09-17-2017, 05:34 AM
Hate, or love for that matter, is a strong emotion for fictional characters who live and die at the discretion of a creative team. I didn’t hate Nick, I just didn’t find him interesting or believable as a leader. If not for the Adalind and Renard characters, I wouldn’t have watched more than the first few episodes. It was those two characters along with the Royals and the Resistance storylines that kept me coming back and hoping for more, not because they were morally good or bad but because they and their interactions were interesting.
For me, Nick and his team were mediocre and one note throughout six seasons, offering little to draw my attention. Because I could rarely relate to them as fully developed individuals, I didn’t root for them. They could have all died in the first season and I would have been revved by the prospect of Adalind, Renard, the Royals, and the Resistance.
G & K said in an interview that the lead character as a cop wasn’t part of the original plan, it was requested by the network. So it’s reasonable to assume they made the Grimm character a detective to satisfy those who had the power to air or not air their show, but weren’t interested in exploring the conflicts in a Grimm/law enforcement combination. They kept it simple and had their law enforcement characters bend, break, even smash rules of conduct when it suited their story and dutifully uphold rules of conduct when it suited their story.
Team Grimm characters were at the forefront of WoW stories G & K believed were interesting and entertaining. Viewers who agreed enjoyed the show. Viewers like me kept trying to figure out why those supporting characters blindly followed the leading character, and wondered if Adalind, Renard, the Royals, and the Resistance might have been intended for a different show and got thrown into Grimm at the last minute.
Their original characterizations and performances by the actors made Adalind and Renard interesting and entertaining for me in the first four seasons, just as their later characterizations - not performances, they played the dull and wimpy characters they had been written to be - made them lackluster and unnecessary. But I doubt the network or G & K cared whether viewers loved or hated the characters as long as their emotional responses kept them tuning in each week.
For me, Nick and his team were mediocre and one note throughout six seasons, offering little to draw my attention. Because I could rarely relate to them as fully developed individuals, I didn’t root for them. They could have all died in the first season and I would have been revved by the prospect of Adalind, Renard, the Royals, and the Resistance.
G & K said in an interview that the lead character as a cop wasn’t part of the original plan, it was requested by the network. So it’s reasonable to assume they made the Grimm character a detective to satisfy those who had the power to air or not air their show, but weren’t interested in exploring the conflicts in a Grimm/law enforcement combination. They kept it simple and had their law enforcement characters bend, break, even smash rules of conduct when it suited their story and dutifully uphold rules of conduct when it suited their story.
Team Grimm characters were at the forefront of WoW stories G & K believed were interesting and entertaining. Viewers who agreed enjoyed the show. Viewers like me kept trying to figure out why those supporting characters blindly followed the leading character, and wondered if Adalind, Renard, the Royals, and the Resistance might have been intended for a different show and got thrown into Grimm at the last minute.
Their original characterizations and performances by the actors made Adalind and Renard interesting and entertaining for me in the first four seasons, just as their later characterizations - not performances, they played the dull and wimpy characters they had been written to be - made them lackluster and unnecessary. But I doubt the network or G & K cared whether viewers loved or hated the characters as long as their emotional responses kept them tuning in each week.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke