01-21-2018, 08:23 AM
(01-20-2018, 04:20 PM)irukandji Wrote: This is an interesting thought. Renard stating that to Nick seems to confirm that grimms consider themselves higher on the evolutionary scale than wesen.I think that’s always been an integral part of the show’s theme. Grimm are superior and traditionally accepted as judge, jury, and executioner.
The show didn’t devote time to examining opposing views of Nick’s actions/motivation and that of the Wesen he pursued. The ‘good guys’ didn’t question if they had a right to take Adalind’s baby because a Grimm said it had to be done. Nick didn’t pause for a second to consider he was about to arrest a man for killing his son’s murderer despite having killed his mother’s murderer a few months earlier, nor did Hank question his own complicity. But then, the two human police officers were immediately onboard with committing murder for Nick and using their connections to cover it up. Yes, the tree was the Grimm of the forest. But the predetermined narrative gave priority to Nick as judge, jury, and executioner and excluded the ‘good guys’ opposing Grimm authority.
G & K created a fairytale story about a Grimm who was tasked with protecting the innocent from unknown, unseen, unimaginable horrors. Any moral ambiguity in the characters was a side effect of action driven drama. G & K chose to keep exploration of moral conflict superficial, but didn’t intentionally create a cast of morally corrupt characters passing themselves off as good guys/heroes.
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