01-05-2018, 06:21 AM
(01-04-2018, 09:24 AM)irukandji Wrote: If you consider Nick and company a shade of dark gray in a black and evil world, I would to tend to agree. In other words, they do what they have to do, with no consequences to themselves or anyone else. For Nick, it's all the same to him if he kills or is killed. Dog eat dog so to speak. There really is no good or no evil. As eric stated, it's natural for grimms to kill wesen and that's what Nick is doing.
However, if Nick is considered a hero and thus, the good guy, then I most definitely disagree. In that instance G&K would have to consider the good, whether he's doing his grimm thing or being a law enforcement officer. I personally think they consider Nick a good guy and deliberately trashed the law enforcement angle by showing him as a corrupt cop.
I wasn’t speaking of my personal opinion of Nick and Grimm ideology, only my interpretation of G & K’s intent. I don’t think G & K deliberately presented Nick as a corrupt cop or trashed law enforcement because I don’t think they gave any consideration to modern day law enforcement other than Nick utilizing it’s beneficial resources. G & K said in an interview that the central character wasn’t a detective in their original vision, it was added at the network’s request. So I think they added the work environment aspect to appease the network but kept their original concept for the character intact.
G & K focused on the central character and the Grimm/Wesen world they created. In their story’s fictional setting, the Grimm is the hero/good guy. Every supporting character was deemed good or bad based on his/her actions & attitude toward Nick. If G & K gave any consideration to law enforcement they would have had Hank and/or Wu challenge Nick and the Grimm method on the principle of professional & personal ethics, but they didn’t even when it came to premeditated murder. The show began with three human characters. At the end of the fourth season there were two. At the end of the fifth season there was one. The show didn't address humans outside the Grimm/Wesen world or manmade laws. The single common denominator in the 'good guys' was that everyone was loyal to and admired Nick, the Grimm.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke