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Utter solitude wrote: See, I don't think Robin being brought back was an effort to placate. I don't think the writers consider fan reaction at all.

Male rape is not a thing in their minds. So the struggle over the baby was about Zelena, not Robin Hood. And Roland disappeared, because he's male and this show's producers love the "Strong female" idea, and hide behind it. Pretty much every writer has confessed an attachment to Regina... so they bring back Robin Hood so that some form of Regina ends up with her TL. It's business as usual for them. This.... all of this!!!!

Bridgette Hales' response to the critism on Twitter, proves this is exactly how the OUaT creative thinks. Gothel raping Hook, was about her being evil. Not about him having been taken advantage of, or that his love for Alice shows a true strength of character. The problem viewers have is the focus being on the perp. Zelena's rape baby was used as a means to redeem her. Seriously, that was disgusting on so many levels.