Rotsieve was Victor Reid's misogynistic alter-ego.
Quotes about Rotsieve[]
- "Rotsieve and Viktor were two sides of the same coin."[1]
- "Rotsieve, in self-righteous and moral dudgeon, was capable of dictating the first dozen chapters of a definitive tract on misogyny without taking a breath: he was venomous and poetic, vicious and lyrical in his protracted monologues. No female acquaintance, public figure or blood relation escaped indictment. To Rotsieve there were no individual women; they were all expressions and permutations of a solitary and monolithic malignancy. He was bigoted, rhetorical, narrowly focused, dismissive of contrary argument (however well-reasoned), merciless, tyrannical and ..'"[2]
Dave Sim on Rotsieve[]
- Q3a: Within the body of Reads, we are introduced to Victor Reid, and his alter ego Rotsieve. Given the parallels in the second half of Reads, and your admission of being a diagnosed borderline schizophrenic, could it be said that the authoring of the second half of Viktor Davis' Reads (and to some degree Tangent) could be inspired by your own "Rotsieve?"
- DAVE: "Rotsieve"-Victor spelled backwards-was inspired by my own experiences as a mean drunk. That fed on itself-the longer I went without getting laid, the meaner a drunk I became and the meaner a drunk I became the longer I went without getting laid. It was Valerie-back in the 80s at Peter's Place who christened me "Evad, the anti-Dave" as I recall and then later "Deiter von Evad". It was just alcohol fuelled rage pure and simple. I never hit anybody or anything but I would develop a very sharp tongue and a cruel wit which was very entertaining as long as you weren't the object of it. I tried to document that part as honestly as I could, particularly as it tended to manifest itself in my relationship with Diana Schutz which is what had been going on just prior to Reads, 1992-93. I'd place these terrifically abusive and interminable phone calls to her when I came home drunk and not remember a thing the next day."[3]