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What's your favourite moment of Hürrem?
It's hard just to pick the one moment honestly. But I'm going to go with her conversation with Kevser Hatun in episode 93. We see how in spite of how she has changed over time, she still remembers her past and has a sense of empathy for women who are in a similar position.
A runner up would be her monologue to Afife Hatun when she told her side of the story. 'Everyone spoke about me. The cruel one, the witch, the tyrant. But as for what they did to me, nobody said anything.'
And there's so many iconic Vahide!Hürrem moments it's hard to pick. From the 'I wish you were my son scene' to the entirety of episode 134.
In seasons 1 and 2, I'll go with her waving up at the Favourites' Floor in episode 1 and her burning Leo's notebook in episode 39.
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Inspired by @hurrems ‘s project from 2020, I want to find out Tumblr’s Top 10 favorite Magnificent Century characters.
I don’t want to do a poll since it could exclude more obscure characters. So please send in my asks your list of your Top 10 favorite Magnificent Century characters (it could be as you or as Anon doesn’t matter). The order you put the characters in in your list matters, your number 1 will get 10 points, your number 10 will get 1 point.
After a couple of weeks I will calculate the results and will announce them. I am unfortunately not a gif maker but maybe one of you who is can collaborate with me and make gifsets to announce the Top 10.
This voting is for Magnificent Century characters only, so please don’t send in characters from Kösem.
Please please please reblog this post so it can spread to more people.
@awkward-sultana @dyingroses @tiny-librarian @librarian-witchling
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moodboard tag game ✨
rules: favourite time of day, favourite aesthetic, a colour that describes you, favourite quote, current obsession, favourite texture, favourite outfit (or one you wish you had in your closet, a world, place or universe that you see yourself living in, favourite flower
Thanks for the tag @amillcitygirl 💛
No pressure tagging: @stpauligirl @eatingsoulsformoney @glittertrail @thistle-and-thorn @the--leopard @librarian-witchling @alysonwonderland @palominojacoby @lj-loveletters
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9 MOVIES OF 2022
Thank you @davisbette for the tag <3 these are nine of my favourite movies i watched for the first time in 2022
(no pressure) tags: @legallybrunettedotcom @baldwinpdf @gardenarcana @amillcitygirl @woodswit @musicallisto @librarian-witchling @artificialgrinder @tumble4rpdr @t4yce and anyone else that sees this and wishes to do it too 😊
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I posted 830 times in 2022
283 posts created (34%)
547 posts reblogged (66%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@jeynepoole
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I tagged 579 of my posts in 2022
Only 30% of my posts had no tags
#hotd - 58 posts
#lol - 48 posts
#game of thrones - 33 posts
#jon x sansa - 27 posts
#jonsa - 25 posts
#fanfic - 23 posts
#actually jonsa - 20 posts
#gotfic - 20 posts
#trop - 13 posts
#fanfiction - 11 posts
Longest Tag: 131 characters
#also in addition to his tap and ballet class he does super hero dance which involves wearing costumes and dancing like a super hero
My Top Posts in 2022:
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No King At All kinda reminds me of Magnificent Century. Specifically, Ibrahim and Hatice's relationship (the Grand Vizier married to the Sultan's younger sister). Have you watched that show? Is that an inspiration? THANKS :)
I have watched a couple scenes and I think one episode.
It wasn’t the inspiration for the fic so I don’t really know how many similarities there are.
I think @librarian-witchling watches it, so they would be the better person to ask.
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I posted 1,941 times in 2022
1,755 posts created (90%)
186 posts reblogged (10%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
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I tagged 699 of my posts in 2022
#sarah's choose your own adventure fanfic - 400 posts
#sarah talks stranger things - 63 posts
#stranger things - 43 posts
#jily - 29 posts
#ebtks - 29 posts
#lily evans - 28 posts
#james potter - 28 posts
#sarah reads midnight sun - 23 posts
#fanfiction - 22 posts
#deep blue sea - 22 posts
Longest Tag: 96 characters
#fyi the firm that manage the royal family have a mutually beneficial relationship with the media
My Top Posts in 2022:
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What is the actual POINT of Jonathan though? WHAT IS THE POINT? What did he DO besides occasionally drive and do the BARE MINIMUM that is required of him to be a decent sibling (and EVEN THEN Will had to point out that he's basically been checked out and stoned for months) and lie to his girlfriend continuously and DISRESPECT STEVE????? Go AWAY!!!!!!!
