#Awkward-Sultana

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Mary Sharma's pink gown and pink pelisse in 2x07

[capinejghafa]

My bad didn't see you already made them!

No worries! The only ones I didn't tackle truly were Materialki (there wasn't a whole lot), Healer (I tried to add a little to the heartrender/nina), and sun summoner. I hope you enjoy the sets 🙂❤️

[awkward-sultana]

Esma: Fuck 😣 Nazli: Fuck it up 😏

Hürrem wearing her crown

[elcoco005]

How I would rewrite MC (in a better way)

Magnificent Century is a frustrating show because it has so much potential, yet the writing can be so dumb at times.

I actually have a google doc called "Magnificent Century rewritten correctly" in like 3-4 seasons. Basically I improved & kept the best plot points, so no unrealistic murder plot with Sadika for example. It's more historically accurate, the characters are still flawed but don't act like immature and sociopathic brats half the time (like sending poison left and right & burning others' face as if that would just be left unpunished), the unbalanced power dynamics between slaves & dynasty members are more explored & Nigar would still be the best.

Also the harem would be shown way way more horribly than in the show, like Sadika character wouldn't be a spy just a normal harem girl coping with rape by the Sultan, exploring the idea of consent within a harem where all women are slave, even if Suleyman and other dynasty members never see it that way.

I would also like to keep the historical harem rules, especially the one concubine one son because it would 1/ Make Mahidevran more sympathetic since all her actions would be for her son's future and not out of misplaced possessiveness for Suleyman 2/make it more significant when Hurrem goes back into the Sultan's bed

I would also explore how Mahidevran & Hurrem both telling their sons they're the true heir & future Sultan create tension between the two brothers, just to show how the empire dynamic messes up even something as pure as Mehmet & Mustafa relationship.

Ibrahim and Hatice would still be wed thought, it's historically inaccurate but it's just too smart story wise to have them together, especially since I would explore Ibrahim potential feelings for Suleyman & how, since he can't have Suley, he unconsciously goes for the closest thing : his sister. Also I would leave some cues about how bad a match Ibrahim is for Hatice, because even if Ibrahim has a soft spot for her, he doesn't truly love her and she's obsessed. It's unhealthy.

I would also explore Valide's past way more. Have her have more conversations with Mahidevran about having to share the Sultan, having to protect her son Suleyman from his own father Selim I which would be foreshadowing for Mustafa's fate. I would love for Valide to express more often how afraid she is of Suleyman turning like his father Selim I.

I have a lot more but I'll stop for now! Tell me what you think!

[humasahsultanimsworld]

Same Costumes: Ayşe Hafsa Sultan and Mahidevran Sultan

@awkward-sultana 💓

[goldenhare]

account recommendations? Want a better mix of topics on my feed like you have

i'm actually really bad at following blogs cos i have anxiety issues lmao whatever u don't care ANYWAY here's a list of lists:

for variety/mix of stuff i think milksockets (who has put such work work into scanning all these eclectic images), gaypast (self-explanatory lol), and hayaomiyazaki (who also runs panelshowsource and makes really beautiful gifs, and culture/film resources) are good starting points

if you like drag: t4yce, vonxodd (also horror) and dragsource are amazing

if you like costume design: fashionsinfilm, costumesonscreen, wardrobeoftime, awkward-sultana,poeticblkgiirl,costumeloverz71. (also my sideblog outfitposts ✌️)

blogs i follow that have been active within last 6 months:

marsixm, queerholmcs, lyeekha, keery, vwhi, garkgatiss, shinka, kinklock, fresh-bag-of-ham, marcelock, slimegargoyle, devoursjohnlock, lantruong, loveinhawkins,doyoulikethissong-poll, sggk, femlocks, emisit, ferm-acid, quezify, goldstarsfortulip, hannahlockillustration, alignerligner, actuallytrixiemattel, graceebooks, conformi, uncannyarchive, chuck-snowbug and picniconabroom (food/recipes), travellersfarfromhome, stamp-it-to-me

blogs that seem like a fun time whenever i encounter them: fruitblr, amatesura, sersh, marypickfords, horrorfilmgifs, 365filmsbyauroranocte, anthonysperkins, caroldanversenthusiast, bienenkieste, distantvoices, and some art focused ones: psikonauti, thunderstruck9, gayartists

some blogs that haven't posted in years but could serve as fun archives: obeliskandmetronome (classic!), discardingimages (medieval images), cchristophrr (photography), litteraturesouscouverture (book design), money-in-veins and okaybutcolor (fashion), satccloset and costumesource, insideno9 and c4thebisexual and fuckyeahbritishcomedy (tv)

the best recommendation is just looking up stuff in tags and/or going down reblog chain rabbit holes tbh

[julyzaa]

Hopeful

Or where Nigar and Matracki Nasuh Effendi stay married and get the happy ending they both deserved.

@faintingheroine i finally wrote it!!!

Gif by @awkward-sultana

She was not foolish enough to believe her husband would immediately fall in love with her nor her with him.

In fact, him not divorcing her after Ibrahim told him about their affair, had been her only goal for the most part.

Nigar thanks Allah for giving her a man she knows she does not deserve.

Nasuh Effendi is kind, understanding and gives her freedoms most women envy her for.

He is quiet in those early months when they are strangers married to each other and she pines for the man who made her believe a life without him would have no meaning.

Then after he wakes up in the middle of the night in a frenzy to write down this discovery he found in his dream; Nigar listens attentively to his rambling about something he calls lattice multiplication.

Something in her decides it is time to give this wonderful man a chance. To open her heart to someone who genuinely cares for her and would never treat her like Ibrahim treated her.

“Can you teach me?” she asks and he almost stutters with a yes.

Nigar Hatun looks forward to seeing him and surprising him a set of swan quills in a box carved with her favorite miniature of his.

It was supposed to be a gift to thank him for the lessons in algebra and the form of calligraphy he has invented, but after a bout of illness at the harem yesterday, it became a way to tell him the good news.

She prays it is a boy, one to follow in his father’s footsteps and show Ibrahim she never needed him to be happy.

“Our children will play together, they will be inseparable like their fathers.” Hatice said as she congratulated her wholly unaware of the great betrayal Nigar and Ibrahim hide from her.

“Amin.” Nigar says with guilt gnawing at her heart.

One would think the guilt she carries is for the blood on her hands and not for having an affair with a married man.

But Nigar shoves that down and lives in the moment where Nasuh almost cries from the joy the news gives him.

Nigar finds herself hopeful enough to imagine a future where she loves her husband and he loves her.

When Esmanur is born, she knows her friends and neighbors are being ridiculous when they say he will be disappointed in her.

How could Nasuh be disappointed when he was the one who chose her name before he left for the campaign at Mohács?

We wait for your return, she had written in her latest letter, one that included a sketch of Esmanur napping with her little thumb in her mouth.

They write to each other, no longer as friends, but as lovers.

It had been a gradual thing and before she knew it, Nigar had fallen in love with her husband.

While neither spoke about it out loud, it was there.

She feels nervous, as nervous as she felt on her wedding day the day he returns.

“I love you.” She whispers to him when she gets up during the night to check on their daughter.

He won’t hear it, she thinks, the journey had been long and tiring, besides Nasuh could sleep through anything anyways.

“I love you too.” Her husband says it back just as quietly as she did.

[wardrobeoftime]

helooo your blog is awesome.

Please recommend blogs as yours

Thank you so much. @awkward-sultana and @periodcostumefantasylover are doing very similar things to me and I follow them myself via my main blog.

There is also @sultanaswardrobe for the shows Magnificent Century and Magnificent Century: Kösem which is one of my weaknesses. I even have another sideblog focused on the clothes that get repeated on the show called @magnificentlyreused . For reused costumes in general I recommend the wonderful @recycledmoviecostumes who has kept her site going for years and it's an amazing archive I love to browse and contribute to.

If you read this and think you have a blog that anon might enjoy as well, drop it beneath this post. Don't be shy. Promote your amazing work 😘

[annabawritersdreamsideblog]

She would also be perfect for Mairéad (not to mention that her name means "pearl" and she's wearing pearls. Finding faceclaims can be extremely hard)

@awkward-sultana do you know, by any chance, the name of the actress—I couldn't find it on the Magnificent Century cast list—and where I can find more pics or gifs of her? Thank you ☺️

[lachicavoltron333]

My dear, you fell in love with a monster.

Did you really expect to come out unscaved?

Mahidevran Gif by @awkward-sultana

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Portia Featherington's light blue gown with gold and pink 2x07

[writingsofwesteros]

https://www.tumblr.com/awkward-sultana/731118413651542016/almost-every-costume-per-episode-elizabeth

alicents sister swearing loyalty to the greens after she found out her husband (harwin) is having an affair with rhaenyra, she started wearing green everyday

Bless, and she's so conservative as well ..for now.

Harwin had not even noticed, too distracted by the births of his sons

[awkward-sultana]

Her character is made out to be such a "badass girlboss" when her father is literally a prolific human trafficker

First Mihrünnisa scene. Oh joy.

[zahri-melitor]

The extraction of this reluctant promise had one beneficial side-effect: the Vorrutyers proved willing to let their captive audience go, the better for Ivan to hurry home and call Emperor Gregor. Lord Dono insisted on detailing his car and a driver to take Ivan the short distance to his apartment, thwarting Ivan's faint hope of being mugged and murdered in a Vorbarr Sultana alleyway on the way home and thus avoiding the consequences of this evening's revelations.

Oh Ivan You Idiot.

He would attempt to wander into the caravanserai on his way home to avoid how awkward that meeting with Gregor could be.

[cassderangedinsanity]

(gifs by @awkward-sultana as indicated by the tags underneath them)

[jellyluchi]

🥺 & 💝? ;w;

Hi Spanky !!! thank you for the ask!

F/O Ask Game (Erik only)

🥺 - Were you ever shy with your feelings about your s/I? Are you still shy now?

Erik was shy with his original love interest (Christine) but in the way that obviously he'd be apprehensive because of his looks and scaring her off. He's more reclusive and hates people then shy or just does not know what to do in a situation where he's in love or obsessed and as the book shows he's really not good at approaching his object of affection LOL He's not shy about declaring his love or showing that he "cares" (as morbid and possessive as his methods are).

So with Rose I imagine he is more confused than shy. He did not expect his obsession/love to shift towards her in any degree (especially because of a thing with her name, her last name sounds like his previous employer the Sultana of Persia who he does not want finding him or he's gonna be executed LOL). So he's less shy and more awkward because his flirting game is like "Erik did NOT kill you for your suspicious name! " as if she's supposed to be impressed and declare her love for him immediately bc his frienemy vouched for her 😭😭😭

💝 - Are you a gift giver? What type of gifts do you give to your s/I?

"Erik is the king of gift givers! Erik will extort, steal, murder, and die for his gifts to his wife.... My Rose dear has a particular fondness for the abhorrent smelling paints and turpentines so I must find only the best. And roses! Of course there must be roses filling every nook and cranny of her room! And volumes of the little Indian fairy tales she loves to read before bed. Erik will acquire them all."

(they are definitely not married when he says this)

He makes himself out to be oh so generous and giving like he didn't kill a couple people just to get these like ok sir....