#(Hatice and Hürrem even *began* with Hürrem being immediately ready to throw Hatice under the bus when she learned about her and Ibrahim

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While Hatice may have more pivotal parallels with her sisters, Mahidevran and Hürrem (and MCK Gevherhan), E08 swiftly and ineluctably ties her to Gülnihal as well: both of them really want something in order to achieve some kind of fulfillment in their lives, but they constantly flip-flop in that want (Hatice yearns for Ibrahim but will never directly express her wish to have him; Gülnihal desires to obtain what Hürrem has for herself, but will never show it to her outright) because they know that it may not just disappoint their closest but be an utter betrayal to them, and them hinting just a little at their true wishes (Gülnihal admitting to Hürrem that she became muslim; Hatice signaling to Valide twice that she doesn't want to get married) constantly gets them either attacked or misunderstood (Hürrem yelling at Gülnihal, asking why she became muslim, also her almost strangling her to demonstrate what she would do with the woman who went to the sultan; Hafsa deciding to marry Hatice anyway, already choosing the suitor even), so they decide to put it all to a close (Hatice telling Ibrahim that they can't see each other anymore; Gülnihal refusing until the very end to go to SS's chambers for the second time)... until it turns out they can't. Gülnihal is ultimately forced to go to SS's chambers, which leads to Hürrem poisoning her weasel stole (but people first assumed it was sickness instead of a poison) due to what she had but shouldn't have, while Hatice got sick herself, looking at Ibrahim - what she barely reached but now definitely can't have - at the balcony, with her attire then having a fur trim (both the weasel and the fur appear to highlight Gülnihal and Hatice's seperate interlinked positions in some way; btw, Hatice kept seeing Ibrahim later too, but that's besides the point). The two indispositions completely intersected in Hürrem's confrontation with Hafsa after she went to check on Gülnihal, with her begging her to go to Hatice and Hafsa letting her [I believe Hafsa gave up from telling SS about the Gülnihal affair namely for that moment: yes, she didn't approve of Hatice befriending Hürrem and warned her about it, but seeing Hürrem sincerely wanting to check on her, that perhaps Hatice herself would need that and appreciate that, that Hatice cares about Hürrem regardless...; In this batch of episodes, Hafsa continually wonders why Hatice is so upset, having still not figured it out, and Hatice did lash out when Hafsa reprimanded her about Hürrem, so maybe that could be a part of it according to Hafsa... right? I think something indeed trembled inside Hafsa there. Yes, perhaps she needed Hürrem at Hatice's to go to Mehmet and take him, but this doesn't explain her punishing Hürrem just with that - not to mention that Mehmet had actual concerns then, which turned Hafsa taking him into an almost necessity - and not telling SS about Gülnihal, something she constantly threatened to do and even Daye couldn't convince her not to; ....yeah, no, upon rewatching it again, Hafsa basically pointedly gestured to Daye after she let Hürrem go to Hatice, it was all decided then.], with the following confrontation with Mahidevran at Hatice's also having the indispositions be paralleled.