(11-24-2018, 12:01 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: Anybody can "conceivably end up alone," if they lose or alienate every friend or relative they have and never make any new ones.
Of all the remarks made yesterday, this one is the one that stuck with me the most. You are correct, of course. Anyone can concevably end up alone. What I should have addressed was the remark that Nick was written as a social person. I don't see him as a social person, and that could contribute to him ending up alone.
Granted, he's a cop and he has to interact with people constantly on a daily basis. But that does not make him a social person.
Quote:But when was Nick ever portrayed as someone who was remotely likely to never make any new friends?
First of all, we never saw any of Nick's "old" friends. Did he have any? I would tend to think not. And before anyone goes off on Hank being Nick's best and close friend, consider that Hank first and foremost is Nick's partner. Hank's appearance as Nick's friend was a rarity. I believe Nick and Juliette were out to dinner with him and Adalind once. However, I don't recall Hank coming over to the house to hang out, maybe to watch football with his good buddy. Nick never went over to his place to hang out, they weren't bowling or golf buddies, nor did they from time to time go out for a beer, or for a cup coffee with that proverbial cop icon, a donut. As I recall, I believe Nick went out to a bar but he was very much alone.
It was Monroe who approached Nick, not the other way around. Did Monroe approach Nick out of friendship or was he enamored of Nick because Nick was a grimm? My thought is probably the latter. I believe they became friends but not because Nick was a social person. Monroe was the social person and Monroe was willing to do whatever it took to retain Nick as his friend. I can't say I see the same being returned very often in Nick.
So in response to your question, "when was Nick ever portrayed as someone who was never remotely likely to make new friends?", my response would be to add the words "on his own" at the end of the sentence. My response would be from the moment we were introduced to the character.
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