04-22-2017, 04:06 PM
(04-22-2017, 09:09 AM)MarylikesGrimm Wrote:(04-21-2017, 08:58 PM)Mrtrick Wrote: The Other Place was a completely separate dimension.
Mary: GREENWALT see the "Other Place" as "more Hell on Earth" and not much as "alternate reality".
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IGN: You had me thinking you were going that route for a bit! How did you come up with this idea for what the Other Side of the mirror would be?
KOUF: The Other Place is the place where Wesen have the power and humans are cowering and running for their lives.
GREENWALT: This notion is that Hell can be quite beautiful. It doesn't have to be a fiery pit of despair, but a place that these inner demons that have plagued humanity from time immemorial actually reign supreme. That would be Hell. We have plenty of it in our own world today. It's less an alternate reality and more Hell on Earth.
Which is sort like saying Burger King is a fast food joint but not a restaurant. It ends up being a matter of semantics. The Other Place is a clearly delineated parallel existence. It is not here so it must be there. You can call it another dimension. Or another plane. Maybe a tangent. Whatever the word, it's not this reality, which makes it a wholly seperate thing that exists of it's own accord. It has a metaphysical connection to this plane of existence, but retains it's own universal rules. This means it may not be an alternative in the sense of a multiverse of infinite earths, but more like an alternative spiritual stratum. Other than the portal, you can pass there through death. And if you're not here, you might be there, which makes it a seperate reality.