Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-98.117.68.195-20150503215639/@comment-24399666-20151201190034

99.126.173.65 wrote: I can't help but wonder if the fans who prefer Adalind over Juliette for Nick  are caught up on LOOKS. If the actresses playing the roles were reversed would the fans then  prefer Juliette over Adalind for Nick? I guess I'm saying what if the Grimm series started out with Nick and Adalind as the couple with Juliette as the villain--would fans be so eager for Nick to be with Juliette? Well, there's really just the one rabid fan on here, and I can't speak for him/her. There are several others (myself included) who would like to see Nick with Adalind at some point, though, so speaking for myself:

I actually think Bitsie Tulloch is more attractive than Claire Coffee. So, no, that has nothing to do with it, at least not for me. I'd like to see Nick eventually with Adalind, because they do have more chemistry. Although, to be frank, with the exception of just three scenes in the entire series, Nick had more onscreen chemistry with just about everyone than he did with Juliette.

I remember the exact moment when I first saw chemistry between Nick and Juliette, and it was in episode 3.13 (Revelation ) - three and a half seasons in. There was one moment, when Nick was worrying about Monroe, and Juliette was comforting him. Then there was another moment at the beginning of Chupacabra where they had a lot of chemistry... and then of course there was the jail scene in, I think, Mishipeshu, and that's about it... which is kind of sad for a long-term onscreen romance.

Onscreen chemistry is kind of an elusive thing, and it's largely felt by the audience. When Adalind freaked out after Nick got the visit from the FBI and Nick took her by the shoulders, I could feel chemistry there. Part of it is probably just that Adalind is a somewhat more interesting a character than Juliette ever was up until Chupacabra - there's a reason I said "of course" regarding the jail scene - that scene was sizzling with chemistry - but that scene happened after Juliette became interesting (and before her character stopped making any sense at all, and I therefore started feeling angry at the writing, and completely apathetic towards her character).

So... no, my feelings aren't exactly related to the actors, or rather, they're related to the actors only so far as they embody their roles. More than anything else, I want to be able to suspend disbelief. That is, I want to believe in the show, at least while the episode is playing. A show that can't get me to do that is a show that's not worth watching. When I watch the show, ideally, I'm not seeing actors at all... I'm just seeing characters. I don't see David Giuntoli and Claire Coffee - I see Nick and Adalind. And I've been known in the past to fall in love with characters that are played by actors that I don't find physically attractive (Michael Shanks is not my type at all, but I had a massive crush on Daniel Jackson for years). For that matter, DG isn't really my type either, but I love Nick. And I think I'd love him no matter who played him (well, provided that they played him the same way!)