04-09-2017, 04:32 PM
(04-09-2017, 12:32 PM)Tara Wrote: No I can't and will not accept it. Sorry, but I am a Nickliette shipper - and for me is Adalind the woman who ruined it for Nickliette and destroy everything by participating in the transformation from Juliette into a Hexenbiest. So why is Adalind the better woman for Nick instead Juliette? This is an honest question. I do not want to argue, but what makes Adalind different from Juliette?
It's not about Adalind being better than Juliette. It's just about the fact that everyone is in a vastly different emotional space than they were at the beginning of the series. For someone who shipped Nick and Juliette, I can understand why the end of any hope for their romantic future would pain you. In the early years, I was all for them. I was heartbroken when Juliette seemed to meet her dark end. But I did my mourning at the end of season four. Whether she ever returned or not, I knew there was no fixing this. Unlike Adalind's past misdeeds, Juliette's were a much more personal betrayal. Scars that may heal, but never fade.
Adalind entered as a villain. The epitome of the ancient Grimm, Wesen conflict. Through the first couple of seasons, this tension followed tradition. But once she had Diana, and her vulnerability and humanity started to emerge, we were already headed on a slow path to her redemption. It was coming whether she ended up with Nick or not. People who distrust Adalind and rally behind Juliette, seem to assume conspiracy because Adalind's assent to humanity and Juliette's descent into madness, crossed streams in those final episodes of season four. As if Adalind was out to steal everything from Juliette. But in the end, it was just a series of dominoes, tipped over in episode one, converging at that moment. You can blame Adalind and rail at the universe for it's injustice, but she can't fix it. Bad as she feels about what happened, she can't do anything more than say she's sorry. And Eve herself knew that the best way forward was to be their best selves now.
As to why Adalind is the right woman for Nick, instead of Juliette, it's because the old Juliette is gone. And so is the old Nick. When he was with Juliette, she was the right woman. Before he knew he was a Grimm, she was the right woman. When he was trying to figure out how to live with this new identity, she may still have been the right one. But in the aftermath of season four, Nick and Adalind had to learn a new way of doing things, together. Both came from broken histories. Preconceived notions of Grimm and Hexenbeist. But they fell in love because of the people they were getting to know. It wasn't because Juliette was less, but because in the void of what they had lost, and exultation of what they found in Kelly, here was something they could build a new foundation on. Something new to both of them, which they could explore together. As we leave them in the series finale, they're both primed to dive into a domestic life they find equally rewarding. Children of broken families, seeking home and hearth. And after twenty years together, Nick and Adalind fully represent the post modern Grimm that the writers reference. Unburdened by past prejudices and joined by a desire to be more than what history has told them they're allowed to be. The legacies they were born into will evolve into something far greater. And that means as much as it does because of who they are. Adalind isn't better than Eve but she is the right woman for Nick. What she wants is the same things Nick wants. A life together with kids to raise. A new legacy to build. That's not what Eve wants anymore. And she'd be the first to tell you, that makes her the wrong one.