10-15-2017, 02:21 PM
(10-15-2017, 01:25 PM)irukandji Wrote: I thought there was some mishap in (South America? I can't recall where they were going) that prevented Kelly from accomplishing her mission. So the plane was redirected to Nick's. Why there I don't know, but I thought it was at Kelly's direction. Why she was following orders to begin with and then diverted course without checking with the person or persons unknown directing this mission is beyond me.There was. The Royals most likely learned that Adalind and the baby were being taking to Brazil. So Kelly redirecting the plane and not telling anyone right away made sense. Kelly deciding the new plan would be her taking the baby and the others telling Adalind the Royals took her, not so much.
(10-15-2017, 01:25 PM)irukandji Wrote: Wanting to be a good person and proving oneself to be a good person are two different things. How else was Adalind going to be a good person other than helping the scoobies?But why would Adalind need to prove to anyone other than herself and her daughter that she would follow through and create a loving and safe home for them? Adalind didn’t go to Nick to say I’m good now and here to help. She went to him because he was her last hope for survival. The potion was intended as an exchange Nick wouldn’t refuse - Adalind would suppress Juliette’s Hexenbiest and Nick would protect Adalind.
But aside from that, I don't get Adalind turning a blind eye to the danger Diana would be in. If she is all about her children now, it seems insensitive and cold to ignore all of that so she could present some ridiculous suppression potion for Juliette.
Adalind’s options were to allow the Royals to get Diana and hope Nick could/would intervene or get word to Kelly through Nick that she’s walking into a trap. One option gives her at least a chance to get Diana back, the other option gives her zero chance. The Royals were bloodthirsty cutthroats, but retrieving Diana was Kenneth’s priority. Even by Diana’s account of the event, she wasn’t in the room where they were fighting. I’m not suggesting it was a safe environment, only that it was one of the two environments available. There are extremely conflicting opinions on the forum of Kelly taking Diana. I don’t think Adalind should have seen Kelly as the automatically safer or preferred option just because she was a Grimm and Nick’s mother.
I agree with you that Juliette shouldn’t carry all the blame for everything that went down. But I don’t think that blame should be shifted to Adalind. Too many people did too many things that caused that chain of events for any one person to be held accountable. There were only two innocent victims in that mess - Diana and the unborn baby. All the adults were directly involved in bringing about the horrendous conclusion of S4.
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