11-05-2017, 07:15 AM
Henry, you’re referring to an action/event - Adalind went back to work. I’m referring to motivation/aspiration. Did Adalind suddenly go back to work for any reason other than the writers contriving a scenario where Bonaparte would have unfettered access to her? Was there any suggestion that Adalind was beginning to worry that staying with Nick might not be a option? She didn’t remind Nick over breakfast that she was ready to go back to work because it was time she contributed to the budget. She woke Nick up to tell him she forgot to mention her job interview the next day. IIRC, Adalind didn’t offer an explanation for her sudden desire to go back to work and Nick didn’t ask.
Adalind was compensated while working for the Royals. I don’t really see the point of questioning why she didn’t seek employment while being held hostage by the Royals. I’ve not questioned Nick’s function in the relationship, but rather, Adalind’s immediate compulsion to have a relationship despite his obvious lack of enthusiasm during the last twelve episodes of S5.
I completely agree that Adalind was never independent, working on her own only when necessary. And much of my questioning Adalind’s motivation comes from her being equally dependent in her relationship with Nick, not just financially but overall desperation to establish and maintain the relationship. With all else remaining the same, I would question Adalind’s compulsion and dependency had it been Renard, Meisner, or someone else. But I don’t think my questioning would receive the same rebuttals had the scenario been Adalind/other instead of Nick/Adalind.
Respectfully, Henry, I feel you’re focusing the sanctity of Adalind’s relationship with the ‘central character/hero’. I’m only focusing on Adalind’s evolution, or lack of, regardless of who she’s in a relationship with. That it happen to be Nick doesn’t influence my assessment of Adalind or her need to make the relationship.
Adalind was compensated while working for the Royals. I don’t really see the point of questioning why she didn’t seek employment while being held hostage by the Royals. I’ve not questioned Nick’s function in the relationship, but rather, Adalind’s immediate compulsion to have a relationship despite his obvious lack of enthusiasm during the last twelve episodes of S5.
I completely agree that Adalind was never independent, working on her own only when necessary. And much of my questioning Adalind’s motivation comes from her being equally dependent in her relationship with Nick, not just financially but overall desperation to establish and maintain the relationship. With all else remaining the same, I would question Adalind’s compulsion and dependency had it been Renard, Meisner, or someone else. But I don’t think my questioning would receive the same rebuttals had the scenario been Adalind/other instead of Nick/Adalind.
Respectfully, Henry, I feel you’re focusing the sanctity of Adalind’s relationship with the ‘central character/hero’. I’m only focusing on Adalind’s evolution, or lack of, regardless of who she’s in a relationship with. That it happen to be Nick doesn’t influence my assessment of Adalind or her need to make the relationship.
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