The Romper is a creature appearing in Silent Hill. When Silent Hill, Maine was transfigured by the psychic girl Alessa Gillespie's inner thoughts, the Rompers manifested from her negative emotions and fear of adults. Tourist Harry Mason was confronted by several of these beasts in Central Silent Hill and the Resort Area.
History
The town of Silent Hill, Maine was transfigured by Alessa Gillespie's psychic abilities.[1][2][3] Several creatures were physically manifested from her subconscious thoughts and emotions,[3] including the Rompers, which attacked tourist Harry Mason in the Resort Area and business district as he searched for his missing daughter.[4] The nightmare state that swallowed the town collapsed following Alessa's death and subsequent reincarnation.[5]
Appearance and symbolism
The Romper is a manifestation of Alessa's fear of adults.[4] It is a quadrupedal creature with an ape-like body that locomotes by jumping, using body blows to pin its victims to the ground.[4] It appears to have a belt wrapped around its neck, two large metallic wires or staples for eyes, and tendrils protruding from its mouth.
Trivia
- According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the verb "romp" means "to play roughly or energetically (esp. of children and animals); to sport or frolic in a lively, light-hearted, or boisterous manner."[6]
Gallery
References
- ↑ https://www.silenthillmemories.net/lost_memories/scans_en/pics/008-009_alessa's_history.jpg
- ↑ https://www.silenthillmemories.net/lost_memories/scans_en/pics/110-111_xx_judgement_&_xxi_the_world.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Silent Hill Official Guidebook (Complete Edition) "A Q&A on the story's secrets"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://www.silenthillmemories.net/lost_memories/scans_en/pics/026-027_sh1_creature_commentary.jpg
- ↑ Silent Hill
- ↑ https://www.oed.com/dictionary/romp_v?tl=true