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This is why I prefer The Watchmen.
Seriously? Only one hero literally has multiple superpowers including clairvoyance and precognition, but he can't sense what the villain with no superpowers is doing right in front of him because of something that hasn't happened yet? That one has always bothered me...
Yep, it's the perfect metaphore for human cognition. Doesn't matter how smart you are, nobody can know everything, and there will always be circumstances outside of your control no matter how powerful you become.
The true weakness of the gods is the hubris of men.
Doesn't blue boy's speech at the end really dig at this concept? He basically admits it was right under his nose the whole time, iirc.
Or maybe I'm imagining it. It's been quite a while. Might be embelishing on the lines about how he ultimately agrees with the plan.
That was the gist of it from my memory, but I'm in the same situation as you.