06-20-2014, 08:30 PM
Nick has a fairly high body count after three seasons, so I think it's fair to say that aggression comes with the territory, even if its mostly self defense on his part.
Like wfmyers said, I think maybe part of the reason he's not as "violent" though, could be attributed to being raised outside the lifestyle, so to speak. From what I remember, it sounded like Marie and Kelly were taught to have a hardened mentality from a young age. But it does seem that male Grimm are "late bloomers", so that could be part of it too. Nick never had to deal with seeing (what would look like) monsters in his teenage years.
(And after thinking about it, yeah, this all sounds like there is a metaphor regarding the horrors of puberty somewhere in there.)
Like wfmyers said, I think maybe part of the reason he's not as "violent" though, could be attributed to being raised outside the lifestyle, so to speak. From what I remember, it sounded like Marie and Kelly were taught to have a hardened mentality from a young age. But it does seem that male Grimm are "late bloomers", so that could be part of it too. Nick never had to deal with seeing (what would look like) monsters in his teenage years.
(And after thinking about it, yeah, this all sounds like there is a metaphor regarding the horrors of puberty somewhere in there.)
"I can feed the caterpillar, I can whisper through the chrysalis, but what hatches follows its own nature and is beyond me."
-- Hannibal (TV show)
-- Hannibal (TV show)