10-15-2017, 04:19 PM
(10-15-2017, 02:50 PM)irukandji Wrote: Maybe I misread your earlier comment, Robyn, but I got the impression you were stating Adalind could be a good person simply by putting her children first. I am of the opinion that simply because a woman is a good mother, that does not automatically promote her to the good person club.Being a good parent doesn’t necessarily equate to being an overall good person. But at that moment, Adalind was trying to get back one child and keep another one safe. Whether Adalind would ever care about Kelly’s wellbeing is debatable, but at that moment Kelly definitely wasn’t her concern. Adalind was reacting to the moment - get away from Kenneth before he handed her over to Juliette and get to safety. She hadn’t yet contemplated what might come next other than a possible opportunity to get Diana back. But as I said before, I don’t think Adalind cared that Kelly might die, and I don’t see why she should. At least not in this specific situation where she’s surrounded by people who either took her child or intend to.
I've known and worked for a lot of bitchy women who were great mothers. I'll be the first to admit that. But they were still bitches just the same.
(10-15-2017, 02:50 PM)irukandji Wrote: I would prefer Adalind not have to prove she's good to the scoobies, but then, who else is there? The series made it plain that she had to depend on Nick from day one and if she wanted to get the scoobies' trust, she had to do things like help Rosalee in the spice shop to get some bonding time going.Considering they took Diana then lied about who had her, I don’t see any reason that Adalind should care what happens to any of them. You make a good point that Adalind didn’t have anyone to prove herself to other than Nick and his friends. The writers wrote Adalind into a very confined storyline. She could either earn her way into the Grimm club or try to sneak away with the baby with no money, nowhere to go, and no way to get to Diana.
Adalind revealed herself to confront Rosalee’s old boyfriend, but at that point the show had established some level of friendship. But Adalind wasn’t friends with anyone in S4. So to me, Adalind not helping anyone in S4 unless it also helped her made sense.
(10-15-2017, 02:50 PM)irukandji Wrote: Juliette did some horrendous things that night along with Nick, Monroe, Hank and Wu. I don't think Kelly is the madonna here either. She should have butted out and let Adalind care for her baby. So they all are guilty as far as I'm concerned. I'm only saying Adalind knew what was about to go down and instead offered a solution that was lame at best. That doesn't make her a good person.Adalind's solution might be lame for Nick, but her solution was aimed at what was best for her and the children, no one else. When Nick returned from battling the Royals, Adalind immediately said, "you didn't get Diana". She wasn't concerned for anyone else, and rightly so.
No, nothing Adalind did that night makes her a good person. But that arc/finale wasn't about Adalind's elevation to good. It only served to position her for the S5 Nick/Adalind storyline. As far as the show's concerned, Adalind became a good person because of living with and falling in love with Nick. Apologies if that sent you running for the barf bag. *grin*
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