Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20150225201100/@comment-69.91.87.55-20150320085615

LCD2YOU wrote: PDXBlazer wrote: For everyone wondering about if Nick's blood can get rid of Juliette's powers, here is the explanation. Or you can just wait until tomorrow's episode to find out. AKA - Plot device ala Deus ex machina

I don’t think it’s necessary to evoke Deus ex machina'' at all. Immunology is closer to the point. Some factor (enzyme, antigen, whatever) in Nick’s blood epigenetically suppressed Adalind’s Hexenbiest abilities. (The Dictionary.com definition of epigenetics is: “ … the study of the way in which the expression of heritable traits is modified by environmental influences or other mechanisms without a change to the DNA sequence.”} She then underwent the contaminatio ritualis which neutralized the effect of his blood and allowed her to regain her powers.   ''

'' It would be reasonable to imagine that the same factor which suppressed her powers acts to promote a Grimm’s abilities: his enhanced vision as well as possibly other neural enhancements giving rise to, for instance, his superior reflexes. So if Adalind could somehow pass the Grimm neutralizing factor back to Nick she could, as Viktor put it, return the favor and take away his abilities. Hence the entwining spell where she combined Juliette’s DNA with her own in order effect the physical transformation that allowed her to trick Nick into exchanging bodily fluids with her. Juliette then undergoes the same process which leads to the reversal of the suppression of Nick’s powers but somehow Adalind’s Hexenbiest promoting factors are transferred to her, epigenetically changing her into a Hexenbiest, albeit one who is already immunized against the effects of a Grimm’s blood. ''

'' It’s all pure fantasy of course and one is free to indulge in whatever explanation one finds most appealing, but fanciful biochemistry seems more in keeping with the spirit of the show than magic or divine intervention. A pretty consistent theme throughout has been that there are complex biological processes giving rise to the existence of these creatures who the ancients in their fear and ignorance labelled as being supernatural. The Wesen can still be thought of as supernatural in a sense, but perhaps uebernatural comes closer to conveying the essence of their being. ''