Quote:I am disappointed that the show went with a name change. The concept of Juliette's transformation even to what is now they called Eve is clear and really the only logical path. But the fact that so many can't understand it makes me now see why the writers thought a name change would help.The name change had nothing to do with helping viewers understand the process. “Juliette is dead” followed by the Eve reveal was nothing more than shock value. Snippets of Juliette becoming this laser-focused super soldier who will call herself Eve would have allowed viewers a vested interest in all the characters affected by HW’s undertaking. As it was, viewers were kept in the dark along with the other characters, all for the sake of shock value - an overused technique that’s as old as theater.
A large number of viewers knew Juliette was not clinically dead at the end of S4, before the big reveal in S5, before Trubel confirmed Juliette was alive when HW took her. We knew. Our dogs knew.
Quote:From what we saw of Juliette at the end of season 4, she was going off the deep end trying to deal with her condition. One of two thing needed to happen to keep her from becoming unhinged. Either teach her to deal with the new feelings or teach her to block them out. HW choose to teach her to block them out. I think this distinction will become important in season 6. Whee she will no longer block out what it mean to be a hexenbiest. But unlike season 4 those around her will not reject her and she will not reject herself.Blocking out any emotional connection to her past that impeded Juliette being molded into a valuable asset, yes. But I don’t see evidence that HW taught Juliette to block out what it means to be a Hexenbiest. The mental and physical prowess of the Hexenbiest made Juliette the super soldier/weapon HW needed. Meisner told Juliette in the flashback that she would learn to focus her anger. He didn’t suppress it as Nick and the others attempted to do, but rather, channeled it in a direction that benefited his cause.
Quote:There are a lot of us that choose to just bury it.Denial isn’t healthy and rarely sustainable. Whether dealing with behavior resulting in regrettable consequences or the loss of a loved one, accepting what we can’t change is what enables us to move on in a healthy and positive direction. Perhaps that’s what G & K have planned for Juliette in S6 - Eve was a personality created as a way to survive, and Juliette will have to confront the collateral damage. Eve began having uncharacteristic reactions to Nick before the magic stick whammy. Contact with the stick appeared to only escalate the process and set the stage for S6.
Quote:As for her claim that her actions where done by Juliette. Anyone that has had a troubled past and has made a changes. Understands the concept of that was the old me, the i don't think about it, or i don't go there.I think the show went far beyond this sentiment with Juliette being made into Eve. In the first few episodes after Eve’s reveal Eve responded to Nick’s emotional reaction as if she were a completely separate individual from Juliette. A person who relocates, changes their name, whatever, as a way to move on from a haunting past recognizes that they were once capable of very bad behavior. Joe might change his name to Tom, but he doesn’t tell a victim from his past that Joe did all those horrible things, not Tom. He acknowledges that he can’t change the past, only move forward and try to be a better/different person. That’s not even close to what the show did with Juliette/Eve.
In contrast, Adalind was Adalind when her Hexenbiest was alive, dead, replaced, suppressed, then active again. Adalind embraced motherhood, appeared to genuinely want to be a part of Nick’s circle, but at no time did she see herself other than who she is. Adalind was the same the day after the suppressant wore off as she was the day before it wore off. Nick & the others assumed Adalind would work against them simply because her Hexenbiest had returned. But in reality, Adalind’s disloyalty by not putting Nick first stemmed not from her Hexenbiest but from being a mother who would do whatever was necessary to have both her children.
To me, syscrash, the change in Adalind better fits the personal scenario you described - making a conscious decision to move away from a life of bad choices and destructive behavior. In contrast, Eve was presented as believing she was a complete and separate entity with no connection or liability to Juliette’s past.
But regardless of how a feel about G & K's choice for Juliette in S5, Juliette was a victim of unforeseeable events. Elizabeth might have warned them of side effects, but I doubt any of them could possibly imagine anything close to Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest. And while Juliette made the choice freely, I can understand her anger and resentment. Nick and the others got exactly what they wanted without any personal cost, while she paid the full price for Nick becoming a Grimm again. Rosalee summed it up with “Juliette is paying the price for us taking Adalind's child”. And rather than rallying around her with reassurances, they set about to ‘fix her’.
Quote:Here is what I find interesting. In the bible there is scripture that advocates eye for and eye. Yet when wesen act on that. they are viewed immoral. Adalind attacked Juliette and left her for dead and wrecked her relationship with Nick. Shouldn't Juliette have a right to attack Adalind leave her for dead and wreck her relationship with Nick. Nick pulled a gun on Juliette and threatened to shot her. Why shouldn't Juliette have the right to cause Nick pain and betrayal. I am not trying to justify what happened. I don't see a need to justify what Juliette did. She is a hexenbiest and women scorned, rejected and finally threatened. Even as a human her actions would make sense. Being a hexenbiest they are expected.Your statement contradicts comments you’ve made about Adalind’s selfish, vengeful behavior. You have said Adalind took Nick’s Grimm for revenge and identifying Kelly to Viktor was selfish and put Kelly in danger. Why do you think Adalind was wrong to exact revenge for her baby being kidnapped, but some biblical reference gives Juliette carte blanche in avenging Nick pulling his gun on her?
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