Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-24399666-20151108051250

Posting this after S5E2, "Clear and Wesen Danger ".

So, who do we think is in the cell? I've heard various theories, ranging from Juliette (plausible) to Diana (plausible) to some random Wesen we've never seen (very plausible) to Trubel (I used to think that one was not very plausible, but now I'm not so sure).

Specifically regarding the idea of it being Trubel: like I said, I didn't think it was plausible until about 15 minutes ago, when I thought about it some more. Everyone over at tv.com seems to think it's her now. I didn't think so, because why would Chavez lock up somebody who was (as I think became pretty clear after the phone call in "Cry Havoc ") working for her? And why would Trubel be screeching like a banshee?

But now, I'm starting to wonder if maybe Trubel hasn't been altered in some way. Somebody else (can't remember where or who, sorry) has wondered why Chavez seemed so specifically interested in Grimms, when Grimms aren't that much more powerful than a really powerful Wesen, like a Siegbarste or Daemonfeuer. But I've always maintained, and most seem to agree now, that the main Grimm superpower is really their adaptibility, not their sight. Except for the time his powers were stripped, every other time Nick was attacked by a Wesen in a way that changed him, he came out with some permanent special adaptation. What if Chavez is taking advantage of that power, and putting Trubel through experiences that will change her, like the experiences with the Cracher-Mortel and the Jinnamuru Xunte changed Nick?

If so, I have a hard time reconciling that with the idea of "good guys." The experiences that changed Nick may have given him permanent advantages, but at the time, they could have killed him... and they did kill others... and even without that, they were far from fun experiences. This would amount to torture (which would explain the banshee screaming).

When Chavez said she wanted to bring Nick in, was this what she had in mind for him? I didn't really trust her suddenly deciding that she wanted to bring Nick in for no apparent reason after he lost it in her office and then broke into her home and kidnapped her (why did she decide to do that? What about Nick's behavior right then made her decide, "I want this guy on my team!"?) Did she have a trap planned? Did Nick luck out that they'd been ambushed first? Or was he going to get a choice in the matter, after they explained things to him? (After all, Trubel might have freely agreed to this, after she understood what was at stake).

Thoughts? 