I was thinking about Superman this morning and thought I would bring up a question for discussion. Jorel (I don' think I am spelling this correctly) sent little Kal-el to earth because he felt Kal-el could fit in. As a result, Kal-el ends up on a farm in the Midwest, found by two very good people who happen to be childless. I can't think of Clark's earth father's name, but I can recall during that movie that he tells Clark that he's been sent here for a purpose.
To know that his child would fit in on earth, Jorel would have had to have done a lot of study of the planet. Did he also pick the parents who would foster his child?
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Maybe would know what humans were like- people without power- sending your child yo save him. According to the movie, he knew that the planet would be destroyed. Maybe was a scientist.
Jor-El picked Earth for its similarities to Krypton for Kal-El's survival even though he believed the humans were primitive in their technology etc. He was a scientist and I believe he may have done some exploring himself. I'm sure there were other places he could have sent his son but he chose Earth. I don't think he picked the Kents though. That was just random, at least as far as how they found him. They were driving back home when they saw a "meteor" burning across the sky and crash not far from the road. They went looking and found a baby and quickly decided to keep him, loaded the spaceship and drove home with him. Kal-El's spaceship didn't crash anywhere near the Kents' farm. He just got lucky that the people that found the crash site first were desperate for a child since they couldn't have one on their own, to them it was an answered prayer. If someone else had found him, Clark would have been raised with different morals than the Kents instilled in him.
(05-05-2017, 08:41 AM)jsgrimm45 Wrote: We know Nick lost his Grimm powers and in getting them back made Eve. This question is should he have done this? He even told Adalind that he and Juliette had their chance and didn't take it. Now because a Grimm is to have above average powers we can't use Arrow as a guide only say the Flash or Superman.
What a odd question right? What out their powers the is no Superman or Flash they are just people of no interest to us. So Nick had to become a Grimm again for that reason without him there is no series.
This series is over so now the debate can happen. The what if's and such.
@js. I honestly don't see where he really had a choice. The idea that he and Juliette were going to have a "normal life" was ludicrous. Were they just supposed to forget that wesen existed?
Did they think that the wesen Nick had gone up against were just going to forget about everyting and let bygones be bygones?
Did they think that they had the right to keep Truble as a body guard for the rest of her life?
It was become a Grimm again or go on the run for the rest of their lives.
I’m with wfmyers1207 on this one. Nick and Juliette could move far enough away that they might not run into anyone from their past, change their names and looks, but Nick would always know first hand the horrific dangers in the world that he could no longer combat. And not just Wesen, but the Royals who proved to be as evil and cruel as any Wesen Nick had gone up against.
I think to some degree, Nick’s reluctance to ignore the supernatural and powerful evils in the world and return to a regular life speaks to his character.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke
Nick was caught between a rock and a hard place, choose a normal life with Juliette and forsake his life of being a Grimm/protector of the innocent against bad wesen or leave Juliette to live her normal life while he pursued his way to get back what he lost. I think people would forever judge his actions one way or the other. In my mind, Nick had grown to value his life as a Grimm over his life with Juliette, although he tried. Being a Grimm was important to Nick because he saw it as his duty to the people of Portland and now he felt intensely disabled against the wesen criminal underground. He tried to please Juliette but without any real honesty between them, they'd never be happy, running away from Portland and marrying would solve their issues but mask them until everything blew up in their faces. And wesen are everywhere, he may never see them but his mind will forever wonder and blame himself for not being able to do enough for those in trouble. I don't see how that wouldn't affect Juliette eventually. It's only so long before the cracks get bigger without facing their issues headlong.
(05-07-2017, 07:43 AM)rpmaluki Wrote: Jor-El picked Earth for its similarities to Krypton for Kal-El's survival even though he believed the humans were primitive in their technology etc. He was a scientist and I believe he may have done some exploring himself. I'm sure there were other places he could have sent his son but he chose Earth. I don't think he picked the Kents though. That was just random, at least as far as how they found him. They were driving back home when they saw a "meteor" burning across the sky and crash not far from the road. They went looking and found a baby and quickly decided to keep him, loaded the spaceship and drove home with him. Kal-El's spaceship didn't crash anywhere near the Kents' farm. He just got lucky that the people that found the crash site first were desperate for a child since they couldn't have one on their own, to them it was an answered prayer. If someone else had found him, Clark would have been raised with different morals than the Kents instilled in him.
He had to do some research because a random flight could have sent the baby to a place like the Kalahari or even in the ocean where the baby would have had no chance at survival.
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Yes, Jor-El was definitely precise, this was his son after all and as far as he was concerned, the sole survivor of his family and one of the few of a whole planet. I just don't think he picked the Kents out of all the other farmers in Smallville. He couldn't have planned for the Kents to be on that particular road on that particular night and so forth. He charted the spaceship's course, Smallville, Kansas but couldn't foresee who will find Kal-El.
(05-07-2017, 08:37 AM)rpmaluki Wrote: Yes, Jor-El was definitely precise, this was his son after all and as far as he was concerned, the sole survivor of his family and one of the few of a whole planet. I just don't think he picked the Kents out of all the other farmers in Smallville. He couldn't have planned for the Kents to be on that particular road on that particular night and so forth. He charted the spaceship's course, Smallville, Kansas but couldn't foresee who will find Kal-El.
I can see that. He chose a small Midwestern town for its values and hardworking people. He did well.
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