Why is Nick a male pig for sleeping with Adalind, when they were both single and catching feelings for living so close together? Nick not saying the words so soon despite what he was clearly starting to feel somehow makes him a male pig, I don't get your reasoning. Monroe asked him if he loved her and instead of denying it outright, which he could have, he expressed confusion that probably stemmed from the fact that he was having deep feelings for Adalind but he had to work through what that meant with their volatile history.
Writers aren't beholden to keep Adalind a villain right through their story. They didn't with Renard and they didn't keep Juliette a good character all the way through either. I cannot speak on their choices for shifting Adalind's narrative but I could understand why they did it. Having Diana shifted Adalind's focus/goal from wanting to hurt others to just living her life with her child. Maybe she could have succeeded had Diana not been taken away from her. Her resurging detour back into villain lasted as long as her second pregnancy. And this time, Adalind made her change in motivation and goals stick with a little help. So the writers, much like Renard, had long shown Adalind's ability to walk a straight path, it just took them two years to process it and stick with it during the final season.
Adalind's story fits a trope long since used before her and will probably be used long after her. A villain that becomes so popular that writers choose to redeem through different. means. It works for some and not for others. It is what it is.
Writers aren't beholden to keep Adalind a villain right through their story. They didn't with Renard and they didn't keep Juliette a good character all the way through either. I cannot speak on their choices for shifting Adalind's narrative but I could understand why they did it. Having Diana shifted Adalind's focus/goal from wanting to hurt others to just living her life with her child. Maybe she could have succeeded had Diana not been taken away from her. Her resurging detour back into villain lasted as long as her second pregnancy. And this time, Adalind made her change in motivation and goals stick with a little help. So the writers, much like Renard, had long shown Adalind's ability to walk a straight path, it just took them two years to process it and stick with it during the final season.
Adalind's story fits a trope long since used before her and will probably be used long after her. A villain that becomes so popular that writers choose to redeem through different. means. It works for some and not for others. It is what it is.