Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-98.117.68.195-20150503215639/@comment-24399666-20160111202159

Syscrash: I agree with most of what you said, except for two things:

1) "They could not use a kiss, becuase the need the result to be the introduction of Kelly. Without Kelly you could not get to where Nick is now." -- Actually, I'm pretty sure the introduction of Kelly was forced by CC's RL pregnancy, and was very much an afterthought. This is especially evident when you notice the sheer amount of time that passed between Monrosalee's wedding (the day Adalind and Nick did it), and when Adalind learned she was pregnant. It happened well over six months later. (I'm still waiting for a satisfactory in-universe explanation for that, and I suspect I will be waiting forever. It wouldn't be nearly as bad if we didn't know that Monrosalee had a May wedding, and a Christmas episode happened before Adalind found out she was pregnant).

2) "Nick being a pig is a lot better the Adalind bing a rapest." -- Here I strongly disagree. Nick being a pig completely goes against his established character from day one, especially given how heartbroken he was over Juliette kicking him out in S2. He never even considered anybody else, except when a Musai drugged him. When an extremely attractive woman jumped him in S1, he just lay there like a rock until she got off of him. Not to mention: he's the hero protagonist; it's imperative that he not be a pig.

Contrast with Adalind being a rapist... nothing's lost there, because she was already a rapist. She raped Hank. And one could also make a case for her putting Sean in a compromised position and then taking advantage of it as well. And while Sean doesn't seem to mind ("seem" being the operative word - it's hard to tell, with Sean), Hank most definitely did mind. Note his horror when he learns about Diana and is worried that she might be his.

I think a far better way to get them together without getting fans really upset, is to a) have some external factor... like Kelly unconsciously influencing Nick's feelings, for example... at work, and b) actually acknowledge what Adalind did and show that she's working to make up for her past wrongs. Preferably after she gets her powers back, so we're shown once and for all that her redemption is earned, not just automatic.