Were the lives of Nick’s crew, in the end, a waste?
In another thread the ever thoughtful and provocative Irukandji made this comment:
This set my mind to extrapolating the implications of her question. Hence I broke this one off into a separate thread.
As one of the more introspective and reflective characters on the show, I would tend to think Monroe would grasp the implications of what it means to have his children involved in Grimm/Wesen activities.
Assuming Grimm’s are a force for the good (I have yet to be convinced of that, but for this thread I’ll assume it to be true) or a necessary evil (ditto) there being any need for a Grimms much less the triplets involvement means that the preceding generation (Nick and Crew) were total failures in the sense they failed to move the needle in terms of wesen behavior. Consider if you will they had a vast opportunity to be agents of change given the black hole that was left with the elimination of the wesen council.
This of course mean I am dissatisfied with the ending of Grimm, not so much because it was asinine but because what it says about the characters and the trajectory their lives took. Although one could project their own ending it is hard to dispute the writers felt that Nick, Adalind, Kelly, Diana, and the Triplets loping off the heads of some wesen du jour was suppose uplifting. To me it showed the characters never grew beyond the barbarism of their early state in life. Furthermore they simply replicated the failures of the past. No mention was made of a new and different way by the writers; it would have been easily enough done. Instead they opted for the Grimm universe continues only the major difference now was, wesen were now being turned against wesen, brother against brother and marching in lockstep with the Grimms. It used to be every generation strived to leave their children a bit better off than they were. In this case, one could make the proposition the situation had degraded even more and now wesen kill wesen with the aplomb of the Grimm.
In many ways it is the same message that was conveyed by the classic episode of “All in the Family” entitled “We're Having a Heat Wave”. In that episode the Meathead is distraught to learn the real reason why the bigoted Archie is working hand in hand with the equally bigoted Jefferson, they are conspiring to keep Puerto Ricans out of the neighborhood.
I would have found the same ending far more uplifting and inspiring if there would have been mention of new wesen council who actually oversaw the activities of Grimm and the wesen were given something that approximated due process instead of Adalind and Nick acting as judge jury and executioner. I mean really, given what we know of their lives, do we really want the two of them exercising judgment over anything more complicated than If they want chopped nuts on their sundae at Dairy Queen?
So that is my long answer to Irukandji’s query. My short answer is, yes Monroe would disapprove because he is reflective enough to realize ultimately he failed his children.
In another thread the ever thoughtful and provocative Irukandji made this comment:
(12-29-2017, 09:57 PM)irukandji Wrote: Would Monroe disapprove of his children attending a wesen kill with Diana and Kelly?
This set my mind to extrapolating the implications of her question. Hence I broke this one off into a separate thread.
As one of the more introspective and reflective characters on the show, I would tend to think Monroe would grasp the implications of what it means to have his children involved in Grimm/Wesen activities.
Assuming Grimm’s are a force for the good (I have yet to be convinced of that, but for this thread I’ll assume it to be true) or a necessary evil (ditto) there being any need for a Grimms much less the triplets involvement means that the preceding generation (Nick and Crew) were total failures in the sense they failed to move the needle in terms of wesen behavior. Consider if you will they had a vast opportunity to be agents of change given the black hole that was left with the elimination of the wesen council.
This of course mean I am dissatisfied with the ending of Grimm, not so much because it was asinine but because what it says about the characters and the trajectory their lives took. Although one could project their own ending it is hard to dispute the writers felt that Nick, Adalind, Kelly, Diana, and the Triplets loping off the heads of some wesen du jour was suppose uplifting. To me it showed the characters never grew beyond the barbarism of their early state in life. Furthermore they simply replicated the failures of the past. No mention was made of a new and different way by the writers; it would have been easily enough done. Instead they opted for the Grimm universe continues only the major difference now was, wesen were now being turned against wesen, brother against brother and marching in lockstep with the Grimms. It used to be every generation strived to leave their children a bit better off than they were. In this case, one could make the proposition the situation had degraded even more and now wesen kill wesen with the aplomb of the Grimm.
In many ways it is the same message that was conveyed by the classic episode of “All in the Family” entitled “We're Having a Heat Wave”. In that episode the Meathead is distraught to learn the real reason why the bigoted Archie is working hand in hand with the equally bigoted Jefferson, they are conspiring to keep Puerto Ricans out of the neighborhood.
I would have found the same ending far more uplifting and inspiring if there would have been mention of new wesen council who actually oversaw the activities of Grimm and the wesen were given something that approximated due process instead of Adalind and Nick acting as judge jury and executioner. I mean really, given what we know of their lives, do we really want the two of them exercising judgment over anything more complicated than If they want chopped nuts on their sundae at Dairy Queen?
So that is my long answer to Irukandji’s query. My short answer is, yes Monroe would disapprove because he is reflective enough to realize ultimately he failed his children.
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