[ SECRET POST #1858 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1858 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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36. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #265.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

As a fan of both shows, the connection is tenuous at best. Supernatural is very much caught up in the Christian mythology, with a huge bit of brotherly codepentant love on the side. Whereas Grimm is a classic fairy tale motif/buddy cop show fusion, with a very weak interpersonal story that mainly revolves around the central character juggling 3 separate almost entirely non-intersecting lives: Him as a cop, him as some kind of vampire slayer, and him as a boyfriend.

Once Upon a Time is closer, thematically to it, but still very different in execution.

Frankly I think Grimm could be vastly improved if perhaps two if not all three interpersonal roles got merged and perhaps his cop friend and his girlfriend and his werewolf friend could actually, you know, work together as a team against the problem of the week.

[(Anonymous)]

OP: YES. Exactly. I just keep on scratching my head and going 'WTF' when I keep on seeing these comments of 'Eh, just a rip-off of Supernatural' at all these places. They are really nothing alike.

And I also agree with the last bit. I think they will do it eventually. Hopefully. Fingers crossed.

[cleverthylacine]

Supernatural is a classic buddy show. (I loved it until the middle of S4. We broke up though.) Once Upon a Time is paranormal romance. (Can't stand it, not least because I'm adopted.) Grimm which I do love a lot is not only a cop show, but was created by the people who brought us Profit. Expect massive amounts of backstabbing :)

[velvet-mace.livejournal.com]

Backstabbing is fine. Maybe. Maybe not. Right now they are running Nick as a lone-wolf, doing his own thing, using others as physical resources but not emotional ones. Backstabbing someone who doesn't actually trust anyone in the first place is not that powerful.

I just think that the character emotional dynamic is very weak because of the way they set it up. They have Nick (who is, let's be honest, a rather stiff, unemotional actor) doing all the emotional heavy lifting. There's no team dynamic, since it's all Nick interacting individually with people. There's no buddy dynamic, because there's no mutual trust and there's only one main character, Nick. There's potential for buddy dynamic with both Monroe and Hank, but it hasn't gelled. You just don't see them talking about their lives to each other or putting their lives on the line for each other. So far the domestic dynamic is frankly... dull. Not only doesn't Nick confide in her about things that as his fiance-to-be she should damn well know he doesn't even discuss the above board parts of his cases. And what she does when he isn't around is a complete mystery.

The one character that I am most emotionally attached to is Monroe, but I think that has to do more with the fact that the actor is charismatic than the writing. The rest -- well, hopefully it will be given an opportunity to grow, because you really can't build a dynamic when one of the partners keeps everything interesting a secret.

[cleverthylacine]

I really enjoy Nick just as he is, but then I've been accused of being overly unemotional myself, so it's definitely a matter of taste. Out of curiosity, though, did you enjoy Juliette's role in last night's ep? I did.

IDK though, Jim Profit kept EVERYTHING a secret and the way they built the interesting dynamics in that show was that there was a person around that knew a lot of his secrets who was often on his side and just as often not. I could see Sasha Roiz' character heading down that path AND being way more sympathetic than Bobbi Stakowski was.