01-07-2018, 06:54 AM
(01-06-2018, 03:59 PM)FaceInTheCrowd Wrote: Disassociative Identity Disorder ("multiple personalities") happens when the mind compartmentalizes itself to escape the effects of some experience or emotion. Over time, the "alter" personality can either diverge and become more and more different from the "prime" personality, or the different personalities can converge.I don’t disagree with the technical side of split personalities. My point was the show switched out Eve & Juliette depending on the scene/circumstances even before the stick whammy. Eve threatened Adalind if she hurt Nick and was preoccupied with protecting Nick’s son while the artificially created personality was supposedly intact, but, couldn’t muster a response to Adalind’s apology after the two personalities had supposedly begun to merge. Although referring to her and Nick as ‘us’ when recalling a previous event that didn’t require responsibility, she clearly separated the two personalities when referencing Juliette’s unforgivable actions in S4.
"Eve" was not devoid of emotion, she just experienced different emotions (like irritation and anger, for example), and deliberately chose to keep Juliette's walled off. The stick appeared to break that wall down and merge the two personalities for a time, until Eve put it back up. And when she did, it wasn't exactly the same wall it had been before.
However, I don't see that behavior as part of the character's blended personality as much as the writers avoiding getting to the heart of Nick and Juliette's downfall.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke