Strand, two universes not-so-perfectly blended together.
At this point, Watcher Earth is destroyed, and the Watcher Universe is torn apart by Manhattan,
At this point, the new DC multiverse restarts.
At this point, Harley Quinn was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.