Sean’s at the top of my list of characters who will probably die, too. After “Blind Love” it seems like they’re definitely not planning to redeem his character at all, which leaves death as the only other narratively satisfying option.
Not that I’m happy about this. I trusted Sean, too, and I’m really mad/sad about the direction they took his character last season and the fact that they seem intent on leaving him a bad guy.
I don’t know that it’s accurate to say the promos have focused unduly heavily on Eve or Nick/Eve, any more so than they’ve focused on other pairings or on the other individual characters. But I do think Nick and Eve are both central to whatever the big finale ending is going to be. So far they seem more directly tied to whatever’s going on with the keys, the mirrors, and the symbols than anyone else except for maybe Diana.
And in 6×11, they’re supposed to be off on a mission without the rest of the team, so it definitely makes sense that they would be more prominent in the promo material for that episode. Even still, Eve is only in four images of the twenty-four available for that episode.
Mainly I just think it’s cool that they took a female character who started the series mostly in the background as a love interest and–instead of phasing her out with a break-up or killing her off for mangst–they just made her stronger and more prominent and interesting as the show went on, until finally she’s arguably just as powerful and integral and important to whatever weirdness is happening in the show’s mytharc as the male protagonist.
Hi Anon!
The Eddie Monroe thing is a long-standing point of contention in Grimm fandom. Here’s a thorough explanation of why his name is not canonically Eddie Monroe.
While I was looking for that, I also found this post I’d forgotten about explaining why we can be 95% certain Monroe is his first name, not his last name.
I know how you feel, anon. Jules has had it rough these past couple of years. She needs a warm fuzzy blanket, a cup of hot cocoa, and a cuddle buddy. And a 24-hour marathon of happy movies with fluffy endings.
I think it’s very possible he does feel that way! Just not in a romantic context. I mean, we know Juliette/Eve said things that she really felt or had thought at moments in the past while under that spell. And Wu didn’t just spontaneously learn poetry because of the spell…he had to have that in him prior to the spell.
So I don’t think it’s inconceivable that Monroe does admire Eve for surviving everything she’s been through and managing to come out stronger every time. It’s just not something he would have felt comfortable voicing to her otherwise, and certainly not in the context of a romantic declaration; pretty sure that part would never have occurred to him.
That was super sweet! I love how she’s slowly become a member of the team again, not just as a superpowered asset but as a real friend. I’m hoping we get a true, stated return of Juliette before the show ends, but if we don’t I’ll carry those little moments like the one in 6×08 in my heart forever.
I don’t have one. I’m sure the gifs are out there, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that compiled all his woges. Would be interesting to see how much they differ side-by-side like that, though!
If you decide to make one, Nonny, please tag us! We’d love to see/ooh-ahh over/reblog it!
I’m with you! I miss Trubel too. I really hope they bring her back before the finale.
So far this season is shaping up to be epic…let’s cross our fingers!
This is basically what I’ve been screaming most of last season and all of this one. I will never be fully satisfied with the way that arc was written and how far they took his foray into villainy. He was such a great, ambiguous character, someone you wanted to trust and were never quite sure you could. Well, now the mystery is dead because we know for sure we can’t, and it’s just damn unsatisfying. Aside from one other plot development which shall go unnamed, it’s probably my least favorite thing the show has done, and the most nonsensical.
It also doesn’t make sense for his character now. Assuming I buy that Renard never had any loyalty to anyone but himself, and was just that ruthlessly pragmatic and ready to jump ship at the first sign that he might get a little more power elsewhere, his actions in that scene make zero sense still.
We know Renard doesn’t give a shit about Adalind, aside from maybe being put out that she doesn’t want him anymore, so it certainly wasn’t for her benefit that he said that to Diana.
And he knows Nick very well, so there’s no way he was actually worried about Nick being abusive toward Adalind in any way.
And it’s been made very clear to him that if anything untoward happens to Nick, he will pay for it. Sure, he has a superpowered daughter, but she’s gotta sleep sometime, and Hank and Wu are patient.
Apparently, too, he’s not at all worried about what kind of toll it might take on his child to be responsible for multiple murders once she’s old enough to fully understand the ramifications of her actions…but then again he doesn’t seem to have much of a conscience unless someone is literally making him have one via haunting him (thanks Meisner), so maybe he doesn’t even understand how it might bother her someday.
Sorry, Nonny, you didn’t ask for this rant. It’s just that this question inadvertently opened a wound and, since I’m literally made of the stuff when it comes to this topic, salt went pouring into it.
It warmed my heart for sure! I love seeing the two of them becoming friends again…it’s not the same as what they had before, but it’s such a Rosalee thing to do, to reach out and draw her friend back into the group. I love how too sometimes there are moments where Rosalee gives Eve this look, like she knows it isn’t Eve she’s really talking to anymore and hasn’t been for a while, but she isn’t going to say anything until Juliette is ready to talk about it.
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