05-27-2014, 01:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2014, 01:15 PM by wfmyers1207.)
(05-27-2014, 07:02 AM)virgo79 Wrote: I agree about the Adalind/Nick situation, as well. Unfortunately, I dont think the writers have the patience or inclincation to address the situation with the care it really needs. Juliette was also supernaturally deprived of consent in the Renard situation last season, but that didn't stop the show from advertising that story as something sexy and forbidden, as if they were having an affair. Worse yet was when Monroe and Nick treated the revelation about Juliette and Renard as if she were cheating -- I found that disgusting and offensive, and it was almost enough to turn me off the show entirely.
I think the trouble here (at least for me) is that the writers are using the supernatural, fantastic elements of storylines like these as a grey area to avoid addressing the uglier ramifications of them, when in fact that grey area doesn't really exist. Love spells and supernaturally-induced lust or attraction *are* present in fairy tales, but I don't think that a show that exists in today's culture can make use of them as something purely fictional and fantastic without addressing the questions of consent and violation they raise in real-world situations. The fact that it's fantasy and fiction doesn't give them a free pass to be flippant about stories like these -- it's too loaded an issue.
You mention that love spells/potions are used in some of the ancient fairy tales. As I recall, none of those stories end well. So, in some respects at least, it would seem the ancient story tellers had a better understanding of how wrong and harmful such compulsion would be than do these modern writers.