12-31-2017, 12:12 PM
(12-31-2017, 10:34 AM)irukandji Wrote: The creative team got past the length of their relationship by doing two things. First they had Nick take Adalind and baby under his wing. Second, Adalind apologized for what she'd done. I liked the awkwardness of their relationship, but it never seemed to me that that awkwardness never completely dissolved. If it had, Nick wouldn't have waited until the final episodes to tell Adalind he loved her, then take it all away with a swish of reversed time.Moving the characters beyond their violent years of interaction didn’t establish them in a relationship. Nick & Adalind entered into an agreement to live together and raise their son, nothing more. It’s not that I disagree with you in general, it’s that I think what you’re referring to is the result of badly written adult interaction and gross oversight. G & K said they realized Nick/Adalind wasn’t moving in the direction they wanted and set about to correct it. Problem was, G & K assumed they could shift them in unexpected directions without explanation. Up to Adalind’s declaration of love, it was pretty obvious that both were relieved and perplexed that their arrangement was so much easier than either expected, and that they experienced feelings they didn’t understand. Then Adalind is suddenly desperately in love while Nick is experiencing levels of distrust he didn’t have in prior episodes. So while I agree Nick & Adalind behaved more like a couple through E9 than they did in E10 - E22, they were never in a relationship that would create couple-like moments.
It doesn't even have to be fun. They could have a few spats. Awkwardness would certainly lead to that. For instance, does Adalind straighten up the fome? Does she ever get tired up picking up Nick's tidy whiteys?
I've seen posters simply take these sex scenes and doting over the baby as proof positive of a strong and healthy relationship between Nick and Adalind. Whatever works, but to me, neither one ever really revealed their true selves.
Regardless of sloppy writing and oversight, viewers knew Adalind wanted a relationship in E12, but Nick was nowhere near wanting a relationship with Adalind beyond shared parenting. And until Nick expressed his desire for a relationship in S6E4, he and Adalind weren’t in a relationship based on anything other than maintaining a safe and loving home for their son. So Nick and Adalind as a couple existed from the end of S6E4 to S6E13. Even allowing a month per episode only gives them 9 months as an established couple, and the bulk of that was spent dealing with a step daughter who may or may not chose to dispose of Nick, a angry ex who may or may not try to use his daughter to dispose of Nick, and a demon from another dimension who wants to take over the world, in addition to an endless string of unnecessary WoW.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke