what’s so wild to me and by wild i mean disgusting is the fact that marlene & co. are not at all unaware how fucked up toby being raped by jenna is they know full well it’s wrong they included that flashback in s6 of jenna coming onto toby again and he stands up to her that’s all the proof you need to know they’re aware
what’s fucked up about these “"writers”“ is that they pick and choose when it’s convenient for them to acknowledge that toby was raped because they care more about the redemption of characters that have done nasty things like jenna (and ezra and mona and yes, alison, too) than their victims aka toby (paige as well and the four main girls) they care more to have people forgive their abusers and let them remain a part of their life while they live with the pain of what’s been done to them like they owe something to their abuser which, newsflash, they do not
not to mention the fact that they’ve never actually called it rape which is exactly what it is and now they’ve had him be raped again and once again they didn’t bother to 1) call it what it is or 2) have any sort of justice for him they just brushed it aside same way they did in s1 and treated it all as a ”“shocking”“ plot device
i’m sorry but this show has never done any sort of justice for representing anyone that’s marginalized in any way aka rape victims, eating disorders, mental health issues, addicts, etc like their treatment of gay characters is disgusting all they’ve done is turn people’s real life pain and struggle into shock value for their badly written show for seven seasons and then have the audacity to act like they’re doing a service for the world by just mentioning these things but not doing them any sort of justice or bringing forth change and progress
the writers know the difference between right and wrong they just don’t care and i’m sorry but that is not okay you don’t get to pick and choose when rape exists and when it doesn’t
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