02-28-2018, 06:52 AM
I’ve been thinking about the Nick/Juliette relationship issues compared to the other characters’ uncomplicated acceptance of their role in Nick’s Grimm life. Hank and Wu as cops saw Nick’s Grimm side as a superior defense/offense against Wesen criminals/combatants. Grimm and Wesen were a natural part of Monroe and Rosalee’s life, so once they reconciled with befriending a Grimm, working with Nick wasn’t strange. The same with Adalind, she and Nick understood and related to one another on a level that the human Juliette, who initially assumed she and Nick would marry and raise their children in a typically normal lifestyle, couldn’t.
Nick being a Grimm didn’t disrupt the lives of the other characters in a profound way, but it gave doubt to everything Juliette thought her life would be. Someone posted recently that Juliette turning down Nick’s proposal was one of the most normal things she did. I agree, Juliette had no idea what was actually going on in her boyfriend’s life and reacted as any normal human would. What I found strange for the character was that she didn’t take time away from Nick to figure out what she could and couldn’t live without - Nick or having a normal relationship and raising a family in a normal & safe lifestyle.
But. Juliette did eventually decide what she wanted after becoming a Hexenbiest and learning to control it - and it wasn’t Nick. So I wonder if Juliette always knew, at least on some level, that she didn’t want to marry Nick and raise a family in the Grimm lifestyle but wasn’t emotionally strong enough to walk away. Or. Was Juliette content to forego marriage and family because she needed/wanted Nick more, and only told Nick their time had passed because the Hexenbiest tragedy and him having a child with someone else was too much of an obstacle?
Nick being a Grimm didn’t disrupt the lives of the other characters in a profound way, but it gave doubt to everything Juliette thought her life would be. Someone posted recently that Juliette turning down Nick’s proposal was one of the most normal things she did. I agree, Juliette had no idea what was actually going on in her boyfriend’s life and reacted as any normal human would. What I found strange for the character was that she didn’t take time away from Nick to figure out what she could and couldn’t live without - Nick or having a normal relationship and raising a family in a normal & safe lifestyle.
But. Juliette did eventually decide what she wanted after becoming a Hexenbiest and learning to control it - and it wasn’t Nick. So I wonder if Juliette always knew, at least on some level, that she didn’t want to marry Nick and raise a family in the Grimm lifestyle but wasn’t emotionally strong enough to walk away. Or. Was Juliette content to forego marriage and family because she needed/wanted Nick more, and only told Nick their time had passed because the Hexenbiest tragedy and him having a child with someone else was too much of an obstacle?
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke