Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-24399666-20151107180145/@comment-76.67.125.146-20151107213249

I still disagree with you Catharine, and here is why.

(note: the following is dependant on us taking Adalind at face value. If EMAW is right, Adalind could simply be playing for time.)

A lot of your arguement stems from the fact that Adalind behaved worse when she was "Human" than when she was a hexenbiest. Thing is, I am not entirly convinced she became wholly human when Nick stripped her of her powers. The blood of a Grimm can remove a hexenbiests powers and altered form, but not neccecarily alter the witches psyche or biological pushes and pulls. Remember, grimms blood is only toxic to hexenbiests by virtue of genetic accident (I highly doubt grimms found a way to turn their blood into a poison for one speific enemy), which means that it might not do the full job. Combined with the trauma that came with that particular event, it is not unreasonable for adalind to continue to act as she previously was.

Compare that to the supression potion. This concoction is designed to supress the Hexenbiest ENTIRELY. Mind, body and soul. From what we have heard from Adalind, the potion seems more than capable of eliminating the deeper aspects of being a Hexen that the blood might not have (indeed, if Adalinds language with regards to Juliette can be relied on, that may be almost the entire point). Thus it is entirly possible that Adalind is now sufficiently free of the Hexen impulses to be more or less a normal human.

With regards to Juliette, I think you are missing the broader impliations of my point. It wasn't so much that becoming a Hexenbiest  made her evil per se, it was that being a Hexenbiest automatically came with all these different impulses that eventually turned her evil. Remember, Juliette has lived her entire life as a human and therefore has never had to deal with the behavioral pressures that every Wesen has since their first Woge. Even those who completly embrace their wild side have some measure of resistance to stop them from killing some random passerby thy bump into while in public. Juliette had no experiance or ability to resist the impulses, and so became the monster we now know her to be. Had she been turned into a Bludbaden, I have no doubt we would have seen her ripping out innoent throats before too long; that is justwhat wesen nature will do to someone who isn't prepared for it.

As for just "supressing the feelings" like you suggest, I don't think it is that simple. The relevent solutions, should they even exist, only suppress single emotional influences (they cure obsession, despair or mindless violence, but no solution will cure all three). As a Hexenbiest, Juliette was under the thumb of many different desires, instabilities and deficiancies and no single treatment would ever eliminate all of them. They would have to use multiple treatments, and any physican will tell you how dangerous it can be to mix and match medicine (Even stuff that doesn't mess with your head). The only viable plan of action was to use a single treatment that dealt with the source of all the problems (her being a hexenbiest); it was the simplest and safest way.

And I also think you forget something crucial; Juliette was on her way out. Whilst I never hated Juliette to any great extent (Until she burned the trailer),  it is difficult to deny that she was kind of a third wheel with regards to the rest of the cast. She did not really bring anything unique to the table, as most of the others could do what she could (particularly Rosalee) equally or better. The writers attempt to correct this (turning her into a hexenbiest) failed by catapulting her too far in the other direction; having something akin to a god on your team kind of makes the team irrelevent. Juliette thus had no real place on the team either way so, since people tend to heavily dislike useless characters, the decision was made to eliminate her. Juliette had never been the most popular charater on the show, so the writers decided to turn her into a villian and make us hate her before killing her off. It was probably a wise move, as I don't see how any kind of "selfless sacrifice" of a struggling and unpopular character would have been as greatly appreciated as the violent demise of a despised one.

TL:DR. There is quite a lot of subtly to how they are treating the entire Hexenbiest thing. Just because it isn't dirt obvious, does not mean itisn't there (and would kind of eliminate the subtly if it was dirt obvious).