(03-01-2018, 06:59 PM)Hexenadler Wrote:(03-01-2018, 02:49 PM)Hell Rell Wrote:(03-01-2018, 02:10 PM)Hexenadler Wrote:(03-01-2018, 07:26 AM)Hell Rell Wrote: It also doesn't help that I've never been a fan of "love conquers all" storylines. It just makes the characters look absurd unless the show makes a point of showing how absurd they are. There were too many obstacles, danger, and lies for their relationship to last.
I think that has more to do with your personal cynicism than the concept itself.
I guess it's my personal cynicism that saw just how much danger Nick and Juliette needed to break up.
Uh...yeah, pretty much. The show maintained N&J's relationship for three seasons, then promptly trashed it in just a few episodes, purely in favor of making "Nadalind" happen (and if you support THAT relationship, accusing "Nickette" of being dangerous is the peak of hypocrisy).
It was trashed in a few episodes. My previous post described the ways I thought it was hard to swallow even before season 4. The first two seasons gave plenty of reasons for them to break up but I still wasn't actively rooting against them.
Previously to Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest, I could've understood an amicable breakup at any point past season 1. There didn't really need to be a bunch of animosity between them for them to break up. For the Record, I wouldn't have minded them staying together either if it wasn't for what Juliette did in season 4 but it's not like I ever thought they were a couple for the ages. I actually felt like they made Juliette too accommodating in that relationship considering everything she had been through.
As for Nick/Adalind, it's not like we don't know they got together because of Kelly. We've already talked about how the writers dropped the ball in some aspects of that relationship as well starting with Nick not asking for a paternity test and a multitude of other things. I just didn't want to drag Adalind into another conversation about Juliette.