12-17-2017, 12:51 PM
(12-17-2017, 10:43 AM)rpmaluki Wrote: I hear you but I feel you're still looking at only half the picture and trashing the rest, Nick's side of things however unimpressive it may be. I can shelf that since it will get us nowhere.
Your criticism of Adalind for falling into the same trap with Nick, could be weightier with me if the show actually bothered to show an Adalind that swore off that reckless behavior of falling too fast too deep in love. When Sean threw her away, she exacted her revenge on him and she threw herself at Erik and then he died. Adalind’s change of character is one driven by motherhood not a sudden realisation that relationship with men who aren't as into her as she was them was the root of all her problems.
The show dealt with one troubling aspect of Adalind's persona in giving her unconditional love for her children and a deep desire to bring them up in a healthy emotional environment that she never had. However, the show never dealt with her penchant for problematic relationships, deciding only in S5 that Nick would be the exception and not the rule in a long line of relationships. In six season, Adalind never "grew up" in terms of her relationship, she just got lucky Nick wasn't like any of the men that came before who were only content to use her.
It may not seem relevant but Nick's treatment of Adalind played an additional role in changing Adalind. And in no way am I crediting Nick and the corny power of his love cliché for her complete transformation. Her children get the biggest share of (S3 with Diana and S4 with Kelly) that and the choices she made herself about what she wanted for herself was another (seeking a job in S5) and Nick is just another element.
If your assessment of Adalind in S5 is correct, then my assessment of her character evolution during S3 & S4 is excessive and unwarranted. Adalind wanted to be a better mother to her children than Catherine was to her but experienced little growth as a person. She’s still too immature and easily manipulated by her own emotions/desires to established a life for herself, even with the children, outside a relationship with someone.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke