Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20160225032648/@comment-26159109-20160805220213

DracoWombat wrote: The issue is actually rather simple: the writers want to introduce more mature plotlines into the show, but theydon't have the screentime nor the willingness to write in scenes for charactsres discussing the nature of every bad deed they've done. If Zelena and Regina had actually talked more, instead of having screentime siphoned away for the CS show, we probably could've seen the issue acknowledged I don't think they want to introduce more mature plotlines into the show, they are too immature to do that. They do it indeliberately without really thinking about the kind of messages they present such as Hook making rape comments, Zelena raping Robin, adulterous Robin, Hook jumping off the roof for attention, Rumple mansplaining Belle, abusive relationships overall - they actually think that all of those are examples of romance without realizing what they actually mean, but that what happens when the show is lazily written.