06-26-2016, 05:22 AM
(06-23-2016, 07:33 AM)eric Wrote: Dear Izzy, this IS a wessen show, you take the wessen part out, would it have lasted 6 seasons? I agree in real non-wessen life, these would all be horrible people, cop and non-cop alike, and I would probably not watching the show, for sure not posting on this site. I watch "real life" shows, I expect "real life", on "fantasy life" shows, I expect "fantasy life".
Then why cast the Grimm as a detective and have him remain a detective once he becomes a part of the Grimm/Wesen world? The show plays the police force as a “real life” entity and Nick as a “real life detective” who breaks the law then covers up his crimes. This disrupts the “fantasy world” while providing the “hero” a contrived system of the end justifies the means - with Nick as judge, jury, and executioner deciding what means and what end.
What is the fantasy here? That the folktales of Grimms as murderous marauders who should be feared by young and old, good and bad are true? That there is a rule of law as indicated by the presence of a police force but Grimms are above the rule of law?
In ‘Maiden Quest’ Troyer wanted Adkins killed to avenge his son’s death. Through a Wesen ritual, he procured three men to accomplish his goal. In ‘Cry Havoc’ Nick wanted Kenneth killed to avenge his mother’s death and employed Hank, Wu, falsified police reports, planted evidence, and a concealed weapon to accomplish his goal. Why is one character deemed a murderer while the other isn’t? Fantasy? It just can’t be a crime if Nick, the hero does it? If it’s all fantasy anyway why not just have Nick, the Grimm, capable of pummeling Kenneth or anyone else without the use of police corruption and concealed weapons?
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke