(11-20-2020, 03:11 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: The royals didn't have any official positions of power any more. They had corrupt politicians in their pockets and the verrat, their own private terrorists, working behind the scenes to undermine opposition as they plotted to regain the power they had lost in modern times.
This is a good reason why Renard wouldn't be all that involved with royal intrigues. Despite their intrigues and attempt at once again securing power, they really have nothing of interest to offer Renard.
(11-20-2020, 03:11 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: You are correct about police announcements in Portland; a captain would never be holding press conferences. These would be conducted by the PPB's Public Information Officer. The PIO would read a prepared statement with an overview of the topic and then the Chief and/or the Commander of the precinct involved would be called on to take questions. The actual officers involved and their lieutenants and captains would be nowhere in sight and their names would never be mentioned (it's the equivalent of pinning targets on their backs).
That whole BC campaign for Renard to be mayor never made any sense. When he talked about fighting crime during his campaign that made him seem ridiculous. You're right, he just painted a big bullseye on his back, and with his dealings appearing on television wasn't a smart move. Second, while smart and able to maneuver himself in the department, Renard was never considered a brilliant officer. If he was, he might have been deputy chief, and could have negotiated his way to chief with BC. As it was, he seemed quite content to be the captain. There wasn't a lot of ambition to get ahead in the department.
Oddly enough, I was just thinking about this the other day with regard to Nick. He never seemed to have much ambition as far as promotion. But then he never struck me as brilliant either.
(11-20-2020, 03:11 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: In s01 Renard was depicted as receiving "tribute" from Portland's wesen criminals, at least the ones making any substantial amount of money, so there's every possibility that he was either shielding some of them from investigation or targeting others by controlling which detectives were assigned to investigate their crimes. All of this was dropped in s02 when somebody decided to promote Renard's conflicts with his family up to the forefront of his motives.
This made me think of the Jack the Ripper episode where Renard went after the prostitutes. He knew right where to go to get them, so he had angles on crime in the city. I know the subject of who actually owned the house has come up, and it had occurred to me that Renard may not have been getting money from the royals at all, but had kickbacks coming his way through illegal funds. If he was having his direct reports seizing drugs and then he had the drugs resold, he could have afforded any house he chose to buy. He could have been indirectly involved in running those prostitutes that he led Jack's ghost to.
If Renard had the handle on crime in Portland that he talks about, then I agree, he was directing Nick and Hank to criminal wesen that either he knew of, or knew him as well as other cops. If he was really involved in guiding Nick along a path he was choosing for his Grimm, then he could have easily encourage Nick to escalate the situation so that the only alternative was to shoot to kill. It doesn't seem "Renard-like" to just let Nick do his day to day police job. He would want to put Nick's talents to use. You are correct. Nick would never be able to afford a house like the one seen. However, as a well paid Grimm? Nick's house could have been paid for in record time, leaving him enough to either buy the warehouse or put a very nice sized down payment on it.
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