(05-17-2017, 03:16 PM)irukandji Wrote:(05-17-2017, 05:58 AM)Mrtrick Wrote: So what if she spat on her Hexenbeist legacy. It's a crappy legacy. And one, she herself, isn't particularly fond of. There's a difference between Nadalind's grown children going into battle and a bunch of people haggling over an infant. Unless they're going off to kill babies, which seems doubtful. And if Adalind had handed Diana over, how can anyone ever sympathize with her again? How can her redemption be possible, since this is it's inception? She would have simply remained a villain....Ah..That's the real reason you would have preferred it that way. If Adalind never keeps Diana, the chain of events leading to so many things you hate, (including Nadalind), is broken. If she makes the worst possible decision, your dream version of the show is protected in it's little bubble.
Let me just put this to you in a way you will understand. You're the one who got all bent out of shape because in your words, Diana wasn't a sack of potatoes, but a **baby.**
Where's your outrage over Kelly stealing Diana from Adalind?
And why is the grimm legacy oh so important and wonderful and the greatest ever, and the hexenbiest legacy is....crap?
Newsflash for you. Adalind didn't think it was crap. She's still a hexenbiest and was still casting spells and making potions. And why concoct something like a trust me know spell if magical contracts don't mean anything?
Where is my "outrage" over Kelly stealing Diana? Let's see....Outrage!!!! (Shakes fist in the air dramatically.) There's no doubt in my mind, that it's the worst thing team Grimm ever did. The intent was noble, but it was a colossally boneheaded decision, with earth shattering repercussions. Except, one of these things is not like the other. It's the difference between a choice Adalind was making as a mother, and something that was done to her.
And the Hexenbeist legacy comes from a place of darkness, so it's inherently not good. When Adalind is trying to restore her power, it's not because of some slavish devotion to heritage. It's about a loss of identity. She feels vulnerable without it. In that sense, the Hexenbeist way is a self centered one. When fully out from under it's sway, Adalind wants no part of it. She's still a Hexenbeist because there's nothing to be done about it. And the spells and potions you speak of, are merely tools. Nothing more than weapons in an arsenal. To her, that legacy is bound up in her mother and the dark impulses that once drove her. Those are not good memories. Now that the negative aspects of that connection have been nullified, she uses her magic functionally. But there's no great tradition Adalind's trying to uphold, because all that represents, is a version of herself that she doesn't like. Emblematic of the situation, is the fact that she's allied herself with Nick's legacy at the end. The kids have been raised in the Grimm tradition, not just because Nick wanted it, but because it's something she finds more fulfilling. A better use for her power. There's no greater division from the Hexenbeist tradition, then to serve the Grimm's.