(07-25-2018, 05:12 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: And as a preemptive strike, Adalind believing she's like everyone else back then was pretty much equivalent to her feeling worthless.
Adalind is all about Adalind. She's never going to say she's worthless because she doesn't see herself as worthless.
(07-25-2018, 05:12 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: You're misunderstanding what I'm saying about Adalind caring about Catherine and Renard. She didn't plan on winning them back. They disowned her and Adalind actually had the awareness to not be submissive to them anymore. That doesn't mean their effect on her disappeared. They made her feel absolutely worthless without the Hexenbiest so she wanted her powers back to feel valuable again but it wasn't to get back in their good graces especially seeing that Catherine was already dead. I'm not attributing her relationships with them as the entire reason she wanted the biest back but they definitely contributed to how important she felt being a Hexenbiest was and how awful her life would be without it going forward.
This sounds like a play for sympathy for the character. But in point of fact, she was given a job to do. She failed.
To me, this is a lot like adult Kelly strolling into Nick's house that fateful night with baby Diana in tow. It's apparent Kelly was thinking that nothing was wrong, and even if it was, she could handle it. Instead, she should have been on red alert and left Diana back at the ranch, safe from any potential harm.
Adalind went into the situation thinking that Nick was just going to hand the key over because Hank's life was at stake. She didn't even stop to figure that Nick might just fight back.
I have no doubt Adalind was shocked at the loss of her hexenbiest and I can understand why. It would be a trauma to lose something that's been a part of her since she was born. But I don't recall her taking responsibility for her actions and admitting the loss was her fault.
I get that you think Renard and Catherine contributed to Adalind feeling even more worthless by ostracizing her. However, I find this very similar to Nick ostracizing Juliette at the precinct. She didn't feel worthless, she was angry and wanted revenge and she exacted it. Adalind poisoned Juliette, causing difficulty for both Catherine and Renard. She wanted revenge and she exacted it.
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