I really liked what Glen Keane (character designer for Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled) said about Rapunzel's hair being a physical manifestation of her creativity that just had to escape. Van's red cape is like that here. It represents the core of his being: his nobility, heroism and chivalry. But to me, red is also a very raw color, the color of wounds that haven't healed. You think all that armor can make you invulnerable, but on the inside, you're bleeding...
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That's an idea people don't use so much anymore... or discount when they see it. It's such an old thing. Superman's cape is like that, Wonder Woman's hair and lasso, the way the green glows around Green Lantern, and little things like Green Arrow's cap feather. This is so much a part of art through the ages, even back to ancient times, because there's so much art must portray to lend the same sense of importance as life.
I'm not sure what I just wrote makes sense... but icons, and icons being as much a part of a character as the character his- or herself, are important. Can be tough to remember, but I really think it's true.
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