07-22-2014, 03:12 PM
(07-21-2014, 06:00 PM)syscrash Wrote: The story started with Nick gaining his Grimm powers because Marie was dying. I have a problem with this. First his Grimm would have been passed down from Kelly not Marie. So it would take Kelly dying and not Marie.
You got that wrong. That was what we all were thinking during season 1. Kelly corrected it in 2.01. It isn't necessary that another Grimm dies, the ability, the "Grimm" is inheritaged no matter what. It only can fade away as seen in 3.21. But the Grimm is in the genes, just like the Wesen are coming from the genes (Juliette discovered that during 1.21). So, nothing about inheritaged powers because another one dies.
That theory would also lead to a steady number of Grimms in the world, which isn't the case. Grimms are close to extinction as far as we know. There aren't left many anymore. The only other explanation would be that the current Grimms would all be stronger because they all would get the powers of the dead ones, that's not the case.
So, it's in the genes and every Grimm-family has at least one member who becomes Grimm at one point in his life each generation. What triggers that we don't know. I could imagine that female Grimm awake earlier to produce more possible new Grimm (giving birth to as much children as possible) while male Grimm, being late, are more of sort of male lions, protecting their "district" and possible also the next generation of Grimm. Could explain why females seem to be more aggressive and males are more into their emotions and more located in an exact area instead of the nomading females.