(04-14-2017, 12:23 PM)rpmaluki Wrote:(04-14-2017, 12:10 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: If G&K took any guidance from dueling shippers in Grimm's audience, it was probably to keep some uncertainty in the Nick-Juliette-Adalind relationship/s until they knew they were doing the last episodes to keep both sides watching as long as they could.Hence "triangles" aren't just geometric shapes any more only discussed in mathematics classes. Not having a main character chose who they want, it's a tactic used to keep fans from both sides watching in the hopes that their favourite wins. The writers weren't immune to this diseased form of writing. For months before the season aired, almost all the articles went on about "who will Nick chose". However I feel the writers were talking out of both sides of their mouths, playing up the triangle one minute and shooting it down the next.
Absolutely true. In the Grimm episode trailer for "Where the wild things are", IIRC, they had a N&J flashback that was not in the actual scene. This I felt was done to keep the 'N&J shipping crowd' hopeful so that they would keep watching otherwise, what was the point? Also in the way that N&A had very few scenes so we didn't see them grow/develop as a couple but at the same time whenever we saw them they seemed to have made great strides in their relationship which sometimes was confusing.
(04-14-2017, 12:37 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote:(04-14-2017, 12:23 PM)rpmaluki Wrote: Not having a main character chose who they want, it's a tactic used to keep fans from both sides watching in the hopes that their favourite wins. The writers weren't immune to this diseased form of writing.
It's SOP for commercial TV. The sole driving rule is to get the highest rating possible so the network can charge more for advertising time. If focus groups pointed unavoidably to a massive audience desire to see clowns in tiny cars, there would be such a character in every series on your screen.
Exactly.