It's obvious Adalind's life would look different if Nick never reciprocated her feelings. I don't think she'd be with Renard at all since (at least not out of love) he stopped being an option for her romantically before Diana's birth but if she never moved to the loft thus never developed feelings for Nick and BC approached her with the same deal of playing Renard's wife, she probably would have been more receptive to the idea. Adalind rejected Renard in S5 because she loved Nick, not because Nick loved her. She left the loft convinced Nick didn't trust her feelings for him were genuine and she told Bonaparte that Sean wasn’t her type (anymore). It's Nick showing up at the mansion in S6 that she starts having confidence in his feelings for her to the point where she's never even insecure when living with Eve just outside her bedroom door, talk about awkward.
Adalind did switch allegiance several times over the course of the show.
- S1 she was loyal to Sean.
- S2 she was loyal to Erik.
- S3 she was loyal to herself and then later to herself and Diana.
- S4 was a continuation of that but coupled with being under the Royals' thumb. Being pregnant with Kelly moved her away from the Royals to being under Nick's protection but her loyalty was still towards herself and her children.
- In S5 and S6 there's a minimal shift as she expands that circle of loyalty to include Nick and later his friends.
The subject of redemption is a murky one for me when it comes to television. I don't harp on it too much because I think overstated and rather subjective. I tend to look for one thing when I look at characters who are villains turned good. I look for remorse. It's nigh impossible for me to care about a character doing good when they lack remorse over their horrible actions. Adalind was regretful over Diana, she wanted to do right by her children (in the context of their wesen/Grimm world not my human-only world). She was regretful over what she did to Nick and Juliette, she took in Eve. She apologised and has never looked back, has never regressed to her old villainous behavior and on occasion has helped the show's versions of good guys.
I'm satisfied in her character change of path, motives and goals. Is it redemption by tv standards, imo, yeah it is.
Adalind did switch allegiance several times over the course of the show.
- S1 she was loyal to Sean.
- S2 she was loyal to Erik.
- S3 she was loyal to herself and then later to herself and Diana.
- S4 was a continuation of that but coupled with being under the Royals' thumb. Being pregnant with Kelly moved her away from the Royals to being under Nick's protection but her loyalty was still towards herself and her children.
- In S5 and S6 there's a minimal shift as she expands that circle of loyalty to include Nick and later his friends.
The subject of redemption is a murky one for me when it comes to television. I don't harp on it too much because I think overstated and rather subjective. I tend to look for one thing when I look at characters who are villains turned good. I look for remorse. It's nigh impossible for me to care about a character doing good when they lack remorse over their horrible actions. Adalind was regretful over Diana, she wanted to do right by her children (in the context of their wesen/Grimm world not my human-only world). She was regretful over what she did to Nick and Juliette, she took in Eve. She apologised and has never looked back, has never regressed to her old villainous behavior and on occasion has helped the show's versions of good guys.
I'm satisfied in her character change of path, motives and goals. Is it redemption by tv standards, imo, yeah it is.