(07-21-2017, 08:14 AM)rpmaluki Wrote: In an ideal world we'd all shake our fists at anyone killing another person, whether it's wesen on human, grimm on wesen, wesen on Grimm, human on human or wesen on wesen. Unfortunately the ideal world doesn't exist whether it's this one we live in or the Grimm-verse. Of all the human reactions I've seen on this show when encountering a wesen for the first time, whether it's a vicious kind or a benign wesen, they were all extremely frightened. In their limited view of their world wesen don't exist, they are the stuff of fairytales or nightmares. Some imagined the "monsters" as something to be put down, others thought they were going crazy, nobody wanted to embrace these creatures in that first encounter. If finding out wesen exist, I imagine finding out Grimms existed will be viewed in better light because at least they fight those "monsters", often protecting them from them specifically.
Once the truth is out and everyone adjusts to the full realization of the existence of wesen, I'm sure there will be time to reform how Grimms deal with wesen because it will be apparent that not all wesen are violent in nature, nor do they feed on humans or commit heinous crimes on other people, wesen or human. Nick may be one of the first to go by this new rule but in an inclusive world, all Grimms will be compelled to dial back on the whole judge, jury and executioner, except for extreme cases like Zerstörer and the like.
In a way Grimms operate much like today's Hollywood brand of superheroes, as long as he "protects" the general public, wesen and human, he's got carte blanch on how to fighting the bad guys with the government's approval.
I recently watched the first season of Arrow and this discussion actually reminds me of him. Arrow is essentially a Batman wannabe show so they go into the pros and cons of his brand of justice similar to how The Dark Knight did.
However, I think Arrow is a better comparison to Grimms since he actually killed people. There's a vigilante task force because he's breaking the law and is a murderer but there were cops who weren't really sure they wanted to bring him in. He was taking care of criminals that the police failed to stop which is similar to how Grimms take care of wesen that most normal people can't handle.
There would be a heavy debate about Grimms in reality but I agree that the public would initially see their value if they already knew about wesen. It would probably take centuries before humans, Grimms, and wesen could reach some type of understanding. We know this from history based on how we treat each other even though we're all the same species. Racism, sexism, and all kinds of other -isms along with homophobia are strong in today's world and certainly won't get much weaker in our lifetimes.
Now, would Grimms be seen as a cancer? I don't think so because I believe wesen would be seen as the cancer and Grimms would initially be seen as some type of cure. People would be too frightened of wesen to really be concerned about what Grimms do. Grimms may get on the radar of law enforcement but they won't be the priority as long as wesen are around. It's unfair to make wesen so scary into a blanket statement and they need to be put down because of it but that's probably what would happen. Plenty of wesen in the show believe this wholeheartedly as well.