09-01-2017, 06:31 AM
I don’t think we can have an in-depth discussion about the Nick/Adalind relationship without considering outside influences - the Nick/Juliette relationship, Juliette human & Hexenbiest, Renard, the Royals, and most of all, Nick and Adalind’s antagonistic relationship and who/what was stimulating it. To set aside four seasons of stimuli and look only at Nick and Adalind would be akin to analyzing the slow disintegration of the Nick/Juliette relationship without taking into account Adalind’s direct attacks and Renard’s behind the scenes manipulations.
That said, the idea that Nick/Juliette was doomed because Juliette became the big bad wolf devouring their chance at happiness is unfounded and bias. Juliette came into the bizarre Grimm/Wesen world as a human compared to Adalind who was born and raised in the commonplace Grimm/Wesen world. Even when briefly human, Adalind was never going to live the stereotypical Ozzie & Harriet lifestyle because her children were part of the Grimm/Wesen world. For Adalind, Nick was a step up from her continual chaotic life because he offered a safe haven without the compensation she was accustomed to paying. However, prior to becoming a Hexenbiest Juliette could have distanced herself from the Grimm/Wesen world and aimed for that elusive Ozzie & Harriet lifestyle.
For me, much of the controversy surrounding the validity of Nick/Adalind or the cause of Nick/Juliette failing is due to the creative team using characters and relationships as props instead of the impetus driving the on-going story. That I can understand why Nick and Adalind had trust issues is little consolation for the creative team bouncing them wherever needed for a given episode. How little attention was G & K giving to the characters and their story if it took them ten aired episodes to realize Nick/Adalind wasn’t going in the direction they wanted?
But in the same fashion that Nick & Adalind became a couple, Nick & Juliette remained a couple by only addressing superficial problems. Adalind intended to kill Marie and Juliette. Nick and his friends stole Diane. Those two elephants in the room were never bumped into much less tripped over.
That said, the idea that Nick/Juliette was doomed because Juliette became the big bad wolf devouring their chance at happiness is unfounded and bias. Juliette came into the bizarre Grimm/Wesen world as a human compared to Adalind who was born and raised in the commonplace Grimm/Wesen world. Even when briefly human, Adalind was never going to live the stereotypical Ozzie & Harriet lifestyle because her children were part of the Grimm/Wesen world. For Adalind, Nick was a step up from her continual chaotic life because he offered a safe haven without the compensation she was accustomed to paying. However, prior to becoming a Hexenbiest Juliette could have distanced herself from the Grimm/Wesen world and aimed for that elusive Ozzie & Harriet lifestyle.
For me, much of the controversy surrounding the validity of Nick/Adalind or the cause of Nick/Juliette failing is due to the creative team using characters and relationships as props instead of the impetus driving the on-going story. That I can understand why Nick and Adalind had trust issues is little consolation for the creative team bouncing them wherever needed for a given episode. How little attention was G & K giving to the characters and their story if it took them ten aired episodes to realize Nick/Adalind wasn’t going in the direction they wanted?
(08-31-2017, 12:31 AM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: The problem with Nick and Juliette was that everything just went on too long. Nick took too long to reveal his secret, Juliette's amnesia took too long to resolve, Nick and Juliette deciding that Nick needed to get his Grimm back, etc. By the time Juliette went hexenbiest and their relationship went all to hell for the fourth time in as many seasons, it was like an old Monty Python gag that needed a mob yelling, "get on with it!"I actually prefer critical issues being reconciled over time, just not the way the show handled it. I don’t think Nick/Juliette ‘went all to hell’ as much as they suffered an endless cycle of contrived woe is me. Realistically, Nick & Juliette’s initial issues should have been drawn out while they lived separately wavering between reconciliation and ending the relationship.
Nick and Adalind, OTOH, fell for each other after a long time as adversaries, and once they did were considerate enough to not jerk us around a lot before The End.
But in the same fashion that Nick & Adalind became a couple, Nick & Juliette remained a couple by only addressing superficial problems. Adalind intended to kill Marie and Juliette. Nick and his friends stole Diane. Those two elephants in the room were never bumped into much less tripped over.
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