(02-21-2019, 07:45 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: Was Adalind innocent? No.
Was she gullible? Absolutely! There's no doubt about it. Adalind was certainly the most gullible character in the series. This was a constant over the series until maybe season 5 and she was still a bit gullible.
As for betrayal, Adalind certainly felt betrayed. She never viewed them as just criminals. She viewed them as the man she was implied to have strong feelings for and possibly love and her mother, both of whom she never expected to turn their backs on her.
I can't look at Adalind tormenting and finally managing to murder Marie and then state, "but gee, look at how gullible she is". Poisoning Hank with the intent of murdering him doesn't point to a gullible Adalind. Continent hopping over to Austria, murdering Pech, taking her hexenbiest spirit, and then welching on the royals doesn't somehow reveal gullibility either.
I can't even say any of this is the result of unrequited love. As many have pointed out, Adalind and Renard parted company and Adalind never, ever voiced any remorse over that relationship, (if we can even call it that).
Adalind made a decision to put in with Adalind and Catherine. That doesn't make her vulnerable, it makes her part of a small gang of criminals. She tried to get the key, she lost it and her hexenbiest as a result, and was booted from the gang.
If Adalind had been successful and gotten Nick's key that night, and still ended up being booted out, I can guarantee that gullibility would never even be brought up as an issue. Instead there would be outrage over what Nick lost. As Nick was the winner that night, Adalind's proposed gullibility takes center stage.
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