Grim Tales from Down Below/Fridge

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Fridge Brilliance

  • Grim Tales from Down Below was frequently criticized for it's implied Brother-Sister Incest scenes, and I just assumed it was Author Appeal and accepted that he was going to feel vaguely uncomfortable reading the series. Until a recent comic revealed that the sister actually has (unreciprocated) feelings for her brother. Sweet. -- User:Jonn
    • Likewise. I like this twist because of the way it changes the brother's character. He goes from being a jealous and petty sibling to being the Only Sane Man in a setting that makes the universe of Invader Zim look like My Little Pony. -- M84
    • I still think Minnie's a great big stinking Mary Sue (and that her brother's therefore at least somewhat justified in his jealousy, since he's ten years old and has that for a sibling; it's like how one of a set of real siblings sometimes resents the other for being apparently perfect, only turned Up to Eleven), but the unrequited Brother-Sister Incest aspect -- and it not being treated as acceptable by the author -- does go some way to redeeming her character in my eyes. -- Cameoflage
    • I don't think Minnie is a Mary Sue, this perfect personality is just a way for her brother to notice her. I mean, while in Yandere mode she says "What does it take to get your respect?" and "All I ever wanted was for you to love me!" Note the whole point of a Yandere - The deconstruction of a Yamato Nadeshiko and taken to a Gone Horribly Wrong extent, resulting in Love Makes You Crazy. Minnie ticks all the Yamato Nadeshiko boxes by being so talented, and the evidence shows she's driven by her quest to gain her brother's love and respect but her efforts result in the opposite effect as Junior resents her for it. Not so Mary Sue now, huh?
  • The way they built up to The Reveal of Blossom as Mimi's mother. The readers don't think much of the Power Puff Dynamo impaled on a skyscraper or Mandy eying a partially destroyed "Mr. Octi", just passing them off as the background for the destruction and downfall of Megaville that Grim describes. Some may start to think when they see that Mimi has a pink bow, but just wave it off as mere coincidence. Then you have Raven saying that whoever Mimi's mother is will find Him and "kick your ass!" Merely words of defiance? We know Raven's a smart woman, and she would not say this to Him, of all people, unless she knew it was someone who has and still can beat down Him, thus saving her and Mimi. Add in one dashing pink streak a page later, and all the circumstantial evidence adds up quite nicely...for the moment.
  • The unnamed angel that appears to take Minnie away from Junior is St. Michael or the Archangel Michael. Among his task is to take righteous souls directly to heaven, from what a friend told me he is also has bad qualities such as impatience he also easily angered which explains why he is aggressive towards Junior a sinner and even calling out his envy towards his sister.

Fridge Horror

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