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Farerb wrote:

Aine1989 wrote: tw: rape mention.

Snow and Whale were both raped. Neither one could consent because they had been brainwashed. While Regina did not physically rape them herself, she brainwashed them into believing they were attracted to one another and wanted to have sex. It was date rape. In the same way, David, Abigai and possibly Ruby (if I remember correctly her having sexual relationships was alluded to) as well as any other person who had sex under the curse was raped as they had no free will.

Please stop denying rape. Agreed. We shouldn't deny rape by Regina, Zelena, Hook and probably Rumple. Definitely Rumple (5x11, season 4 finale and he may be guilty of rape by proxy since he built (modified?) the Dark Curse, as well as IIRC facilitating Robin's rape).

And no, Hook is not a rapist in canon. And before you start, no he did not admit to getting women drunk. In that exchange, there is no mention of women or sex. In the context of that conversation, he was suspicious that Emma wasn't trying to have sex. So the full line would be "If I didn't know better, I'd say you [were not trying to have sex with me], you were  trying to get me drunk". So we know he did not mean sex. Worth noting he (while drunk beyond the point of consent)  asked for her consent twice.

Trivialising rape by calling Hook a rapist is just as bad as denying that Regina/Rumple/Zelena are rapists.

Damn there is a lot of rape on this show.