02-18-2017, 08:08 AM
(02-18-2017, 07:01 AM)jsgrimm45 Wrote: Ever series is written to make the storyline work not just Grimm. That is why the forum is so much fun because we debate these questions. Now the reason Diana went with Juliette and Kenneth is easy the actress playing Kelly wanted out of the series so that is how they did it. What we don't know is how they would have written the series if she had stayed, we also don't know how much rewrite they had to do, maybe that is why the created the hexenbiest Juliette. So Mary leaving the series changed the complete series from what was planned to now.Yes, every show’s stories are written in a format that progresses to the intended ending. But not every show uses it’s characters as props and plot twists. And not every show sacrifices character continuity and development for the sake of cool action scenes.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio’s exit only required getting Diana back to Portland/back into the story, and provided an avenue for some extreme Nick angst. Juliette had already displayed capabilities beyond anything we’d seen from Adalind. If not, Adalind’s fear of Juliette wouldn’t be justified - even pregnant, she’d be able to effectively attack and neutralize Juliette from a safe distance. Diana could have resisted and Juliette could have sufficiently overpowered her long enough to get her to the King and keep her there.
Case in point - G&K realized Nick had become too comfortable with Adalind and changed his attitude toward her without reason or explanation. If the character was important, they wouldn’t sacrifice him to simply change the direction of a relationship.
Instead, they might have had Nick explain in his morning after conversation with Monroe that he had allowed things to escalate between him and Adalind, and having sex only made things worse. Adalind brought up the L word, and whether or not she was being honest, he doesn’t feel that way about her, and doubts he ever could. Then follow up with Nick having an honest and heartfelt conversation with Adalind when he returns from Germany. The direction & pace of the relationship has effectively changed, and instead of Nick looking like a cad, he looks like a guy desperately trying to manage an emotional and difficult situation.
That Nick would not tell Adalind about the stick simply because he doesn’t consider her a part of his circle makes perfect sense. That Nick suddenly distrusted Adalind without reason or explanation doesn’t. The distrust issue could have come into play when he found out the suppressant had worn off and Adalind didn’t tell him. And been compounded when Adalind admitted she’d been talking to Renard about Diana instead of Nick completely ignoring the information.
There’s a dozen ways from Sunday to progress a story, not all them include using characters as props.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke