Slayage (Aug 2023)
Mirrors, Windows, and Feminist Threshold Imagery in Grimm (Through Buffy-Tinted Glass)
Abstract
Grimm and Buffy the Vampire Slayer have significant connections not only in terms of fictional content and production but also visual imagery. Threshold imagery develops both Buffy and Juliette, who goes from being a woman behind glass to a witch who moves through mirrors and worlds. This pattern exemplifies the importance of visual imagery as an element of meaning in television fantasy—an element that Buffy notably helped to explore and that Grimm further advances.
