02-12-2018, 07:20 AM
(02-12-2018, 05:10 AM)irukandji Wrote:I am not sure what definition of "mercenary" you are using. My definition is a for hire subcontractor who as soon as the money stops they stop. Nick did not get paid to hunt down the bad and protect the good. As far was we know neither did Marie or Kipling. Porter said he couldn't do what Nick did, presumably because he could not deal with the pressure of being around critters who might eat him. He did not say he didn't want to be a Grimm any more because the pay wasn't good enough, he made more growing orchids. As far as the books looking like they are written by the same person and being escapades, I see them as educational guides on how to deal with dangerous situations. As Monroe said, there wasn't anything about the rat people because they didn't pose a risk to anyone. In most of the jobs and hobbies I have had, the manuals seem to be written by "the same person", the writers are trying to give information without talking about how beautiful the sunset was or how the bad the food was at the flea infested inn they stayed in before they had to deal with with the ogre who was killing the local good wessen and humans. Nick is shown making an entry, trying to keep his description correct, using as clear writing as he can. Some grimm's life in the future might hinge on what he is writing.(02-11-2018, 10:08 AM)eric Wrote: Porter. We don't know what he did, but he wasn't a cop, that would have come up when they met. The only other grimm Nick met was a homeless transient-Truble. The grimm who owned the books had a great house--what kind of pension do cops in Austria get? Not that much. One of the stories was signed by R. Kipland, a writer. My comment did not say young Kelly would avoid violence, just that he could be whatever he wanted.
But that's not what I'm saying. The series cubby-holed Nick and the other grimms into what amounts to mercenaries. You might hear about one or two doing something different, but it's very rare and the series doesn't give much in the way of information. Eveyone makes a big deal about Nick's and Nebojsa's grimm diaries. When you look at both, however, they could have been written by the same person. All they are are escapades of documenting various wesen and how they are killed.
You talk about Kipling.....even he was caught up in the killing.