History Main / AdaptationalConsent

* In "Literature/SunMoonAndTalia", the princess Talia is put into a magical sleep and eventually found by the King, who [[DudeShesLikeInAComa rapes her]] and she eventually gives birth to twins, awakening when one sucks the thorn out from her finger while trying to nurse. Understandably its successor "Literature/SleepingBeauty" and various adaptations thereof leave this part out. "Sun, Moon and Talia" itself is also partially an example: in its predecessor, courtly romance ''Perceforest'', Troylus also doesn't have princess Zellandine consent when he impegnates her during her enchanced sleep, but at least they were in love and more or less betrothed beforehand.

* In ''Literature/SunMoonAndTalia'', the princess Talia is put into a magical sleep and eventually found by the King, who [[DudeShesLikeInAComa rapes her]] and she eventually gives birth to twins, awakening when one sucks the thorn out from her finger while trying to nurse. Understandably its successor ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' and various adaptations thereof leave this part out.

Both versions of this trope can carry massive UnfortunateImplications. Changing a rape scene into consensual sex can verge on meta-textual RomanticizedAbuse, i.e. someone responsible for the adaptation looked at the rape scene and decided it should be made sexy or romantic. On the other hand, changing a scene of consensual sex into sexual assault may suggest that the writers just wanted to show someone, usually a woman, getting brutalized for purposes of cheap drama or titillation, which often leads to accusations of GratuitousRape; or it might also look suspiciously like the motive is just to [[RonTheDeathEater turn a character into a rapist because the writers don't like him and want him to look worse]].

** ''Literature/PhoneHomePersephone'' gives some to the titular goddess; traditional tellings of her story have her become queen of the Underworld after Hades kidnaps her, but this one has her willingly enter the Underworld while running away from her overprotective mother. This book also takes away some of Hades' consent, when it turns out that he only asked Persephone to become his queen because she paid Cupid to shoot him; although their love does prove genuine enough to outlast the power of Cupid's arrows.

* Scholars of the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'' section of the Bible [[https://www.thetorah.com/article/dinah-and-shechem-a-story-that-biblical-authors-kept-revising have noted evidence that in earlier versions of the story of Shechem and Dinah]], Shechem merely [[LoveAtFirstSight saw Dinah and fell in love with her]], later asking his father, Hamor, to ask Dinah's father, Jacob, for permission for them to marry, with Shechem converting to Judaism for the marriage. A later revision of the story, possibly troubled by the idea of Canaanites intermarrying with Israelites and wanting to justify Dinah's brothers opposition to the mariage (also much-expanded in previous rewrites), had Shechem "lay with Dinah by force" and then later ask Jacob for permission to marry Dinah.

* Scholars of the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'' section of the Bible [[https://www.thetorah.com/article/dinah-and-shechem-a-story-that-biblical-authors-kept-revising have noted evidence that in earlier versions of the story of Shechem and Dinah]], Shechem merely [[LoveAtFirstSight saw Dinah and fell in love with her]], later asking his father, Hamor, to ask Dinah's father, Jacob, for permission for them to marry, with Shechem converting to Judaism for the marriage. A later revision of the story, possibly troubled by the idea of Canaanites intermarrying with Israelites and wanting to justify Dinah's brothers opposition to the mariage, had Shechem "lay with Dinah by force" and then later ask Jacob for permission to marry Dinah.

* Non-sexual example: in ''Literature/TheHobbit'', Bilbo Baggins is pretty much forced to go on an adventure with the dwarves; although he does get a longing feeling when he listens to the dwarves singing, he might have stayed home if Gandalf didn't kick him out his own door the next morning. In the [[Film/TheHobbit Peter Jackson film]] Gandalf and the dwarves leave him behind, and he runs after them, thus joining the adventure a hundred percent voluntarily. The 2003 video game uses the same version of events.

And as with all SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes, Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In Myth/NorseMythology, it's stated Loki and Sigyn had a BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage, Sigyn is shown to genuinely love Loki despite all his many flaws. However [[{{ComicBook/Loki}} Marvel's version of Loki]] lusted after a repulsed Sigyn (thinking to himself he'd have her "willing or NOT"), [[MurderTheHypotenuse killed Theoric, her fiance]], took his form to spend time with Sigyn (with very strong implications of him pulling a BedTrick), and only revealing the truth immediately after the marriage. Whilst Sigyn still stays loyal to Loki, it's out of obligation to the law of the marriage rather than any love towards Loki. Unlike their mythical counterparts, Marvel's early version of the Asgardians do not have the concept of divorce outside of [[DivorceRequiresDeath death]].

* Scholars of the ''Literature/BookOfGenesis'' section of the bible [[https://www.thetorah.com/article/dinah-and-shechem-a-story-that-biblical-authors-kept-revising have noted evidence that in earlier versions of the story of Shechem and Dinah]], Shechem merely [[LoveAtFirstSight saw Dinah and fell in love with her]], later asking his father, Hamor, to ask Dinah's father, Jacob, for permission for them to marry, with Shechem converting to Judaism for the marriage. A later revision of the story, possibly troubled by the idea of canaanites intermarrying with Israelites and wanting to justify Dinah's brothers opposition to the mariage, had Shechem "lay with Dinah by force" and then later ask Jacob for permission to marry Dinah.

