Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150428200304/@comment-5106672-20150428232741

The Curse's mechanics were never fully explained, but since everyone (the characters) mentions those 28 years, I think they do have the perception that time has passed – it's just very fuzzy. Like, on the spot it could just have been the here and now (like Cora said to Hook, he wouldn't even notice), but in perspective, after the Curse broke, it's a lot of here and now's.

Now. The Evil Queen x Huntsman / Regina x Graham relationship might not have been r-word, but I find it morally wrong nonetheless. In FTL, Regina had political and magical control over him and, as some said, his consent was certainly biased. In Storybrooke, Regina was aware of the Huntsman's past and feelings while he was not, and she deliberately took advantage of that to be intimate with him. That's just wrong.

We then have Mary Margaret x Dr. Whale and David x Kathryn (since she thought she was pregnant and her husband had perviosuly been long lost, they clearly had sex in S1). In that case, neither of the parties were aware of previous relationship statuses or emotional bonds, so I wouldn't think there are moral responsibilities. Well, except for David being an idiot: he was quick to point at Snow her """"adultery"""" and totally overlooked his own. I hope Jim/Frederick was more understanding of Kathryn.

Now, Robin and Regina. Season 3B was perfectly fine: he was a widower, she was single, no harm done, they were mery much consentient. When Marian came back, his behaviour annoyed me a bit, but I think Roland was very involved in his decisional process (Marian was his mother, after all). Plus, he does not have real world memories, so I don't think he considered divorce as normal an option as we, 21st Century Westerners, might. What went very wrong there was Regina being much more committed to saving Marian's life than he ever was: he kind of acted as if he hoped she would stay frozen so the problem would solve itself. He should have chosen Regina since his heart was there, and a hollow façade marriage is detrimental to children anyways, but he still should have waited for Marian to be unfrozen and have a long talk with her first.

Zelena and Robin, that's downright wrong. Here I can't blame Robin for "renewing his vows" to "Marian" because, for all he knew, he could physically never return to Regina anyways (with Ingrid's freezing and cloaking spells and all). He had someone he had once loved, their child, so trying to fall back in love with her was the only option he had. On the other hand, Zelena took deliberately advantage of Robin's ignorance of her true identity to seduce him, and while again that's probably no r-word, that's morally hideous.

Now, Belle and Will. For all Belle knew, Rumple could never get back to Storybrooke anyway. I think that accounts for a pretty definite separation. Plus, she had all the rights to kick him out of the nuptial bed. So, she cannot be blamed for trying to move on with her life. Is she still in love with Rumple? Yeah, and so what: people have all the rights to seek comfort in a new romance to cure themselves from a heartbreak. Especially because her ex husband (supposedly) could never return anyways.

On the other hand, I don't really know anything about Will's moral status in the matter because we don't know what the f**k happened between him and Ana and no one is telling, for my patience's sake. That's a question mark.

Speaking of (a)morality in relationships, let's not even touch the whole Cora-Leopold-Regina thing: that's something which creeps me out.