Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151211192515/@comment-26235944-20160102051635

Breddgal wrote: The character of Nick will never be happy. You say this with such certainty. Pfft...even the showrunners don't make statements like this with such certainty. Breddgal also wrote: It's not in his DNA. He's a Grimm, and he's trying to have Grimms and Wesen co-exist. That can't happen. There is nothing in a Grimm's DNA that precludes them from finding happiness. You're making assumptions here and declaring them to be fact. On the contrary...Nick has been co-existing rather well with his Wesen friends and acquaintances, as well as with his Wesen boss. This show has been going to great lengths to show us that Grimms and Wesen can co-exist. Breddgal also wrote: Grimm isn't a happy ending show. There have been a lot of happy endings on this show. Perhaps you didn't notice? Breddgal also wrote: It's not a  love story. With or without Juliette/Eve. With or without Adalind. There have been a lot of love stories in this show. So while it's not primarily a show about a love story, the individual love stories within the show have been contributing factors in the overall story arcs. Breddgal also wrote: Most heroes aren't happy. They are flawed and tortured. I would be disappointed if Nick ended up being a happy hero. That would be boring and contrived to me. Hollywood used to be in love with happy heroes, so much so that it became formulaic. Then, they realized that there was more drama in depicting heroes who are 'flawed and tortured'. They have done this so much now that the 'flawed and tortured' hero trope has become formulaic and contrived. There are all kinds of heroes in real life. Being happy does not prevent someone from being a hero any more than being unhappy does. People are capable of heroic behavior in spite of whatever state of happiness or unhappiness they are in.