(02-02-2017, 12:23 AM)MarylikesGrimm Wrote: In my view what was not rational was believing anything that Renard says by Adalind.Adalind isn’t respected because she doesn’t earn/demand respect. Renard briefly treated Adalind with respect at the BC mansion when she defiantly declared she would not hook up with him and would not help BC, then followed through. Adalind had never defied Renard before, nor stood up for herself. And Renard was visibly afraid of Bonaparte while Adalind told him no, and kept telling him no until he almost choked her to death.
I do think Renard hoped Juliette would kill Adalind so he’d be rid of her for good. But I don’t think him refusing to help her find Diana had anything to do with her being a bad mother. I think he wanted Diana to stay with Kelly Burkhardt, because he believed she was safe and because it freed him from the burden/responsibility.
Diana is in a very vulnerable place right now, but because Adalind wants to be with Nick more than anything, she moves her daughter into a one bedroom loft over a paint factory to live with a stranger. Diana doesn’t have a bedroom, she has a bed in the common area. And Nick has never told Adalind he loves her. Nick doesn’t respect Adalind because she doesn’t earn or demand respect.
Nick doesn’t trust Adalind, but he trusted Eve and trusts Juliette now. Nick didn’t tell Adalind about the stick, but he told Eve and told Juliette about the cloth. Nick lied to Adalind about the tunnels, but Juliette moves freely through the tunnels.
Adalind refused to perjure herself for Renard because of the children, yet, didn’t hesitate to perjurer herself for Nick’s benefit despite the possible backlash hurting her children.
To me, Nick/Adalind isn’t any different than Renard/Adalind. The one difference had been Nick didn’t compromise Adalind’s safety for his personal gain, but that was gone when Nick expected Adalind to lie under oath. And let’s not forget that while Nick & Renard were divvying up property on the rooftop, Nick handed over Diana without hesitation. If he respected Adalind, considered her needs important, he would have told Renard that where Diana lived wasn’t up to him.
Renard and Adalind never had a relationship, but neither have Nick and Adalind. Adalind being the only one in love isn’t a relationship. And the arrangement they have now isn’t sustainable, even with Adalind settling for so little.
"If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well." Rainer Maria Rilke