Tricksters and hats

[forsyth]

There seems to be something about tricksters and hats. Fedoras in Anasi boys, Robin Hood and his cap, jesters and their cool hats with bells, and Fors and his big giant hat. I think part of it comes down to attitude. In this day and age, very few people wear hats. At most you'll see people in baseball caps, or perhaps those big straw hats for people working in the sun. The hat itself has gone by the wayside. Hats require attitude. Hats draw attention. Hats demand something from you.

And they're also really easy to take off and ditch and almost completely change your appearance. Especially the big goofy attention-grabbing ones. They won't remember you, just "That guy with the goofy hat." There are times that comes in handy.

Comments

[kalifla.livejournal.com]

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And all I can think of is how I can't wear hats. My head and hair's too big.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

You mean Kal is not bald and green?

[kalifla.livejournal.com]

Don't make me slap you through the modem. I'll do it.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

MY WORLD IS SHAKEN TO ITS FOUNDATIONS!

[kabbalist-mzdm.livejournal.com]

There's just something cool about a good hat, and that's something that most of my family will attest to, since each of us has at least one slightly wacky piece of headgear.