(05-22-2019, 05:58 PM)irukandji Wrote: I don't think anyone is denying that Adalind was a popular character. But the facts stand. Her character just wasn't versatile enough to expand her into different story arcs. Otherwise, the creative team wouldn't have relegated her to happy homemaker status in the fome with her baby.
As for Juliette/Eve probably being the most unpopular character? That's based on a very limited spot of information/comments here on the forum. Is it representative of the entire fan base? While I think some posters would absolutely love it to be so, there's nothing to support the claim. Aside from that, even if it were true, it's obvious that fan dislike does not weigh heavily on the creative team. I imagine they could care less if fans like her or despise her.
The creative team viewed her differently. Juliette was always a main character. We wouldn't know as much about her if she wasn't. Making her into a warrior so she could fight with HW and then later with Nick and the scoobies really put her into the spotlight. I was never thrilled with the character of Eve. There were far more interesting scenarios for Juliette. However, the fact that so many managed to complain about Eve shows that she was in the spotlight during seasons five and six. Supporting characters don't get that much on screen time.
Nick was the ONLY main character in Grimm. How you rank the importance of the regular supporting characters, will partly depend on what aspect of Nick’s life you found most interesting. Although Monroe early on became very popular, he could never be more than Nick’s wesen sidekick. The creators have said that the order of the deaths in the final reflected the importance of the characters. Based on that, we have the following ranking:
1) Nick
2) Monroe/Rosalee
3) Adalind
4) Renard
5) Eve
6) Hank
7) Wu
You could argue that Eve only got killed later than Hank because of her link to Juliette in season 1-4. It’s also obvious that Rosalee got killed that late because of her close connection to Monroe.
Nick was the Grimm and the hero. Monroe/Rosalee were Nick’s wesen helpers. Hank and Wu were Nick’s police partners. In season 5 and 6 Adalind was Nick’s love interest/girlfriend and Renard the evil captain/villain. But what was Eve? She was a sort of mysterious figure that was given “random” functions depending on the circumstances. I always had the impression that the creators didn’t really know how to use her in the storyline and that she was only brought back because of Bitsie's relationship with DG. I didn’t dislike Juliette before she turned evil, but I found the Eve character strange.