In Defence Of Juliette, Part 1/98237473984738

[cthonical]

Archiving this here as well. I have been planning to write a proper, coherent rebuttal to all the most frustrating excuses people give for hating Juliette, but that will have to keep sitting on the backburner for now. To be clear, I have no problem with people disliking Juliette. My buddy

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[freed_wings]

Um, I know I'll get stabbed for saying this because everyone else thinks she's spunky and great, but I don't really like her. I don't hate her or think she's a bitch or anything like that. I feel bad about it, but I just don't find her interesting or particularly compelling (I barely find Nick compelling, but at least he has action scenes). She seems like a good person, don't get me wrong- but not someone that, at this point, I am interested in. Also it always bothered me that Nick never confided in her from the beginning- trust is the base of all good relationships, and this secret honest to god left her being spied on, captured, and ultimately poisoned. He knows that his enemies are capeable of killing people he loves and getting away with it. He was going to marry her without her knowing. Communicate! Use your words! In the grand scheme of things, if he'd planned in advance and had Monroe there, it probably wouldn't even have been the most difficult thing someone's had to confess to their partner. What about when he gets

[freed_wings]

...In thinking this through again, I really like and admire Juliette, but she reminds me of issues I have with the show, is probably a more accurate description of my feelings.