Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20150225201100/@comment-26232195-20150322163040

Syscrash53 wrote: I am wondering if a hexenbiest woge is like other wesen woges. For one Nicks eyes. They do not seem to bother adalind she has woged a few times in Nicks face. Also Henrietta was stareing Nick down. Nick eyes did not bother her. I don't think hexenbiest have the two levels of woge. At the house the time Adalind woged both Nick and Juliette saw her. In beeware you did not see emotional woges. in the basement full woge. There seems to be a difference between wesen and hexenbiest. Hexenbiest has use of their power without having to woge. I am not even sure if the council deals with hexenbiest. Adalind sleep with Nick and Hank and did not woge. Hexenbiest can woge parts of their body like just their hand. with so many difference I am not sure if calling hexenbiest wesen is accurate.

In the pilot episode of Grimm, Nick and Hank are watching Adalind walk by. She turns and looks back in a flirtateous way and Nick sees her face change. It's the first time Nick ever sees someone woge, that we know of, and of course he is shocked. It's clear from Adalind's reaction as well that she wasn't expecting to be "seen." Hank doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

So Hexenbiests do have the two levels of woge. I do agree though that the woge is not as necessary to the Hexenbiests as it is to the another Wesen. For instance, in order for a Manticore to do its thing, it has to be fully woged. Hexenbiests can exercise their mental powers without being fully woged, which kind of supports my theory the essence of being a Hexenbiest is their enhanced neural structure and their physical apperance is more of a side effect of that. I do suspect though that in order to exercise their power to its maximum extent  they probably have to be fully woged.

Hexenbiests are Wesen (literally creatures) in the broad sense of the word but I do believe we need to somehow distinguish between the "animal" Wesen and Hexenbiests. We might need additional categories as well. Someone mentioned that the female in this upcoming episode might be a "plant" Wessen. That might be why she always has to have a partner, as the sneak peak implies. Maybe her mobility is limited somehow.