#Nigar Kalfa

[awkward-sultana]

Magnificent Century + Parallels: Ibrahim Pasha & Hürrem Sultan

[thevampiricnihal]

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Both Nigar and Ibrahim decide to help Hürrem in Episode 1 after finding a commonality with her (Nigar had a Ruthenian grandmother, Ibrahim was Orthodox).

[velnat004]

WIP wednesday

Trying a different painting style with Nigar Kalfa and I rlly love how it's coming out ♡♡♡

Tagging @nicolajpg @oh-no-who-took-my-sushi @southernreaches @miseryscrowned @fuzzyhairedfreak @brother-genitivi uWu

[dyingroses]

Magnificent Century + AO3 tags

[venusaturns]

made some magnificent century characters moodboards so here they are

hurrem sultan

nurbanu sultan

mahidevran sultan

hatice sultan

mihrimah sultan

nigar kalfa

[elizabeth-halime]

[tianmicons]

[malachitezmeyka]

Two years ago I said that the identical glances were proof these two were mother and daughter and I stand by that statement

Also, Daye!!!!

[sic-k]

(I don't think this scene needs translation, the body language speaks for itself)

I LOVE MC's secondary characters, kalfas and harem hatuns are much more important than we realize. The friendship and bond between Nigar and Daye makes my eyes shine... at Nigar's wedding, when Valide fired Daye....

Daye refused to defend herself in such a humiliating task for his age but didn't think twice to defend Nigar (who she treats her like a daughter).

I watched again and again, not just because they gave us DAYE SLAPPING GÜLSHA IN SLOWMOTION, it was the greatest proof of the bond between nigar and daye (for now, EP48) and daye's genuine demonstration of justice, a quality applied in a purer form than the sultans, not as a rule, but you understand what I meant. ABSOLUTE CINEMA.

I love daye, and daye's hair after the return of mahidrevan to the main palace (she problaly gonna die tho, so i'm trying not to get attached, i'm not in the mood for crying and sobbing)

[palaceoftears]

Something about these two scenes being in the same episode makes me feral

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

not sure if the weird solidarity that forms between nigar and hatice after ibrahim's death fascinates me or pisses me off

[awkward-sultana]

Magnificent Century + Evolution of Hürrem's Family (requested by @skynerd157)

[thevampiricnihal]

Season 1 Finale:

Season 2 Finale:

Karma

[dyingroses]

Magnificent Century + AO3 tags

[mc-critical]

Gosh, this Daye/Nigar scene is just so great. Daye knows about Nigar having kissed Ibrahim for quite some time now, but she doesn't berate her for it. She waits until after the wedding to talk to her and comfort her, attempting to convince her in this strict yet nurturing manner that she'll be better off with Matrakci; that she'll be better off married and with the new family she'd create (even if that means being with someone she doesn't love). She'd be better off taking care of someone, being surrounded by people she's fond of (like the future children in her arms) or might grow fond of sooner or later (like Matrakci) in her own home instead of withering alone in the ruthless cold harem that she and Daye might be too used to but it still isn't fully theirs, it can't be. Daye may have Valide but she's still alone. Nigar may be sought by many but she's still alone. Nigar and Daye's entire fates hinge on these people and it's uncertain what other cruel order, what other unbearable appointment in which palace will they issue next. Marriage seems like the one way for Nigar to get out of this unending circle to Daye as she at least can still do that. And the love and sadness and pain possibly residing in her heart? They may hurt but even they can be forgotten "with time" (oh look at that, yet another character having the "moving on with time" coping mechanism!), they have to be for her own good. This is what has apparently helped Daye to cope with any pain, so it should help Nigar as well. This is how Daye has forgotten, moved forward and latched onto what's left to her with knowing resignation, so Nigar should do so as well. And here is Nigar who still tries her all to keep it together in these last few days, weeks, months, but barely manages it. She can't let anyone else find out about the full extent of what concerns her, as she may really be done for then; she's burdened with that secret forever, with her feelings that won't have a response, as this is what Ibrahim had repeatedly demonstrated to her up until then (little did she know, though...). She can't even end it all, having to keep on in an uncertain, forced upon her marriage which seems like the only thing that can make her forget, but it isn't, she never thought it was. It just adds more salt to her wound, it only brings her more pain. Yet the one person she breaks in front of is Daye. In this moment, she's the one who she trusts the most and the one who provides at least a little understanding, at least a little guidance despite of it all. So she leans on Daye while she reveals her own turmoil, unaware that Daye also knows more about Nigar's turmoil than Nigar realizes and that might be also why she's saying all of those things. They both empathize with each other's turmoils. They both are moved, letting themselves go to an embrace. It lasts only for a short while but that's precisely where its power lies: there can be one short moment before they have to assume their roles again, before everything is to proceed as planned.

[elizabeth-halime]