#MC Haseki AU

[awkward-sultana]

"According to the criterion of stipend, the haseki, or favorite concubine, enjoyed the greatest status in the imperial harem after the valide sultan. The haseki, a slave concubine and no blood relation to the reigning sultan, ranked higher than the sultan's own sisters and aunts, the princesses of the dynasty." - The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire by Leslie P. Peirce

[mediciregina]

Ayshe and Ibrahim (ship-ship? ehehe)

[hurrems]

MCK

the first character i ever fell in love with: probably safiye? but it might have been halime

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: well if we count season 2 kösem as the same person as season 1 kösem then her... i also didn’t really like safiye as much later on

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: murad/farya... like their first meeting was brilliant, i still stand by that, but he definitely ruined it later

my ultimate favorite character™: halime and atike

prettiest character: season 1 kösem... beren is gorgeous. but also ayse (season 2) and turhan

my most hated character: iskender. god i hated his guts. closely followed by silahtar.

my OTP: tbh it didn’t really have many good canon ships... my favorites are all aus, like kösem/halime and atike/farya

my NOTP: kösem/kemankes. biggest yikes ever. kösem/iskender too.

favorite episode: i literally have no idea agfgfdhg

saddest death: ahmed

favorite season: season one BY FAR

least favorite season: i mean season two was just something else

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: afsdgdfh i wouldn’t say i HATE her at all but gevherhan. i just don’t really care and everyone idolizing her makes me care even less.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: dilruba honey

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: telli hümasah honey.... you were done so dirty by turhan

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: ayse/farya... like im weak for enemies to lovers with ladies. it would have been amazing.

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: kösem/ahmed honestly

and i know you said mck but im gonna do mc too

the first character i ever fell in love with: hürrem literally before i even started properly watching. im very predictable.

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: mihrimah. i really loved her in season 3, idk what happened in season 4 but she was just annoying.

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: hürrem/suleyman. i mean i don’t hate it but im not that into it, i think i only liked it because i wanted hürrem to be haseki

my ultimate favorite character™: hürrem obviously

prettiest character: nurbanu

my most hated character: hatice. god i never hated a character as much as i hate hatice. but honestly, there was a lot of people i hated on mc agfdgfdghf

my OTP: nurbanu/selim were my murderous power couple, love them. also really really love the idea of hürrem/ibrahim more and more each passing day

my NOTP: hatice/ibrahim. in season 2 i literally started to fast forward their scenes, i just couldn’t take it anymore

favorite episode: i really really REALLY love the episode when hürrem dies in season 4, even though it’s sad af but i think they did a nice job with it

saddest death: hürrem

favorite season: season four. i really loved how much more serious it was.

least favorite season: i think season 2

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: i mean i think people like hatice? i also dislike mahidevran most of the time except season 4. she was honestly brilliant in season 4, wish we had more of that. 

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: agdfsgfghf selim. i love him so much, idc. also ibrahim! there were many times i hated him but looking back now, overall, i really think he was a fascinating character and i definitely found a new appreciation for him

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: *me trying to think of a character who wasn’t a totally horrible person* uhm.....

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: hürrem/mahidevran?? 

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: aybige/bali. honestly it was the best bali ship by fa and it’s a damn crime they didn’t end up together.

send me a fandom and i’ll tell you…

[awkward-sultana]

Magnificent Century AU: If the show had honored the prestige of Hürrem's status as haseki sultan. (requested by anonymous)