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#Fred and Serena
iwasbored777 · 1 year
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Watching Fred going from loving his wife to being irritated by her breathing is heartbreaking. Serena did agree to all this but she didn't expect him to hate her. No wonder she was so obsessed with getting a baby, she need it to find purpose in their marriage.
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sleazyjanet · 5 days
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nolite te bastardes carborundorum (don't let the bastards grind you down)
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Because we love this scene so much here are some amazing GIFs. Tuello is definitely the MVP.
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pixiebane14 · 2 years
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June: I killed commander fred in cold blood
Canadian police: none of our business, he was a piece of shit, good on u, have a good day :)
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astro-tag-9 · 9 days
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The Handmaid’s Tale Astrology
June Osborne - Capricorn Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Aries Rising
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Serena Joy - Scorpio Sun, Aries Moon, Taurus Rising
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Moira - Aquarius Sun, Pisces Moon, Leo Rising
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Nick Blane - Gemini Sun, Scorpio Moon, Capricorn Rising
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Luke Bankole - Virgo Sun, Virgo Moon, Gemini Rising
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Rita - Taurus Sun, Taurus Moon, Sagittarius Rising
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Aunt Lydia - Libra Sun, Cancer Moon, Aries Rising
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Fred- Leo Sun, Leo moon, Virgo Rising
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Emily - Pisces sun, Capricorn moon, Capricorn Rising
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Janine - Cancer Sun, Libra Moon, Leo Rising
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mytvjunk · 2 years
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Serena chose war
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glasskey · 11 months
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THT Redemption Arcs
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I’m going to be running through some story and character analysis for THT in the weeks to come and I’m going to start out by talking a little bit about the difference in redemptive arcs. For those of you who aren’t clear about what a redemption arc is, it’s essentially a story line woven into your characters narrative to enable them to redeem themselves from previous questionable actions. There are some great examples in The Handmaids Tale, almost 100% of our characters are morally grey and they’ve all got a vivid history with a bit of baggage, so we’ve got a lot to choose from. Whenever a character performs a redemption arc, essentially 2 things need to happen for it to be considered complete: Firstly, your character has to truly be sorry and try and make amends. Secondly, other characters have to acknowledge that they are truly sorry and in some respects forgive them. We also have 2 different types of redemption arcs; slow and sudden. Basically, the character will either have an epiphany of all the crappy things that they have done and suddenly beg for forgiveness (usually at the last minute) OR said character will see the error of their ways through slow observation and work to be a better individual. With that in mind let’s take a look at some of our characters and see what kind of redemption arc they have.
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Fred: Fred is one of the primary reasons that Gilead even exists, from the word go he was never getting a free pass no matter he did. For Fred, his Achilles heel is his quest for power which is constantly undermined by the impotence he feels at not being able to father a child. Freds desire for power fosters a sense of self entitlement that seeks to enslave June, while his impotence breeds an anger that alienates him from the woman who once loved him. His ego is ultimately his downfall and we see it in all its forms almost to his dying breath. While Fred may have acknowledged what he did was wrong, his attempt at redemption was driven purely by selfish motives and as a result the other characters did not forgive him. Fred attempted a sudden redemption arc and ended up doing an epic face plant. Instead of forgiveness he got an incredibly satisfying smack in the mouth and a “you had this coming” from Nick, and was hunted down and torn to shreds by the object of his desire. Redemption arc: Epic Fail. Result: some serious poetic justice.
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Serena: Serena was Freds’ co conspirator so she’s responsible for some pretty heinous stuff, not to mention personally torturing the protagonist. She’s truly Machiavellian and consistently falls into the “sorry, not sorry” camp depending on what day of the week it is, making her attempt at a serious redemption arc difficult to swallow for anyone. Characters with the capacity for this much malice will generally perform a sudden redemption arc toward the end, finally achieving forgiveness, but sacrificing themselves as payment. Oddly the writers have chosen to engage Serena in a slow redemptive arc over the course of season 5, having swallowed some of her own poetic justice. I remain unconvinced, all this bonding with the protagonist, pouting and tears wont erase seasons of cruelty. Serena is a monster who's only sorry she lost her monster pal. Redemption Arc: still in progress, most likely successful. Most likely fatal
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Aunt Lydia: Oh Dear. It’s hard to come back from shit this bad, but we know from The Testaments that our favourite super cuddly Aunt with a cattle prod, is due for a redemption arc. Watching The HMT and judging by The Testaments, it appears that she will be performing a slow redemption arc, which serves her purposes as she’s going to be busy working for the resistance. Ultimately the scales of justice demand balance and there’s no way the average viewer / reader would think that it’s a fair deal that she goes back to an ordinary life, once she’s served her purpose. Like Serena its justified she sacrifice herself as payment and there’s also the small matter of Aunt Lydia not being able to forgive herself. This brings me to Janine, I can definitely see Janine being a catalyst for Aunt Lydia’s break with Gilead. The nature of the protagonist in The Handmaids Tale is that she is a lone voice and as such June is what we refer to as “The Final Girl”, the last one left to tell the tale. This does not bode well for Janine. Redemption arc: Ultimately successful (in some respects).
