I don't think Stockholm Syndrome applies to Nick and Adalind at all, not even at the beginning of S5. The standard definition is "feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking by a victim towards a captor." By definition this doesn't apply to these two since they were both free to choose different for themselves and neither was in a hostage situation. They were driven by one goal and that was to protect their son and Nick couldn't take Kelly away from his mother and promised as much. Through voluntary forced isolation they grew close and vulnerable to the other. Could they have become a couple some other way other than what we saw on screen? I don't think so, but I can't belittle that the S5 environment was conducive for them to fall for one another, based not on their history together but based on their common desire to belong/have family. It is what it is.
BTW, Adalind never called Nick by any other name except Nick since they were together.
(09-03-2017, 01:27 AM)wesen Wrote: I know you may not have been satisfied in how the relationship between Nick and Adalind was depicted, and I respect that. There were certain things the writers could have done better, maybe their views on women and relationships were based on adolescent fantasies, or typical male desires rather than an actual realistic example of a relationship. For myself, despite some things that I found lacking (again Nick should have been a lot more vocal about his feelings for Adalind sooner) I was overall satisfied with the way things played out. I don't think Adalind became the Juliette that Nick wanted all along, she still had that sassy quality to her and protective mother instincts that Juliette lacked. Even her scheming personality was still there, though maybe not so apparent, when she convinced Renard to take a shower and to stay a bit longer in order to talk about Diana. I think the character Nick was always meant to be written almost as an old fashioned throw back to the chivalrous knights of old, the kind who fought with their fists or swords in order to defend/protect their lady's honour, due to the fairytale background of the show.I agree with all of this. The show had some serious problems, particularly with the writing because they had their focus elsewhere, WotW. There was no time to flesh out good character work for all of these characters, even Nick the main star.
BTW, Adalind never called Nick by any other name except Nick since they were together.