Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-24399666-20151107180145/@comment-26368233-20151107202619

I think you have to look at this in 2 ways--from the story line and from the writers (possibilities for the future).

I agree with the previous poster that it is possible that Adalind is more concerned that having the hexenbiest ability makes it easier to be evil than being human. If a person has the ability to do something (revenge or bullying) it is easier to give into that urge. I think at face value Adalind knows that if she doesn't have that ability she cannot give into the urge and must be a decent human being--I think she realizes that Nick and his friends are in a position to help her (and be true friends) if that is what she truly wants. It is also possible that Adalind is saying the "right" things to buy time until she can do what she wants. She is flattering Nick; I didn't expect you to be there and you have been great; and telling Roselee that she is the only friend she has. It could be taken as she is playing the "I am a poor vulnerable woman--take care of me". Adalind did use her acting abilities with Hank in the first season.

A second possibility I thought of is that the writers want to soften Adalind to be a love interest for Nick. There were a lot of scenes with Nick and Juliette at home, giving Nick somewhat of a domestic life. With Juliette apparently dead, and no other woman in Nick's life, there is less of a domestic story line. With the previous history between Nick and Adalind a home life between the two would not be entirely believable unless one or both changes drastically.