Line #28 Main/AdaptationalConsent


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3	UsefulNotes/{{Consent}} is a thorny issue, and when a work is translated from one medium to another a sexual or romantic encounter that fell on a clear side of consensual or nonconsensual may be altered.
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5	Usually LighterAndSofter works will go the route of making it consensual, often with older stories because of ValuesDissonance and a modern audience being unlikely to root for the character committing a rape, especially if this character is supposed to be [[AdaptationalHeroism a valid love interest]]. It may also be because the target audience of an adaptation is on the younger side, which falls under {{Bowdlerise}}. DarkerAndEdgier works, on the other hand, tend to go the opposite route and make what was a consensual encounter into a rape and portray the perpetrator [[AdaptationalVillainy in a]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil worse light]]. Alternately if the original fell somewhere in the realm of QuestionableConsent the "questionable" part is removed one way or the other. And like Questionable Consent, an act doesn't have to be sexual to fall under this, though sexual examples are by far the most common situations affected.
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7	Both versions of this trope can carry massive unfortunate implications. 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]].
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9	Compare AdaptationalSelfDefense, which retcons an act of aggression into an act of self-defense.
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11	As with all SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes, '''Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease'''
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19	* ''Literature/BlackSummoner'': Kelvin's battle slave Efil falls for him and approaches him for sex. In the original LightNovel he accepts the offer; however, in the anime adaptation, he pushes her off him after having a HeelRealization about [[QuestionableConsent the power dynamics between master and slave]], and resolves to put her in her own bedroom when he eventually buys a house.
20	* In the manga version of ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', Chizuru was seduced by [[HotForStudent her teacher Hatagai]] and blackmailed by him into being gang-raped by his friends. When this plot was adapted into the anime the gang rape part is left out, even though Hatagai is still clearly manipulating her and is portrayed as a reprehensible person for it. Regardless, [[spoiler:she ends up [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]]] in both versions.
21	* The heavy censorship in the simulcast version of ''Literature/HaremInTheLabyrinthOfAnotherWorld'''s anime adaptation has the effect of making an already ethically questionable HerosSlaveHarem look even worse since they actually bleep out the part where slave trader Alan explains to protagonist Michio that Roxanne consented in her slave contract to having sex with her eventual purchaser.
22	* In the first anime adaptation of ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'', Alucard flat out tells Seras that he's planning to shoot through her and offers to make her a vampire, which she accepts. In the original manga and the Ultimate anime, Alucard just checks to see if she's capable of becoming a vampire (by asking a girl who is being held hostage by an undead monster whether or not she's still a virgin), then unceremoniously shoots her and then turns her as she bleeds out. The fact that she didn't give anything resembling informed consent before becoming a vampire plays a role in why she's reluctant to embrace her vampiric nature for most of the series (and makes the anime version of Seras, who knew what she was getting into, [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole seem like a bit of a whiner for maintaining that character trait]]).
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26	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Bruce Wayne's 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.
27	* ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'': During the Marvel/DC crossover event, 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.
28	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In Myth/NorseMythology, while 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]].
29	* ''ComicBook/{{Mockingbird\|MarvelComics}}'': [[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 in the 2016 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]].
30	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The origins of ComicBook/{{Raven\|DCComics}} 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.
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34	* In the original ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comics, Speedy and Cheshire have consensual intimate relations. In the ''Fanfic/NewTamaran'' sequel ''Justice Returns'', Speedy learns that, before turning him over to the Brotherhood of Evil, Cheshire drugged and raped him, [[ChildByRape resulting in the conception of a baby girl (Lian Harper)]].
35	* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' SelfInsertFic ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'', this happens InUniverse [[ShowWithinAShow with the Amazon play]] "the Foolish Prince." In the earlier variants of the play, the titular prince raped the foreign queen's daughter. In the modern version starring the Orange Lantern, the most Prince Pavlos does is hold hands with the daughter and stay out all night stargazing before [[SleepCute literally sleeping together.]]
