Board Thread:Spoilers/@comment-3125844-20150123235427/@comment-5083222-20150213185908

I'm a little late to the Adalind debate, but here's my take on that "Witch With A Capital B"

(FYI, this is in relation the character, not the actress)

Adalind is a Full On Hexenbiest. They are beyond vain. Even Elizabeth stated how much of her power is used to keep her young and beautiful.

Adalind, even outside her being a Hexenbiest, is a beautiful lady who has delusions of entitlement. She expects to get what she wants. Growing up a Hexenbiest, it is doubtful she had to really "work" to get what she wanted.

Adalind has a very strong sense of "she's owed things". She gave birth to Diana therefor Diana is "hers", not as a child/daughter, but as a material object.

It's not all "object oriented". Adalind was "loved starved". That left her emotionally stunted from the abuse (note the way her mother and her DID interact) she had as a child. Adalind does crave and need "real love". Obviously, to her, a baby will "love her unconditionally".

Last, Adalind is not thinking (I doubt if she ever has) about the "long game". She wants instant gratification. Remember, all she had to do was get from one end of the room to the other and leave in the "trap" Vicktor set for her. She failed every time trying to take the easy way out and make shortcuts. As such, her alliance with Vicktor is NOT permanent, but will be day to day so long as her immediate needs are being met

IOW, Adalind is not a "mother", just a woman who gave birth and thinks that makes her "entitled"