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I theorized that Kelly was born with Grimm abilities already awoken, like he could already see Wessen woged and be just aware of it, and is okay with it. I remember a Wessen woging in front of him and he was smiling. I don’t know if that was what they were going for or that was just “Look at the cute baby.” Thoughts?

Hmmm…that’s an interesting theory! I actually kind of like that idea: that he grew up seeing Wesen from Day One so it was never strange to him. Although it would certainly make him unique in his world, as from what little we get in the show it seems like almost all Wesen get their first woge as teenagers, kind of like puberty, and Grimms don’t necessarily have it from birth either though it’s unclear exactly when the onset is or how consistent it is.

I wonder what about having a Hexenbiest mother and a Grimm father would do that? Or could it have something to do with the twinning spell somehow? The rules of magic in this world are murky. :/

Any head canons for 19 yr old Kelly and older sister Diana?

  • She totally still levitates him when she’s annoyed with him.
  • As a little kid he was very vocally indignant at this; now he just kinda sits cross-legged in mid-air and glares at her.
  • Diana’s rapid aging was intentional on her part; she was trying to grow up faster so she could use her powers to find her mom. Once she’s back with her family, she starts growing up at a normal rate. This one isn’t really about them as adults, but leads into…
  • When Kelly is 9 years old, Diana goes off to college in New York. He doesn’t really understand why she has to go, and he’s inconsolable for days after she leaves. But ten years later, he gets it. He did his first year at the University of Portland, but now he kind of wants to get out and see more of the world. So of course, who does he go to for advice but his big sister?
  • Kelly doesn’t have powers. They’re not sure if this is because he’s half-Grimm, half-Hexenbiest and the two cancelled each other out, or because male Grimms don’t come into their powers until later. His dad was never totally clear on how that worked, and honestly…given Nick didn’t get his powers until someone he loved died, Kelly isn’t super anxious to find out.
  • Diana is always a little mischievous with her magic, even once she gets past that little kid stage where everything is id.
  • Diana always has a slightly difficult relationship with her father. She loves him, but they don’t always see eye to eye and she’s furious about some of the situations he put her in as a kid. Kelly is the only person she talks about this with.

That’s all for now! Thanks for asking!

pyrohydriscence
replied to your post “Wait so I was just thinking….Kelly said at the end that he knows it’s…”

He might not have his Grimm powers yet (and honestly who knows if he would even get them, if I recall only women of the Grimm line are a sure thing) but he also might have something from Adalind’s side. The Hexenbeist thing is totally uncharted waters.

Very true. The Hexenbiest thing throws it all into uncertainty. Would it enhance his Grimm powers? Change them? Overpower them? Cancel them out entirely? It’s literally impossible for us to know.

That being said, @irreverentcatalyst (Admin D) is working on an update to her posts about Grimm genetics to try and answer at least some of these questions. Look for it in the upcoming hiatus posts!

Wait so I was just thinking….Kelly said at the end that he knows it’s all true because his father told him so. Not because he lived it too. Not because he sees what his father saw. So….maybe that means Kelly actually doesn’t have Grimm powers (yet?) in the 20 years later epilogue?

The thing that bothers me the most about what Diana said about killing wesen is that we are supposed to believe that Nick raised Kelly and Diana and that to me just seems so out of character. That Nick would raise either of them to have a belief or even joke about something like that when for 6 years, he and the show were about showcasing that everything isn’t black and white and that there are other ways to handle wesen. It just bothers me that this was presented as possibly Nick’s influence. 1

Especially with the producers saying that it was a family thing with Nick/Adalind/Diana/Kelly. That line if Diana was genuine comes back to how she was probably raised and taught to think. I wish they had chosen another line. 2

See my previous answer for the reasons why it may not be Adalind and Nick she’s referring to when Diana says “mom and dad.”

That being said, the rest of your point stands. I find the line creates a lot of disconcerting possibilities around how Kelly and Diana grew up, and what they learned from their parents and the other adults in their lives. Then again…even the most well-meaning parents can sometimes instill prejudices in their kids.

I mean look at how quick Monroe was throughout the series to stereotype different Wesen, even as a Wesen who had consciously and deliberately made a choice to do something different with his life than the “old world” way. Even after being a victim of the ugliest forms of prejudice in his world and nearly losing his life, he was still quick to judge and pigeonhole other Wesen in certain situations.

So I see how it could happen even if Nick didn’t intend it to…but I still really, really wish they had chosen a different line.

i wanna know what that baby is gonna look when it voges, WHY CAN’T THERE BE MORE SEASONS?!?!?!?!?!

Hey, Adalind’s kids seem to age faster than normal, so who knows? We may get to see the kid woge before the end of the season! Then again, he may not woge at all…who knows what happens when a Grimm and a Hexenbiest have kids? We’re fairly sure Wesen genes are dominant, but Hexenbiests don’t seem to be quite like other Wesen, either, so…*big confused shrug*