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39	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans:'' In this version of Raven's backstory (compare to "Comics" above), Rachel's mother was part of a cult and slept with Trigon willingly, though was at least smart enough to regret it very quickly.
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43	* In the book ''Literature/MommieDearest'', Christina Crawford claims to have been sexually assaulted when she was at boarding school. The film turned the whole event into a consensual affair that her mother Joan disapproved of, leading to Christina being removed from the boarding school.
44	* 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/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney Peter Jackson film]] Gandalf and the dwarves leave him behind, and he runs after them, thus joining the adventure a hundred percent voluntarily. The [[VideoGame/TheHobbit2003 2003 video game]] uses the same version of events.
45	* Overlapping with AdaptationalVillainy, several characters who were coerced to help Voldemort in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' voluntarily do it in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the film adaptation]] of the book. Examples include the new Minister of Magic, Pius Thicknesse, who was under the Imperius curse (a brainwashing magic spell) in the book but is one of Voldemort's followers in the film, and Gellert Grindelwald, who refuses to tell Voldemort the whereabouts of the Elder Wand in the book, but tells him all the information without any coercion in the film.
46	* In ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'', Alex lures two ten-year-old girls to his flat and proceeds to drug and rape them, whereas in [[Film/AClockworkOrange the film]] this is changed to Alex having consensual sex with two teenage girls around his age. This was probably because even Creator/StanleyKubrick didn't think he could get away with depicting the scene as it appeared in the books on screen.
47	* Both the 1962 and 1997 film adaptations of ''{{Film/Lolita}}'' lack the first person UnreliableNarrator of [[{{Literature/Lolita}} the book]] so the relationship between Humbert and Lolita seems to be more consensual, in part because [[{{Bowdlerize}} the censorship of the 1962 film]] and the 1997 film largely removing the BlackComedy of the book and playing it more as a romantic drama. None of this changes the fact that it's still statutory rape.
48	* Both the ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' book and movie have a scene where Tris goes through simulations to conquer her fears, one of which is sexuality. In the book, the simulation of Four is lying on the bed suggestively but in the movie, he tries to force himself on her.
49	* 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 Myth/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.
50	* In ''Film/Warcraft2016'', Garona's backstory is changed so instead of being the result of rape between an orc warrior and draenei prisoner, she is now implied to be the result of a consensual relationship between the human sorcerer Medivh and an orc woman while he was off traveling the universe.
51	* Done with Paris and Helen's relationship in ''Film/{{Troy}}''. In the original ''Literature/TheIliad'', Aphrodite promises Helen to Paris in exchange for the golden apple, and then overrides Helen's free will and makes her temporarily fall in love with Paris to fulfill the promise; left to her own devices, Helen would never have been involved with Paris, and she's very upset over the whole thing once Aphrodite's magic wears off. In ''Troy'', Aphrodite's role is [[AdaptedOut eliminated entirely]] in favor of having Helen and Paris genuinely and organically fall in love. This also applies in the opposite direction to Helen's marriage, as in the original, she ''chose'' to marry Menelaus and was HappilyMarried to him until Aphrodite mucked things up; in the film, she indicates that it was an ArrangedMarriage in which she had no say and that she was [[AwfulWeddedLife miserable every day she was with him]].
52	* ''Film/Tekken2010'' establishes Jin Kazama as being a ChildByRape. As for [[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.
53	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' depicts Roger and Jessica's marriage as a genuinely loving and happy one, in contrast to the original book, ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', in which Roger unknowingly forced Jessica to marry him against her will by [[spoiler:accidentally wishing on a genie's lamp]] and Jessica left him the moment the magical compulsion wore off.
54	* Almost all film adaptations of ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' change d'Artagnan's act of tricking Milady de Winter into having sex with him [[BedTrick by pretending to be her lover]] to a completely consensual sexual encounter between them where Milady knows who he is or omit it entirely.
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58	* In ''{{Literature/Dragonlance}}'', Tanis Half-Elven was conceived when his elven mother was raped by a human warrior, but the later novel ''The Inheritance'' (written by a different author) retcons this by saying his mother fell in love with her human captor and had a consensual relationship which produced Tanis, but after her husband and her abductor fought each other and both died she made up the story about being raped to protect her and Tanis. This second version has [[CanonDiscontinuity generally been ignored by other writers]].
59	* 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 something of 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 engaged beforehand.
60	* In ''Literature/TheSongOfAchilles'', the meeting of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis is portrayed as him finding her by the water and forcing himself on her to conceive Achilles, and is described as quite a violent encounter that leaves Thetis clearly hating Peleus for this and refusing to live with him. In the original myth, she rejected his offer of marriage at first due to him being a mortal and Peleus was advised to find her by the water and tied her up, and after she shapeshifted several times but was unable to escape she consented to marry him in what seems to be a variant of BestHerToBedHer, with no indication he actually raped her. The two actually lived together for a while until in some versions she fled after Peleus discovered her trying to cast magic to protect their son (in one version literally trying to burn his mortality away), but the two otherwise seem to have had a happy marriage.
61	* In ''Literature/TheRedTent'', Dinah's rape by Shechem from Literature/TheBible is changed to a consensual romance. As such, her male relatives [[AdaptationalVillainy are presented as villains]] for opposing their relationship and [[RapeAndRevenge destroying his city]], while the Bible presented this more as just DisproportionateRetribution. Interestingly there is [[https://www.thetorah.com/article/dinah-and-shechem-a-story-that-biblical-authors-kept-revising speculation and evidence]] suggesting that Dinah and Shechem shared a consensual romance in earlier versions of the story as mentioned in the Mythology section.
62	* The ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'' does this to the Greek gods and goddesses as a whole, deliberately removing the DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal rampant in the original myths in favor of the gods [[ReallyGetsAround just having a lot of consensual sex with mortals]]. Justified by the series being aimed at kids.
63	** This series uses Medusa's "used to be human" origin but describes her as Poseidon's "girlfriend" rather than a rape victim. Medusa is even willing to "just" turn Percy into a statue out of lingering affection for Poseidon but wants to tear Annabeth (a daughter of Athena) to pieces.
64	** The backstory of Zeus and Hera's marriage has this as well. In the myth, Zeus turns into an injured cuckoo, Hera picks him up to care for him, and then he turns back and rapes her; she marries him to avoid being DefiledForever. In ''Percy Jackson's Greek Gods'' Hera was in love with Zeus but refused to admit it because of his promiscuity. He challenged her that she would have to marry him if she ever admitted her feelings, then turned into an injured cuckoo so that she would eventually express affection for it and lose the bet.
65	** In mythology, Erikthonius was conceived when Hephaestus tried to rape Athena, but only managed to "spill his seed" on her leg; Athena wiped it off and threw the rag to the ground, impregnating it/Gaea, who gave birth to Erikthonius. In the Riordanverse, Hephaestus gave an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove and wound up crying into Athena's lap, but his tears and sweat hitting her skin created Erikthonius instead.
66	* ''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.
67	* ''Literature/MythOMania'':
68	** ''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.
69	** ''Literature/GetToWorkHercules'' revises the circumstances leading up to the title character's birth: Instead of having Zeus impersonate Alcmene's husband Amphytrion and impregnate her with Hercules, Alcmene is a princess who knowingly married Zeus before she became pregnant with Hercules, then marries Amphytrion later on.
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73	* In ''{{Series/Arrow}}'' Shado is a mentor of Oliver Queen and was in a consensual romantic relationship prior to her death. In the original ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' comics, she raped Oliver when he was delirious from a wound (that ''she'' gave him, no less) and [[ChildByRape conceived a child, Robert]], from the encounter. The ''Arrow'' version of Shado pretty much has nothing in common with the comics version apart from her name, choice of weapon, and being Asian (and not even the same nationality of Asian, either). This wasn't unique to the TV series, as [[DependingOnTheWriter different writers]] on ''Green Arrow'' comics have subsequently taken different positions about whether the sex was consensual or not.
74	* The Lifetime adaptation of ''Literature/FlowersInTheAttic'' changes Chris's incestuous rape of Cathy to a kiss and implied consensual sex. Although in the book Cathy does note that she could have stopped Chris if she wanted to, making it QuestionableConsent.
75	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has two examples of characters consenting to sex in the books, but had the same scene turned into assault in the series, both of which have resulted in accusations of the show using GratuitousRape:
76	** Daenerys' wedding night to Khal Drogo is altered: in the books, counter to her expectations, he arouses her first to gain her consent, while in the TV series, he simply rapes her (although this is a complicated example, as in the books she is 13 years old when she marries Drogo, and he is initially depicted as a firm believer in the MaritalRapeLicense even if he doesn't ''technically'' rape her on their wedding night, so the show's version doubles as AdaptationDistillation).
77	** The scene of Cersei and Jaime having sex next to the body of [[spoiler:Joffrey]] is altered so that Cersei's consent (or lack thereof) is far murkier, not helped by a FlipFlopOfGod on whether it was actually rape. In the same scene in the books, she was far more enthusiastic about it.
78	* ''Series/{{Merlin\|2008}}'' portrays the birth of Myth/KingArthur as being the result of a consensual relationship between his mother Igraine and father Uther, counter to the usual story where Uther [[BedTrick was magically disguised as Igraine's first husband Gorlois]] when Arthur was conceived, and the series contains no indication Igraine had ever been married to anyone but Uther. While series Uther certainly isn't a nice guy, a rapist he's not.
79	* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' has Jenna and her stepbrother Toby. In the books, he was molesting her against her will. In the show, she initiated things with him.
80	* The 21st-century version of ''Series/{{Poldark}}'' attempted to tone down an incident in the original novels, and the 1970s TV series, in which the titular protagonist raped a woman unambiguously enough to make him impossible to portray as sympathetic nowadays, by having her initially say "no" but [[QuestionableConsent then start actively taking part in the sex]]. The scene as made still got widely condemned in the press and online for [[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization apparently endorsing rape]].
81	* In ''Series/{{Titans\|2018}},'' unlike in the comics, [[spoiler:Raven's mother [[AdaptationalVillainy is evil]] and slept with [[BigBad Trigon]] willingly]].
82	* ''Literature/GoingPostal'', possibly by accident, since it's not clear Moist is ''meant'' to look unsympathetic in this scene: In the book, when he dances with Miss Dearheart in the ruins of the Post Office, the worst that can be said is that he took "too bewildered to react" as implied consent. In the Creator/SkyOne miniseries, which makes their initial relationship [[BelligerentSexualTension far more antagonistic]], she actively refuses and he drags her up anyway.
83	* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' has Alicent's character aged down to be 14 instead of 18 when she marries King Viserys, and she seems much more reluctant than the version in the books.
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87	* 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 (much-expanded in previous rewrites), had Shechem "lay with Dinah by force" and then later ask Jacob for permission to marry Dinah.
88	* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
89	** Many modern tellings of the myth of Hades and Persephone downplay the AbductionIsLove angle of the original by having Persephone be a willing participant in her own abduction, sometimes because Demeter is MyBelovedSmother. Others have her warm up to him after the abduction but before anything sexual happens.[[note]]While the story is called the "Rape of Persephone", the Greek word for kidnapping is the same word used for rape (''arpaxo'', literally "to be carried off"), hence the story's other name of "Abduction of Persephone". In fact, no explicit reference to sexual intercourse is made at all.[[/note]] This is probably because, kidnapping aside, Hades was actually one of the better divine husbands, having never cheated on her, and both of them are shown to have a pleasant and loving relationship in the various stories they share afterward. Modern retellings also tend to discard the fact that Hades is [[CreepyUncle her uncle]] (which did not matter to the gods but sure does matter to people). It is also worth stating that the exact nature of their relationship is debatable, as the Ancient Greeks never make mention of Persephone's willingness. As such, [[http://spiralheart.org/post/66058267951/double-take-issue-3-persephones-identity-part/ there are those]] who note that many aspects of the original myth could reasonably suggest that Persephone really ''was'' a willing participant (or at least took the whole thing in stride), with one example being that ambrosia and nectar are known to be the food of the gods, so Persephone wouldn't have been eating the pomegranate seeds for sustenance and thus her eating them wouldn't have been Hades tricking her into doing so.
90	** A little-known myth claims that Zeus "proposed" to Hera by [[WoundedGazelleGambit disguising himself as an injured bird]], then raping her when she comes to care for him, forcing her into an unwanted marriage simply because she was so ashamed of the incident. Many later myths and modern adaptations either alter this into a more heartfelt and/or comical scenario or leave it out entirely, probably because it makes Zeus look a bit ''too much'' like an asshole.
91	** The most popular origin story for Medusa is that she was a human woman raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple, with Athena subsequently [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming transforming her]] into a Gorgon. However, this story was seemingly invented by the Roman writer Ovid, who tended to portray the gods in a negative light. In older versions of the story Medusa was ''always'' a monster, and while Poseidon is said to have slept with her [[HotGuyUglyWife for some reason]], there's no mention of it being non-consensual.
92	** The story of Helen and Paris also usually gets this in most media, and even within ancient sources. Homer sticks to the idea that Helen is unhappy in Troy and would not have left Menelaus without her judgment having been clouded by Aphrodite, while Sappho portrays it as an elopement, and Dio Chrysostom says that Paris won her hand legitimately and she was never Menelaus's wife. (Still, other sources insist that it never happened at all, and Helen was in Egypt the whole time, having been secretly replaced with a body double made out of clouds by Hera. ItMakesSenseInContext.)
93	* In Myth/ArthurianLegend, Arthur was conceived when his father, King Uther, used magic to pull a BedTrick on Igraine, who was married to Duke Gorlois at the time; Uther and Igraine were married right after he died, and she was actually happy that her pregnancy was from him instead of Gorlois. Naturally, modern adaptations either call out Uther for being a rapist or go the other way (like ''Series/{{Merlin\|2008}}'' above) and say that they had a consensual relationship, sometimes [[AdaptedOut leaving Gorlois out entirely]] or [[AdaptationalVillainy making him the bad guy]].
94	** Likewise, Mordred's conception in the original legends is usually (although not always) the result of a consensual one-night stand between Arthur and Morgause, with them being unaware of their incestuous act. Many modern adaptations make Mordred a Main/ChildByRape (among the most influential, in ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'' Arthur's consent to Morgause is questionable at best, with her attempting to use magic on him and him being inexperienced anyway, and in ''Film/{{Excalibur}}'' [[Main/CompositeCharacter Morgana]] sleeps with her brother via BedTrick).
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98	* Flavor text for older editions of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' described [[HalfHumanHybrid half-orcs]] as usually being [[ChildByRape children by rape]] of human women by male orcs after raiding or conquering a human population. 4[[superscript:th]] and 5[[superscript:th]] Editions put more emphasis on them being the result of consensual relationships born from marriage alliances between the two communities.
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102	* In the musical ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', Maria Reynolds swears that she willingly entered into the affair with Hamilton without any knowledge of her husband's plans and that she genuinely cares for him (it's ultimately left ambiguous as to whether or not she's telling the truth). Modern historians tend to agree that James purposely prostituted his wife and that Maria had no say in the matter, to say nothing of the power that Alexander himself would have held over her.
103	* ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'': In the original play, Melchior unquestionably rapes Wendla. The musical presents it as QuestionableConsent and even {{Romanticize\|dAbuse}}s the scene. Later, Wendla even says flat out that she "let him love her" to further confirm that it was totally consensual, guys.
104	** Subverted in a few productions, which make Wendla's lack of consent more explicit. While the romanticized aspect remains regardless (it pretty much has to, given that a lot of it is written into the script), it then becomes more along the lines of a NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization turned inwards than an actual indication that Wendla actually consented.
