03-17-2019, 08:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-17-2019, 08:42 AM by Hexenadler.)
(03-16-2019, 06:39 AM)irukandji Wrote: The question on my mind is, why not just have Adalind perform some weird spell? Why the sex scene and top it off with rape to boot?
See, that's what I mean. Why couldn't G&K have run with a scenario like the one you just described, rather than setting off a shitstorm of creepy subtexts (even if it was unintentional)? The only explanation I can think of is that they simply didn't give a damn what it made Adalind look like, or what it made Nick look like, or the sour taste it would leave in audience's mouths. Adalind sleeping with Nick is the direction they wanted to take the story, and fuck off if you've got a problem with it. If the whole rape issue was directly addressed later in the show, regardless of whether Adalind had to face the consequences of her actions, THEN it would be genuine "moral ambiguity." But since it wasn't, all that remains is creative laziness, and creative laziness is indefensible.