The hooded menace....

[#1GaMGeeGuRL]

Have noticed a trend in fantasy literature? I'm pretty sure it started with Tolkien. I mean we got LoTR's Ringwraiths, Harry Potter's Dementors and The Dark Materials Trilogy's Spectors.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

And Sword of Shannara's Skull Bearers, and one hooded guy (don't remember his name) in the Belgariad.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Now that I think of it, this belongs in the fantasy forum.

[Sister Golden Hair]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Now that I think of it, this belongs in the fantasy forum. Yep Gwaimir, you are so right.:) Moving to the fantasy sci-fi forum.

[Legoles]

Originally posted by #1GaMGeeGuRL
Have noticed a trend in fantasy literature? I'm pretty sure it started with Tolkien. I mean we got LoTR's Ringwraiths, Harry Potter's Dementors and The Dark Materials Trilogy's Spectors.

Yeah even in some video games like Legend of the Dragoon

[Legoles]

DARK FORCES ARE UPON US.... RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Um...what was the purpose of that? :confused:

And of couse, in Star Wars (the space-age fantasy ;))Palpatine/Sidious and Maul.

[Ninquelote]

i think it's like, you can't trust a person if they don't show their face. You can pass judgements upon a person if they have their hood down, but if it's up, you suspect that they are hiding something.

[Gwaimir Windgem]

But Obi-Wan had his hood up when we first met him. Luke wears his hood up too, as did Aragorn (in the movie at least, I'm not sure about the book...I would guess so, since that's the only time his hood has anything to do with anything in the movie, so I expect they were emulating the book). Um...there's more, but I can't name them, so neh. :p