(05-06-2018, 07:36 PM)irukandji Wrote: Juliette's reason for not telling Nick she was a hexenbiest was not a self-serving excuse. She said she was afraid Nick would kill her.Juliette fearing Nick would kill her just for being turned into a Hexenbiest is as lame as whatever excuse he made up for not telling her he was a Grimm. It was stupid when the writers did it with Nick and equally stupid when they did it with Juliette.
(05-06-2018, 07:36 PM)irukandji Wrote: Actually, his wanting to rectify Juliette was very narrow minded. Henrietta told him to stay out of Juliette's way. I believe this to mean that eventually Juliette would come to terms with her hexenbiest and would eventually be someone Nick could deal with.
(05-06-2018, 07:36 PM)irukandji Wrote: It makes me wonder why Nick would choose to listen to a hexenbiest who's done irreparable harm to him simply because she offers a suppression potion while ignoring another who warns him of Juliette's aggressive and uncharacteristic behavior and tells him to do the sensible thing; stay out of her way.
(05-06-2018, 07:36 PM)irukandji Wrote: Which goes back to an obsessive Nick wanting to demote Juliette back to human. It seems to me all of the examples you cited, Robyn, show Nick to be a man who doesn't want to deal with Juliette directly. If Nick was so intent on keeping the relationship alive after Juliette had become a hexenbiest, it would make much more sense to go to the source instead of Hank, Monroe, Rosalee, Henrietta and Adalind.
Henrietta didn’t give Nick and Juliette relationship advice or offer to help them deal with the situation. Henrietta told Juliette she was wise not to tell Nick because he’d be inclined to take her head. She didn’t tell Nick to give Juliette time and space to work things out for herself, she offered Nick two options - kill Juliette or keep a safe distance while she discovers what she’s capable of - then warned Nick how powerful Juliette would become. Had the characters behaved like they were in a committed relationship instead of turning to outsiders for what to expect, they might have had a chance to work things out, but as it was, they pretty much distrusted one another because a stranger without any personal investment in their lives told them they should.
The writers had decided that Nick/Juliette would end and Juliette would be Nick’s Wesen villain in S4’s final storyline, which would pave the way for Nick/Adalind in S5. So they wrote the characters to bring about that conclusion. Had they planned for Nick/Juliette to survive her becoming a Hexenbiest, Juliette would have told Nick instead of Renard and Henrietta, and they would have either reversed the side effect or dealt with it’s permanency together.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke