#(i’m highkey in shock because i’ve never gotten a lead like this before and i sort of thought my director hated me??)

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

hey so when i said i was experiencing the entire range of human emotion a couple hours ago?? yeah scratch that—now i’m experiencing the entire range of human emotion, since within the evening i’ve watched my comfort character sob over his sister’s dead body and then turned around and immediately got cast as the lead in my school musical???????!!!!!!

[lizacstuff]

Liza that 3rd fragman 👀 "if I was born a 100 times I'd fall in love with you everytime" Eda saying this is their last obstacle and nothing can separate them, serkan's "I'll be right back, close your eyes I'm here" If this isn't all a red flag for shits about to hit the fan then I don't know what is LOL (but also how cute to Edser look and them telling each other they love each other very much 😭😭😭)

That fragman is both the SWEETEST and the MOST OMINOUS thing I’ve ever seen. ALL AT ONCE.  

Friends... we’re gonna go through some things.  That being said, everything is going to be great. These writers have been solid so far, and I have faith they have come up with something really interesting to increase the longevity of this show. And I don’t know about you, but I’m prepared to go through some things if it means keeping Eda and Serkan for longer.  (I heart them)

This show is about Eda and Serkan and their love story, at it’s core it’s a comedy, it will all lead to happy things, but... yeah, buckle up! 

I have a lot of asks both about the fragman and last ep, so I’m going to answer a bunch under the cut. 

Anonymous said: The fandom theories about episode 28 have gotten so wild that I literally think the most shocking thing would be if they actually got married and were not separated (emotionally or physically). What if the earlier painful episodes were to make us believe that things couldn't possibly go right in 28 and it's a reverse psychology trick?

You could be right!  I like your thinking. I checked on twitter and I had to back away slowly. The juvenile temper tantrums were too much for me today.  

Look, I think it’s clear something big is coming. It has to, there has to be something that shakes up the show. Some of the theories are more upsetting and catastrophic than others, but the writers won’t do anything that dings either character or their love for one another.  Whatever happens will showcase the connection between these two and the chemistry between the actors, that’s the point of everything, and anything that does those things is gonna be a-okay with me. 

@jan31​ Hi Liza. Do you think we are going to see the wedding in 28 or they will leave it on a cliffhanger for next week. Lots of theories going round mainly cos of Neslihan saying new dimensions coming in episode 29, which could just mean married life etc. I have seen suggestions of memory loss, it's all a dream since episode one. I would personally love Eda to wake up like in episode one but for it to be a total turn around and she is the boss and Serkan the employee. Eda being robot yildiz appeals to me!!! I know it will never happen but leave me here with my dreams!!

I started the day at 90% sure they’ll be married in 28/29, but now I’m down to like 30% that they’ll get married in these episodes. I really, really want them to get married before whatever happens happens, because every scenario I can think of for this reset or starting again, seems like it would be better if they were married.  

However, the shooting spoilers from today, make me question that. Namely the videos where Hande appears to still be wearing the ring on her right hand. We shall see, that could be for many reasons. 

Honestly, though, I wouldn’t hate a memory loss storyline. Seeing one of them (and Serkan’s line in the trailer makes it seem like it might be him) lose their memory and have to fall in love all over again? There are worse fates for a shipper than getting to experience that all again but in a different way.  

Anonymous said: Your response to the fandom drama anon was so good, it's exactly how I feel. While I don't know what the old posts that were like are (that's shady as fuck) I did see all the other drama go down and wow. The actresses def need to stay in their lane and some of the fans, hoooo boy, it's obvious they're young based off their reactions alone. Had to unfollow some people once I realized what they were like. Also some of the IRL shipping reminded me of col*fer stuff, reading into everything and blowing it out of proportion (which then gets picked up by paps....). But you're right in that at least the show related drama is tame compared to OUAT. But still, people being too careless even while they know the paps see everything and harass Kerem and hande (omg did you see the video of hande the other day stopped in the van and she looked so overwhelmed 😔)

You’re referencing this post here about yesterday’s drama. 

Today Neslihan made it worse by addressing everything and claiming she didn’t like all those Hande-bashing posts because... wait for it... she was HACKED. Oy. Hackers got in and went back two years to like gross posts about Hande? Sure, Jan. While I don’t believe that for a second, I guess that at least gives her cover with Hande so they can all pretend it’s true and move on so it’s not awkward on set.  But, yikes, she needs to consult a publicist, she took a narrative that was circulating in certain circles in fandom and made sure all her followers were aware. Not very savvy. 

As for the paps coming after Hande, yes I did see her in the car, she did look overwhelmed. Back off vultures!!! That’s why I think Kerem sometimes throws himself to the wolves so that doesn’t happen. She always handles them like a pro, but you can tell she’d rather be anywhere else on earth than talking to them. 

The pap stuff is worse than I’ve seen before, they’re like vultures circling for any conjecture (sometimes made up out of thin air) they can turn into a question and blame fans. OUAT actors dealt with nothing like this. Also I can’t believe they never ask about the show. Like after last week? They could legit ask about the sex scene which probably would have given them some angle on the actors that they wanted, (especially since it was too hot for Turkish TV) but they let that pass them by, and instead asked the same questions about being together that they never answer. Dumbasses. They are not only awful people, they are awful at their jobs. 

In Van, the paps pay off crew members for info, they always know more than fans. Also I don’t remember stars of my shows getting this level of tabloid attention before. Except for on Riverdale, Lili and Cole generated that level of interest, and while I didn’t pay terribly close attention to them, I feel like they rarely talked to the paps, were just photographed. Also I don’t suspected the CW of calling the paps on them, but I suspect either the network or production company of sometimes calling them on Hande and Kerem. 

Anonymous said: Do you think it’s weird that they didn’t touch the kidnapping at all in either trailer? They might not have filmed it in time for the 1st one but certainly the 2nd. And I’m definitely not complaining about the ones we got because its like a fairytale but the kidnapping was the cliffhanger...? 🧐 I think they should’ve just left the princes storyline at “he went back to his country” but then they didn’t so......

If they’d left his story at just going back to his country, then the Prince really wouldn’t have served his purpose. He was brought on to cause some sort of trouble, so they probably need him to cause the trouble before he goes, lets hope it ends with this kidnapping!

And to answer your question, yes, I do think it’s weird that neither trailer touched on it. On any other show I’d think it was a huge red flag, but on this show maybe not as much because  a) there’s obviously a lot of romance in this episode, it’s not crazy that they are focusing on that to draw people in with the promos  b) this show likes to do cliffhangers that end up being no big deal, that happens a lot.  

Who knows it could turn out to be a big deal that shapes the rest of the episode in some unexpected way (Eda’s captured the whole episode and she’s dreaming about wedding prep, or... who knows) but I think it’s more likely that they resolve in the first 5-10 minutes and then move on.  Since we know from the summary (not that I trust those) that Serkan goes on the bachelor weekend, it feels like the Prince is taken care of prior to that. I don’t think he’d leave her alone for a second if there was a chance the Prince was still a threat. Perhaps Babaanne is pissed he tried to kidnap Eda and tells them she’ll handle it herself???

Anonymous said: Semiha not being in the promo is highkey suspicious. The actress is promoting the episode lol. She's about to Evil Queen this wedding ceremony but you know what, I'm fine with whatever she has planned if they end up married at the end of the day. What's funny is that since a lot of fans these days will assume that there will be shocking negative plot twists, not actually having one here would be a plot twist so I hope the writers keep them together for whatever's next haha

You’re not wrong, at this point, having this wedding take place would be a shocking twist for all of us!  As for Semiha... hmmm... it will be interesting to see what her reaction is to Eda being kidnapped by her pick of suitor. Serkan Bolat might be the son of the man indirectly responsible for her parents death, but he would never hurt her. Take note, Grandbag!  

Anonymous said: Do you mind sharing your speculative scenarios?

After the trailer today, I don’t know if I can even remember some of them. 

Memory loss

Grandma forces Serkan to choose between Eda and his company/wealth,  he chooses Eda and they start over from scratch with nothing

Time jump

AU starting over, showing a different path they might have taken together

Dream

These actors playing different characters in a new story

I don’t think the last three are likely, but they did spring to mind after some of Neslihan’s teases. 

Anonymous said: So this show doesn't get like fantastic ratings (it actually seems to be on the lower end compared to all other dizis airing) but the social media engagement is off the charts. Why is that?!? Is the show just extraordinarily popular internationally? or that this is a "shipping" show? I'm floored by the numbers - its like no other show/fandom is even trying

The ratings were terrific during the summer. But to your point, it has a huge fandom both in Turkey and internationally, but it’s worth noting that most of those charts you see where it beats every other show in every imaginable social metric is just for Turkey.  

It’s one of those lightning in a bottle situations where you get the right property and the right actors together at the right time and magic happens.  And, for sure, the number one reason is the shipping. Shipping drives fandom engagement, and a fantastic ship with a juicy, fun, tropey love story is what this show offers. It also offers up two extremely attractive, talented, likeable leads with off-the-charts chemistry (plus the added speculation about an off-camera relationship that has intrigued more than a few fans, tabloids and gossip sites and fueled interest) who have done a good job of building the fanbase through their social media engagement. Plus the timing is part of it as well. I don’t know about you, but this show hit the spot during this pandemic and the horror of 2020. We all needed this escape. 

Anonymous said:Do you think something happened in the writers room after the backlash of 25 and fan disappointment after Ayse's announcement? I feel like a switch flipped and now we're in fanficland with how much good content we've gotten in these last two episodes. Like I thought maybe they should wrap up the series soon before the characters got completely off the tracks but they may be finding their groove now and I'm interested to see what their next twist is after they can write out Balca/Seymen.

I don’t know about a switch flip, this show has been fanfic land since the first episode!  The tropes! That is how I described it to multiple people when I first started watching: an AU fanfic come to life.

As for the writing changes, no, I don’t think backlash after 25 affected 26 or 27, because 26 was already 90% shot, and 27 already written. However, I assume they themselves could tell that 25 got just too dark and had strayed pretty far from the DNA of the series. While I didn’t think it was bad, it was not fun to watch and this show ought to be fun to watch. 

Let’s hope, however, that the backlash affects future episodes in that they know what works... and what doesn’t.  The last two episodes definitely felt reminiscent of the first batch of episodes. Light, funny, romantic. If they can keep that tone... I’ll be thrilled.

Anonymous said: i didn't realize how much i missed "together" edser until watching 27.. it's been so long since they were "officially" together and we also had such few episodes of it.. ppl have been comparing it to 12 and while in some ways i agree, edser are always so different here than they were there. 12 was them navigating their new relationship.. they were more shy and finding their footing.. here they are very much established, as they should be after knowing their love for so long in comparison to 12!

Yes, it was lovely. You know I’ve preached a lot about how even though Eda and Serkan were broken up, they’ve still been together all this time. And it’s true, but there is something about them truly being together that is magical. We never got enough of that the first time around (a writing mistake in my opinion) and they’re so good together it’s lovely to watch. 

Anonymous said: Serkan not asking for help from Balca when asking his team for help with the marriage gifts preparations and refusing her offer of help when she asked made me so happy. Good job Serkan! He's learning! She's not trustworthy!

Yes, that was a good moment. And he was eyeing her very warily when she offered. The thing I don’t understand is how has no one caught on that she’s working with Babaanne? That entire office is filled with nosy people, has no one remarked on the number of times Balca has gone up to the office or they’ve disappeared for lunch at the same time? Come on Leyla! Come on Melo! Notice these things!  

Anonymous said: Fingers crossed that we finally make progress towards getting rid of Seiman & Balca now that all the girls were drugged and Eda was put in the car in the last episode. Unless Seiman has a change of heart and takes Eda back inside before anyone wakes & the guys get there then the show has to address it. Although I do not think Balca is going to back down unless Serkan straight up tells her he has zero interest in her and never will. Totally fine if that happens in the next episode.

Will Balca backdown even if she’s humiliated like that? She’s so delusional I’m not sure. What I am sure is that she’s dangerous. This came in before we saw the other two fragmans that have no mention of the kidnapping. Hard to picture how that is so easily resolved. Unless she frees herself (which seems unlikely in her groggy state) or maybe Melo’s future boyfriend is able to stop it before they get far?  Or I don’t know. I just know that I want to see Serkan lose his mind and all the other characters see Serkan lose his mind and then I want it to be over. LOL.

Anonymous said: As much as I am loving everything Edser, I cannot wait for Seiman, Balca and Grandma to be gone. And I am even more annoyed to think that the show might try to redeem all 3 characters. All 3 of them are truly awful people and no need to waste air time trying to make the audience think any different. Just my opinion...🤷🏻‍♀️. Show please finally expose those 3 for the psychos they are and get rid of them.

Bye bitches!  I don’t think there’s any redemption for Balca and Seiman. They both have poisoned/dosed people, hard to come back from that.  And there is no need to redeem them because neither is compelling enough to be a long-term character. But maybe Granny, we probably will see a redemption arc for her. 

Anonymous said: i know you were worried a few weeks ago that with ayse leaving as writer, we probably wouldn't have the same sort of comedy as previous episodes... but istg the whole kiz isteme scene, especially with chef alex, had me almost crying with laughter. especially when serkan off the cuff just goes "well if that's an option..." to everyone misunderstanding alex "wanting" ayfer for 2 nights and then eda ready to beat him with the flowers he bought her... comedic gold lmao.

SO GOOD! I was thrilled to see that sort of comedy, the sort of comedy we’d come to expect, from these writers. I think it bodes very well indeed!  

That scene was amazing. I know Neslihan said that much of it was improvised. Probably that line from Serkan (since Serkan is SO out-of-his-mind in love I’m not sure he could even joke about having Eda only two nights a week! LOL) was improv from Kerem, and Aydan asking about the other nights, and Seyfi bringing up the weekend. And Eda’s very Hande-esque “Ser-KAN.” 

I just love rewatching that scene and checking out everyone who is breaking character and just losing it. Cagri most of all. He’s blurred aback there but you can see Ferit spends the whole time laughing or trying to stifle a laugh. Reminds me of Cagri in the scene in 18 when they’re watching the security footage he was losing it in that scene as well. 

Anonymous said: i'm scared - I think they are really about to give us all of these happy EdSer scenes only to have something happen RIGHT before the wedding ceremony due to Babaanne. Based on the last episode, I don't think there's any chance of a breakup (knock on wood) but what if Serkan gets arrested, goes to jail for 2 years, and we get a time jump?

This was sent before the last two teasers, so yes I think something is gonna happen. We shall see!  I don’t really think Serkan going to jail for 2 years is in the cards, at least I hope not!  Besides if Babaanne did that she would have no hopes of ever reconciling with Eda, so that seems unlikely she’d follow through and leave him there for so long a time. 

Anonymous said: With the last week's sex scene, they did a lot of fade outs but the scene was basically still there so it wasn't much wasted effort for the actors. But for what they're teasing in episode 28 - idk how they can get away with showing them in the shower at all if Serkan lifting Eda with her clothes on had required blurring? Is Eda dropping her robe even pushing it? It's intriguing indeed.

Great questions. We’re 36 hours from finding out (well I'm longer than that because I wait for the English subs, hee hee) All I know is I want to see these scenes.. one way or another! 

[daphneblakess]

She Loves Me Electrice AU

Happy birthday @mithrandixr!

Aya and Ginchiyo work alongside Koshosho, Naotora, Kai, and Kunoichi at a parfumerie owned by Okuni (because who else)

The only problem? Aya and Ginchiyo hate each other

This is because even though Aya has worked there a year longer, Ginchiyo is extremely popular with their younger female clients (for obvious reasons) and consistently out-sells her

Ginchiyo and Naotora eat lunch together a lot. One day, Ginchiyo reveals to Naotora that she’s been exchanging letters with an anonymous pen pal for a couple of months now, and how even though she thought the idea was dumb at first, the highlight of her week has started becoming hearing back from the other person

“hold on, you don’t know who they are?” “nah I just saw an ad in the paper and figured I’d give it a try” “that is so dangerous on so many levels” “I’m pretty sure they’re not a serial killer”

You can see where this is going

Okuni, Kai, and Kunoichi all high-key ship Aya and Ginchiyo. They have an after-hours betting pool running out of Okuni’s office that updates on the daily based on Aya and Ginchiyo's interactions

Turns out, Aya is Ginchiyo's anonymous pen pal, and their letters are quickly beginning to get more and more personal. Finally, they decide that they should set up a time and place to meet in person, because isn't it wonderful that they have so much in common?

When the date comes, Ginchiyo and Naotora go out to lunch again

"hey remember my pen pal who you think is a serial killer" "I've tried not to" "I'm meeting them tonight" "you're going to die" "not if you come with me" "what"

After several more hours of Ginchiyo's asking, Naotora agrees to come along as her failsafe and bail her out if something goes horribly wrong

Meanwhile, Aya and Koshosho are having the same conversation, although Koshosho is more upset that she just didn't think this up for herself

"you don't know their name?" "no" "you don't know what they look like?" "no" "you don't know their gender?" "that's not a problem" "fair enough"

Okuni can tell that Aya is on edge about something and tries to get what out of her, but subtlety is not her strong suit bless her heart. Aya is able to escape further interrogation and head for the meeting place ahead of Ginchiyo

Not one to be deterred, Okuni starts interrogating Ginchiyo before she can get out the door. One thing leads to another and Okuni accidentally lets the existence of the betting pool slip, although she doesn't say what exactly it's on. Ginchiyo winds up getting the impression that she was only hired for Okuni's entertainment and storms out before Okuni can smooth things over

The plan is for them to meet up at a local cafe, where Aya will be wearing a blue rose so that Ginchiyo can tell it's her. Aya chose the cafe because it's owned by Nene and Aya has worked out the exact same arrangement with her that Ginchiyo worked out with Naotora

Aya being Aya gets there early and, while waiting around for her "dear friend", starts to drink since she's feeling nervous

When Ginchiyo and Naotora walk in, Naotora sees Aya wearing the blue rose first and goes through about five different mental variations of "abort abort abort" in the span of two seconds. However, she can't communicate this to Ginchiyo in time, and Ginchiyo's evening immediately goes from unpleasant to "you have to be kidding me"

Naotora encourages Ginchiyo to give it a chance anyway since "you got along fine with her when it was letters, so maybe just don't look at her face!"