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I’m imagining James messaging roomba’s instagram account and using unkind regards 😂
dear roomba ceo
your product may clean floors but it ANNHILIATES family dynamics. how do you sleep at night. how DO you?
unkind regards,
JAMES POTTER
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I agree
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What are your parenting golden rules?
I have five in particular.
1) Never be aggressive. And I don't just mean "aggressive" as in violent, I mean aggressive in any way, and that includes shouting. I do not shout, not just at my stepson but at anyone. Ever. We live in a "no yelling" household and that rule applies to everyone. If I ever find myself so angry that it's not possible for me to have a reasonable discussion, I will leave the room and calm down before I proceed.
2) Never discipline a child for something you wouldn't punish yourself for. Why do so many parents punish their kids for shit like accidentally breaking something, or spilling a drink on themselves? Human mistakes are human mistakes.
3) Whenever I cook something for Nathan that he's never tried before, I make a point of telling him that I would like for him to try it, but that if he doesn't like it, he can tell me and I'll make him something else. As a result he has tried and liked all sorts of new things without fear of getting in trouble. I also let him eat until he feels like he's eaten enough, not until he clears his plate. Food abuse is endemic, it isn't talked about enough and a lot of parents aren't even aware that they're guilty of it because they're just doing what their own parents did to them. I want him to have a positive and healthy relationship with food as an adult, and that starts with his parents and how we behave.
4) Nathan knows that if I say or do anything that hurts his feelings, he can call me out and I will think about my behaviour and apologise.
5) If I ask him for a hug and he says no, I accept the no.
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"Otherwise, who'd have been in charge? Steve?" chuckled Jonathan from atop his moral high horse, as if Steve hasn't been gainfully employed, supporting his friends, cheerleading his lesbian bestie, putting his life and body on the line to protect his gang of ragtag kids, fighting tooth-and-nail next to Jonathan's neglected girlfriend to save the town, ripping monster bats apart with his bare hands and throwing molotov cocktails in the face of a literal hell demon while Jonathan was... *checks notes* whacking golf balls at cars.
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i watched the first episode of The White Queen. I quite enjoyed it! was sad to see there's only 10 episodes though.
I absolutely love The White Queen, mainly because it reignited my fascination with period dramas and got me into the Wars of the Roses. No White Queen, no Richard X Henry AU @librarian-witchling
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All the books I read in 2022
I’m too lazy to add authors or anything haha, this is just copied from my notion
but damn. this is a lotta books, huh. shoutout to audiobooks.
total: 343
i read 314 library books
177 audiobooks
I read 161 books by authors of colour, vs 182 by white (or unsure) authors, which is less than ideal - I try keep it at least half way! but I think to an extent it’s just....everything i read is from the library, and the library is biased to white authors
71 by trans authors (that i know of)
275 books with queer main characters (though most not included are by queer authors/it’s just not explicit bc there’s no romance/there’s queer side characters)
i read 86 ace or aro books
i read 179 sapphic books
and that’s everything i recorded
January
Skye Falling
The Marvelous
What Big Teeth
Firebreak (reread)
A Psalm of Storms and Silence
The Inkberg Enigma
The Wolf and the Woodsman
Shadow Life
Dead Dead Girls
The Memory Police
Sistersong
We Rule The Night
Broken Web
A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions
Hench
Are You Listening?
We Could Be Heroes
The City Beautiful
We Light Up The Sky
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
Zero Sun Game
Six Crimson Cranes
February
The Black Tides of Heaven (reread)
The One and the Other
Year of the Rabbit
Witchlight
Garlic and the Vampire
The Red Threads of Fortune (reread)
Another Kind
The Descent of Monsters (reread)
Where The Drowned Girls Go
White Smoke
No Man of Woman Born
Misrule
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Bad Witch Burning
The Excalibur Curse
Malice (reread)
Beetle and the Hollowbones
The Midnight Bargain
Ana on the Edge
The Final Strife
Snapdragon
Graceling (GN)
The Death of Jane Lawrence
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Girls of Fate and Fury
My Sister, The Serial Killer
The Ascent to Godhood
The Kindred
Remote Control
Between Perfect and Real
Bitter
You Feel It Just Below The Ribs
Fire Becomes Her
March
Only A Monster
The Mirror Season
Ophelia After All
City of Deceit
Briar Girls
Mortal Engines (reread)
Predator’s Gold (reread)
Night Flights (reread)
Coming Back
Infernal Devices (reread)
All Our Hidden Gifts
A Darkling Plain (reread)
The Ghosts We Keep
The Ivory Key
The Monster Baru Cormorant
Fever Crumb (reread)
The Annual Migration of Clouds
This Place
A Web Of Air (reread)
The Thousand Eyes
City of Shattered Light
Lakewood
On A Sunbeam
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant
Pixels of You
Scrivener’s Moon (reread)
Me (Moth)
The Perfect Assassin
Do You Dream of Terra Two?
The Midnight Girls
The Wild Ones
Certain Dark Things
Travelers Along The Way
April
Ravage The Dark
Seven Mercies
Goliath
Howl’s Moving Castle
Lakelore
She Gets The Girl
Nothing Burns As Bright As You
The Circus Infinite
Forward March
Blood Scion
This Rebel Heart
One For All
Jillian Vs Parasite Planet
Alone Out Here
Xenocultivars
Scout’s Honor
What We Don’t Talk About
A Magic Steeped In Poison
Witchlings
The Beautiful Ones
Portrait of a Thief
Perfect On Paper
The Language of Roses
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Ace
Squire
Alice Isn’t Dead
We Hunt The Flame
The Space Between Worlds (reread)
Fevered Star
May
Ready When You Are
Piranesi
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
Sofi and the Bone Song
The Gravity of Us
Legends & Lattes
We Free The Stars
Extasia
Silver In The Wood
An Unreliable Magic
Dead Collections
The Last Cuentista
Cosmoknights
The Fascinators
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home
In The Serpent’s Wake
The Memory Librarian
Queen of the Tiles
Invisible Boys
The Greatest Thing
Elysium Girls
The Storyteller
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Arden Grey
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
Sanctuary
We Can Be Heroes
The Wolf Among The Wild Hunt
The Butterfly Assassin
MFK
June
Little Black Bird
Cafe Con Lychee
Microscopes and Magic
Alpaca and Apparitions
The Weight of a Soul
The Facts and Legends of Callie Catwell
A Million Quiet Revolutions
The Companion
The Fae Keeper
Outrun The Wind
Ellen outside the Lines
A Natural History of Dragons
The Past Is Red
The Unspoken Name (reread)
Wrath Goddess Sing
The Archive of the Forgotten
Flip The Script
After The Dragons
We Go Forward
Message Not Found
The Rise of Kyoshi
The Mask of Mirrors
The Trouble
The Merciless Ones
Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader
The Sprite and the Gardener
Kaikeyi
Journey Home
So Many Beginnings
Zara Hossein Is Here
Other People’s Butterflies
Deep In Providence
Beautiful Darkness
Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster
Gender Queer
July
Survive the Dome
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
The City Of Dusk
At The End of Everything
This Wicked Fate
From Dust A Flame
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
The Dawnhounds
Burn Down Rise Up
Hell Followed With Us
Valiant Ladies
Sal And Gabi Fix The Universe
A Prayer for the Crown Shy
Gamechanger
Wolfpack
The Poet X
Stars in their Eyes
Not My Problem
The Gifts That Bind Us
Switchback
Home Field Advantage
How We Fall Apart
The Romantic Agenda
Muted
August
Not Even Bones
Maya and the Rising Dark
Na Viro
The Book Eaters
Our Wives Under The Sea
A Furry Faux Paw
How To Get a Girlfriend When You’re A Terrifying Monster
The Reckless Kind
Klara and the Sun
The Blood Trials
The Lost Dreamer
If You Still Recognise Me
Blood Like Fate
Errant
It Sounds Like This
The Bone Houses
A Thousand Steps Into Night
Isla to Island
September
You Truly Assumed
Across A Field of Starlight
Katzenjammer
Girl Giant and the Monkey King
Dauntless
The (Un)Popular Vote
A Snake Falls To Earth (reread)
The Oleander Sword
To Break A Covenant
Weird Fishes
Kōhine
The Witchery
More Than Enough
The Red Palace
Only Ashes Remain
The Drowned Woods
When Villains Rise
A Venom Dark and Sweet
Her Name In The Sky
Wonderland
The Feeling of Falling In Love
The Girl With All The Gifts
The God Of Lost Words
A Half-Built Garden
October
House of Hunger
Garlic and the Witch
All The Birds In The Sky
Aces Wild
Other Ever Afters
Beasts of Prey
The Unbalancing
Space Opera
It Looks Like Us
Self-Made Boys
Foul Lady Fortune
Rust In The Root
No Gods No Monsters
A Scatter of Light
Late To The Party
Skin Of The Sea
The Sunbearer Trials
The Restless Dark
Bone Weaver
Babel
Godslayers
Convenience Store Woman
What Moves The Dead
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
The Women Could Fly
November
Every Body Looking
Violet Made of Thorns
When The Angels Left The Old Country
Strike The Zither
Lavender House
The Whispering Dark
Thistlefoot
How To Succeed In Witchcraft
Ironspark
Silver In The Mist
How To Excavate A Heart
The Scratch Daughters
Siren Queen
The Trouble With Robots
Cheer Up: Love And Pompoms
The Honeys
Into The Riverlands
Breasts and Eggs
The Genesis of Misery
Mamo
The Girl In Red
Bloodmarked
The Bone Orchard
I’m The Girl
Chilling Effect
Kiss Her Once For Me
The Last Hero
If You Could See The Sun
The Sevenfold Hunters
December
Frizzy
Twelfth Grade Night
Even Though I Knew The End
Hollow
Leech
The Bruising of Qilwa
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Never Ever Getting Back Together
The Stars Undying
Nettle & Bone
The House on the Hill
Black Girl Unlimited
Wash Day Diaries
Bluebird
M Is For Monster
Middlegame
A-Okay
All Boys Aren’t Blue
The Last Fallen Moon
Bloom
The Library of the Dead
Moonflower
The Last Session
Every Bird A Prince
Funeral Girl
The Edge of The Woods
Bloody Spade
The Rhythm of My Soul
A Broken Blade
Those Who Ripple
The Life Giver
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken
Sailing By Orion’s Star
Of The Wild
Belly Up
Caroline’s Heart
The Hex Next Door
The Fable of Wren
The Orphancorp Trilogy
Thornfruit
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We are doing renovations on the cult house, what are you doing with your bedroom? And just to be a little bit specific: everyone gets a bedroom with in-suit luxurious bath, a huge walk-in closet, a fireplace and a windowseat.
But let me add that you can (and should!) add whatever else you want! Want a whole big ass fountain in your bedroom? It's yours babe! Do as much or as little as you want 😘😘
Have I ever told you I don't have an artistic bone in my body? Do you ever wonder who employs interior designers? It's me. I'm the person that pays people to make those decisions.
With that being said, I think I can do this.
First, I need a big black room, to match my big black heart.
I'm going to need a caffeine station. This is purely for posturing.
I need steel. This will complement the dark, oppressive energy I'm going for.
I must have a proper battle station for all my tumblr needs.
Biggest priority, I need a delivery window installed, because I do not get out of bed for anyone.
Lastly, I need one friend.
:)
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Hold up everyone @librarian-witchling returned 🎉🎉
@desmoonl A fellow H/S shipper!!
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List 10 comfort shows and then tag 10 people
Tagged by @lj-loveletters
1. Reply 1988
2. Hospital Playlist
3. Red Letter Media
4. Perry Mason
5. Murder She Wrote
6. Designing Women
8. Sailor Moon
9. Poirot
10. Bridgerton
Tagging: @amillcitygirl @glittertrail @woodswit @eatingsoulsformoney @alysonwonderland @palominojacoby @thistle-and-thorn @stpauligirl @librarian-witchling @winterrose527
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I was tagged by @backheelnutmeg to make a moodboard out of pictures in my camera roll (which turned out incidentally in a bcn photo dump) thanks for the tag eve!💞
no pressure tags: @librarian-witchling @supremmedeluxe @jackredfieldwasmyjacob @janeyjacke @gardenarcana @woodswit @amillcitygirl @musicallisto @davisbette @andalusi @baldwinpdf & anyone else that wants to do this:)
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One thing the show got right, one thing it got wrong
Hey again!
This is a question that I could go off on if I’m not careful 😅.
I think a lot of the first three seasons (and much of the 4th) were well done for an adaptation. You can tell Martin was involved.
But the reunion of Jon and Sansa in season 6 (however you view the undertones) is still the most beautiful moment in the entire show which they gave the proper tone and gravity since the Starks are the heart of this story. The music, the touch of suspense initially, the acting and directing was superb. I’ve watched reaction videos of that episode where men are sobbing over it.
Things they got wrong…forgetting that the Starks are the fucking heart of the story too often to name.
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I was curious since you were just talking about Suleyman sisters. Which one is your favourite and what would you change in their storylines? (Me: I would Sah being in love with Ibrahim and her and Hürrem being enemies, because I truly someone from the imperial family liked Hürrem)
I honestly love all of them. Even though they all share a similar purpose in the narrative on the outset (that is, being antagonists to Hürrem), they have distinct motivations and personalities that always succeed to make them so interesting to analyze.
Despite of that, I have to say that my favourite is Hatice. She's the one who felt most fleshed out, with the widest arrays of personality and relationships and I sympathize with her in nearly every level. While I know that S03 Hatice could turn people off and I could understand why in theory (good flanderization is still flanderization after all and her "Heel Face Turn" could feel underwhelming after Hü's huge E63 victory and it lowkey makes for kind of a soft reset of the show's status-quo, but not only I haven't seen this actually being used in arguments against her, but this is solely a writing problem that didn't even originate from her and wasn't totally fixed until the end.), I felt this was the most logical step in her arc and her development made complete sense, no matter how flanderizing it was and how tragic it ended up being. [poor Hatice :(] I have analyzed her character and why I love her so much as well in more detail here.
The one thing I would change is, again, her spending more time with Osman and Huricihan. The need of having kids was set up as a very important part of her character from the beggining and Osman and Huricihan's birth could've felt as a new wave of hope after the devastating child losses. It felt like they were the start of an entirely new chapter of her life where she could enjoy the company of her kids the way she so wanted to, but the birth of Huricihan and Osman ended up being only the finale of Hatice's worries over her children, a satisfying end to these arcs of hers where she could finally find happiness at last and with this it was over. It wasn't built on at all and this whole angle of Hatice's character was seemingly dropped just like that. While I get that her storyline was very densely packed and they may not have had time, they could've given us a few scenes at the very least, especially in S03B where they would play part in empowering even more Hatice's tragic arc, being a reminder of Ibrahim. Not to mention that Huricihan would've been a much better character if that set-up existed.
I adore Şah Sultan, as well and I actually enjoy her dynamic with Hatice even more than her dynamic with Hürrem, because it tells us much more about who she is. It was so enjoyable to watch these two sisters confront each other on not so few instances, while still loving each other. I love how Şah's ambition contrasts so well with her genuine care for the people she loves (like Hatice and Esmahan) and how her pragmatism could actually get in the way of that care, while we could still see that the two coexist in her regardless. It makes her motivation so interesting to figure out in a way we haven't seen before or after with any other character. Her love for Ibrahim.. while yes, I get that it may seem a little weird, putting so much stuff in their past into another context that could draw the line between "this makes sense" and "how exactly did that happen?", it explains why Şah may have this deep seated resentment to Hatice, it is a nicely used plot-device to drive conflict between them (the conflict set-up in their past that is outside of their clash of ideals and philosophies in the present and near future) and her and Lütfi later. It makes her more interesting, too, because it shows her ability to let go of her feelings when she sees is necessary. Her approach is also very interesting and unique (at least at first) and while I find most of her scenes with Hürrem generic, she was a formidable and effective antagonist. I also find interesting that in rewatch, you do see that out of her and Hatice, it's Şah who is more elitist, interestingly enough. (because while Hatice mostly pulls rank out of ignorance or when she's challanged outright, Şah pulls rank not only in confrontation, but in casual conversations with people around her, as well - E87 is a perfect example of this. She also views the dynasty as something even more valuable that shouldn't ever be touched - her not wanting to fight Mihrimah in the end, even though I'm sure she could've outsmarted her if she truly wanted to, she wanted the most out of anyone in S03B for the dynasty members to have each other's backs and support each other no matter what and she was as ready as Hatice to stand behind what the dynasty represents, but not on a more personal level like Hatice, rather on standing behind its laws and traditions, like Ayşe Hafsa.)
What I would change with her, is that intrigue of hers that succeeded to have Hürrem be exiled for the third time. There's nothing wrong with the intrigue neither writing-wise, nor with Şah's character in it, and I kinda appreciate Hürrem's overspending there as a parallel to Mahidevran's overspending in S02, showing that they're not so different after all in a bunch of cases. But otherwise, the whole thing felt like pointless filler that only repeats some aspect of previous storylines. Yet another harem riot, though not as large in scale, and that almost contrived exile, which served nothing in the end (except for showing how Hürrem has gained a decent network of political allies, but that was shown before the exile, too). I would probably make it a far more complex, but still to the point intrigue, the outcome of which sure wouldn't be another exile for an episode. This also wouldn't have been the ending culmination of Şah's careful plans against Hürrem, either. (Ayaz Pasha's death afterwards was relatively quickly planned in comparison! Like.. c'mon..)
Fatma is my least favourite sister of the sisters, but she certainly has her moments. I love her debut and I love how fun loving she is, I sorta wish we saw even more of that. I actually don't recall a moment where Fatma ever pulled rank on someone in the way Hatice in E26 did and Şah so casually does and if there truly isn't any moment like that, then I love her even more for it. What is even more interesting is how her motivation is a promise made to Mustafa (even though this whole motivation is kinda strange writing-wise, since she's an entirely new character and the devotion to Mustafa could look like something the writers only came up with in the heat of the moment for S04A's bad use of flashbacks and to make yet another antagonist for Hürrem... Fatma could've been next to Mustafa when he was a child in Manisa and she liked him as a child, who knows? That coupled with Mahidevran probably reminding him of Fatma's existence, as well.) and how far she's going to go to fulfill it, even after his death. It all showed a side of hers that is willing to put the dynasty members in intrigue (the way she put Selim and Bayezid against one another and even when she played that game on Mihrimah), an interesting contrast with the other sisters, who would do anything but, at least not so consciously. (I'm referring to Şah's very first scheme against Hürrem, in E85-6) I love how she scolded Mihrimah in E121 and I love how they showed her sorrow for Mustafa's death. (that little scene where she said: "I failed.." was so touching, honestly... It shows how devoted she was to it all) Her relationship with Kara Ahmet is also pretty great.
What I would change with her, is her part in the menopause plot. The episode itself is such a weird and tonal mess, but Fatma there was at her worst and I don't agree with her making fun of Hürrem like this. I get the purpose of the episode and scene, but it still sits wrong with me and since that was our first episode with Fatma, it rendered her a little petty for me when I was first watching. I wouldn't have had Fatma tell it out loud for everyone to hear, I would've probably made her show Hürrem she knew in a confrontation similar to Hürrem and Mahidevran's (hey, a part of their formula could work for once!) between both of them during the entertainment. I would have also given her a little more balanced screentime. In some episodes it was very fine, but in others, it felt like she was more shoved into the background.
