#a harrem?

[firthbetterorfirthworse]

I'm sorry Harry Bright Harry Deane Harry Hart

How many times has Colin Firth played a Harry?

[ohmyplasticstars]

the next game update will include izaack being courted by most males in the building like an anime harem.

YOU FOOL-

/nm/silly/j

Izaack will come to their door himself he's manly like that/j

He courts em he bends em

Water? fire? earth? Air? Metal? Or Blood?

No

Man bender

💅

But yes harrem is canon/j

[buttercuparry]

Well I suppose I am a little shit and I can see the blatant disregard of arya's storyline and cannot for the life of me keep quiet about it. So here's me bringing you the ideal arya ending but now with nuance and not with the aim to pull a gotcha!

This probably won't get much notes or votes because it isn't mocking Arya Stans who have challenged the one dimensional view of the fandom when it comes to Arya and her ending but oh well :)

[1533-secrets-from-history]

Power and status of ottoman princess

Title and honorifics

Before the rule of sultan Bayazid II every high ranking woman were called Hatuns,including mother,sisters,aunts and daughters, however thier social standing was naturally higher than non imperial women. The way to adrress them was Hatun that was used after their given name,for example, Gevherhan hatun,daughter of Mehmed the coqueror or effendi that would have similar meaning as mistress.

After accession of Bayazid II his daughters and granddaughters were given title of sultan,however non of his living sisters or aunts got the honor. Later on proper way to adress them woulf become “Sultanim”, which would mean “my sultan”,or again “effendim” by other members of imperial family. I would like to underline that contrary to what wikipedia states, there is no records that I know,where princesses where called with “Devletlu İsmetlu” like Valide sultan and Haseki sultan were.

The term “sultana” that was made more feminine by Europeans never existed in ottoman language.

Family, Marrige and Issues

I want to start discussing their family with brothers,it’s widely known fact that before suleyman there was “once concubine,one son” tradition therefore if shehzade/Sultan had full-sisters they were all older,that is one way to deduce if princess of unspecified mother was full sister of half sister of reigning sultan. Naturally Shezades had closer relationship to their full sisters as they were leaving with him and their mother,when he was appointed as governor of princely province. Their latter life would be spent in their brother’s harem before marriage.

being half sister of sultan did not automatically mean that their relationship would have been stained,however mostly,princess would favour full-brother over half,but were treated by same respect regardless who ascended the throne. It was different case when imperial princess had no full brother at all,for example Sah Huban, she had very close relationship with Suleyman,even closer than his deeply respected full sisters.

Their marriages,much like any other princesses of any country, was political,arranged by their parents to strengthen standing of their father or brother,for example daughters of Selim I were firstly married to powerful politicians,so their father would have supporters in his rebellion,while their second marriages were arranged to help Suleyman in his early reign. Their husbands were usually much older than them, therefore marital life was likely not consensual and in no way their choice. For example,Rustem paha,husband of Mihrimah,was same age as Hurrem,her daughter’s fate was even worse as she had to marry peer of her own grandfather,however given the fact that they had 8 children,marriage can be considered successful. After the Marriage princesses were getting their own little “Harrem”,where they had great rooms for themselves and their servants,where even their Husbands needed permission to enter and even refuse to have sexual intercourse with them,sometimes their marriage could end unconsumated and after some time princess could use another of their privilege-divorce. Reason of divorce could have been different: Personal attitude,mistreatment,political move or adultery. It was made clear,especially by Suleyman,that imperial princesses were full-fledged members of imperial family so they ranked higher than their husbands,therefore having relationship with other women was their humiliation,which would lead to divorce, after which they would retire in old palace and could refuse to remarry again.

Only their first degree descendants would be given imperial titles.

Daughters- Hanimsultan(with Ayse Humashah as exception)

Sons-Sultanzades. They ranked even below non-sultan imperial consorts and some of the highest ranking harem servants.

Hierarchy and Power

They actually had equal standing in ottoman hierarchy. As female members of dynasty they had the same status and privileges,were reffered as sultans and often received relative stipend.( Which was on average 200 akche a day, for comparison, Valide sultan had around 2000-3000 depended on time period, Haseki sultan 1000-1100(Hurrem as only exception,who got stipend of Valide sultan ) Gulfem,who was almost regarded as member of family herself was recieving 150, Nurbanu’s trusted friend and one of the highest ranking non-sultan woman ever Canfeda received 200, Mahidevran only received 40 and avarage stipend of cariye was 2-4) Besides, sisters of sultans were technically daughters of sultan, though the deceased one, still they were treated with great respect much like their late father. However, birth order was important thing in ottoman society so younger sister respected older and bowed to them as well as nieces bowing to aunts regardles of their martial or fianacal status. Therefore saughters of sultan,as nieces, were calling sisters of sultan,as aunts, “effendi" out of respect.

In conclusion, even if they had same social standing, sisters of sultan were still bit ahead daughters of sultan formally.

However, Granddaughters, Nieces and cousins of sultan,despite the same rank, were less prestigious.

Despite their relative social status and order of birth their actual power was dependent on several factors:

1. Their relationship with Padishah,Valide sultan or Haseki sultan. They had higher rank and much more evident political power, they still needed their permissions about major decisions,even if it were their right, so being on good terms with them was a good move. Half-sisters naturally were not as favoured as full-sisters by Valide sultan,but with padisah had more options, they could have been supportive, religious, charitable and obedient another way was sending beautiful, well-educated concubines,who could have become Haseki(after 1533), that is when their good relationship begun,most of Sultanate of women memebers were raised at their court and remained in favour after they became Valide Sultans, in that case even some of the Padisah’s expressed gratitude and gratefulness for raising their mother, (such occasion was Ahmed I’s attitude towards her aunt which I will discuss below.), they could also donate money to wars, harem managements and charitable projects, either all their own or assist Haseki sultan.

2. The second way to gain power was wealth. Money opens many doors and it was like that in the past. They could establish some business or even receive bribes.

3. They could also gain power with marriages, it was not only beneficial for their brothers,but for them as well. If their husband had a high rank, they could keep an eye on the political situation and act accordingly, they would use that influence to assist their brothers, who,In turn, would be extremely grateful for their support.

Comparison between Ottoman and European princess

Status- Status of European princesses depended on their marriage. Being princes was not guaranteed power,but only a formal status. For example, Margaret Tudor was below prince Henry in rank but when she married by proxy to Scottish king, she outranked him and demonstrated that by walking in front of him. On the other hand, another sister Mary married to Charles Brandon and was Duchess of Suffolk ever since,while Status of Imperial princess remained the same.

Opportunity- European princesses could have become Queen consort and Queen mother and veiled immense power, while imperial princesses could never become Haseki or Valide.

Marriage- Ottoman princesses were usually older when married and outranked their husbands,while European princesses were always below their husbands. Sultan could also refuse remarryin,while European princesses had no such right

Freedom-European princesses were less limited by social customs.

Consummation-Ottoman princesses had the right to refuse Consummation without a deadline, while European princesses had to Consummate marriage even if they were twelve, unless of course parents arranged it other way.

Divorce - it was right of ottoman princesses to divorce their husbands,while for European princesses it was a rare privilege.

Despite so many differences, one thing was same- they had a loveless purely political match .

Powerful ottoman princesses

Here I Rank ottoman princesses,who had considerable power and influence, sorted by date of birth.

P.S gifs are from MC and MC:K,but some characters might represent different historical figures.

Fatma sultan

Fatma may have been the second child of Ayşe Hafsa and Selim I . She was born in Trabzon around 1492 and spent her childhood there. When her younger brother Süleyman received his own princely province in 1509, she probably accomponied him to Caffa with their mother.

