(04-07-2017, 09:37 PM)Hell Rell Wrote: There was no point in the series where Nick or anyone else thought Adalind was mentally ill. Nick took her in because she was the mother of his child and needed protection. It wasn't even out of affection. It was all for Kelly. The affection grew from there but there was none in the beginning.I don't put much stock in things that didn't happen on screen, not even in a passing conversation (however, I do accept deleted scenes because at least they were committed to film). What actually did happen is plenteous enough to debate properly without rewriting the show to fit my view of the characters.
If Nick truly thought Adalind was mentally ill he would've had a conversation about it with another character. We know he thinks she's a wonderful mother because he talked about it. We know he was worried about the the return of her Hexenbiest because he talked about it. We know he doesn't blame her for going to the mansion because he talked about it with Adalind. Nick thinking of her as mentally ill would undoubtedly been put on the screen.
Baby Kellys existence really changed the fabric of the show. Once we found out about Adalind's pregnancy, it was all over for Nick and Juliette. The love they had for one another couldn't withstand the consequences of him being a grimm again and her becoming a hexenbiest in return and an unexpected baby from an afternoon tryst that set them on the path of the former. That was a mountain too tall for them to scale over together without the cracks in the relationship growing bigger and more profound.
Without the messed up events of 4B, I feel these three characters would still have ended up exactly like they did at the end of the show but with a little less guilt. There's a dichotomy between Nick the cop and Nick the Grimm. The first was the ideal for Juliette while the latter is the ideal for a changed Adalind. The journey between the two versions of Nick is what nearly destroyed Juliette.