11-05-2018, 01:49 AM
After me, being one of the contributor to ridicule on other contributor's uncanny claim of knowing "writer' intent"s, IMO, this whole scenario discussed her was more of a "writer's unintentional' consequences.
The way I saw the Juliette character was, for her, to give support to the main character. To show us he did have a life, outside his job and his inborn passion to be a Grimm. She was NOT a main support character, such as Monroe, Hank and even Sean.
Me not being in the show business "know-it-all, have no clue how far ahead the creative team plans and writes for a TV Show. I figure they must know, at least where the show goes for at least one season with the ability to make changes to the original concept, as they go along. This is where I saw unintentional consequences developed as the show progressed.
In my view, Juliette character was not primarily favored by the show's fan base as much as the rest of the supporting cast. To me, the first blunder to reduce Juliette's popularity with the fans was by her behavior towards Nick on the romantic get-a-way weekend episode, including by her rejection/postponement of his marriage proposal.
Based on Nick's new found secretive behavior, some will say, she had good reasons for her postponement of the proposal buy the Juliette character. Yes, Nick was secretive but it wasn't because he was cheating on her. It wasn't because he was a criminal, well at least, unintentional. Because Juliette was not privy to see what we viewed? This turning point in the show made the Juliette character even more unpopular and more disliked by the viewers
In comes the Adalind character. I know I read somewhere, the Adalind character was originally cast, early on, for only a few episodes. As much as evil doers are dislike, it can have opposite reaction and become favored by the fan base and in this case, this is what the creative team was faced with. They had to decide early on what to do with these two female supporting characters to the main character.
To me, they did try to raise Juliette's popularity in S2 by making her the victim of the evil Adalind and failed miserably. If you recall, How was Diana conceived? She was the product of Juliette's coma induced by Adalind. Which in turn, created the scenario, of prince (charming) Sean kissing Juliette, waking her up and creating the obsession for her. In steps Adalind to relieved the horny relieve his royal obsessed horny-ness by the only way, her mother taught her to do so.
IMO, the writers had to get rid of the much less Nick's female supporting character, Juliette and replace her with the more popular female character, Adalind.
At this juncture, were the writers planning the rest of the outcome, including the kidnapping of Diana. I don't know. This is why my buddy beats me at chess. He can plan moves ahead a lot better than my 2 or 3 moves compared to his 8 to 10.
IMO, they accomplished the switch in a creative way which I disliked. I had wished they cleaned up the Juliette character a bit better to make her more appealing to the fan base. They did just that, for a few episodes, in the beginning of S3 by bringing Juliette into the fold as a contributing member of the gang but it did not last long.
Did they realize she could have conquered more fans by continuing her progress into the fold or was she already written off, way back in S2. Was it planned, to turn her against the main character by making her his female evil nemesis, replacing, better yer, swapping her, with the shows more popular female supporting role and merge with the main character, Nick?
Now thats a hell of a 'writer's intent" i could not guess.
The way I saw the Juliette character was, for her, to give support to the main character. To show us he did have a life, outside his job and his inborn passion to be a Grimm. She was NOT a main support character, such as Monroe, Hank and even Sean.
Me not being in the show business "know-it-all, have no clue how far ahead the creative team plans and writes for a TV Show. I figure they must know, at least where the show goes for at least one season with the ability to make changes to the original concept, as they go along. This is where I saw unintentional consequences developed as the show progressed.
In my view, Juliette character was not primarily favored by the show's fan base as much as the rest of the supporting cast. To me, the first blunder to reduce Juliette's popularity with the fans was by her behavior towards Nick on the romantic get-a-way weekend episode, including by her rejection/postponement of his marriage proposal.
Based on Nick's new found secretive behavior, some will say, she had good reasons for her postponement of the proposal buy the Juliette character. Yes, Nick was secretive but it wasn't because he was cheating on her. It wasn't because he was a criminal, well at least, unintentional. Because Juliette was not privy to see what we viewed? This turning point in the show made the Juliette character even more unpopular and more disliked by the viewers
In comes the Adalind character. I know I read somewhere, the Adalind character was originally cast, early on, for only a few episodes. As much as evil doers are dislike, it can have opposite reaction and become favored by the fan base and in this case, this is what the creative team was faced with. They had to decide early on what to do with these two female supporting characters to the main character.
To me, they did try to raise Juliette's popularity in S2 by making her the victim of the evil Adalind and failed miserably. If you recall, How was Diana conceived? She was the product of Juliette's coma induced by Adalind. Which in turn, created the scenario, of prince (charming) Sean kissing Juliette, waking her up and creating the obsession for her. In steps Adalind to relieved the horny relieve his royal obsessed horny-ness by the only way, her mother taught her to do so.
IMO, the writers had to get rid of the much less Nick's female supporting character, Juliette and replace her with the more popular female character, Adalind.
At this juncture, were the writers planning the rest of the outcome, including the kidnapping of Diana. I don't know. This is why my buddy beats me at chess. He can plan moves ahead a lot better than my 2 or 3 moves compared to his 8 to 10.
IMO, they accomplished the switch in a creative way which I disliked. I had wished they cleaned up the Juliette character a bit better to make her more appealing to the fan base. They did just that, for a few episodes, in the beginning of S3 by bringing Juliette into the fold as a contributing member of the gang but it did not last long.
Did they realize she could have conquered more fans by continuing her progress into the fold or was she already written off, way back in S2. Was it planned, to turn her against the main character by making her his female evil nemesis, replacing, better yer, swapping her, with the shows more popular female supporting role and merge with the main character, Nick?
Now thats a hell of a 'writer's intent" i could not guess.
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