Moore akati kuti Watchmen yakagadzirirwa kuti iverengwe "kanokwana kana kashanu", pamwe chete nezvimwe zvinongedzo zvinongova pachena kune muverengi mushure mekuverenga kakawanda. Dave Gibbons anoti, "[a]s zvaifambira mberi, Watchmen yakava yakawanda pamusoro pekutaura nyaya yacho kupfuura iyo pachayo. Chinonyanya kukosha chenyaya yacho inonyanya kuratidzwa pane inonzi macguffin, gimmick... Saka zvirokwazvo haisi hurongwa hwayo pachayo... hazvisi izvo zvatakauya pamusoro pevatambi.
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