(05-23-2018, 08:00 AM)dicappatore Wrote:Hi Y'all,(05-22-2018, 01:19 PM)Tara Wrote: It was really bad written. That is one of the reason why I despise Nadalind - if they really had planned in a long time they didn't needed to destroy Juliette just because for the benefit from Adalind. They could have make it in a different why. If it really should have been - to put them together they could have miss out the rape thing without destroy Juliette.
Tara, IMO, the writers were, to some extent, responding to some fan driven opinions. The Adalind character was originally supposed to supplement the Aunt Marie arc but the fans took to her character and they responded with more Adalind. Is this a recipe for great writing or a recipe to maintain a larger fan base?
These same fans also did not respond well to the Juliette character. You can blame the writing, the actor, the settings or anything else some want to think about but those are the realities. If you were the writers of this show, what would be your priorities? The roof and food it was providing or the development of a fictional character on a frictional TV show?
These are some of the realities we need to accept about this show. For me, up until Season 4, I would have preferred and expected the Nicolette union but after how they wrote the Juliette character, hell NO! After how they wrote her betrayal, I was happy with the Nadalind ending.
To recap, what I expected with the relationship between Nick and Juliette was not what was presented. Once the dark side of Juliette was exploited, I no longer supported Nicolette and favored the Nadalind.
Was Adalind my first choice to hook up with Nick? Nope. I would have chosen a dozen other characters on the show to have ended up with Nick. Angelina was one, the Dragon gal was another. In the end, this is what they gave us.
My wife discovered Grimm and got me to watch it. My first viewing was during Juliette's car scratch fever memory loss. I had no clue what Grimm was about. The episode seemed to be about some whiny chick (Juliette) who kept having visions of a ghost (Nick) and went crying to her friend (Rosalee) who ran a gourmet shop for tea snobs. It seemed to be a dumb chick flick show. I gave it a big yawn and left the room.
I tried it again and the real Nick did his thing to a nasty Wesen. The action was good and the hero (Nick) prevailed. It became a weekly show for us. It was Nick and Scoobies (good guys) vs Wesen criminals (bad guys) with an evil Royal Prince Captain Sean Renard as the nemesis. Juliette was irritating, but tolerable until season 4. The climax of the show was when Trubel finally killed her. When FrankenEve showed up I became disgusted and watched the remaining episodes in hope that she would face proper consequences for her vile acts.
Regarding the topic "Nick's obsession-demoting Juliette to normal human," I saw little evidence of such an "obsession." I did see him endure her unfounded acts of hatred, betrayal and violence. I saw him in love with her even when she was attempting to kill him. IMO, Nick knew that Hexenette was on a violent path of self destruction. He acted out of love and compassion the restore her to humanity and save her from death. She only rejected him and anyone who cared about her and tried to help her. She only responded to Meisner who beat her into submission and obedience to her "purpose." What do you suppose was her "purpose?" All I saw in her was an amoral, robotic killer, totally devoid of any feelings.
It is beyond me why the Scoobies accepted Eve when she never accepted responsibility for her evil deeds and never even remotely showed any remorse. She remains an open wound to the show, never to heal.
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