Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160225032648/@comment-25536775-20160517230951

The issue is that society generally acknowledges torture and murder as horrible things, and is much more ambiguous when it comes to rape, especially female-on-male, or same-sex rape. And further especially if it's rape by deception. The show not acknowledging it as such is perpetuating a societal pattern that gaslights victims. It's a slap in the face to victims and activists; Once is basically saiyng ''"Our show is pretty adult, let's make rape a part of the plot. But our show is not mature enough to acknowlege it and deal with the consequences for the vitims". ''It's not a conscious thing, it's something thrown upon us by subtle social cues. The wirters aren't to blame, but that's the message they're sending. When you write about something that might be problematic, you bother to look it up. If you don't, then you listen to the people who called you out and do your best to fix it. They did everything possible to avoid acknowledging Robin's pain and to avoid showing Zelena as guilty of rape. The only mention of it being anything near rape was in 5x10. And one sentence that didn't even outright name it. She tortures Rumpel? Painted as a villain. She kills Marian? Painted as a villain. She rapes Robin? She's undergoing redemption and Robin has to give her a chance.