(05-15-2016, 10:17 PM)izzy Wrote: Has Nick ever struck you as the overly cognitive type? The show may revolve around him, but over the seasons it seems to me like Monroe, Rosalee, Juliette Hank, and Wu, did most of his thinking for him.No, Nick doesn’t possess cognitive skills. He relies too much on Grimm strength and too little on Grimm, and human, instinct when addressing danger and problems in general. Nick has an effective support group, but the benefit is conditional to Nick utilizing that support and learning from it. And that’s where I think Nick’s biggest problems is. Five years as a Grimm and Nick will still fail to act in time to prevent the preventable then overreact when the preventable bites him on the ass.
Quote:His thing seems to be a strange sort of empathy for others he is not close to.Not saying that Nick isn’t compassionate, but I see his strange empathy for others as Nick having a selfish nature. It’s much easier for Nick to reach out to someone experiencing emotional trauma when it doesn’t affect him personally.
Quote:To me the show would make more sense and have been vastly improved if they overtly stated Nick is emotionally crippled or a high functioning autistic. All through the series Nick seemed a little bit off to me; perhaps Asperger's Syndrome?Asperger's syndrome - that made me laugh. But, yea, could have been one of the characteristics utilized when creating the character.
I can give Nick a little latitude in this area, in the earlier seasons, but not as much now. Consider that Nick didn’t have any prior training / preparation for becoming a Grimm. His world was turned upside down in a instant. But he’s had five years to acclimate.
side note: emotionally crippled and socially immature. I think one of the reasons his & Juliette’s relationship worked in the beginning was because she wasn’t just a girlfriend/lover, but she was also a friend with a motherly/nurturing nature. Their relationship was much more akin to an old married couple than people in their late twenties. Juliette provided him a calm, supportive, predictable household.