3/30/2023 0 Comments Ozymandias memeAnd it was that fact, that caused him to resort to the drastic measures he resorted to. Adrian despite everything he tried to achieve was a small minded Man focused on the "end" much like we all are. "No you didn't do the right thing in the end, because Nothing ever ends."Īnd that's all it is. ![]() Of course From John's perspective such a question is redundant in the greater cosmic scheme of things. A kingdom left in ruins, one Adrian will live in forever. Just like in the poem, nothing beside remains. The lone and level sands stretch far away.” Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! " And on the pedestal, these words appear: ![]() Maybe the ending of Veidt's story echoes the ending of Shelley's poem Ozymandias perfectly Living with nothing but the knowledge of what he did and the ever unanswered question" Did I do the right thing in the end?" Or to put it another way, "Was it all worth it?" ![]() Veidt may never face the music for what he's done, but he is forever a Prisoner of his own Conscience. By far a worse punishment then anything Rorschach telling the world what he did would be. Since he still needs to be validated in the knowledge he did the right thing in the "end" Manhattan's line is by far the worst thing he could've said to him. The way I read it was that at least from Ozymandias's perspective while he's still the smartest man in the world, he still sees very little compared to Manhattan. What do you think Manhattan was trying to tell Adrian when he said, "Nothing ever ends"?
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