Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191130155818/@comment-14909251-20191216054756

Lord Jaric wrote:

Adam: I don't know. I'm out there fighting for us, and when you fight, people get hurt. What, do you want me to just abandon our cause? Like your parents?

Blake: (worried) No! I'm not saying that! I... I don't know.

Adam: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought them up. I just get scared when it feels like you don't believe in me anymore.

This is very much what an abusive relationship is like. The abuser controls by guilt tripping their victim followed up with an apology to keep them from catching on. I'm not denying that is what it is like, but it is exactly one example of controlling behavior where it isn't even really about their personal relationship. When you talk about Weiss or Mercury, it is all about them and their relationship with their family member, plus it is established to be a continuous string of acts. However, really the point here was about an abusive family environment. Whatever her relationship with Adam was like, Blake had a loving home she could go back to at any time. By no means was she bound to Adam except by choice. There is a different dynamic involved with family.