Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-98.117.68.195-20150503215639/@comment-26871466-20150809201733

General MGD 109 wrote:

Well I think you're exaggerating just a little bit, its not like that dominates the story. Just Adalind's own storyline. I admit doing it twice was a bit much, but I think the purpose behind it was a little different. The first time around it started off with her trying to carry on being a player (even though she was only ever a piece) but end up offering her a chance at redemption, all so they could rip it away when Karma caught up to her for all the things she had done up to this point.

The second time, well I think that was Karma as well, just a bit different. After all she took advantage of Nick to steal his powers, what's more kamatic than it ending up with her being the one suffer for that?

Yes, I am exaggerating, but compared to her original, season 1 role, Adalind has turned into a main character. Other than her funny one liners, I don't see the point in her, she made a terrible villain (if you could actually call her that) and in order for her to become a member of the scooby gang, her whole personality and history with the characters has to be rewritten, and I am not looking forward to that. I don't see it as karma, I think she got off easy. She should/would have been killed either by the Royals or by Nick, but instead she will be protected forever by Nick, Sean and the scooby gang, because of the kid. Instead of paying for what she has done, she will live happily ever after. And that's not fair. Look at what she has done to Juliette, it's her fault she turned into a hexenbeast and got killed, it was supposed to be her with Nick but instead she is dead. Adalind hit the jackpot with Nick's baby, because whatever crimes she has committed and will commit, Nick will never hurt her.

General MGD 109 wrote: Well it comes down to the fact Adalind's was outright abusive, rather than simply tragic. Now no one is saying she holds the monopoly on having a hard life. Or that that is a justification for everything she does.

Its more a lessening factor.

Looking over her history, she has legitemently being used, abused, exploited and/or betrayed by every single person she ever put her trust into. From that its enough for some fans to wonder, if she actually had a positive relationship in her life, maybe she wouldn't be such a bad person.

Well, considering that we haven't actually seen much of her past, so I am not convinced that she had it so bad. Upbringing certainly has influence on us, but to blame her mother not loving her for Adalind turning out to be a selfish, vain, power-hungry and vindictive human being is a bit too much for me. She knew what she wanted, and was willing to do anything to get it. She sold her own baby for power. There is nothing that would absolve her of that.