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Luke: Let’s face it, no matter which way you slice it, he’s no angel. He cheated on his wife and he left June and Hannah in Gilead because he was scared. What do these two things have in common? Leaving when the chips are down. From the description in Atwood’s text, Luke was always intended as a character who portrayed the casual misogyny that exists in the world. He’s been toned down somewhat for the show but it’s still there, lurking under the facade of our devoted “nice guy”. This is absolutely intentional, he’s described as a “good man” and he is, but there are plenty of times that he falls short and just doesn’t get it. He’s been performing a slow redemption arc over season 5 and it reached a crescendo in episode 10 at the train station when he sacrificed himself for the good of the protagonist. Most notable was the instance where he acknowledged her independence by using her maiden last name. He’s going to have to pay penance for the times he left though and thus the incarceration by Gilead forces. Redemption arc: Still in progress but promises to be successful.
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Nick Blaine: I want to be honest about Nick, I love him but he’s done some bad shit. The writers have hinted as much and there’s plenty of evidence. Far from a clean well-mannered lawn boy, Nick Blaine is in fact, shady as fuck. This isn’t a mistake, after all, what good would a clean cut boy be to June when what she actually needed was a dodgy rebel to help her get things done in Gilead? When June says “he helped me to survive”, what she really means is that Nick was a navigator around all the dark dangers of Gilead and you don’t know about those unless you’ve seen them first hand. Nicks been performing a slow redemption arc since the end of season one. He was always good hearted, demonstrating loyalty to a broken family and looking openly distressed over the death of a handmaid. He’s also a bit of a rebel, he doesn’t follow the rules and doesn’t seem to quite fit in, all of this making him ultimately easier to welcome back to an ordinary life when he finally reaches the end of his journey. Nicks redemption arc is interesting because it not only requires other characters to forgive him, but he also needs to forgive himself. He’s been referred to as “a good man in Gilead” for a few seasons now, Tuello also called him “an honourable man”, but the reality is he’s still going to have to prove his loyalty by doing some time undercover. It's his penance. Ep 10 S5 saw Nick Blaine refer to himself as “Nothing”, he feels worthless and he’ll need to forgive himself before he can come home. For Nicks redemption arc to be considered complete he needs to step across the border and stay there. He needs to hold his daughter. Slow redemption arcs generally involve one last battle against your foe and Ep 10 S 5 saw Nick make preparations for his final battle against Gilead.  The walk across the bridge in ep 10 and the deal with Tuello signified a redemption arc construct now fully fortified and nearing completion. Redemption arc: In progress. Promises to be successful. Promises to be fucking epic.
The majority of redemption arcs in THT are slow, the only time I’ve seen a sudden redemption arc attempted, it failed miserably. This says a lot about what the writers actually believe about the nature of redemption; anything less than something that you work towards every day, is an illusion. The writers have worked hard to maintain a level of reality and in the real world, people don’t just immediately forgive you because YOU decided to apologize. You need to earn their trust back and work hard to repair that wound. Sudden redemptive arcs are like the kiss of death, I can’t count the amount of times I’ve watched a character weep with remorse only to die seconds later. Slow redemptive arcs are a bit trickier, your character may survive it or not and this decision is based ultimately on how deep the wound they inflicted is.
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brutal-planet · 2 years
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The Handmaid's Tale
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lokiprincess · 1 year
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TYRION LANNISTER, GAME OF THRONES
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juneandnick · 9 months
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2x01 - June / 3x11 - Liars (Same Music)
- Keeping A Secret 🎵
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Source Pictures: Screenshot (by me)
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what-is-canon · 1 year
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The fact that in the book Serena gave June the picture of Hannah but in the show they had it be Fred
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iwasbored777 · 1 year
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(Watching THT marathon omg why's this show so addictive??? 😭😭😭)
You can see clearly why Serena was so jealous of June. In that episode when Fred couldn't perform the ceremony and he went there earlier to say hi to June - he didn't want to see Serena in the morning but he couldn't wait to see June in the evening - and then when he couldn't perform a certain activity Serena offered to help him out but he refused. Imagine how much you have to dislike a woman to refuse that, I'm not a man but the fact his own wife wasn't desirable for him shows that their marriage couldn't be saved even this early in the show. I understand Serena's pain but it's not June's fault Fred wants her more than Serena, yet she had to take it out on her cuz she couldn't do it on Fred. That's why I like Serena's chemistry with Mark, you can sense mutual attraction while with Fred it was one sided and it was all. He was all over a handmaid he knew for few days only but his wife with whom he has a whole history isn't good enough anymore.
