Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20161114201452/@comment-25926288-20161114205653

Reasons.Reasons.No.Not.Not.Well, that's an interesting question.

To be more wordy...

They "expanded" the relationship because they had a plot idea. It wasn't out of left field, only wished it was solely one-sided. When they get an idea, everything else be sent to Hades! (At this point, I wouldn't be too surprised.) This deals nothing with ships or shipping because I doubt they had that in mind righting this. (If it was, then Hyde would have stuck around, lol).

Queenie was like this since season 1. If you remove the "attraction" to Rumple and stick in Joe the plumber, it's within her character to do so. Case and point: The Huntsman. No reason to be so sensual, but she did so in the flashback even though she had no reason to be (but it was clear that she had interest in him).

Not every villainess is sexualized. Ingrid was pretty cool and calm and no focus on any romantic element. Cora wasn't either. No was the small town Ursula, Cruella, and Maleficent. I'd probably ask you what you mean by sexualized. If you mean having slightly revealing outfits, then you'll have to have a talk with Belle and Blue Fairy.

So, no noticeable degree of sexism as far as I can see. I don't toss it out often because then it becomes trivial in some eyes. At best, the society that the fairyfolk come from is patriarchal (and somehow progressive in ways).

In brevity, GQ has nothing to do with sexism or oversxualization and there are examples of villainesses not. And lots and lots of...because PLOT!