04-09-2018, 11:12 AM
Nick was a novice at the start who had no other choice but to rely on Monroe, a walking, talking encyclopedia. He also had Rosalee and his books, as someone always learning about the many different wesen and their weaknesses, he had to be dependent on others. His brand of a protagonist isn't limited to this show, I have seen it on other sci-fi shows like Eureka. The main character is the hero always surrounded by people who know better, are more intelligent than him but only he contains the ability (and exceptional bravery) to execute whatever devil may care/hail mary type of saves that are spawned from the other more "genius" characters' intel. It's typical of these shows. Angel is another example, Bones is another but that show has two leads instead of one, Brennan is the brains while Booth is the brawn but the concept still applies. If he could do everything himself, he'd have no need for a supporting cast who will be reduced to background noise. The biggest complaints I have heard from the new Black Panther film come from some of his comic book fans who feel his character was downgraded in terms of smarts, leadership quality as well as strength in order to boost his supporting cast who have been lauded as the best ever seen in a genre movie since forever. If you have a character do everything and be good at everything, you risk the character being widely criticised for being a Mary Sue or Gary Stu, so evenly spreading out all the qualities in a handful of characters creates a balance that generally well received.
In S1 of AoS, you had the leader, a brilliant pilot/fighter, two genius scientists, a hacker and a generic fighter. You put them all together you have a fantastic team. You have one person who can do all these things, you have a very limited story that wont last past the first season. That's better suited for movies which are bubble stories not depended on continuing past the closing credits.
I have no issues with Nick's limited skills outside of what we saw on the show. I didn't mind that Monroe knew so much more than Nick, as he should since he grew up a wesen and was a bookworm. My problem came from the show falsely focusing on Eve at the end of the show when the show was about Nick and all of that hoopla around Eve amounted to absolutely nothing.
In S1 of AoS, you had the leader, a brilliant pilot/fighter, two genius scientists, a hacker and a generic fighter. You put them all together you have a fantastic team. You have one person who can do all these things, you have a very limited story that wont last past the first season. That's better suited for movies which are bubble stories not depended on continuing past the closing credits.
I have no issues with Nick's limited skills outside of what we saw on the show. I didn't mind that Monroe knew so much more than Nick, as he should since he grew up a wesen and was a bookworm. My problem came from the show falsely focusing on Eve at the end of the show when the show was about Nick and all of that hoopla around Eve amounted to absolutely nothing.