(10-04-2017, 07:23 PM)irukandji Wrote: If being a grimm is such a compulsion that cannot be ignored, how then could Kelly ever be a mother to Nick? For that matter, how could she forsake being a grimm to be a mother to Diana? If this is such an overwhelming attribute that cannot be ignored, how then could Kelly dare to ask Marie to take care of Nick? Wouldn't she have to refuse because she too was compelled to be a grimm?
Why can't someone be a Grimm and a parent? That was never stated in the show. Otherwise, Marie wouldn't have been able to raise Nick and he wouldn't have been able to raise Kelly. Plus, we already know that Kelly and Marie weren't abandoned by their father and he trained them himself since they got their sight at a much earlier age than Nick. Not everyone needs to make the same choice as Kelly and even she left Nick in the care of another Grimm so just being one wasn't the problem.
Futhermore, Grimms can't be singled out. You can ask how any wesen can raise children. The Spinnetod comes to mind since their lives are severely cut short unless they murder people. I suppose the show could've delved into this more but the WotW format didn't really allow for it. There are plenty of wesen that have compulsive traits, that overwhelm them more so than a Grimm's does, but we see them with families. Being a wesen or Grimm doesn't preclude them from having a family.