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Dan is great. I like to say either Rorschach or Doctor Manhattan are literally me, but I'm a Dan at best. I even have a Rorschach in life, in some ways. I can understand why Moore wouldn't want to be around someone like that.
Laurie is, I think even admitted by Moore somewhere, lacking in character. She's dragged along by everyone in a similar way that Manhattan is told what to do by everyone, though Manhattan is obviously more interesting because Watchmen is his story. I think Laurie would be best suited to serve as eyecandy, but Moore and Gibbons didn't really follow that route. She's one of the weaker aspects of the comic.