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scarlettatg · 1 year
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The Handmaid’s Tale
Episode 501 Morning
The first time I saw this episode I wasn’t sure if I liked it or not. I couldn’t really pinpoint what was it that didn’t click. I love deranged June (no more than fighter June) but it’s not a healthy way for her to exist in Canada. After rewatching it, it’s one of my favorite episodes of the season because it’s basically all about June’s emotional journey after killing Fred and I think it’s the perfect set up to the storyline we got (wether we liked it or not that is another topic). Aside from that, the symbolisms in this episode are really interesting.
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One of my favorite symbolisms in the episode is the blood. I think it parallels to her state of mind throughout the episode. Blood symbolizes life/death, rebirth, guilt, uncleanliness, redemption, sacrifice, sin. I think we see all of that in June. When she’s in that bathroom she’s supposed to wash the blood off her hands (wash away her sins) but she doesn’t do it. She’s savoring the moment and she even seems at peace. She got justice and revenge in what I think was the most satisfying way. The blood is a testament to that, and she’s not ready to let that go. It isn’t until she sees the blood on Nichole’s bath towel that she gets a reality check. She’s not in Gilead, there should be consequences for killing someone. Those consequences mean she will probably lose Nichole. Ironically it’s because of Fred that she lost Hannah and know because of her decision over Fred she could lose Nichole. June is not ready to face that. She also knows Moira and Luke probably won’t understand her and they will judge her and keep seeing her like a damaged victim.
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“By her fucking hand” is one of my favorite lines this season. It’s extremely powerful. When she says it to Moira, she realizes exactly what June did. June used Gilead justice. Fred died at the hands of his Handmaid. He got salvaged by the same woman he raped, abused and tortured for years. It’s pretty fucking poetic. Sure it’s not the right thing to do but remember June tried to get justice the correct way and that same system decided that her justice wasn’t more valuable than ending Gilead. I think she leaves because she’s not ready to explain herself, to move on from this moment, to be judged by the people she cares about in Canada and to face the consequences of her actions. She goes back to the people that understood what she did and that helped her do it.
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The feast is another interesting symbolism. It reminded me of the feasts medieval kings used to have whenever they won battles and they celebrated the spoils of war with large feasts. We see women partaking in a similar sort of celebration after having gotten their revenge. I think it’s a bit shocking because they are women, unapologetically enjoying themselves without a single fuck given over the crime they just committed. The others also still have traces of Fred’s blood sharing a bond with June that isn’t just the trauma they experienced in Gilead. When June sees the blood stain on the glass she’s facing once again the reality of what she did, the violence she was capable of but once again she’s not ready to move on from that. She also realizes the effect her decision had on the others: her violence has awaken more violence. Fred was her monster…there are still other monsters out there. Fred was just one man. Gilead is still happening with or without Fred.
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IHer conversation with Sylvia was basically what made her realize what she could loose. It sets up her internal conflict this season. Luke told her in season 4 that she should count her blessings. Meaning that she should be grateful that she was in Canada free with Nichole (and him). I know it’s a normal thing to say but it’s a bit condescending if you think about it. How is she supposed to let go of Hannah and everyone she left behind? Why would she feel lucky or blessed when there are still people suffering in Gilead? When she knows she’s made questionable choices that have cost others, why her and not Janine for example? The whole season she battles with that choice. There’s also the guilt she feels of having opened that door for Emily and having pushed her into going back to Gilead. Emily left her family behind to go fight or to go get revenge and June knows that’s the choice she might have to make eventually.
After the conversation with Sylvia she wants to desperately wash the blood off, she wants to distance herself from what she did. She goes to the lake completely consumed by guilt and with the reality that killing Fred didn’t really fix anything. She still doesn’t have Hannah. She says in season one that Hannah comes to her in the water. Water symbolizes change, cleanliness, purity, rebirth, it’s a way to wash away your sins. But blood never goes away. June’s hands will always have blood on them.
