(05-08-2018, 03:15 PM)Robyn Wrote: Nick & Juliette were in a committed relationship when the show began. She didn’t get angry over him deceiving her about being a Grimm or that his deception almost got her killed. Juliette didn’t need any time to consider how Nick’s Grimm/Wesen world would affect her life, but eagerly jumped into his bizarre world. Considering that and Nick’s circle, it’s ridiculous that Juliette would instantly fear Nick would kill her because a spell turned her into a Hexenbiest.
It’s not ridiculous at all, unless you consider the effects Nick has experienced as a result of his wesen encounters ridiculous. I recall Nick being affected by the zombie poison. He murdered a man and if I recall correctly, went after an innocent family as well as attacked Juliette. The second instance of being affected by the wesen world was when the tears of the muse touched Nick. He became instantly obsessed with the muse and because of his obsession, became dangerous. Juliette became a hexenbiest, and as a result, her perceptions and feelings reflected those of a hexenbiest. Being afraid of Nick isn't out of the question at all.
(05-08-2018, 03:15 PM)Robyn Wrote: IIRC, Nick only wanted the suppressant because of Juliette’s uncharacteristically aggressive behavior, which I assume he attributed to the Hexenbiest’s influence. I don’t recall Nick saying or doing anything that implied he needed his girlfriend to be human. But I do recall Nick telling Juliette he’d learn to accept her as a Hexenbiest like she learned to accept him as a Grimm.
This suppression potion came from a woman who’s done nothing but irreparable harm to Nick and those he loves. I know the scoobies were involved in kidnapping Diana and so Adalind has some recourse there. However, Juliette and Hank did nothing to Adalind except reveal themselves to be convenient victims.
The ridiculous part of all of this is that Nick would even remotely consider using this suppression potion to begin with. Juliette suffered side effects from the potion Elizabeth concocted and that was based on the mess that Adalind herself created. So he’s going to trust a suppression potion from the same woman?
Juliette’s aggressive condition was not so life threatening that Nick had to act immediately. Furthermore, if Nick was so willing to accept Juliette as a hexenbiest, why wasn't he bothering Adalind for advice on how to accept Juliette's condition, rather than immediately taking the suppression potion as the only alternative?
(05-08-2018, 03:15 PM)Robyn Wrote: I wasn’t suggesting either went to Henrietta for relationship advice, only responding to your comment that Henrietta advised Nick to stay away from Juliette while she worked things out. Her advice was for Nick to either kill Juliette while he could or keep a safe distance. Juliette may have worked things out on her own. We’ll never know how that what if might have turned out. But from Nick’s point of view, Juliette wasn’t herself and it’s reasonable that he’d believe the Hexenbiest, not Juliette’s anger, was causing her to behave so aggressively. Juliette hating Adalind and wanting retribution isn’t unreasonable. Juliette dismissing the value of anyone’s unborn child is.
I didn’t say Henrietta advised Nick to stay away from Juliette while she worked things out. I said I believed that Juliette would come to terms with her hexenbiest and would eventually be someone Nick could deal with.
As for the unborn child, Juliette doesn’t have to speak lovingly or respectfully of it simply because it’s Nick’s kid and unborn. Aside from threats, she didn’t touch a hair on Adalind’s head and there is no proof she was going to. If there was such terror over Juliette’s entry into the precinct, then Nick should have seen to it Adalind was safe, not allow her to stand by and then open her big mouth when Nick had the situation relatively controlled.
(05-08-2018, 03:15 PM)Robyn Wrote: I don’t have a problem with Juliette being angry with Nick or wanting to end their relationship. But she could have made that clear by telling Nick and his friends she was moving on with her life and didn’t want them in it. She could have made her powers clear to them without endangering anyone’s life. Because once she toyed with their lives in the Spice Shop simply because she could, Henrietta’s unheeded advice to Nick came to fruition - he should have killed her while he could, because at that point Juliette had already aligned with Kenneth, which made keeping a safe distance impossible.
Juliette told Nick she was leaving. He didn't try to stop her. I don't know why she'd have to make it perfectly clear to the rest of the scoobies when Nick no doubt filled them in.
As for toying with their lives in the spice shop, there was toying going on from both ends. The fact that four of the scoobies are on hand to witness Juliette taking the potion speaks more of a show of force than anything else. Nick and Hank are armed and Monroe's ready to woge at the slightest provocation.
When Juliette made it clear she liked who she was, it was Nick who replied, "we don't". What were the four of them planning on doing, restraining her and forcing her to drink the potion if she merely stood there and refused?
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