* ''Literature/WorldOfWarcraftChronicle'' changes the lore in prior material like ComicBook/WorldOfWarcraftComic and ''Literature/RiseOfTheHorde'' to make rape of draenei by orcs more prevalent. In the original lore, the Orcs and Draenei rarely interacted prior to the latter's corruption by the demon lord, Kil'jaeden, let alone fought or mated and the only Orc/Draenei rape was an isolated incident done by an EvilSorcerer as an experiment. ''Chronicle'' changed the lore so even prior to the orcs corruption, orc clans frequently kidnapped Draenei women to use as slaves.

* During the Marvel/DC crossover event ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', ComicBook/WonderWoman meets the Marvel version of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and is enraged because the [[ComicBook/HerculesUnbound DC version]] (a villain) raped her mother Hippolyta. Marvel's Herc (a LovableRogue hero) is nonplussed by this, as his story is TruerToTheText of the original myth: theirs was a consensual encounter, but since he was her prisoner at the time ''he's'' certainly not the one who should be accused of anything untoward.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} and Talia Al Ghul's son Damian Wayne was stated to be the result of Talia drugging and raping Bruce [[StalkerWithATestTube to sire the perfect heir]]; however, many fans found her actions OutOfCharacter, since she and Bruce had had a legitimate romance, marriage, and consensual conception before she [[DaddysLittleVillain chose to follow in her father's footsteps]] (Morrisson, the author behind the rape explanation admits he forgot about it). As such, the ComicBook/New52 relaunch retconned it into the original consensual encounter. The rape explanation was still used in the ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' movie, however.
* The origins of ComicBook/{{Raven}} fall into this {{depending|OnTheWriter}} on the creative team writing a particular story arc. She's the daughter of the human woman Arella and the demon lord Trigon, but whether he first seduced Arella using a human guise or brutally raped her varies. Granted, even if it was the former, it still counts as [[BedTrick rape by fraud]], as Arella would have never agreed had she known what he really was.
* [[Characters/MockingbirdMarvelComics Mockingbird]] was once drugged with a LovePotion and fell in love with the Phantom Rider, who used the occasion to have sex with her. This event was portrayed as a pretty straightforward rape case, left her traumatised, and culminated in her [[MurderByInaction leaving him to die]] in revenge, which had some fairly severe consequences down the line. Then the 2016 ''ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}'' comic, because the writer felt that being a rape victim was inappropriate for a strong heroine, tried to retcon things so that she was in control all along, the sex was consensual, and she accused Phantom Rider of rape and let him die to hide the fact that she was cheating on her husband. This ''spectacularly'' misguided attempt at female empowerment [[CanonDiscontinuity has generally been ignored since]].

* In ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'', we're told that Medusa became a monster as punishment for "making love to Poseidon" in the temple of [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]]. In the actual myth where she was transformed[[note]]as noted under ClassicalMythology, older myths seem to have treated her as ''always'' having been a monster[[/note]], she was [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal raped by Poseidon]] [[DoubleStandard and received the punishment anyway]] (also, from Athena, not Aphrodite). [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 The remake]] changes the story back to rape, but also strangely alters the story of Perseus' own conception. In the myth, Zeus came to his mother in the form of a magical golden rain; whether she realized what was happening, or consented to it, is never really explained. In the movie, his mom is changed from an unmarried maiden to a married queen whom Zeus slept with via BedTrick.

* ''Film/Tekken2010'' establishes Jin Kazama as being a ChildByRape. As for the [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} the original games]], the matter of Jin's conception is not discussed much, but implied to have been consensual between Kazuya Mishima and Jun Kazama.

* The 2010 ''Film/{{Tekken}}'' film establishes Jin Kazama as being a ChildByRape. As for the [[Franchise/{{Tekken}} the original games]], the matter of Jin's conception is not discussed much, but implied to have been consensual between Kazuya Mishima and Jun Kazama.

** Subverted in a few productions, which make Wendla's lack of consent more explicit. The romanticized aspect remains regardless (it pretty much has to, given that a lot of it is written into the script), but given that that was also in the original play and is part of the play's theme, it's to be expected.

** Subverted in a few productions, which make Wendla's lack of consent more explicit. The romanticized aspect remains regardless (it pretty much has to, given that a lot of it is written into the script), but that was also in the original play.
* In the ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' book it is mentioned that Elphaba's mother Melena was drugged with an elixir (which caused her daughter's green skin) and doesn't remember who fathered Elphaba. The [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} musical]] makes the encounter between her and [[spoiler:the Wizard]] seem more consensual. The elixir seems to just have been an aphrodisiac they shared and caused Elphaba's skin tone, not drugged Melena.