01-28-2018, 08:35 AM
(01-27-2018, 09:23 AM)irukandji Wrote: A question on my mind when I was thinking about this topic is, what trigger causes women like Adalind and Juliette to murder? Adalind's relationship with her mother was not a happy one, but I don't see that as the overwhelming trigger in her brain that rationalized her murder of Marie. I know she was doing it because Renard told her to, but what brought her to that point?As someone who grew up in a loving and healthy environment, it’s difficult to relate to Adalind continuing to be so heavily influenced by her mother. But, I don’t know what it’s like being made to feel I’m a failure or being exposed to cruelty and violence from an early age. My initial impression of Adalind was that she believed acceptance and love had to be earned by whatever standard the other person dictated. She was desperate for love and acceptance, and was willing to do anything to have it. An emotionally healthy Adalind would have rationalized in S1 that Renard didn’t love her and was using her. But then, an emotionally healthy Adalind wouldn’t have stayed in constant contact with her mother. But Adalind wasn’t emotionally healthy, and never was in my personal opinion because she conducted her relationship with Nick in much the same way, never questioning if she should be responsible for proving she was worthy of Nick’s love. So I’m not surprised Adalind was willing to kill for those she loved or compelled by anger and revenge, whether Hexenbiest or human.
As for Juliette, we don't know a lot about her background, so it's even more questionable to me as to why someone like her would be so amendable to murder as well.
Sadly, Juliette falls more into ‘with Grimm, what you see is what you get’. The show’s overuse of ambiguity in exchange for easier storytelling and ample time for WoW episodes failed the character and viewers.
However, I do think a few scenes and exchanges of dialogue provides some insight. It’s feasible that the Nick/Juliette conversation wouldn’t have deteriorated so quickly had Juliette told Nick before talking with Henrietta. Because by the time Juliette told Nick, Henrietta had already reinforced any fears she had in regard to Nick being a Grimm and confirmed she couldn’t get rid of the Hexenbiest. And Nick walking out instead of expressing his unrelenting commitment ramped up Juliette’s fears. When Nick returned home and slept on the sofa, nothing short of absolute proof of his love and acceptance would have satisfied Juliette - Nick embracing and kissing the Hexenbiest.
Compound that with Adalind giving Nick a child and him protecting the Hexenbiest who had devastated their lives for years, and Juliette dove into a emotional whirlwind with nowhere to go but down. It’s irrelevant that Nick only protected Adalind because of the baby, and hope of a suppressant for Juliette. In Juliette’s overwhelmingly confused and angry mindset, Nick chose Adalind over her, and at that point Juliette chose to give in to the Hexenbiest and embrace what she was. I think that for Juliette, embracing the Hexenbiest was her way of insuring she would survive the chaos she was drowning in. And once she accepted herself as a Hexenbiest, it was a short walk to aligning with Kenneth, revenge on Adalind and Nick, and murder. Juliette no longer perceived her actions as she did when human.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke