(04-27-2017, 08:01 PM)Tara Wrote: No, I don't say it's acceptable either way. Both acting are just wrong. But the relationship if you want to call it what Nick and Adalind pretend to have is wrong. The relationship is like an offender/victim relationship and that is just wrong and not acceptable.
Nick does not view himself as a victim. If anything, in those early days of their relationship, Adalind was the emotionally vulnerable one. Because he was a Grimm, and her powers were gone, she felt very much at his mercy. It took her a while to no longer act as if she were walking on egg shells with him. There is nothing even remotely abusive in their relationship. And I'm not sure where you're getting the notion that they're pretending to love each other, other than from your own distaste for the couple. She's been true to him every step of the way. Even at points where she could have simplified her life by betraying him. Bonaparte literally had to physically assault her and threaten Kelly in order to sway her. And even then, she saved the day by pointing Diana at the situation. The feeling of love was coming off of Nick to such a degree, that Eve could catch the vibe. And if you don't buy his declaration of love to Adalind, I would say that it was plastered all over his face and crystal clear in his body language when he came through that portal and found her alive again. Nick told his mom that he wanted Adalind. He didn't mean as a Bridge partner.
(04-27-2017, 08:21 PM)irukandji Wrote:(04-27-2017, 07:41 PM)izzy Wrote: I think Juliette was a bit harsh (I am only taking about the Nick stuck Mr. Happy in Adalind disguised as Juliette) given the fact she looked just like her. Although I think he should have suspected something was odd.
Juliette's reaction was weird, period. I agree with you that she was harsh, as far as questioning Nick. Aside from that the whole, "pull the car over so I can be sick thing" was completely fake. I would have preferred doctor Juliette, first putting the thought in Nick's head that while he considers it the ultimate male fantasy, think about why Adalind would do such a thing. In other words, did she injure him with her sexual antics? Then, I would have liked to have seen a very angry Juliette, not at Nick, but at Adalind. That shows Nick just how important he is to Juliette. In addition, Nick might just get the idea that Adalind's actions impacted Juliette too, especially if he views this as male fantasy, but Juliette looks at it as a sexual assault.
At times, he really is a total doofus.
Nick didn't consider it a male fantasy...It is a male fantasy. This is predicated on the writers view of events. Nick's perspective is filtered through that. Meaning, he sees it in basic terms. Without the qualification of an external viewpoint, the fantasy aspect only represents itself as normalization. Not in the sense that the circumstances aren't bizarre, but rather in the notion that the act itself was not transgressive toward his psyche. To him, the sex was like any sex. It's in his relationship to Juliette that this carries an emotional burden for him. That he cares at all, is indicative of his feelings for Juliette. If she tried to convince him that this was sexual assault, she would simply be projecting her own feelings on him. And perhaps Nick was a doofus in this moment, but if so, he's was just the standard male doofus.