What do you think will be the final fate of Dr. Manhattan?

[Buried Alien]

Dear lord, I would love it if this whole series suddenly took a wild turn into self-parody and Superboy-Prime showed up to have a dick-measuring contest with Dr. Manhattan.

Metaphorically, I hope you mean. I have no interest in seeing a literal version of this scenario.

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[Scott Taylor]

I predict he will settle down in Hollywood making a go of it advising wannabe celebrities about their future prospects. Occasionally, for fun, he will take clients to Mars.

[Sacred Knight]

I think we'll find out he's been trying to prepare for an even bigger threat that's coming. Something so terrible he's tried to make the DCU more brutal and stronger so it will survive the coming Crisis.

I C wat U did.

[FUBAR007]

What I'd like to see: the last panel of the series showing Daniel Hall welcoming Manhattan to the Dreaming. "Hello, Jon. We need to talk..."

What I expect: Manhattan learning a valuable lesson from Superman about heroism and a) voluntarily leaving the DCU or b) sacrificing himself. That, or he gets depowered and goes back to being Jon Osterman.

[MajorHoy]

What I'd like to see: the last panel of the series showing Daniel Hall welcoming Manhattan to the Dreaming. "Hello, Jon. We need to talk..."

What I expect: Manhattan learning a valuable lesson from Superman about heroism and a) voluntarily leaving the DCU or b) sacrificing himself. That, or he gets depowered and goes back to being Jon Osterman.

Just as long as he doesn't become Joel Osteen!

[theoneandonly]

*Superman flying in to stop Manhattan*
*explodes superman*
*Getting Mxy on his case*
*Explodes Mxy*
*Spectre swearing vengeance upon him*
*Explodes Spectre*
*Meta verse revolting against his tampering*
*Explodes the meta verse*
the Presence
*NOW PUT IT BACK AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE BEFORE KRONAS PESKY INTERFERENCE
Dr Manhattan:..........

[Franny6422]

Hoping that it really it's just a conversation between Kal-El & Jon at the very end, and Manhattan then goes back and tweaks history again, erasing the 'New 52' entirely (not that I didn't like it) and giving us a new status quo. After that Jon really is done and ascends to a higher plain, just to observe.

[MajorHoy]

Would it be very meta if ‎Dr. Manhattan ('Jon' Osterman) turns out to really be Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent from a different reality, and in the end the two merge into one?

[Buried Alien]

Would it be very meta if ‎Dr. Manhattan ('Jon' Osterman) turns out to really be Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent from a different reality, and in the end the two merge into one?

I thought about that, and we're venturing dangerously close to "Martha! Why did you say that name?!" territory here, but both Superman's adoptive father and firstborn son are named "Jon," just as Dr. Manhattan is. Maybe Manhattan sees the connection between his own relationship to his watchmaker father and it revives his humanity.

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[MajorHoy]

I thought about that, and we're venturing dangerously close to "Martha! Why did you say that name?!" territory here, but both Superman's adoptive father and firstborn son are named "Jon," just as Dr. Manhattan is.

Well, "Jonathan Samuel Kent" was named for both Superman's adoptive father and Lois' father, wasn't he?

[mr_crisp]

I think we'll find out he's been trying to prepare for an even bigger threat that's coming. Something so terrible he's tried to make the DCU more brutal and stronger so it will survive the coming Crisis.

The Editors?

[mr_crisp]

A pair of pants

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Metaphorically, I hope you mean. I have no interest in seeing a literal version of this scenario.

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I'm leave whether or not it's a metaphor to your imagination, Buried

[Buried Alien]

I'm leave whether or not it's a metaphor to your imagination, Buried

Got a post waiting for you in the "Broken Toys" thread, Bored. Been waiting for you since this morning.

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[JonaX]

I wonder how Manhattan would become Jon Osterman again, he did save the Comedian from dying so perhaps he used that to work out a way to go back to 1959 and prevent the accident.