07-08-2013, 10:49 AM
(07-08-2013, 09:57 AM)speakeasy Wrote: And maybe because Game of Thrones is setting the standard for convoluted story weaving for me these days, I may be thinking this idea is a walk in the park comparatively!
Funny enough, I'm actually a really hardcore Game of Thrones fan (though, not so much the television show). Most of my Internet debate style comes from spending years arguing with GOT fans over every theory (e.g., R+L=J, who ordered the attack by Ser Mandon Moore, etc.).
In Martin's case, most of his theories are actually very logical and only appear convoluted based on how many characters are at play. In fact, most of his conspiracies involve just ripping stuff off from history.
If you are familiar with the Aegon baby-switching conspiracy in Martin's books, this is based on several real life events. For instance, Henry VII had to regularly deal with pretenders throughout his reign. First, it was Lambert Simmel, who claimed to be the son of George, brother to Edward IV. Another pretender was Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard of Shrewbery, one of the Princes in the Tower. Most of Martin's conspiracies are really-well thought out, because he takes the general outline from history.
Returning to Grimm, the main problem with introducing a grimm sibling is that the writers have not planned for that scenario. By not doing so, they've introduced plenty of facts that making doing so very difficult (unless they simply shrug aside everything they've already written, which, while annoying for me, doesn't appear as problematic for them).