Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180218220444/@comment-28162607-20181015081505

Re: the "jab you with my sword" line, it was probably a stupid thing for th writers to have him say (though on the scale of Dumb Things A&E Have Done Re: Consent Issues it's verrrry low down) but it's not proof of him being a rapist. As Nightlily said, he was saying he prefers sex to violence. And he was also stalling for time.

Re: Lacey+Gold, their entire relationship was at best, dubious consent as she was in no state of mind to consent, and he was doing things actual Belle would never approve of