Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27079851-20171120082917/@comment-1826156-20180314174959

GothicNarcissus wrote: I get your point, but again, I think it's worth pointing out that the show has always been open in framing rape as a very negative action. Be it Regina and Graham, Zelena and Robin (which were more unanbiguous cases) or Gothel and Hook. Within the story, moral accountability is something the show has been very inconsistent about in pretty much all cases (including mass murder), but from a narrative standpoint it has always gone down the harsh judgement path.

On the other hand, I agree that if you, writer, don't want to fully explore the fallout (both on the victim's and the perpetrator's side) of something so sensitive because other plot points have priority, you'd better not write it into your narrative at all. That bugs me too. Actually, the writers have defended Regina and claimed it was all consensual with Graham and basically told people if they don't like it, don't watch. Somehow they see being brainwashed and controlled as consensual. It explains a lot about how they can repeat these storylines over and over without seeing why they get backlash. People tend to think since males are physically stronger in most cases that they must have wanted it. That and the view that men only care about sex (it's a lie). The men might not be outwardly devastated by the rape, but there are a lot of things men keep bottled up. It doesn't mean it's okay.

I totally agree though, that if they can't handle the fallout then they shouldn't put such controversial topics in. The scary thing is, they don't seem to view it as rape in the first place. Only Zelena's was treated that way at all, and I felt like Robin was traeted as a piece of meat between the sisters there for awhile. Regina seemed more upset for herself than for Robin. Zelena did it for revenge. They were both pretty disgusting and they both were treated more as victims than Robin. The writing is just in a way that makes you skim over the fact that a man has just lost his wife a second time (but yay! He has a girlfriend now! Whoo true love! /s) has to explain to his little boy his mother is dead and a wicked witch has been living with them and on top of all the abuse he's just faced, he is now a father to the witch's child and is being told he has no rights to it.

People are free to have their opinions and all, but Adam and Eddy's opinions on this are clearly wrong. I'm not saying it's wrong to write these stories. It's wrong to deny it is a form of rape. ​​​​