wraith face markings

[enemy of your enemy]

i did a search for this but i still am not sure if there is already a post for this but does anyone know what those markings on wraith's faces are? does anyone know if they all have different ones and it depends on what queen they have like the jaffa do according to each gould they belong to?

[rarocks24]

i did a search for this but i still am not sure if there is already a post for this but does anyone know what those markings on wraith's faces are? does anyone know if they all have different ones and it depends on what queen they have like the jaffa do according to each gould they belong to?

well not all wraith have the markings...but...I will certainly admit Michael's Queen looks funky...and a little hot. The markings sort of remind me of Jadzia and Ezri...

[ancientaction]

well not all wraith have the markings...but...I will certainly admit Michael's Queen looks funky...and a little hot. The markings sort of remind me of Jadzia and Ezri...

so the queen is kina hot, cool

[WraithWarrior]

so the queen is kina hot, cool

She certainly is for a Wraith

[rarocks24]

so the queen is kina hot, cool

She's like the buffy vampire/milf kind of woman! I'm sure she looks much hotter as a real human than she does...

[Dr Weir]

i did a search for this but i still am not sure if there is already a post for this but does anyone know what those markings on wraith's faces are? does anyone know if they all have different ones and it depends on what queen they have like the jaffa do according to each gould they belong to?

It can't be assocated with a wraith's queen as within one hive ship wraith can have diff markings. Maybe it's up to each wraith which patterns he/she wants.

[Prior_of_the_Ori]

It can't be assocated with a wraith's queen as within one hive ship wraith can have diff markings. Maybe it's up to each wraith which patterns he/she wants.

I was thinking the same thing since considering the Queens reaction in The Hive we can see that sometimes the Queens don't get along so perhaps they have markings to distinguish their warriors...though you would assume with telepathy they could determine this easily but it was the only thing i could think of.

[naamiaiset]

I was thinking the same thing since considering the Queens reaction in The Hive we can see that sometimes the Queens don't get along so perhaps they have markings to distinguish their warriors...

I was thinking something similar. I think wraith are born/created already with the markings, kind of like the wraith equivalent of birthmarks.

[ciannwn]

Maybe it's just a fashion thing. The faced males have a range of different hair styles and their facial hair isn't identical either.

[umopapisdn]

^^That's what I thought, like tattoos or something like that.

[Degilwen]

I think the tattoos are the Rank from a Wraith now. In season 1 only Bob wear a tattoo. But the face Wraiths are different....

[Icarium]

I mentioned it in another thread as I didn't know there's already a thread on face markings...

Did you notice that the Wraith in Reunion (Archimedes) has very similar if not identical face tatoos as the one in Midway (Karl). They are both scientists and they are even played by the same actor so their facial features are quite similar. Both tatoos are on their right cheek but one of them has it more to the front.
Maybe the the markings really indicate what the Wraith are trained in? Or maybe these two are something like siblings/twins ?
Any other ideas?

Icarium

[Zanlee]

I have heard several different theories about the Wraith markings, rank, fashion statment, hive loyalty, etc.

I do like where Icarium is going with the thought about siblings. What if the markings are clans, 'families'?

We know very little about Wraith as far as 'family' is concerned. They might be born into a clan (not like those cloned warrior class but the others) with such and such a marking, but serve on different hives.

^_^

[ciannwn]

What if the markings are clans, 'families'?

We know very little about Wraith as far as 'family' is concerned. They might be born into a clan (not like those cloned warrior class but the others) with such and such a marking, but serve on different hives. ^_^

Not all faced males have a marking, though - eg. Steve and the ones in 'Rising', 'Condemned' and 'The Defiant One'. Then there's the females. The 'Allies' Queen has very elaborate markings (neck and upper chest) and the Queen in 'The Hive' has a small one on her right temple but the caretaker in 'Rising' and the 'Submersion' Queen have no markings. I don't think the 'Spoils Of War' Queen has a marking either.

All we really know about markings is that some faced males and females have them while others don't. If the markings identified which clan a Wraith belonged to wouldn't all Wraith have one?

PS: Why do a few Wraith wear brown instead of black? (Michael and the humanised Wraith in 'Allies', 'The Defiant One' Wraith and Bob.)

[naamiaiset]

PS: Why do a few Wraith wear brown instead of black? (Michael and the humanised Wraith in 'Allies', 'The Defiant One' Wraith and Bob.)

probably on the surface level, just to tell them apart/give them variety. beyond that, it may have to do with status or age, etc. in the defiant one's case, I think it was because how long he was on that planet. he was alive during the war with the ancients (he thought it was still happening), and you have to guess that wraith "fashion" changes eventually... or, maybe he just found clothes along the way and improvised.