Board Thread:Spoilers/@comment-3125844-20150123235427/@comment-64.231.120.181-20150211203113

Neling4 wrote: 64.231.120.181 wrote:

A final note. We must be careful not to feel sorry for Adalind. She is cruel, petty, selfish and has no respect for the lives of innocents. She has done many an evil thing, none of which is excused by her current suffering. There may be the inclination to feel sorry for her but, at the end of the day, we must remember that it was her own cruelty, treachery and petty scheming that brought this down on her head. She has thoroughly earned her fate, no matter how bad it will be. I do feel sorry for Adalind. As a mother myself, I completely understand her love for her daughter and her desperation to get her back.

Most of Adalind's scheming was on Sean Renard's request, so he is as bad, if not worse, than she. It was he who ordered her to kill Nick's aunt and it was he who ordered her to seduce Hank.

Also, of all of them, Adalind is the only regular character on the show who has'' not murdered anyone. '' Several points that you have to take into account Neling.

a) Remember that Adalind initially wanted to SELL her child to get her powers back, even going to the point of threatening to abort Diana to get her way. Even if she later changed her mind,

b) Just because she was ordered to do bad things does NOT excuse what she did. She always had the option of refusing or doing the right thing, but she never chose to do so. She is not a soldier who is expected to follow orders no matter what, she is a hexenbiest who has a mind of her own and fully chose to perform her wrongheaded deeds. Regardless, the Nurumberg trials have proved that it is entirly justified to blame people in Adalinds position even if they were "following orders".

c) We must also not forget the evil things she did without being ordered to do so. She put Juliette into a coma. She was complicit in the Murder of Frau Pech. She willingly aided the royals. she has repeatedly demonstrated a complete lack of moral compass and therefore is unworthy of sympathy regardless of suffering.

d) Also, you do not seem to properly distinguish between murder and killing. All the other characters (aside from sean) have not Murdered anyone by virtue of the facts that they killed in self defence, defence of others, in the line of duty or because they were left with no choice. Adalind, on the other hand, has attempted murder or willingly endangered more than once (Aunt Marie, Hank, Juliette, etc) and was a paticipent in the Murder of Frau Pech.

Bottom line: Adalind is unworthy of pity or sympathy. She has, at the behest of others or otherwise, been responsible for some of the greatest acts of evil on the show. She has freely switched sides too often and dabbled in matters beyond her actual abilities to control. She paved the path she now treads upon, and she deserves every pothole she trips upon. My greatest hope is that she forever loses all that she holds dear and falls into despair. I am sure to love watching that happen.