(03-23-2015, 03:37 PM)syscrash Wrote: With Juliette a hexenbiest for them to work. Nick will have to abandon his male attitude of "i'm not a man unless I protect my girlfriend". He has to adjust to having a girlfriend that not only can protect herself but can protect him. Nick strikes me as someone who would be offended if Juliette offered to pay for dinner.
Take for instance Juliette just finished mopping up the floor with Adalind. If that was Hank they would have been high fiving each other. But with Juliette he doesn't even acknowledge her abilities. if it had of been me coming in the house and seeing all the knives in the wall. I would have been concerned but after finding out my girlfriend had that kind of power. There would have been high fives all the way around. If it was me we would be an unstoppable duo. The Next case we would be side by side going after whoever. I guess that is why I like Kelly so much. When she dominated Meisner taking control, then demanding from the pilots that she was in charge. What did she say I don't trust anyone I can't kill. With a mom like that what happened to Nick. But then Kelly's sister raised Nick.
You have expressed the opinion that Nick is somewhat old-fashioned in his attitude toward protecting Juliette more than once - and that although he may not intend it to be so, it comes off as a little condescending. You may be correct in this assessment, but in order for it to work, Juliette would have to go along with it. I get your point, but from what I have seen of their relationship when they are alone, it's been more of an equal partnership, that's just how I experience it.
Certainly he tries to protect her from physical danger, though. Makes sense because he has been the stronger of the team up to now. I don't worry about him making the transition to a more equal physical balance between the two of them, as much as will she see things in the same way he does, can those two opposites find a way to meld their natures together. He will be against much of what hexenbiests regard as a way of getting things done, she may become impatient with his ethical concerns, but time will tell. That's why I don't see them together, but good writing can make things right, and we may see a super-charged Nick and Juliette couple after all. I love Kelly's toughness, too.
(03-23-2015, 03:37 PM)syscrash Wrote: Before Juliette became a hexenbiest she showed she has no problem exacting extreme violence. I mean clock a guy in the head with an iron skillet then kick him in the nuts. That is not someone I would want to pissof. In Tribunal she shot the first guy without blinking or hesitation.
As a hexenbiest she is losing all fear to the point where she is getting a snarky attitude. What did she tell the manticore "maybe he should come home and find you dead". But the best was "Bring it on bitch". juliette is becoming like Trubel. What did the detective say about Trubel cutting Weston head off. "My daughter would have been freaking out". The same with Juliette we have never seen her freak out about anything. Seeing Rosale woge freaked her but she came right back.
I just hope they don't make Juliette go n offense like Adalind. Keep her as a defensive character like Nick. But then I am one of the people who would love to see Adalind pull in her claws. Mainly because she is so lousy at being a villain. Also don't start dressing her in black or leather. She is not a super hero.
Couldn't agree more. Always thought Juliette had courage. You and I are thinking alike when you say you don't want to see her get aggressive, that's not Juliette. Hope she holds on to enough of her old self to be recognizable in her new persona.
(03-23-2015, 04:27 PM)Hexenadler Wrote: [quote='speakeasy' pid='11296' dateline='1427148885']
Quote:Then there's the Captain, my all-around favorite character on Grimm. He seems dangerous, but has a conscience, I think. I feel there's hope for him. So perhaps Juliette can infuse enough of her innate fine character into this new form and emerge a hybrid Hexenbiest who can be a force to be reckoned with, but also has the ability to empathize.
That's the best possible route they can take with her character, IMO. Enough aspects of Juliette's original mindset could remain, albeit filtered through a Hexenbiest's darker nature and only visible in pivotal dramatic moments, and/or private scenes between herself and Nick.
Your observation about her inborn mindset determining how her Hexenbiest self is assimilated is the best hope for the new Juliette to succeed in a relationship.
I left off one important Hexenbiest from my list and that was Diana. I place my trust in Kelly's belief that the child will a source of great good or great evil depending on who raises her, and that she must not be raised in the castle. So, my logic collapses if I accept that premise and I now have to admit there's no possibility that all Hexenbiests are inherently kind of selfish and bad. .
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." Bertrand Russell - printed on a beer mat in "Shaun of The Dead".