01-22-2018, 04:35 PM
(01-22-2018, 03:23 PM)irukandji Wrote: I know the writers wrote this this way, but I would like to go beyond the writing and look at it from Nick's point of view, just for the fun of debate.Me too. There’s little point in discussing the show if we’re supposed to accept that whatever pans across the screen is so black and white that a character’s actions can’t be understood until that character plainly announces the writers’ intent.
(01-22-2018, 03:23 PM)irukandji Wrote: Nick believed Marie when she told him all about the grimm heritage. He made the decision not to immediately share any of his little grimm activities with Juliette. According to the consensus here, it was his house. He owed Juliette nothing and what she wants really has no bearing in this. If he wants her out, she'd have to leave, end of story. Why didn't he let her go? Was he really all that in love with her to keep her there? Was he a chicken and couldn't decide? Was he simply obsessed with Juliette? What would possess him to act so secretive toward her, yet keep her there?Nick believing the aunt who was a second mother to him isn’t the same as readily processing the volume of information he was getting from Marie, Monroe, and the trailer content. As I said before, I don’t think Nick imagined things becoming as hectic as they quickly became. Beyond that, I think Nick, the man introduced in the pilot, loved Juliette very much, and wanted to marry her and raise a family. Once his life changed, he wanted to be a Grimm but still wanted a normal life with Juliette. Which could be why he opted to lie rather than disrupt the life he wanted them to have by telling her about his bizarre other life.
This is where I place some blame on Nick. Once Adalind was obviously trying to form a relationship with Hank and Juliette got involved, Nick should have come clean with both of them. The physical attack came from Renard and Adalind, but Nick knew Adalind had made an attempt on Marie’s life and considered her one of the bad Wesen. This is where I think Nick was presented as wanting to have his cake and eat it too. He didn’t want to lose Juliette or stop being a detective, and in order to have both he allowed his girlfriend and partner/friend to be in not only unnecessary danger but danger they weren’t even aware existed.
Now that said, Hank and Juliette weren’t upset with Nick once they became aware of what he allowed them to be exposed to. So why would Nick think he was wrong if no one got angry with him for withholding information that might have made a difference?
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