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• Grave fit for a Dog by A_Handeaters_deification_complex

  Fandoms: Watchmen - All Media Types, Watchmen (Comic)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • No category
  • Work in Progress

  20 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Dan Dreiberg/Rorschach
  • Rorschach (Watchmen)
  • Nite Owl
  • Dan Dreiberg
  • This is going to be a long one
  • I know where this should go
  • but it's not there yet
  • so i'm hesitant to tag warnings yet. Nothing interesting has happened
  • welp might as well bite the bullet a bit
  • Dead!Rorschach
  • like QUITE dead
  • don't tell him though he's in a denial-fueled fugue state
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Sort Of
  • Nite Owl and Rorschach never meet until post Keene act
  • Pre-Roche (Watchmen)
  • Animal Death (implied)
  • Ghost!Rorschach
  • Daniel is Emotionally Unstable
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Blood and Torture
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • Aftermath of Torture
  • Not sure how detailed descriptions will get but fuck it we ball
  • If Rorschach is out of character to you no he isn't this is exactly how he would act if dead
  • I know bc I asked him
  • Other tags to be added
  • will be prone to aggressive re-writing
  • Sex Trafficking
  • Canon-typical sexual assault
  • Snuff Films
  • i don't really want to dwell on it but it's going to a major aspect of the plot so Be Warned

  Summary

  Some say ghosts linger on for unfinished business. The soul of Rorschach is far more concerned with remembering his own name than settling his last score. He prefers to multi-task, of course, but there's only so much one can do when one can't remember what score to settle.

  Daniel Dreiberg was a kind man once. He likes to think he still is, but when he looks at the scars he's picked up over the years, he sees more of Hollis or hell, the Comedian, than the baby-faced academic who'd designed a flying machine and a suit of spandex on a whim. Nearly a decade of solo-work had hardened him. With the Keene act bullying his coworkers into government contracts or retirement, all that was left of the Crimebusters was the second Nite Owl, at his post as always. His split-second decision to chase down the origins of a clip from a snuff film depicting a brutal murder quickly shows him he's going to need a hell of a lot more than his tech to tear down the operation's web of blackmail and violence. At the moment, bourbon would certainly help.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,523

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  7

  Hits:

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• Not impressed with the new visitor. He sucks. by A_Handeaters_deification_complex

  Fandoms: Watchmen - All Media Types, Watchmen (Comic)  

  • Mature
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Dan Dreiberg/Rorschach
  • Dan Dreiberg/Laurie Juspeczyk (implied)
  • Dan Dreiberg
  • Rorschach (Watchmen)
  • Oral Sex
  • Inspired by a Kinkmeme Prompt
  • straight-jackets
  • This is on the cusp of being explicit
  • but like. there was an attempt of fade-to-black before it actually starts
  • Mind/Mood Altering Substances
  • Threats of Rape/Non-Con
  • Extremely Dubious Consent
  • Consent Issues
  • Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues
  • Rape/Non-con Elements
  • Non-Consensual Touching
  • Non-Consensual Bondage
  • Non-Consensual Blow Jobs
  • Not Scientifically accurate in the slightest
  • There was No Drug Research or slurred-speech patterns research done let's be very clear
  • Dan Dreiberg is not a Good Person
  • there is like 5 seconds where Rorschach is into this (the concept of being touched)
  • but at no point consents to sex or is capable of verbally expressing it
  • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
  • no beta we die like the dog in the alleyway
  • Rorschach is a wet cat
  • I actually managed to make myself feel bad for him in this
  • there is mention of penis.
  • Rorschach-Typical Bigotry (Watchmen)
  • just a little bit

  Summary

  Prompt: AU, Ror survives karnak, but is eventually brought in by the police. After a trial he gets off on an insanity charge but is permanently committed to an asylum. Dan (now Sam I suppose) goes to visit him. Take it from there Anon!

   

  Rorschach's stuck in a straight-jacket and harassed after hours by a man more familiar than he should be. He's properly terrified.

