Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-27720018-20160906015503/@comment-122.60.74.191-20180209001940

I prefer Nick's relationship with Adalind. When Adalind tried to kill Aunt Marie it was at the behest of Renard  under the insistance of her mother. When she tried to kill Hank, again, it was under Renard's orders. When Adalind lost her Hexenbiest, Renard whom she loved at that point and her own mother threw her away like so much garbage so she got her revenge on Nick by making Juliette forget him and got her revenge on Renard at the same time. At first she may have intended to sell her child to regain her Hexenbiest but after bearing Diana she found that she could not go through with it and wanted to raise her herself. She wanted to be a good mother. However, because Diana was an extremely powerful being and due to their past experiences with Adalind combined with the fact that the Royals wanted Diana as well, Nick and co. kidnapped Diana and gave her to his own mother to raise. When Adalind came to them in desperation they refused her, concealed the facts from her and lied to her about the whereabouts of her child. This meant that the Royals had something to hold over her, to make her a pawn yet again. She thought that the Royals had Diana and that the only way to see her daughter again was to do as they asked and take away Nick's Grimm. She did it because she was desperate and no one was willing to help her. You should never underestimate a mother's love and protective instincts. From Adalind's point of view, Nick was between her and her baby, so she took him out in order to get to her child. This is not her being selfish. This is her loving her child and wanting to be with her to take care of her. Juliette becoming a Hexenbiest was an unintended side affect. She certainly didn't know it was possible, so how can you blame her for it. And most importantly, when Adalind tried to hurt Nick and co. she owed them nothing. She did not have their trust, their love, their friendship, she owed them no loyalty, they were her enemy. And when she does owe Nick and co. these things, when she does have these things, she does not destroy it, she does not betray them. She is far more solid in her resolve, far more trustworthy than Juliette ever was when it really matters.

Juliette, on the other hand, went completely off the rails and had one huge temper tantrum about becoming a Hexenbiest. She had, had some time to come to terms with what she was when she told Nick which was a huge shock to him (though admittedly he could have handled it better) and after a day she expects him to be totally fine with what she is and tells him to kiss her as a Hexenbiest to prove that he can be with her without giving him any time to get used to her as she is now when she isn't even okay with it herself. The fact that he can have a good healthy relationship with Adalind in the end is proof that, had she given him an adequate amount of time to come to terms with it, Juliette being a Hexenbiest was an obstacle he could have gotten over. She doesn't give him that chance. She had their trust, their love, all they wanted to do was help her and she betrayed them in the worst possible way. She did four completely unforgivable things. First she burned the trailer, second, she tries to kill Monroe, third she succeeds in getting Nick's mother killed and let's not forget that she tried to kill Nick. How can any of you forgive her for these things? How can you give her a pass for this when the choice was entirely her own? The Hexenbiest did not take over, it is not an entirely seperate entity. She betrayed those closest to her, those who loved her. Behaviour such as hers has no excuse, no reason behind it that would make it in any way, okay.

And that is why Nick x Adalind is so much better than Nick x Juliette, and why Adalind is better than Juliette overall. Because when they have Adalind's love and loyalty she does not betray them, she does everything she can to keep them safe, she is worthy of their trust. She only turned on Renard after he betrayed her. But the moment things start to get hard for Juliette, the moment she becomes something she doesn't like, she betrays all those closest to her, she even actively tries to end them. She is '''unworthy. She is despicable. She is a traitor.'''