(09-12-2017, 03:15 AM)syscrash Wrote: sometime I forget the emotional roller coaster of a ride that Nick went through. That clip shows just some of the scenes which support Nick and Juliette emotional connection.There is no denying that Nick and Juliette had an emotionally stormy relationship, which fizzled out at the end because neither could compromise and accept the other for who they were. As for Adalind and Nick, we see a couple that seems more settled, more loving, and laidback than the previous relationship that Nick had. There's is a relationship that is more suitable for long term, as they both were able to resolve their issues and ended up completely trusting each other despite their past mutual hatred of each other. And I think you misunderstood what happened in the other world, Juliette told Nick that she knew he went to her because he ONCE LOVED HER and he felt RESPONSIBLE for the bad things that happened to her. She basically told him to stop feeling guilty over what happened to her and that he has no obligation to make it up to her. That was basically it. It was her way of giving him closure, because he felt she had lost everything, whereas he gained what he always longed for - a stable relationship and a family. As for Juliette's death, Nick had more time to process it. He was alone with her in the spice shop, and even after she died, Nick still had the will to continue fighting Z. When Adalind died, time literally stood still for Nick, he was in shock and he basically shut down, as he was still trying to process her death. Then a few minutes later, Rosalee and Monroe died nearby, which caused him to break down and give up the fight. When Nick spoke to his mother and Aunt, he specifically mentions wanting Adalind, not Juliette. He also goes to Adalind afterwards and removes the cursed ring, and she was the first one he wanted to try to bring back to life with the rod. Also, when he gets back to Monroe and Rosalee's house in the altered timeline, the first person he grabs is Adalind, kisses her, checks her finger to see if the ring is still there, and in the end she is the last person he looks at and hugs.
Even at the end when Eve died you saw an emotional response. Even when he went to the other world it was for emotional reasons. With Adalind each thing he does seems to be out of obligation. Now that he has had time to get to know her. He does seem to care about her as a person. But he has no where near the emotional connection he had with Juliette.
Even after Eve told him she had moved on while in the other world. Nick was still emotionally shaken when she died. You saw no sadness when Adalind died only anger. Because Nick is an honorable guy had the show gone on he would stay with Adalind. He would also spend a lot more time being a grimm.
(09-12-2017, 09:32 PM)syscrash Wrote: let's not forget with Nick and Adalind without little Kelly there would not be a Nick and Adalind. Even at this point how much of Nick position is due to obligation. How much of him being with Adalind is his making the best of a bad situation.Yes, at the beginning Nick took in Adalind and his child because he felt obligated to do so. But he wasn't obligated to start a relationship with her. Adalind even addressed this issue with Diana, telling her daughter that she shouldn't force mommies and daddies to be in a relationship just because they live together. Nick could have easily remained in friendly terms with Adalind, co-parenting Kelly with her. She was able to do it with Renard, who she also had a relationship with before, so why not him? Because Nick chose to continue having a relationship with her. Not once did Nick show any signs of wanting JuliEve back, he had opportunity to do so when she regained her feelings back as Juliette, there were signs that she still loved/cared for him. It was only during incidents of injury or death that we see Nick become emotionally affected and call her Juliette. I think it's more because of guilt and regret than anything else, because we see a flashback in his mind of all the negative things that happened in their relationship while he was sitting next to her in the hospital. As for the death scenes, the first time Juliette supposedly died at the end of season 4, Nick still loved her, so it was no surprise that he reacted that way towards her death. He still loved her even at the beginning of season 5, when Adalind and the baby first arrived in his house, because we see him looking longingly at Juliette's dress and shows a flashback of Juliette asking Nick to zip up her dress. As for Juliette's death in season 6, he did react out of anger and sadness but I don't think it was because he was still in love with her. He just had more time to process Juliette's death than he did with Adalind's.
Like I said twice Juliette died in Nicks arms. Both times he held her. Even the first time after Juliette had tried to kill him he still held her in his arms. In the last episode when Adalind died he did not hold her. Unlike with Juliette where he showed sadness. With Adalind he showed anger.