(02-28-2018, 05:12 AM)irukandji Wrote: I wouldn't say what we saw between Nick and Juliette constitutes devotion on his part. If that was the case, there wouldn't have been so many posts voicing such irritation with Juliette, and to a lesser extent, Nick himself. After all, if it's obvious there are some people here who really are smitten with him as the main character and feel he generally makes the right decision. So why would decisions in his love life be subject to scrutiny then? If he truly loved her, then I believe most viewers would go along with that, even if her love for Nick in return was not on the same level.
Nick, to me, is just one of those guys who wants a woman in his life, but just isn't capable of having the depth of maturity to show her that she's the one who's a priority to him. I could see them squabbling, Juliette questioning his love for her, and Nick responding by saying, "well, I took on you on that romantic weekend...........er, uh four years ago, right? Remember? I even proposed.
Look, what more do you want?"
Fair or unfair, the love interest will receive the most ire most of the time and the main character will constantly be questioned on why they're with them or interested in them at all. It happens in just about every show I watch. The Flash gets questioned on several forums about being with Iris and Green Arrow being with Felicity is in a whole other stratosphere.
Loving one character doesn't constitute liking their LI. People have different reasons for disliking Juliette and her relationship with Nick might even add to the reasons they don't like her. A character's love life is often the messiest part of their profile especially for a fantasy show. The LI usually is looked at as ruining the fun. Sometimes, the show will try to rectify this and make them more involved in the main storyline which further irritates viewers because that takes away time from the main character by placing more importance on their partner. Check out the Lana is a witch storyline from Smallville to see how awful this can be and how much fandom will hate it and I say that as someone who likes Lana.
Nick loving Juliette or Adalind would never protect them or him from being scrutinized. I think it happens for several reasons like the above but I find that it usually includes writers not being good at writing romance or what is perceived to be a lack of chemistry. The chemistry aspect can't be argued because it's a lot more subjective than the writing one because that can be analyzed.