Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-70.138.43.170-20170402155843/@comment-40230049-20200111141831

Rpmaluki wrote: One doesn't need to bake cookies to be a "good guy dad" to have a close relationship with a child..... I disagree, otherwise there wouldn't be scenes with Renard going above and beyond to cultivate his relationship with Diana. I also think their relationship didn't start with the cookie baking episode. I have a feeling it started long before when they were in the mansion.

As for Nick, it was shown that Diana had a distrust of him when he assumed Renard's form. While Nick did it for an entirely different reason, the child Diana wouldn't understand. She would think as a child does, that Nick was trying to take her father's place. Even if Nick were to lavish care on Diana (which I highly doubt), there's still that episode and from his point of view, there's no explaining that away to a child.