About Hürrem having at least one dynasty member to like Hürrem - I agree, it would be a breath of fresh air, to say the least, there should've been this kind of variety. If there is one I would make a friend of Hürrem's (at the most part), that would be Beyhan.
I would have given her more screentime, especially in S01-2, she could be there to advice and support her sisters even more and for them to calm down from the games and intrigues. She wouldn't play such a big role in the story, aside from an arc or two that would be different from working against Hürrem. Her and Hürrem would be usually on good terms, since her emotional maturity would let her understand at least a bit of her side of the story and wouldn't be so quick to accuse her. (as she wasn't when she learned of how Hatice learned about Nigar and Ibrahim) Beyhan can't be fully on board with her, of course, because moments where Hürrem tramples on Hatice's happiness directly or indirectly could put them at odds, but I feel Beyhan's personality and shtick would be the best suited for a friendship with Hürrem of sorts. Since she still wouldn't be part of the throne war, Hürrem would have no reasons to act against her personally, either. (now, S03B could be a problem, but then we could... have her return to her castle permanetly?) It would've been epic if Şah had only her dynamic with Hatice in the story, but I don't think that alone would be enough for the writers, because they sure were searching for someone to replace Ibrahim as a more prominent antagonist until S04's switch of focus and enrichment of storylines.
#magnificent century#muhteşem yüzyıl#muhtesem yuzyil#hatice sultan#sah sultan#beyhan sultan#fatma sultan#ask#librarian-witchling
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Phoebe and Coop only got together because the show couldn't end with Phoebe single 🙊 (sorry I saw your tags and I couldn't resist, I mean Coop is leagues better than Cole, but the first cupid guy that showed up was waaay better)
it's true though!! they threw in a last minute endgame when they could have been building up to it since season 6
I mean that's when Phoebe realized she wanted kids and family and all that, and I'm not against that at all, I'm not against her ending up married if that's what she truly wants. I want her to have what she wants! (although I do wish more female characters could end up single and have that be portrayed as a totally normal and okay, but imo the one who should have ended single is Paige. but that's a different story) I just don't like how they went about it when, again, they could have introduced her endgame love interest back in season 6, but at the VERY LEAST in season 7. Hell, Coop didn't even appear until 8.16 which is OVER HALF THE SEASON. It's like.... tell me you don't care without actually telling me you don't care.
I just have so many issues with it and I'm more against the way it was handled than the idea/dynamic itself. I actually like the idea of a cupid and what it would have meant for their relationship if it had been explored more. I might have actually liked them if he was introduced back in season 7 but we'll never know. And I say this as someone who doesn't like Phoebe & Cole either (which is apparently rare, I think most people like at least one of those pairings)
I do agree that Coop was better for Phoebe and obviously a better person in general, but I would argue that Cole was a better character. Sure, he was pretty much ruined in season 5, but he had the foundations at least. And that's another issue I have with Phoebe & Coop is that I just feel like Coop had almost no personality, he was extremely one dimensional, even more so than Henry, so it's like... why should I care? Why should I care about him or his relationship with Phoebe? I'm glad Phoebe got the happy ending she wanted but that's about it. You could have literally replaced him with a totally different person and character, and nothing would have changed.
Also you're right, the first cupid WAS BETTER AND HE WAS ONLY IN ONE EPISODE. Like how do you do that honestly.... I don't remember if he ever got a name but imagine if they brought him back in season 7. He's a character we already know, he had a connection with Phoebe, he had a meaningful conversation with her.... (He also met Prue which would have been interesting, idk. He obviously didn't really know her but he met her and saw the sisters together, and it could have been interesting to have him and Phoebe talk about Prue and how her death affected her... but again, that's a different issue.) Anyway, I think it would have worked!! Like even if you can't get that same actor, he was only here for one episode, just get someone else who looks like him and call it a day. It would have worked and I wish they did that.
#charmed#phoebe x coop#coop#cupid#phoebe x cupid#he had no name rip#that's my phoebe endgame now y'all can't stop me#thank you for the wonderful idea actually#asks#librarian-witchling
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