105	* 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, with the elixir being an aphrodisiac they both partook of, rather than basically a date-rape drug.
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109	* In ''{{VideoGame/Hades}}'', the marriage of Hades and Persephone follows much of the plot of the original with one significant difference: ''Zeus'' is the one who kidnapped Persephone and dropped her off in the Underworld as a sort of housewarming gift for his brother. Neither party was thrilled about the situation, but they made it work and managed to get along until [[spoiler:their son Zagreus was stillborn, causing Persephone to leave, and she didn't know until she met Zagreus years later that Nyx managed to resurrect him.]] Eventually she does return to the Underworld and it's indicated the two are on much better terms now.
110	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has Europa appear as a summonable servant, but tones down the story so Europa was a willing partner of Zeus rather than being kidnapped and raped.
111	* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'', Xiahou Ji's meeting with Zhang Fei was changed to make it less dark since, in the historical records that the game was based on, the latter kidnapped the former, [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forced her to marry him]] and [[MaritalRapeLicense bear his children]]. In the ninth game where she makes her playable debut, Xiahou Ji [[LoveAtFirstSight falls in love with Zhang Fei]] after he finds her lost in a forest and chooses to be with him which her uncle Xiahou Yuan accepted despite Zhang Fei being an enemy of Wei. The card game spinoff also shows a tamer version of her meeting with Zhang Fei which is more of a RescueRomance.
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115	* In ''Webcomic/OlympusOverdrive'' Poseidon's encounter with Medusa and subsequent "defiling" of Athena's temple is changed to a consensual but forbidden kiss and portrays the two as StarCrossedLovers. This was presumably done because Poseidon is a protagonist and would be ''very'' hard to root for if the story presented the Ovid version, where he raped Medusa purely to piss off Athena and the latter punished ''her'' for it anyway.
116	* In Creator/AGnosis' comics on Myth/ClassicalMythology, Zagreus' conception is the result of Zeus pulling a BedTrick on Persephone, and Persephone is very disturbed to realize who the mysterious stranger [[ParentalIncest really is]].
117	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': As noted above, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' traditionally depicted half-orcs as being the product of rape. Here, a flashback makes a joke showing that [[DatingCatwoman Therkla]]'s parents (human dad, orc mom) were actually SickeninglySweethearts.
118	* Non-sexual in ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}},'' which adapts fairy tales by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm. In both "Sweetheart Roland" and "The Singing, Springing Lark," the male lead forgets about the heroine and goes off with another woman. In the comic, both are the result of a spell, something which neither fairy tale makes clear in their original forms.
119	* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, as mentioned repeatedly throughout this page, Hades kidnapped Persephone, presumably against her will and forcing her into marriage. In ''Webcomic/{{Punderworld}}'' is pretty clear that the relationship is way more consensual, with Persephone finding every reason to return to the Underworld or stall for time leaving it.
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123	* ''[[https://banter-latte.com/2007/12/04/prosperina-a-mythology-of-the-modern-world-holiday-special/ Prosperina]]'', from the "Mythology of The Modern World" series of short stories by Creator/EricBurnsWhite, re-imagines the myth of Persephone and Hades, making their marriage consensual, and making Persephone the subject of the story, acting with agency, rather than the object who is acted upon. In this version, Persephone is a RebelliousPrincess, Demeter is MyBelovedSmother, and Persephone is drawn to Hades because AllGirlsWantBadBoys. Rather than being tricked into it, Persephone eats the pomegranate seeds on her own initiative, with full knowledge of the consequences. Granted, ''[[http://spiralheart.org/post/66058267951/double-take-issue-3-persephones-identity-part/ there are those]]'' who argue that some of this consent might have been present in the original myth, as well; the exact nature of the mythological Persephone's relationship with Hades is still subject to debate. [[note]]One of the points raised in the linked page is that ambrosia and nectar are the food of the gods, so Persephone wouldn't have been eating the pomegranate seeds for sustenance, and it wouldn't make sense for Hades to have tricked her into doing so.[[/note]]
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