01-18-2018, 05:52 AM
(01-17-2018, 05:44 PM)irukandji Wrote: No, I'm not suggesting that the tree's method of protecting the environment represents its wesen culture/heritage. You asked how Nick and Hank would have written up their attack by a tree. I'm saying there wouldn't be an attack upon Nick or Hank because they wouldn't be ruining the environment. They would be conducting an investigation.Okay. If Nick had not been a Grimm, he & Hank would have concluded that without a body or other evidence of a murder it was a missing person case not a homicide. But, had Nick not been a Grimm and able to see what was actually happening, the tree would have continued killing whether because of littering, the disposal of dangerous chemical waste, or other negative effects on the land/environment. I was disappointed in how the overall episode played out, but didn’t doubt Nick only killed the tree in order to prevent future deaths.
If the tree attacked littering hikers or bicyclists, that's going to be reported as a missing person case. They're not going to find the bodies because the tree would hide them. The only thing Nick and company might find are the hikers' belongings, if they happened to leave them somewhere or a bicycle. But belongings and a bicycle could be anywhere in the forest and not necessarily within the vicinity of the killer tree.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke