Thread:Mr B Natural/@comment-1501580-20150417171229

"Extremely broad" and "unlikely" -  I do not understand how these terms apply.

1) Do you mean that the title "Not What He Seems" is, in your opinion, not an allusion to the line from Twin Peaks?

2) Or do you think Gravity Falls would use the phrase without regard for the meaning it had in the original? Is there a t.v. show more intimately related to Gravity Falls, thematically, location, with explicit visual references, than Twin Peaks? The "Owl" turned out to be the killer - it was the single most important and complex symbol in a show packed full of symbolism. I like to give the GF Team more credit, for being more aware of what they were doing in picking the episode title.

Once GF picked the title, what they meant matters most.

But what they said was Stan = Owl, from which it follows there will be a total reversal in the understanding of Stan's character. Maybe GF didn't think the allusion through, but they made the equation, they made the assertion.

3) Or did you mean that you disagree with my analysis of the meaning of the owl in Twin Peaks? Obviously, if one doesn't know Twin Peaks, it would seem highly unlikely that any show would be constructed with such intricate and subtle consideration to detail. In general, with Twin Peaks, the unlikely was highly likely.

Please, clarify the nature of your objection.

Thank you,

- Christian Hartleben, Prophit1970 