  It goes as bad as you think.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  874

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  1

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• A passionate frame of mind by A_Handeaters_deification_complex

  Fandoms: Watchmen - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
  • M/M, Other
  • Work in Progress

  04 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Rorschach
  • Dan Dreiberg
  • Big Figure (Watchmen)
  • Omegaverse Alpha Bitching | Alpha Turning into an Omega
  • Omegaverse Bitching | Turning into an Omega
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Blood and Gore
  • Rape
  • Mating Bites
  • Author kept getting sidetracked describing smell
  • for worldbuilding reasons
  • A heavy scent-based culture like a/b/o would probably have a hyperfixation on 'interpreting' smell like sight
  • much more thought put into nuances of scent than simply "pleasant or unpleasant"
  • Author was horny for writing about misogyny from a character who considers themself a feminist
  • Not sure if it comes through

  Summary

  "Corruption at Sing-Sing" doesn't mean much until one uncovers a bitching ring.

  Or:
  Dan sees more than he should and makes a decision or two that he will never be able to undo. They involve his incarcerated ex-partner.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Bitching Rorschach

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,110

  Chapters:

  1/?

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• Type Flips and Cohabitation by A_Handeaters_deification_complex

  Fandoms: Watchmen - All Media Types, Watchmen (Comic)  

  • Explicit
  • Rape/Non-Con, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M, Other
  • Complete Work

  30 May 2026

  Tags

  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Rorschach (Watchmen)/Other(s)
  • Dan Dreiberg/Rorschach
  • Rorschach (Watchmen)
  • Dan Dreiberg
  • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
  • Alpha!Dan Dreiberg
  • Omega!Rorschach (Watchmen)
  • (Former) Alpha!Rorschach (Watchmen)
  • Type Flipping
  • Abo type flip
  • Yep Rorschach pulled a clownfish
  • and that phrase is about as funny as it gets because the circumstances are horrific
  • Omegaverse Alpha Bitching | Alpha Turning into an Omega
  • oh I finally found the tag (kill me)
  • Dubious Consent
  • Sort of? Both want sex but also are sick of each other's respective shit at different points.
  • Omegaverse Bitching | Turning into an Omega
  • (Discussion of ) Consensual Omegaverse Bitching | Turning into an Omega
  • really just 'could have would have' talk while actively pining for the man you're balls-deep in
  • Rape Aftermath
  • Rape Recovery
  • (questionable)
  • Puppy Play
  • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
  • Non-Consensual Body Modification
  • Under-negotiated Kink
  • because Dan is not all that impressed with said kink and he's pretty sure walter's just using it as a coping mechanism
  • Post-Karnak (Watchmen)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Alternate Universe - Rorschach Lives (Watchmen)
  • time to put walter in the blender again
  • pshrrr pshrr yayyyy a bitching ficccc
  • Mind Break Recovery
  • is that a thing?
  • Walter Kovacs Whump
  • i guess
  • Hurt very little comfort
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • for the rape specifically. Can't necessarily say it's graphic but it's there. Haunting the narrative
  • Breeding Kink

  Summary

  Rorschach must not have been as lucky or well-prepared in prison as he was in canon. A spitting, feral alpha was put into Sing-Sing, but what Dan and Laurie sprung could only be defined vaguely as omega. Several weeks of indescribable torture go unaddressed as half of New York is massacred, and it takes several weeks for Rorschach to adjust to life outside of being the prison bitch.
  There are still some hiccups between him and Dan. Recovery isn't linear, and it's hard figuring what someone wants when they barely know, themselves.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Bitching Rorschach

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,391

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  8

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• Poetry Collection: Idolatry's Devotee by A_Handeaters_deification_complex

  Fandoms: Original Work  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Work in Progress

  20 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Original Characters
  • Unhealthy Relationships
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • My First AO3 Post
  • Please Don't Kill Me
  • Poetry
  • Original Fiction
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • POV First Person
  • Self-Harm
  • Systematic Disenfranchisement
  • just a little
  • that should be a tag

  Summary

  I'm using this series to process my feelings on religion, I suppose? Especially as an institution.

  Includes reference to self harm.

  Call it pretentious if you want; im trying to figure out how to post on here before I transition into fanfic. Cheers :]

  Series

  • Part 1 of My Poetry

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  259

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Comments:

  1

  Kudos:

  1

  Hits:

  46