10-16-2017, 05:34 AM
(10-16-2017, 04:58 AM)Robyn Wrote:I still maintain that Nick changed, however subtle the differences between him in S1 and S6 but other than that I agree with the rest of your post re: N/A vs R/A and N/A vs N/J.(10-14-2017, 01:37 PM)irukandji Wrote: I didn't make the argument that Nick was the cold and remote grimm. I said he hadn't changed, in my opinion. And that said, he didn't progress into a happy and smiling grimm by the end of the series. What I'm saying is that Nick neither digressed or progressed. As a result, neither of his relationships with Juliette or Adalind made one bit of difference in his life.
I agree with you that Nick didn’t change, but not that his relationship with Adalind didn’t make a difference in his life. The two women were very different in how they viewed the relationship and their expectations. Juliette was more independent and voiced her need for more than the Grimm life allowed, and she expected total honesty & disclosure. Adalind, whether by nature, nurture, or a combination of the two, was instinctively more submissive to the man in her life and made allowance for Nick’s lack of disclosure.
I’ve often noted similarities between Adalind/Nick and Adalind/Renard, and received a good bit of flack for it. But those responses were based on Nick & Renard comparisons and how they treated Adalind. I’m not talking about who Adalind was with or why. I’m only referring to Adalind and how she viewed the man in her life and their relationship.
The relationship with Adalind was ultimately better for Nick because Adalind didn’t view the Grimm as something she had to allow for if she wanted the relationship to work, but rather, as a natural part of the Grimm/Wesen world, her world, and a safe haven. That’s what changed for Nick, and I suppose to some degree it brought about some changes in him. Nick liked that Adalind readily understood and accepted the Grimm. He also liked that Adalind needed and depended on him as the provider and protector.
Considering their volatile past, the suppressant probably made it easier for Nick in the beginning, because for the most part Adalind was a defenseless, human woman who needed his support and protection. By the time the suppressant wore off, the type of relationship Nick & Adalind would have had already been established and was already providing what both needed/wanted.
I’m not suggesting Nick/Adalind is a better relationship, only that it’s different. It’s not one that I could be content with, but people have different needs and expectations. It only matters that it works for those in the relationship. And I do think it’s better that Nick had a relationship with Adalind who preferred to be the stay at home mom/woman behind the man, rather than Juliette having to lower or change her needs and expectations in order to make the relationship work.