Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Villain Dot Net|Villain.Net]]'' plays with this one: upon encountering Chameleon, apprentice supervillain Jake Hunter presumes the reptilian shapeshifter to be a fellow evil-doer. He is quickly disabused of that notion. However, over the course of the first book, Chameleon shows himself to have a nasty edge, being perfectly willing to kill, and seeking revenge rather than justice.

* Pretty much anytime a reptillian character shows up in one of [[Terry Brooks]]' books, you can expect raw evil (although [[Our Dragons Are Different|Strabo]] is a noticeable exception). It's especially obvious with [[Lizard Folk|The Mwellrets]], who are the only species in the [[Shannara]] universe that hasn't featured a heroic member. Indeed, one of them, [[The Dragon|Cree Bega]], and his equally reptillian [[Big Bad|boss]], [[Brain Food|The Morgawr]], are the only characters in series who might qualify for [[Complete Monster]]hood.

{{quote|''The Cimmerian recoiled, remembering tales he had heard -- serpents were sacred to Set, god of Stygia, who men said was himself a serpent. Monsters such as this were kept in the temples of Set, and when they hungered, were allowed to crawl forth into the streets to take what prey they wished. Their ghastly feasts were considered a sacrifice to the scaly god.''}}

* ''[[Dark Heavens]]'': "Some of my best friends are snakes."

* In ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]'', Quetzalcoatl is one of the more evil-aligned Elders (seriously, people need to [[Sadly Mythtaken|stop making the nicest Aztec god evil just because he's the only one they've heard of]]) and a Komodo-dragon-like monster called a Nidhogg is summoned and nearly eats Scathach in the first book. Also, everyone's magical aura has a different smell, and one of the villains' auras smells like a snake.

* In [[Gene Stratton Porter]]'s ''[[Freckles]]'', the [[Friend to All Living Things]] Freckles makes an exception for snakes. Killing one was an important part of [[Face Your Fears]] for him, and the summer where they retreat to the swamp is nasty.

 

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