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CoolDudeAl wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Lady Junky wrote: And why she had to justify anything at the first place? Cos fans attacked her for playing Gothel. No one attached her..... Emma Booth misconstrued criticism of the storyline, as an attack on her. But fans shouldn't be complaining about the storyline to the actress, as she has no control over that. If fans don't like it, they should discuss it with Adam, Eddy, and the other writers. Actors don't deserve hate for simply playing a part in a rape storyline. No sane person is going to think someone who plays a murderer condones murder.

However, if those actors do, for whatever reason, decide to comment on it, and then brush it off as something it isn't, then I think that's up for criticism. They definitely don't need to justify it or comment on it, so I think they shouldn't unless they're willing to speak out against it and are aware themselves of the issues.

The writers who responded to the criticism on Twitter wouldn't even acknowledge the word and  told people it had to happen  because "Gothel is evil, she does evil things." Well, then that's saying that they just decided to use rape as a plot point again with no real addressing of the issue. And if that's the writers' viewpoint, then the actors kinda have to choose between supporting them and saying it's not rape orrrr speaking out against it on their own. Its a tricky spot to be in.