Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-1.175.95.73-20150528183119/@comment-26235944-20150609060327

Grimmival wrote: Here's something I didn't get when watching Renard and Kenneth fighting. When Renard wasn't woged Kenneth was winning. However, in the Renard Nick fight (the first one, not with zombie Nick), Renard wasn't woged and he fought on an equal level with Nick. I found that to be inconsistent. So, was Renard weakened slightly because he was revived? We can all agree Renard was winning when woged but the phantom bleeding distracted him.

Yeah, I think we were supposed to understand that the Phantom Bleeding thing was worsening by the day...and more painful each time, as though he were feeling like he suddenly had three gunshot wounds again. I also think that the whole Phantom Bleeding/Jack the Ripper Possession was a plot device to keep Renard preoccupied and out of commission to allow the Royals/Juliette threat to develop.

If Renard had been perfectly okay, and his normal healthy self...then it would have made sense for him to keep an eye on what was going on with the Royals, and would have noticed Juliette joining forces with them. Renard, if he were thinking strait, would have realized that Juliette could have contacted Kelly...and therefore seeing her take up with Kenneth, he would have realized that something dangerous was brewing, for Kelly and for Diana.