(05-25-2018, 03:57 PM)Tara Wrote: I was a time gone - and not here because I didn't like the climate between some users. It would save you both of much trouble. And you would all save your nerves.
I've tried getting it to stop. It didn't last. So I'm open for suggestions, Tara. What's the solution?
Solution? uhm that's a good question. I don't know about a solution. Maybe stay away from each other or try to be more nice to each other or ignore the other. I have no idea.
(05-26-2018, 07:43 AM)Robyn Wrote:(05-23-2018, 08:00 AM)dicappatore Wrote:I’m not convinced Nick/Juliette or the Juliette character was destroyed specifically for Nick/Adalind or the Adalind character. That would require an assumption that G & K originally planned for Nick/Juliette to survive her becoming a Hexenbiest, didn’t originally plan for Juliette to become a spell-created Hexenbiest, or didn’t originally plan to reinvent Juliette as Eve. And we simply don’t know their plans for the characters or when they were conceived.(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…
The reversal spell was presented as an extremely dangerous undertaking. There was never a question of side effects, only what those side effects might be. For me, the show later deciding the spell wouldn’t have negative repercussions would be akin to the unexplained disappearance of the Royals and the Resistance after being a pivotal part of the back story for four seasons.
I agree with dicappatore that Adalind remaining as a recurring character was the result of an unexpected overwhelming response from viewers. But Claire Coffee took on a one-storyline role and made it into something viewers wanted expanded. In contrast, Bitsie Tulloch’s role as Juliette, the girlfriend was rather restrictive. As the hero’s antagonist, Adalind was given a back story and side story to support her existence and alliances. As the hero’s girlfriend Juliette was given the role of supportive helpmate providing woe-is-me for the hero and the ex-supportive helpmate providing woe-is-me for the hero.
I couldn’t care less about ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ labels. Bad guys should do bad things that are interesting and entertaining. Otherwise they become unnecessary stick figures, which brings Renard to mind. For a while the writers seemed to forget the character was introduced as a self-serving half-Zauberbiest / half-Royal with a personal agenda.
Nor do I care about who hooks up with who and why. I just need the story behind the hookups to be interesting and entertaining to watch. Nick/Adalind in an adversarial relationship was, for the most part, interesting and entertaining. Nick/Adalind, the couple was the same boring fodder as Nick/Juliette, the couple. Both relationships were extensions of the hero’s life and which female character was designated as the supportive helpmate was irrelevant to the writers’ purpose for the relationship.
The writer of the series probably did not want it. But for me personally it makes the impression of it.
All the way Nickliette for ever