Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-27720018-20160222050051/@comment-27845103-20160223201010

I'd just like to say that it shouldn't be termed rape or Stockholm syndrome or any such serious term like that. Some people understandably don't like the first word thrown around lightly so I tend it call it magical manipulation on Adalind's part. Stockholm syndrome develops in a person when they have no choice but to depend on another person for their survival and are under extreme duress psychologically. Nick and Adalind chose to live together for the sake of their child (not because they are in love with each other) so to me it doesn't count as Stockholm syndrome (or love for that matter).

I will say again however that it's very unlikely that Nick, despite his naivety and complete incompetence with understanding women, will end up with Adalind because she will not stay her domestic and civil self for long. A lot of people are forgetting that she is under a spell to reduce her Hexenbiest powers and nature and that this spell will wear off and she will be back to her old, manipulative self. She will be kind to her children, which I've found is her only saving grace as a Hexenbiest, but she may just be willing to throw everyone who has helped her under a bus like she has done in season 3 and 4 to save her own neck later in the series. For those that are still doubtful, check out Claire Coffee's recent interview about her character's storyline.