(12-17-2017, 12:51 PM)Robyn Wrote:There is still movement in terms of her character in S5 however small it may seem by comparison. As I said, the biggest development for Adalind was to mothering her children as best as she could. Everything else was at a slower pace, or simply lagging behind but it's never stagnant.There's is a distinction between Adalind the woman and Adalind the mother. The two aren't necessarily interchangeable. She can be a great mother figure to her children and still suck at making good relationship calls or moral judgements.(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.
S3 Adalind may have had an incredible change of heart regarding Diana but that's not equivalent to her character changing morally or even maturing when it came to relationships. What she did with Diana was monumental but her physical well being was no better than her circumstances in S5, she had little power to change her situation herself while relying on others and when she did start taking steps for a better situation, things between her and Nick had changed dramatically.
You may not think so but I do believe Adalind would have pushed for independence with the job she got back had things between her and Nick come to an abrupt end after they spent the night together, which they should have if Nick was truly indifferent towards her.
(12-17-2017, 12:55 PM)irukandji Wrote:Nothing. That wasn't her concern at the time.(12-17-2017, 12:51 PM)rpmaluki Wrote: He did believe her, he told Trubel as much after she took Kelly and left the loft.
What good is that to Adalind?