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piratefalls · 1 year

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upon whatever number rewatch this is at this point (3? 4?) i just clocked that adalind actually looks uncomfortable when she’s flying to vienna at the end of season 3. like she’s telling herself, on repeat, “it was for my baby” while also not feeling good about the thing she did. she’s trying so hard to justify it to herself but she can’t even make herself fake a smile. she’s not proud. she’s a desperate mother who wants her child back and will do whatever it takes to accomplish it.

#I still really hate the trop of 'becoming a mother humanizes the evil woman'#because Adalind isn't even inherently evil #she's been manipulated by her mother and a man she loved #and has done bad things because they told her to #in the name of a cause that seems just (and mostly is) but she's only ever playing what side they tell her #and the second nick takes her powers at the end of season 1 she's swept aside by them both #because they consider her useless as a plain old human #and both times she's without her powers she proves she's far from useless #she's a big brained woman who can scheme with the best of them #only she also allows her heart to drive her decisions #the choices she makes for kelly and the choices she makes to protect nick #because unlike what she had with her mother and renard #with nick she's eventually working with all the pieces on the board and not just the few her mom and renard allowed her to see #(and yes her love for her daughter does allow her to be manipulated by the royals I am not denying that)#(and how she went about things with nick was definitely wrong and I know they kind of skate over that)#(and yes she still chose to follow through on some of those plans - albeit without having the full picture)#but the fact that she reaches a point in late season 5 #where she can recognize when someone is trying to manipulate her BEFORE she does a terrible thing #and does everything she can to not have to do that thing #and then only does the thing to protect the man she loves and their son #to give them all a fighting chance to be together again #because the cause she believes in now is her and nick and their family #and I just love watching her evolve over six seasons I love Adalind SO MUCH #oh my god these tags are a huge fucking mess I am so scatterbrained but whatever #and that's what you missed on glee apparently #kelly watches grimm

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