u/Appropriate_Okra_495

So I just finished reading Tom King’s Rorschach, and I have to say I’m a little underwhelmed. I figured pretty early on that the detective would “become” Rorschach, but the delivery seemed cliche and honestly a little cheesy. I read somewhere on here, after I finished, that the detective killed Turley and the other dude (his friend, I forget his name) because he was “sick of the corruption” to some extent. That got me thinking, did I miss something? I was under the assumption that Turley wasn’t involved, or was I completely mis-interpreting what happened? I remember them saying a few of the agents were “loyal” to Redford, which then made me think the people working for Turley were secretly aiding the assassination effort, only for me to realise later on that they were trying to bolster Turley’s campaign with an assassination attempt pinned on Redford. Now I realise that perhaps I was muddling the details in my head, and the man killed by Laura on the farm was loyal to Redford, saw the attempt was legit and tried to stop it, while all others involved wanted to go ahead and let it happen up to the very last moment. I think therefore that the comic is a little bloated in that sense, a lot of names and a lot of moments that kind of overstay their welcome. I am still confused as to Turley’s involvement in it all. Did I really miss something somewhere, and he knew about it? Or is this another ambiguous thing where it’s left up to interpretation about whether he was in on it or he wasn’t? It seems like a huge cop out to me. It was a fake assassination to make the next presidential candidate win more votes, then the detective found out through an overly convoluted mystery and decided to “end the corruption” because he just… got driven mad by the cat and mouse game? I don’t know. Would love to hear any thoughts on this slightly old comic story.