#thanksNaotora

Aya, however, is now several drinks in and does not take kindly to Ginchiyo seemingly stalking her beyond work to a restaurant and barging in on her table

Ginchiyo goes on the defensive immediately, things escalate, and when Aya lets slip that she's supposed to be on a blind date, Ginchiyo tangents off on one of Naotora's horror stories about what an easy way to get murdered that is. By this point, both Naotora and Nene are trying to step in and cool them down

Ginchiyo leaves after realizing that Aya has been drinking, and Naotora doesn't feel comfortable with being the one to tell Aya about the miscommunication. As a result however, Aya winds up staying at the cafe until closing, thinking that her "dear friend" abandoned their date after walking in and seeing her with Ginchiyo

The next morning, Ginchiyo is obviously feeling pretty shitty about what happened with Aya and lowkey goes into panic mode when Koshosho informs her that Aya called in sick (which never happens)

Ginchiyo, internally: “fuck what if I broke Aya”

She finds out from Koshosho where Aya lives and leaves after work to go and apologize to Aya

Kenshin lets Ginchiyo in, not realizing that this is the unnamed coworker Aya is always ranting about. When Ginchiyo walks into her room, Aya immediately jumps to the conclusion that Ginchiyo came here to see if she was really sick so that she could report Aya for lying. Aya immediately starts trying to get ready for work so Ginchiyo can’t have the opportunity

“where’s my shoe?” “why would I know where your shoe is” “you’re hiding it from me, aren’t you?” “no” “you can’t lie to me!” “I’m not”

Since Aya is actually sick, she tires out fairly quickly and Ginchiyo is able to get her back into her bed. Before Ginchiyo leaves, she gives Aya what she originally came by to do - ice cream, saying that she remembered Aya mentioning her favorite flavor at work (although it actually came up in their letters)

This throws Aya off long enough for Ginchiyo to apologize for the night before, although she’s still too nervous to admit that she’s Aya’s “dear friend”. Instead, she makes up a story about meeting a man outside the cafe (who accidentally winds up bearing a large resemblance to Kenshin), who told Ginchiyo that he had planned to meet Aya but was going to have to stand her up because of a work conflict. Ginchiyo makes sure to emphasize that he seemed “really sorry” and that “he” said he would write her a formal apology.

She also notices that she and Aya are reading the same book (probably some sort of classic lit that Aya never would have expected Ginchiyo to be familiar with), and they wind up having a really engaging conversation about it

After Ginchiyo leaves, Aya is highkey in shock that she enjoyed their conversation. She tries to write a letter about it to “dear friend”, but winds up accidentally addressing it to Ginchiyo instead

Aya, internally: “oh no”

Ginchiyo immediately tells Naotora about everything that happened, and halfway through comes to her realization that she has feelings for Aya. 

“why are you smirking Naotora” “no reason >;)”

at the same time, Koshosho is telling Aya about the amazing woman she randomly met the other night (not saying she’s No but she’s definitely No). After seeing what random chance was able to do for Koshosho, Aya decides to give her friendship with Ginchiyo another chance

lucky for them both, it’s the holiday season, so they wind up working together pretty much every day to get as many sales as possible. Turns out Aya and Ginchiyo are unstoppable when they combine their powers of persuasion and making women question their sexuality

finally, Christmas Eve arrives and Aya decides to invite Ginchiyo to celebrate with her and Kenshin. The shop empties out as No arrives to take Koshosho on their first official date, Okuni treats Kunoichi and Kai to dinner, and Naotora leaves with her family. 

Aya and Ginchiyo are left to close up, and as they’re leaving, Aya accidentally drops the package that she had intended to mail her “dear friend” for Christmas. Ginchiyo feels bad that she didn’t think to do the same thing, and before she can think, she blurts out that anyone would probably fall in love with Aya for that if they hadn’t already before

cue their hands brushing as they both reach to pick it up and snow starting to fall

"you know Ginchiyo, I really wish that I could have gotten to know this side of you sooner”

“you did”

Ginchiyo takes out the very first letter that Aya wrote to her and starts reading

Aya realizes there’s only one way that Ginchiyo could have that letter

“I was hoping that it was you”

“I was afraid that you weren’t”

TIME FOR THE BIG KISS

bonus: Okuni, Kai, and Kunoichi doing a Scooby-Doo lean around the side of the building and Okuni having to hand Kunoichi a massive amount of money