(02-26-2018, 04:51 PM)Robyn Wrote: Not necessarily. Juliette turned down his proposal because of his sudden suspicious behavior, but she didn’t threaten to end the relationship. So although marriage was off the table, Nick still had what he wanted - to be a Grimm and have a relationship with Juliette. Hell Rell is right that Nick having a relationship was part of his character profile. For G & K, presenting Nick as a ‘different kind of Grimm’ included a committed relationship and committed friendships that rooted him in one place. But his character profile didn’t require a normal or healthy relationship, or that he only have one relationship throughout the series.
If Juliette was part of Nick's character profile, then the series did a poor job of making that evident. She should have been near the top of his character profile then and as such, marriage should have never been removed from the table.
Even when he lost his powers and had the opportunity to prove how important Juliette was to him, Nick passed up on the opportunity. He hedged around and acted like moving away, marrying Juliette, and raising children was desirable. But then he shifted gears and admitted that he liked being a grimm and was pissed that it was taken from him. In my opinion, that does not suggest that Juliette was part of Nick's character profile.
I think the whole significant other in Nick's life was more of a scale. In other words, the grimm life continually measured against a normal life. The grimm life always wins.
As for being rooted, I'm not sure why Renard would make such a statement. There was no indication from Nick himself that he was going to leave Portland if Juliette passed. He was on the job before he ever met Juliette, he had a house, a circle of admiring scoobies to ease his grief and his grimness which he loved above all else. To me, it seems those are indications that Nick intended to reside permanently in Portland.
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