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Nick and June🌹🖤 BTS Handmaid’s Tale 6x03

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hoooly fuck i waited years for her real name baby holly to be canon again

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The people that yell trauma bond about every single Nick and June interaction are so funny to me because they don’t even understand the definition of a trauma bond.

It’s a bond that develops between a person and the person that has harmed them. June has a trauma bond and it’s with Serena Joy but I never see them complaining about that relationship.

Nick is the person that helped her survive. He has never intentionally done anything to harm her. (I know people are freaked out about the betrayal spoiler, but I still don’t believe he’s gonna do anything to intentionally bring harm to her) In fact he’s put himself in harms way several times to protect her and now her husband. They have showed us over and over again that June fell in love with Nick and it was not just in that in that set circumstance because she went back to her husband and she’s still in love with Nick.

I do realize that some people are going to choose to see Nick as one dimensional when he’s one of the most nuanced characters and that’s fine. You don’t think he good for June? Great. But stop using big words to negate their relationship because it doesn’t work

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June and Nick making the same point about Tuello using Mayday to put civilians in danger

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JUNE OSBORNE & NICK BLAINE 6.03 "Devotion"

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June, girl, you’re not fooling anyone. That reaction to a casual mention of Hawaii? We all know who was on your mind, and it wasn’t your husband.

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Luke is PLAYING WITH A GUN

Like a child - imagining himself as a hero brave enough to shoot his enemy.

Moira senses he’s never used a gun before and tells him to put it down. Feels unsafe seeing a gun in Luke’s hands. Again- like a little boy.

Then Luke watches Nick shoot bad men.

No practice. No play. Bc it’s not a fantasy. And it’s not fun. It’s terrifying and bloody and final.

And at that moment Luke understands that they live in different realities. That they are different men with different levels of experience in war. Nick outranks him. He’s a seasoned soldier. Luke wants to play with toys in his room, maybe grow up to be a soldier one day.

It’s such an incredible scene bc Nick never held his masculinity over Luke.

Most men. ANY OTHER MAN when facing his rival would threaten or demean him.

Nick treats June’s lover with respect and care. Like a knight serving a queen married to another man. That classic sacrificial archetype we see in Tristan and Isolde and First Knight.

He will protect and serve her his whole life. Above himself. Even in situations that would hurt, humiliate, or endanger him. Nick can’t say no to her. Protecting and serving June Osborne is his life’s purpose. Like Fucking Wesley and Buttercup in the Princess Bride.

It’s peak romance. 🖤

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“They’re a part of me. I can’t lose them.”

“That’s how I feel about YOU. I ONLY feel that way about you- and I’ve lost you over and over.”

He is trapped in a repeating hell.

Because he loves her so much.

No torment- not even her loss- will end his love for her. It’s an affliction he will carry until he dies.

He will never get over her.

The only thing that eases his suffering is seeing her.

“It only makes it worse.” (To be away from you)

“I know. I’m sorry” (scripted- unspoken.)

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It’s so much more savage when you watch Luke begging Moira to soothe his wounded ego. “All June’s gonna see is that I failed.”

“You don’t have to prove yourself. You’re the best man I know.”

Literally fucks up

Then makes a woman say he didn’t fuck up

They show toxic masculinity (Luke)

And then a direct example of nontoxic masculinity. (Nick)

Fucking beautiful juxtaposition

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misguided ghosts | chapter 3 | A lovers-to-exes-to-lovers again Jonery fic

“So what do ya say?” Thorne nudged with a certain sparkle in his sharp blue eyes. “New life in the states with your girl, yearly salary that’ll afford you the house of your dreams plus a vacation home or two… New York, New York, I wanna wake up in that city, that doesn't sleep. Oh, come on – even a youngster like you knows Ole Blue Eyes!” Jon shook his head, trying to make sense of everything that had just transpired within the last twenty minutes. A ridiculous grin spread over his face and he ran a hand down his face, straightening in the stiff wooden chair across from his boss’s desk. “No, ‘course I do. Sorry, I‘m just…,” he released a lungful of air. “I’m over the moon. I never expected this. New York?” “New fuckin’ York,” Thorne growled, his eyes crinkling as he flicked his index toward Jon to enunciate his point.

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The Handmaid's Tale | 6.03 Devotion

"I don't know how you're doing it. Being a commander and working with the Americans, playing both sides."

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6x03: Devotion - Parallels

(Non-exhaustive list)

In S5E09, June to Joseph: Do you think that you can just dangle Nick in front of me? And I will just do whatever the f*** you want? In S6E03, June: What makes you think Nick will show up? Mark: He will. For you.

In S5E10, Rose to Nick: A good man would not leave his pregnant wife every time his girlfriend calls. In S6E03, one of the diplomats comes in Nick's house to inform him June is at Mile Marker 17.

In S2E06, June to Nick: I am fine. We are fine. In S6E03, June to Nick: I am okay. She is safe.

In S5E03, Nick to June: I am sorry I cannot do more. In S6E03, Nick to June: I want to help, I do, I just ...

In S5E10, Nick to Mark: It is probably better if she does not know I was here. In S6E03, Nick to June: I came to see you. At the hospital.

In S1E08, June to Nick: You are gonna talk to me? Talk to me. Talk to me, Nick. In S6E03, Nick to June: I have risked everything, everything I have, to save your husband. Because you chose him. You chose Luke. […] Do you even know what it is like to be in love with you?

In S2E06, June to Nick: I cannot lose you. Do you hear me? In S6E03, June to Nick: I cannot lose them. I cannot.

In S2E10, Nick fights with guardians to protect June. In S6E03, Nick kills guardians to save June, Luke and Moira.

In S2E04, June drinks a green juice. In S6E03, Rose does it too.

S2E09 vs S6E03: Nick and Luke

In S4E09, Nick to June: Keep yourself safe. Hey June. Try and be happy. In S5E03, June to Nick: Hey Nick. Try and be happy, okay? In S6E03, Nick to June: Stay safe. Make a good life for yourself.

S2E04 vs S6E03: Nick in front of a car watching June leave.

SOURCE PHOTOS: Screenshots (by me)