08-13-2017, 08:33 AM
I’ve always considered absolute hatred of a character to be as nonsensical and unbalanced as absolute adulation of a character. Depending on the biased direction, everything is either Juliette’s fault or Adalind’s fault. It appears to me that some viewers shared G & K’s chauvinist views - everything bad that happened to the male ‘hero’ was the fault of an evil or confused or ungrateful female - making Juliette and/or Adalind on-going culprits behind Nick’s woe-is-me drama.
To blame Kelly’s death solely on Juliette is akin to laying all the fault on Nick - much of the fallout would have been avoided if he’d ended his relationship with Juliette when he became a Grimm. It’s an accurate statement but it’s unfair and requires a knowledge of where every path would lead.
Kelly didn’t automatically deserve a death sentence because she stole someone’s child, but her death was the result of her actions. Adalind didn’t deserve to have her baby stolen because of bad decisions and selfish actions, but they led to her losing Diana. Juliette didn’t deserve to become a Hexenbiest, but her freely-made choices led to her becoming one.
It could be that G & K’s lack of commitment to the characters and their storyline’s is the reason Juliette and Adalind are either completely at fault or free of fault and rarely a balanced combination of the two extremes. Instead of making a decision that Juliette would slide to the dark side and committing to it, G & K lobbed her back and forth without exploring the various reasons for her wavering behavior. But it was never about that character and her story, it was about Nick’s woe-is-me drama - caused by Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest and violent, and Adalind becoming pregnant and vulnerable. The two female characters didn’t have storylines that stood on their own, but rather, drifted inside Nick’s shadow.
Diana didn’t learn about Juliette’s involvement in Kelly’s death because the scene wasn’t about Diana, and certainly not about Juliette receiving punishment - deserved or alleged. It was a cue card scene to express Juliette’s remorse and establish her firmly in the good guy camp - look into the camera and show a glimpse of regret/heartache.
To blame Kelly’s death solely on Juliette is akin to laying all the fault on Nick - much of the fallout would have been avoided if he’d ended his relationship with Juliette when he became a Grimm. It’s an accurate statement but it’s unfair and requires a knowledge of where every path would lead.
Kelly didn’t automatically deserve a death sentence because she stole someone’s child, but her death was the result of her actions. Adalind didn’t deserve to have her baby stolen because of bad decisions and selfish actions, but they led to her losing Diana. Juliette didn’t deserve to become a Hexenbiest, but her freely-made choices led to her becoming one.
It could be that G & K’s lack of commitment to the characters and their storyline’s is the reason Juliette and Adalind are either completely at fault or free of fault and rarely a balanced combination of the two extremes. Instead of making a decision that Juliette would slide to the dark side and committing to it, G & K lobbed her back and forth without exploring the various reasons for her wavering behavior. But it was never about that character and her story, it was about Nick’s woe-is-me drama - caused by Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest and violent, and Adalind becoming pregnant and vulnerable. The two female characters didn’t have storylines that stood on their own, but rather, drifted inside Nick’s shadow.
Diana didn’t learn about Juliette’s involvement in Kelly’s death because the scene wasn’t about Diana, and certainly not about Juliette receiving punishment - deserved or alleged. It was a cue card scene to express Juliette’s remorse and establish her firmly in the good guy camp - look into the camera and show a glimpse of regret/heartache.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke