08-26-2017, 07:51 AM
(08-26-2017, 07:03 AM)bart Wrote:Prefer or like one character over another or judge the quality of the acting/writing, yes. Judge a fictional character over his/her predetermined role, no.(08-26-2017, 06:58 AM)Robyn Wrote: Adalind was unfairly judged in that she was negatively received for doing what she was supposed to do as a fictional bad-guy character.So we not supposed judge her because she is bad guy?
Adalind was created to be an antagonist character. Refusing to help her mother and Renard harm innocent people so they could get the key would have made her a good guy character mixed up with the bad guy characters. But Adalind wasn't initially created to be a good-guy character, her characterization progressed in that direction during the course of the show.
Renard played Nick like a fiddle for five seasons, and for four of those seasons he was multilayered and fascinating to watch. I don’t care that the bad guy took advantage of the good guy. I only care that the bad guy was entertaining and made me want to see more of him.
That Nick, the Grimm and detective was played for five seasons is a refection on that character not the antagonist. That Renard had to devolve into a more Adalind-like bad-guy character in S5 so Nick could take him down is a refection of the writing and character development. It’s not the bad-guy character’s fault that the good-guy/hero character was so easily bamboozled for five seasons. The writers could have made the good-guy/hero character more astute and capable of figuring out the bad-guy character’s true agenda before being bitten on the ass.
I thought Kelly Burkhardt was a heartless bitch, but also found the character fascinating and a true reflection Grimm history. Her death befitted her lifestyle and choices, but I didn’t revel in her demise because of any personal opinion of her.
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