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Utter solitude wrote: It's actually an interesting parallel to Heracles...

Zeus had sex with Alcmene, Heracles' mother, while disguised as her husband, Amphitryon. :3 I will give you that. Interesting indeed.

I view Once as just poor execution or rather handling of the situtation. The showrunners don't think of it as rape (as with the Huntsman), even though it technically is. I think it's unitentional at best. They should just tread lightly and can alter it if they see fit.

So, I understand where OP/TC is coming from. The writers excuse it as not being much, or rape, but it is. Then, in show, we never get much of Robin's perspective of it. Now, Zelena pretty much gets away with it. But then again, Regina got away with it. I think the main problem is that they like to get their cake and eat it too. They paint how evil or woicked someone is and then expect to be able to redeem them. Regina was at first just a vain person and then a sexual offender and then mass murderer. Zelena's work looks like child's play to Regina. In reality,  she would not be walking around, prancing with the word "hero".

So, the problem isn't that it is involved but it's made to look trivial when it's a major issue.