Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-86.145.40.63-20160616141202/@comment-33528609-20181002153449

In S1, Juliette wasn't even a real, independent character. She was a plot device used only for creating angst for Nick. She was forever a victim of his Grimm life which he could never reveal in the beginning and that carried over to S2 (the worst season of the show for dragging out that stupid amnesia plot). Four three and half seasons, the writers never had a plan for her character beyond being Nick's girlfriend, while at the same time, they wrote for Adalind, someone that wasn't even supposed to last past the pilot episode, according to the writers. It shows you which character made an impact with the writers. However vile Adalind may have been at the start (she was good at the end), she wasn't just there, unlike Juliette. Adalind's story parallels Nick before finally converging in S4. No other character can claim that, not his live in girlfriend, or his wesen best friend or his partner.

In S4 to S6 the writers were forced to actually do something with Juliette's character after the non starter of the previous seasons. She may have been Nick's girlfriend at the beginning, but that didn't automatically make her a favourite or even likable. I think because of Adalind being so divisive, some who hate her likely are compelled to like Juliette (the worst written character on the show) just because. The writers forced Juliette to stay with Nick when his Grimm life wasn't conducive to her health, physical or mental. She was doomed the moment she chose to stay with Nick after exposing the fact that he lied to her (after the first wedding proposal). I know many people prefered her as S5 Eve because it was the first time the character received any worthwhile development. S6 just reverted her back to Juliette (including the slight victimisation initially by the stick and then Zerstörer) but now she has the hexenbiest and is no longer Nick's girlfriend.

It feels like Adalnd's character developed from point A to Z but Juliette circled back to the person she was at the beginning with a couple of things different.