Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20150417214605/@comment-26232195-20150505045251

184.147.198.180 wrote:

As for Adalind giving up her powers, several things come to mind. First, this is merely supression of powers rather than removal, which makes me think Adalind could reverse it if she needed to. Even if that is not the case, it still makes some sense because it is not as if the powers would help her much; Juliette outclasses Adalind in might and Adalind knows it. Removing her powers to guarentee that the potion would work was essentially upgradeing from "no chance of survival" to "slim chance of survival". Think of it like if you had a revolver and were facing off against two heavily armed and armoured soldiers and you decided to throw the gun away and surrender. Sure, you are extra screwed if they decide to kill you, but surrender grants you a beter chance of survival and there is not much difference between "screwed" and "extra screwed". Good points and I really think Adalind is just done with being a Hexenbiest. When she woged after drinking the suppressant, that was the first time she had woged since the scene where she was taking all the pregnancy tests. As mischievous as she has been, she been the victim of numerous betrayals herself. Sean and her own mother were just using her to get the Burkhardt's key. After Nick took away her powers they were like, "You're useless!"

She ran to Prince Erik and he treated her like dirt, even though he was sleeping with her.

It was Stefania who killed Frau Pech and then made Adalind go through that ridiculous ritual, most of which I think was just pointless hazing that Stefania put her through because, well, Stefania is a sadist. And all the time Stefania was plotting behind her back to give her child away to Prince Viktor.

Adalind clearly bonded with Meisner while they were on the run. (I really hope we get to see him again at some point.) It was also clear that having a child was affecting her attitude. True she originally intended to give the child away but, I expected all along that she might have second thoughts once she actually had the baby. It's a pretty well established biological fact that mothers form bonds with their children.

She fled to Portland with Kelly and ending up turning to the Scooby gang for protection. I think the team was right in sending Diana away for safekeeping. Still, it would be ridiculous to think that she would NOT think of that as betrayal. Nick wanted to talk to her about it but, Sean talked him out of it. It was stupid of them to think that she wouldn't go back to Viktor since she thought that was who had the child.

It was Viktor who tasked Adalind with taking Nick's powers away, as a condition for her getting to see her baby again. That was a total double cross. Then after she does the deed and returns to Austria, Viktor throws her in the dungeon and puts her through hell.

She ends up back in Portland thinking that she's under the protection of the Royals but as soon as Prince Kenneth realizes that Juliette would be more useful to him, he throws Adalind under the bus, unborn baby and all.

So the real question is, why in the HELL at this point in her life would Adalind want to be a Hexenbiest at all. It’s brought her nothing but grief and made her the target of everyone’s scorn. I wasn't surprised at all that she took the potion herself (in fact, not to toot my own horn - but I will - I predicted that she would just before the sneak peak posted.) Of course, another betrayal could rekindle her desire to be a witch but, I doubt that would work out any better for her in the long run.

In summary, I think the only evil deed that Adalind actually undertook on her own accord was putting the Sleeping Beauty spell on Juliette. In every other instance I can think of - though of course I might be missing some - she was just acting as a pawn for someone else. In particular, two of her worst deeds - trying to kill Aunt Marie and putting the "Death for Love" spell on Hank, were undertaken on Renard's orders. Funny how everyone is so willing to forgive him for all his underhanded dealings in spite of the fact that we still don't know exactly what his agenda is. I guess looking good with no shirt on goes a long ways to establishing one's character. LOL :-b