Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151123190846/@comment-27406225-20151216063038

LCD2YOU wrote: Syscrash53 wrote: My problem with Nick is his not accepting Juliette. Like Juliette said he couldn't even look at her. Even though he can look at Adalind. The first time he saw Adalind, who was the first wesen he ever saw, he did not recoil like he did with Juliette. When they where in Sean apartment and Adalind woged Nick even jokes you find that attractive. But he did not have to look away.

So what was it about Juliettes woge the repulsed Nick, but Adalind woge was ok. What was it about Juliette that being woken by Juliette when he was on the couch he recoiled from her. The fact he could not even sleep in the same bed with Juliette. But he has no problem  sleeping in the same bed with Adalind.

It is this hyposcracy that i think makes the Nick and Adalind combination so unbearable. If he would have given Juliette half the acceptance that he gives Adalind it would have gone much different. Now they are going to have Nick work with the Juliette that repulsed him, what has changed. If they use she saved my life as a reason for accpeting her now, that will be a weak excuse. Once again you are wrong Syscrash

Nick never did reject Juliette and wanted to FIX the Hexenbiest part. The reason Nick couldn't look at Juliette as a Hexenbiest was because it was HIS FAILURE to protect her. HE wan't afraid of her, he was completely ashamed of his failure as a Grimm, a Cop and most importantly that hefailed the woman he wanted to build his world around. As for Adalind woging, he was not in love with her. Adalind was born a Hexenbeist and not Nick's problem. Juliette BECAME a Hexenbeist and Nick was embarrassed and down on himself for having that happen because of who and what he is

What was it that made Juliette's woging so hard was not revulsion, it was complete shame feelings of his utter failure to protect the woman he loved

I am not saying that Nick and Adalind will get together at all, however, the plot devices are there:

Adalind, love starved, looking for "true love" with a "good man"

Nick, conscientious, strong sense of duty, does his level best to "do the right thing", an orphan (he grew up as one) who would never leave a child of his behind

That's not hypocritical, that's called life

As for Adalind, she's a witch with a capital B. I don't trust her but Nick had no choice. Juliette made it for him when she rejected him

I can understand where you're coming from but when I watched the show, I saw a repulsed Nick who couldn't accept a changed Juliette at face value. That's how I read his reaction and body language, especially where he was jumpy when he saw her the next morning. I didn't think that reaction was based off guilt, more of being scared and nervous around a dangerous Hexenbiest in his house. Given his experience, this is understandable but nevertheless unnecessary because Juliette loves him and would never have thought to hurt him if he had accepted her from the beginning.

We each have different opinions on the matter, and I can see both sides of the argument. To support your opinion, Nick did try to reach out to Juliette and get her back but only after she walked out on him. If he had handled the situation better, he wouldn't have had to do this and Juliette would still be with him. So in all I can say, it was Nick's fault, not for being ignorant, but for handling the situation badly from the beginning. Juliette did say she loved him before she woged so he should have tried to calm down and not pull a gun at her no matter how on edge he was. It was from that moment where he was tested for a positive reaction and he failed, dismally.