Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-128.248.23.91-20170509181753/@comment-25862208-20170523153700

There's a big difference between being turned into a Hexenbiest and being born one -- those that are turned into Hexenbiests are much more powerful, and as we saw with Juliette (and later Adalind expressed her fears over what would happen to her once the suppressant wore off), it fundamentally changes how you think and behave as well. Hexenbiests like Adalind and Catherine, who are born as Hexenbiests, don't have the powers you are inquiring about, at least not to the extent that Juliette (and later Eve) had. Take the very first fight between Nick and Adalind in Season 1, for instance, or the fight between mama Kelly and Catherine in Season 2. Both were more physical in nature than magical. The best example of the discrepancy in powers between a made Hexenbiest and a born Hexenbiest though I think is the classic Hexenbiest fight between Juliette and Adalind in Season 4. While Adalind does use some telekinetic abilities in that fight (throwing a vase at Juliette), it's not nearly to the extent of what Juliette was capable of -- throwing multiple objects (knives) at Adalind, throwing Adalind herself to the ceiling, and throwing some telekinetic punches as well.

Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest was certainly a big plot piece that moved the story of the show forward, but I think the showrunners had done well to already introduce the fact that Hexenbiests that are messed with in some way become extremely powerful -- remember, when Diana was still in the womb, Adalind went through the Contaminatio Ritualis to regain her powers, which had a significant effect on Diana's powers.