Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-70.162.165.193-20130520231501/@comment-70.162.165.193-20130521002425

Yes, but you seem to be taking Monty's statements too literally. The fairy tales are still the basis for everything...fusing them is what gives us a starting point from which to form these new stories. Combine the themes of vanity in Snow White with themes of isolation in Snow Queen and you get a celebrity type character like Weiss. Misunderstood appearances from Beauty and the Beast and general subversion of the law create a conflicted thief like Blake. Both of these characters share the characteristics of their inspirations, but in the blending develop distinctly unique identities. This is what I believe Monty means by characters being loosely based on the fairy tales, and even though the resulting plot may be completely unrelated, the characters are still integrally tied into the fairy tale sources. Since fairy tales are the only thing we KNOW this series is consistently drawing from, I feel all of these predictions are not only logical, but likely.

The last paragraph is supposed to be a little off the wall because we really have no idea how the plot will tie everything together. Werewolves, enchanted armor, and robots are evidence enough that Monty will shoe horn in whatever he damn wants in this series, regardless of the mental backflips necesssary to justify it. But I still think that all signs are pointing toward the main villain being a witch.