Adalind Schade confirmed as a big nerd.

I wonder…if her powers fully come back, will she even be able to care about what she’s lost? Will she revert back immediately, or will it be a gradual spiral like with Juliette, with short moments where she realizes what’s happening to her and is desperate to stop it?

YES. FINALLY. CONFIRMATION.

Being a hexenbiest fundamentally alters the mind and emotions of the person. Adalind is literally TERRIFIED of having those powers back

I figured those powers would come back eventually…I guess being threatened probably accelerated it?

I feel that when Nick tells Kelly the whole story about him and Adalind, Kelly will the first to suggest therapy to Nick.

Sadly, I find it more likely that Kelly will grow up knowing his parents’ story and thinking of his dad’s messed-up life as normal. Especially if they continue with this whole “hiding from the world” thing they’ve been doing. Has the kid ever even been outside?

Okay, I feel like I need to make this clear:

If being a hexenbiest just in general causes people to have no moral compass, to be violent and sadistic with no control over their actions, then both Juliette and Adalind have done bad things that they would never have done if completely in control of themselves.

(Although I think it’s important to note that Adalind did a lot of horrible things during the time when she was without her powers as well, so I’m not sure we know for certain what she would or wouldn’t do or her own free will.)

But it doesn’t make the people they’ve hurt less hurt, less angry. And it doesn’t make them any less likely to associate that pain with the person who did the hurting. Which means Nick having a relationship with Adalind would be massively unhealthy and bad for him, and probably bad for her, too.

Just like Nick having any relationship with Juliette in her current state would be bad for them both–and non-consensual, since Juliette is programmed to take orders, not make her own choices.

A lot of people are quick to condemn Adalind for “raping” Nick but so many seem to forget that she only did that because the royals (who Nick and his friends had lead her to believe had Diana) ordered her to do that and told her it was the only way she’d ever see her daughter again. It’s not nearly as black and white as some people make it seem.

A lot of people are also quick to forget that Adalind has been told to do a lot of things and always seems to resort to sexual violence to get them done. And that being desperate doesn’t excuse doing horrible things.

Sean told her to get the key? Adalind’s plan to get the key was to cast a spell on Hank, rape him, and then use the fact that his life was in danger to try to force Nick to hand over the key.

Adalind loses her powers and wants revenge? She decides, on her own, to cast a spell on Juliette that can only be broken with the massively bad side effect of creating an obsessive and dangerous attraction between Juliette and whoever rescues her…which robs both parties of their agency and violates them both in a fundamental way. She also had sex with Sean while he was under the influence of this spell, which arguably robbed him of the ability to say no to her.

The Royals tell Adalind to neutralize Nick as a threat? Adalind’s plan to do so was to cast a spell on herself and rape Nick, which stripped him of his powers.

I’m not saying Adalind hasn’t found herself in some desperate situations. I’m not even saying I don’t find her sympathetic at times. But I can acknowledge the difficulties she’s faced without turning those into excuses for the horrible things she’s done.

I belueve nick and adalind are good for each other

I fail to see how a rape victim being in constant, close-quarters contact with the person who raped them could be good for them. Especially when they were emotionally blackmailed into being there.

THANK you for calling what happened to Nick rape. I’ve met one too many people (including “feminists”) who say men can’t be raped by women. Also I wanted to point out that people tend to make crappy decisions when highly emotional. I’m hoping when Nick gets his head straight, he’ll realize that being with Adalind is a horrible idea. sighs That man needs a good cry, a good fight (not usually a good idea but he’s got too much anger right now), and a good talk with someone neutral asap.

Yep. Speaking from experience, abuse makes you do dumb shit. It makes you feel things that aren’t healthy, and often you don’t realise until it’s too late. It’s really sad that it happens, and it’s really sad that, in essence, you end up brainwashed into accepting situations you wouldn’t ordinarily deal with.

And I could totally get behind that happening to Nick – if it wasn’t played off as cute or sexy or anywhere approaching acceptable.

I wanted to ask you to something on Kelly, and the realized there’s not a lot of him in the show. Why isn’t there more Kelly? With Nick? We need more of that.

We do! I did write a jokingly sarcastic response about how it’s a cunning framing device to make us feel more kindly towards Adalind, then I realised I was right and that’s exactly what it is.

In TV and Film there’s a device called Pat The Dog – if the character pats the dog, the audience sees them as a good person. It’s shorthand, if you will, to give people certain characteristics without them actually having to do anything kind or heroic within the story – usually saving time in the film. Harry Potter has it (talks to the snake at the zoo), the Ninth Doctor has it (cuddles a cat), any small act of kindness that the character didn’t have to do, like give change to a homeless person for example, is a Pat the Dog moment.

It’s not always animal based, it’s often used with babies, as in this case. We see Adalind performing various baby related duties with a smile on her face, the baby seems happy, if a person makes a baby happy they must be a good person.

To show Nick handling Kelly would distract from that at present, but to mention that Nick doesn’t do anything for Kelly would mean that Nick is a bad father. So, the only time you see Kelly on screen is with Adalind* so you feel more kindly towards her without her actually having to do anything kind or selfless to anyone else.

I for one would love to see more of Kelly, especially with Nick. I want to see how he feels towards Kelly, rather than the sense of duty he has towards him. I’d actually like to see more of Adalind and Kelly, beyond pat the dog moments. She has a great fear as well as a great longing for motherhood, but I’m sliding off your point here.

We do need more Nick and Kelly, I would like to know how he plans to raise him – knowing of the Wesen world, or not? And other similar questions. I’m really curious.

(*I know they had a couple of scenes together, but mainly it’s Adalind for the reasons outlined above. My drama training ruining TV shows again.)