04-09-2017, 05:48 PM
(04-09-2017, 05:10 PM)Robyn Wrote:(04-09-2017, 03:52 PM)irukandji Wrote: I would agree with her being a trustworthy person, but there are episodes where Nick himself showed that she wasn't worthy of his trust. We don't know when he finally got around to showing her the stick and actually telling her about it. We know that everyone else was made aware of it first.There were episodes after E7 that suddenly and inexplicably expressed Adalind was in love with Nick while simultaneously expressing that Nick didn’t trust Adalind. But G & K admitted that they wanted/needed to change Nick/Adalind, and suddenly love & distrust began without explanation around the time Nick was preparing to leave for Germany. Up to that point, Nick never indicated outright distrust of Adalind, and while she indicated appreciation for his kindness, her behavior never implied she was falling love.
The second thing is when Adalind told Nick she loved him and then stripped to prove it so she can have sex with him. How exactly is that proof that she loves Nick? I can imagine his mind wandering back to Hank as well as the night when she masqueraded as Juliette. I can imagine him asking himself, "is she kidding?"
Another instance is when her hexenbiest returned. Let's say that your argument was correct and Adalind feared for her life so she wasn't going to spill the beans to Nick. How is that establishing any sort of trust between them? Her hexenbiest returned after she told him she loved him.
I think there are probably many other instances as well, but I didn't believe Nick when he finally got around to telling Adalind he loved her. The whole scene just felt wrong. Who knows, maybe that's why he went back in time before the scene occurred, so he could do it right. We'll never know.
Consider Nick and Adalind’s talk in ‘Eve of Destruction’ that ended with a kiss. Adalind wanted to convey her regrets for what she'd done over the years, Nick wanted to talk about him and Juliette choosing to not take advantage of him losing his Grimm and having a normal life - something he referred to as ‘Adalind giving him’. Adalind put the brakes on anything happening beyond the one kiss because they needed to know it was about them and not their situation.
One, it was the most level headed and mature behavior I’ve ever seen with Adalind. Two, when everyone came over for dinner, Nick told Monroe that he didn’t have any idea how Adalind felt about him because they never talked about it. In order for G & K to make the change they wanted of Adalind hopelessly in love and Nick distrustful & indifferent, they were content to make Nick look like a jerk during his conversation with Monroe.
This is bad writing at it’s worse, but any lack of love and trust Nick expressed in S5 was basically dismissed in S6. Nick and Adalind were suddenly operating as though the prior inconsistencies never existed. Again, bad writing at it’s worse.
That said, I still don’t think you’re insistence that Adalind will betray Nick or my confusion & disappointment with their yoyo relationship/character development negates the show establishing Nick & Adalind in a loving and committed relationship during S6. It might not make sense to us, but there it is.
It'd a dilemma to be sure. How do you trust a character who's established herself as less than trustworthy for 5 of the 6 years Grimm ran on television?
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