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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 54122" data-attributes="member: 537">The &quot;shining armour&quot; bit is typically interpreted in a metaphorical sense, ya know.Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I didn't say that heroes _never_ wore armour. I'm saying that heavy armour, in and of itself, is not a necessary component of fantasy heroes. I'm also saying that heavy armour -- full plate, plate mail, or whatever -- is something that in fact seems rare in fantasy. Chain mail seems to be the heaviest sort of armour that heroes wear; by contrast, villains don't seem to be so constrained. The nazgul in FOTR wear plate armour, as do the uruks. So do stormtroopers in Star Wars. By contrast, Conan wears chain mail at best (or no armour at all, if you go by the comics and movies -- which I consider to be just as valid starting points when it comes to the origins of modern fantasy). The same holds for most other fantasy characters around. Their armour is mentioned in passing, if at all -- leaving it up to the reader/viewer to fill in the details. It's just not something that forms a significant part of the portrayal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hong, post: 54122, member: 537"] The "shining armour" bit is typically interpreted in a metaphorical sense, ya know. [b][/b] Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I didn't say that heroes _never_ wore armour. I'm saying that heavy armour, in and of itself, is not a necessary component of fantasy heroes. I'm also saying that heavy armour -- full plate, plate mail, or whatever -- is something that in fact seems rare in fantasy. Chain mail seems to be the heaviest sort of armour that heroes wear; by contrast, villains don't seem to be so constrained. The nazgul in FOTR wear plate armour, as do the uruks. So do stormtroopers in Star Wars. By contrast, Conan wears chain mail at best (or no armour at all, if you go by the comics and movies -- which I consider to be just as valid starting points when it comes to the origins of modern fantasy). The same holds for most other fantasy characters around. Their armour is mentioned in passing, if at all -- leaving it up to the reader/viewer to fill in the details. It's just not something that forms a significant part of the portrayal. [/QUOTE]

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