04-23-2015, 01:48 PM
(04-23-2015, 09:38 AM)droid327 Wrote:(04-19-2015, 09:06 AM)speakeasy Wrote: And we are told by Renard that most crime is wesen-related in most places.
This line really jumped out at me when I was watching it....most crime? So if there were no Wesen, crime would be significantly reduced?
That sounded too deliberate to merely be casual hyperbole...it sounds like they're setting up some kind of "The Royals were Right" storyline where Nick questions whether there's something to the old-school Grimm style, that the "human" laws of cops he's always enforced are really just a façade and its the Grimm work that really goes after the troublemakers and victimizers in society.
I hadn't approached Renard's statement from that perspective (it's why I almost always get something out of everything we post here.) Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you're on to something, then the Wesen Council is much more important than I have been thinking - and I've always thought they were very powerful. On the other hand, those who would suggest they're not doing such a great job at policing their own could not be accused of exaggeration either. I really am pulling for an alliance between Nick and them.
The central theme of your suggested storyline seems to be Nick's struggle to decide if he is using too soft an approach to his duties as a Grimm, whether he has too democratic an attitude regarding his handling of wesen. Some traits that keep Nick a hero in my mind are his compassion, humanity, and fair-mindedness. It really seems right that he is an evolved Grimm, a 21st century Grimm who embodies the enlightenment that comes with better awareness. But to question his own methods is a good thing, too, imo. Self-examination of his motives is growth, and hopefully, will result in his ultimately accepting the certainty that he's doing it right - treating each wesen encounter on its own terms and not using stereotypical notions as his yardstick.
But, how then are we going to deal with the possibility that unknown to most society, wesen are the cause of most criminal activity. That is an astounding proposition and is flabbergasting in its significance. I'm hoping we will learn something in the next few episodes that takes the air out of that balloon.
"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation." Bertrand Russell - printed on a beer mat in "Shaun of The Dead".