12-31-2017, 10:17 AM
(12-31-2017, 09:36 AM)irukandji Wrote: Robyn, I believe you're thinking of something else here. What I was saying is that Nick and Adalind never really had any fun together, which is something else altogether. I never saw Adalind surprise Nick with a gift. She was just always there.The length of their actual relationship restricts what they did in current time and past events available for recollection. The last half of S5 focused on Nick’s distrust of Adalind and his uncertainty of them ever being more than parenting partners. Adalind’s desperation for them to be in a committed relationship didn’t create an actual relationship, committed or casual. At best, they had an agreement to act in the best interest of their child. There’s really not much for them to share with one another as a couple if their not yet a couple.
Nick never once suggested that the two of them go out alone for a night on the town. It seemed like whenever they were outside the fome, they were with the scoobies. They didn't ever seem to have fun interacting with one another. That, to me, would have gone a long way toward establishing a special bond to show that they cared enough for one another to let their guard down. In other words, that they were revealing another side of themselves to each other.
Juliette apparently wore that dress as part of a night on the town, which suggests to me that she and Nick had fun with one another. It had nothing to do with reminiscing about Nick's past with Adalind. It had to do with Nick changing the present with Adalind.
I personally don't care to compare the two relationships. They are not the same. The creators put Nick and Adalind together. Their relationship should stand for more than just a child they had in common and a romp in bed every now and then.
Nick and Juliette were on favorable ground as of the first date, so they accumulated fond memories over the years. But once Nick became a Grimm, Nick/Juliette took a slow ride downhill and weren’t creating as many fond memories. Like Nick/Adalind in S5 - S6, Nick/Juliette in S1-S4 mostly centered around Grimm duties and interaction with other Team Grimm members. When joining Monroe & Rosalee for a birthday celebration in S6, Nick/Adalind more or less behaved the way Nick/Juliette would have in the same situation. Nick/Juliette may have experienced more intimate moments, but they were in an intimate relationship for a longer period of time.
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