10-12-2013, 10:06 AM
(10-12-2013, 02:28 AM)Gretel Hanselsister Wrote: I think I can show you how Wesen see GrimmsThis doesn't necessarily identify how wessen recognize them. This drawing could be a "moral" depiction, rather than an accurate physical manifestation of a grimm woge. For argument's sake, let's say wessen identify grimm by hearing. That would be very difficult to depict in a drawing, but the illustrator would likely still depict them as monsters.
In S2E10 "the hour of death" you see Monroe's fairy tale book for Wesen children, and I think it's perfect to show everyone how Wesen see Grimms. Because pictures on paper can't look different depending who's looking at them.
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You see? They look dark, black or grey or colorless at least. And the victim in both cases is in Woge, I think this is required to recognize Grimms.
If you want a real life analogous example, look at how vikings are traditionally depicted with horns coming out of their helmets. Christians did this to make them look like devils. However, the truth is that no viking helmets had horns (which would make it very easy for enemy combatants to remove the helmets in battle).
(10-12-2013, 02:28 AM)Gretel Hanselsister Wrote: The Genio Innocuo at first weren't afraid of Grimms, colorless don't has to be horrible.While this is true, it's difficult to extrapolate based on this point because it contradicts so many other facts (i.e., why do so many wessen, even wessen who are "friends" of grimm, like hundjaegar, freak out when they see a grimm). And really, given how many cultures differ in their various mores, it's hard to say whether a grimm appears "objectively" offensive to western cultures, but not to the Genio Innocuo. The image of the grimm reaper is inherently objectionable to western cultures, but maybe not to island people.