(01-22-2019, 05:35 PM)irukandji Wrote:(01-22-2019, 04:40 PM)N_grimm Wrote: The world/stick was what Z wanted Nick to trade for the ones he loved. That was sort of giving up his Grimms powers, because the alternative was, as it turned out, using his Grimm powers to defeat Z. The fact that his mom and aunt had to show up to convince him not to do it, illustrated that Nick was ready to give up the world. It was not accidentally that Nick shouted he wanted Adalind back, while the others (except the kids) were lumped together as “my friends”.
Thinking about what you wrote here, it really doesn't portray Nick as a very strong character, does it?
We don’t’ know if it was mom Kelly and aunt Marie who made Nick change his mind, or if they only appeared in his mind. The fact that Trubel couldn’t see them indicates that Nick only imaged them, and he was the one figuring out what to do (with the help from Trubel).
* If Nick did not care, he could just take the stick and walk away, because Z could not take it from him anyway. Z would not be able to take over the world, but Adalind and his friends would be lost forever.
* If Nick gave in to Z charade, the world would be lost forever.
* Nick though Z was unstoppable, but because he got in contact with his "grimm instincts" and decided to fight him anyway, he got it both ways. Z died and Nick got the people he loved back.
As the writers explained:
"…. the point was to take Nick to the lowest possible point he could be, where he thought he could not possibly dig any deeper inside. And he was willing to give up the world so that he could have his loved ones, as anyone would do in that position. But then kind of mystically, and kind of not mystically, his ancestors appeared to him, and he found a deeper strength than he even knew he had. And that was really the theme, his deepening purpose as a post-modern Grimm."
To sum up: It portray Nick as a very strong character who love Adalind, the children and his friends.