Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151019010334/@comment-1916997-20151019064552

Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Farerb wrote: Just because it's fiction, doesn't mean it is okay to do those things and then shrug it off. Buffy had the exact same thing in 613, and they weren't affraid using the Rape word, because that is exactly what it is. Just because it is fantasy, doesn't mean it should take these matters so lightly. And that is my biggest problem with the show, it doesn't deal with the problematic messages it puts on screen and people don't realize that what Arthur did is rape (or sexual assult whatever, doesn't make it less problematic) or they they just say "well it's fantasy, we don't care". When other fantasy series do that, what comes to my mind is Buffy espacially, they don't shrug it off. They acknowledge x happened (x = rape, murder, suicide) and they did deal with it. So what do you want to see happen? You think they need to put a rape hotline number at the end of the show or something? It's fiction, good things happen in fiction, bad things happen in fiction, but the show must go on regardless. How many people do you think want to watch a show where the main characters sit around and discuss how Arthur may have potentially raped his wife because of magic sand? I would guess not many. If you want something that deals with the issues in a serious way, taking into account morality and legality, I'm sure you can find a show out there. I believe Law and Order: SVU is all about that. Once is not. Once is about hope, motherhood, and classic stories (many of which fall into the fantasy umbrella). So yeah, I don't think I have anything else to say, except I'm sorry your not enjoying Once as much as I am. No. There are plenty of fantasy shows that deal with those matters - Buffy and Game of Thrones for instance. A show doesn't need to be a realistic Drama to deal with those things, there is something that's called metaphores. Also, if OUAT's writers don't want to deal with it, then that's fine, but they shouldn't do it from the starts just for drama's sake and shock value. Well, I'm not sure about Buffy, but I know Game of Thrones is TV-MA, meaning for mature (i.e. adult) audiences, whereas Once is TV-PG. So just as we don't see naked people having sex on Once, or incredibly gory violence on Once, I would hope that Once would also keep the subject matter a little less mature. That includes having indepth conversations about rape. At the same time, Once wants to stay true to the source material, and still be enjoyable for adults to watch, so some adult things may happen. I think the problem here is you want a TV-MA Once Upon A Time, and this is just not going to happen, at least not with this exact show. If it's bothering you this much though, I would say maybe Once isn't the show for you.