This isn’t the first time June has killed, but in Gilead she had to do it wether it was ordered or for survival. She knows she has to face the consequences of her actions so she goes to turn herself in as a way to atone for her sin. She tells Luke (and probably remembers what Lawrence said to her you love fucks people up) that she’s ruining his and Nichole’s life. I think that to make matters worse for her mentally, there are no consequences. Another one of my favorite lines is when the police officer says that’s between you and your deity of choice. Society isn’t going to judge her for what she did, because it happened in No Man’s Land and because that’s a way to let us know that this was justice. There’s nothing to judge because this was the right thing to do. Again, poetic. Fred’s life was worth $88. She had to pay simply for mailing his finger to Serena. That was the crime.
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The final scene with Holly is a testament to Junes motherhood. No matter what she has gone through June is a mother first and foremost and her priority will always be her daughters. The moments she’s had this season with Holly are what’s given her peace and what has kept her centered. They are moments filled with love and extreme longing. They show the impossibility of enjoying her time with one daughter while she aches to get back the one she lost. When she tells Holly she doesn’t have to do anything she doesn’t want to do, it’s a way of telling us who she would want her daughter to be and in what kind of world she wants her daughter to grow up with. There’s a cross that sits above them on the window. Crosses symbolize sacrifice. It reminded me of the scene in season 2 when June promises her she would get her out and that she wouldn’t grow up on Gilead. They won’t own what you will become and June sacrificed a lot to fulfill that promise. It also makes me think of what’s supposed to come if I go by TT. She’s supposed to give Holly away to keep her safe which is obviously a huge sacrifice.
Moira’s reaction show how different their healing process is. Moira has been able to put her monsters to sleep especially when she was able to bring June back. She knows what June went through but she also knows this isn’t right. She’s worried about her friend, but it did pain me to see the distance between them. She tells her I’m scared of you and June agreed because they’re both scared of who June is. They’re not in the same path and Moira’s not being comfortable with June being around Holly could be a foreshadow to how in TT June has to send Holly away to keep her safe. It could also be a way of Moira telling June that if she stays in this path she will also lose Holly and even though I don’t agree with the way Moira was written this season I appreciate the friendship aspect of telling June things so she can understand how different things are in Canada.
Luke is in complete denial. He has waited to get June back as a way to absolve himself of his guilt. He doesn’t care what she’s done as long as she stays with him. Having June there is a victory for him. It’s a way for him to heal. He accepts it even though he knows this is something that clearly tells him June isn’t who she was before. He doesn’t understand the extent of her trauma or of her rage. It’s easier to accept it than to face the reality of who June is now and what that means for their relationship.
Tuello and June’s interaction was the first time I saw June at peace with what she had done. The fact that he acknowledges and admires what she’s done is telling. People question June’s actions constantly, judging her mistakes more than admiring her good intentions or the things she’s had to do to survive. The people close to her see her like she’s damaged and broken. They don’t see the other side, her strength, her fire, her will to fight. That line I know what that costs is important. Crossing that line could’ve cost her her freedom in Canada and her ability to be with Nichole. But it still cost her mentally and emotionally, deeply. Throughout the first half of the season we see her struggling to control her rage, to find who she is now and how can she find balance.
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How lovely is this!!!??? This cast is amazing.
Video courtesy of OT Fagbenle’s IG account
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ladauphines · 2 months
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been rewatching some scenes from the handmaid’s and — maybe i said this before — i always thought joseph was the weaker actor between the fiennes brothers but he really nailed the scene where he admits to being the infertile one. i fucking hate fred with every fiber of my being, i think he’s both a terrible person *and* character and i never granted him the dignity of being even a good villain (a realistic one, yes, but not a good one). but if there’s something you can tell about fred it’s he’s fragile masculinity personified, gladly overcompensating with power and titles and all the benefits coming with patriarchy which will forever grant him he would never feel weak or lacking again, and it’s obvious he was dreading the moment he would finally, *finally* admit his wife was never the problem, he was. and he only chose to do almost in the lowest whisper, and of course in a very private conversation, and the way his voice breaks really conveys how much it hurt him to let those words out there. and sure, maybe there was repressed pain as well, but the way he chose to cope with that pain was the systematic humiliation and guilt trapping and rejection of his wife so fuck him. i hope he’s rotting in fictional characters’ hell.
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ceriseheaven · 2 years
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the handmaid's tale season 5.
what the fuck. the stress the suspense the tension the intensity. that show fucks me up every single time holy shit.
+ i hate this bitch with a burning passion
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