Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151019010334/@comment-1916997-20151019062554

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.