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knowtheory I think the DCU explanation is easy, it's less his obsession with Frank Miller and a lot more to do with Snyder's obsession with Ayn Rand, objectivism and libertarianism. His strong ties to those philosophies extremely limit his capacity to even consider other types of stories.
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knowtheory Snyder's treatment of Watchmen made it clear that it isn't even some sort of philosophical transformation. He read a satire of his politics in Rorschach and basically with *just direction* turned it into a promotion of his politics. I this he's just blind to the other version.