She was married in 1516 for the first time,but it soon ended in divorce and Fatma returned to Manisa. She gained considerable influence as she was most likely the sister,who was recorded to be in Manisa, helping mother manage harem and protect Suleyman from their father. If legends are true and Selim was indeed trying to kill Suleyman,that she had hands in saving him. Most likely, Fatma and her mother were instructing young sukeyman,how not to deserve the wrath of father and covering his mistakes. After Suleyman ascended the throne, she was married again to Kara Ahmed pasha in 1522. Marriage lasted long,but did not produce any child, so either fatma was infertile (Kara Ahmed pasha had two daughters that are disputed to be fatmas,but they were likely from previous marriage) or the match was not happy and Fatma refused sexual intercourse, however considering her reaction to his death, it was most likely the former.

According to what we have Fatma seems to be quite free spirited as depicted in the series. She was wealthy, cunning and might have been fond of parties. She had hands in financing some of her brother’s campaigns and even won the favour of janissrries. However, in 1555 Kara Ahmed pasha was executed by the efforts of Mihrimah and Hurrem and Fatma was married to eunuch and banished from the capital for hed intrigues against them She died either in 1557 or 1573.

Sah huban sultan

Daughter of Selim I and unknown concubine, born in 1500. As she has no full brothers, she was very close to Suleyman and their father, with whom she spent most of her childhood. Considering Suleyman’s great respect for her, Sah was likely a supporter of him and helped to deal with Selim I.

She was married in 1523 to well-educated and intelligent Lutfi pasha with whom she shared religious thoughts and beliefs. Marriage, however did not seem to be successful the couple only had one daughter and Sah refused to have a sexual relationship ever since. She was very pious, intelligent,outspoken and fierce in nature. In the only description of her daughter Esmahan Burnaz, it is said that she was arrogant and demanding and it was Shah’s domineering attitude in the family that was blamed for it, as by this “she had ruined the role of woman” in the child’s mind. However,that was recorded by the European ambassador only, who had never met any of them and probably heard some rumors or made it up after an ugly end of their marriage.

In 1541, Lutfi pasha punished a prostitute for adultery by mutilating her genitals.Şah could not tolerate the humiliation and mutilation of a woman without a word, which is why she got into an argument with her husband, who hit her . Şah had Lutfi pasha beaten up and immediately asked his brother to allow the divorce. Süleyman then exiled him. Şah remained with her brother in Istanbul for the rest of her life and supported the wife of Süleyman, Hürrem, in carrying out her construction projects. She lived a modest life in the Old Palace and devoted all her time to charity and religion. Shah had excellent relationship with Hurrem and Mihrimah and in my opinion, close bond between aunt and niece helped young sultan to shape her mind and characteristics. She died in 1572 and was buried in her father’s complex.

Mihrimah Sultan(1522-1576)

Her life is very much known. She was the most powerful imperial princess in the empire, so I will just list some of her achievements:

1. Her stipend was 600 akches a day during the reign of three different Sultans. it was three times as much as regular pirncess

2. She had correspondence with Catherine de Medici and other foreigner diplomats, who would often send her gifts to help them in some political affairs.

3. She financed some of Suleyman’s campaigns all her own

4. She built a whole fleet of 400 ships.

5. She had three palaces and two mosques

6. She served as sole de facto Valide from 1558 to 1566 and shared it with Nurbanu from 1566 to 1574.

7. After the death of Bayazid Mihrimah banned everyone from laughing and sent back clothes to Suleyman and Selim who were secretly planning a grandiose wedding, that was cancelled by Mihrimah and instead a very plain ceremony was held.

Humasah 1543-c.1582 or later

She was a posthanous daughter of Shehzade Mehmed and despite being only a daughter of prince, she was given the same privileges,but greater power, as any other sultans. She was one of two favourite grandchildren of Hurrem and Suleyman. She married three times,but the source of her power was a good relationship with Sultans. She was the one who raised Safiye and gifted her to Murad, so her power reached it’s peak during his reign.

She financed many construction projects,but was buried in a mosque that was built by Hurrem and Suleyman for her father.

Ayse Humasah 1543-1594.

Daughter of Mihrimah sultan and Rustem pasha, she was practically the same as her cousin with whom she shared many things started from date of birth and ended with their name. Ayse Humasah was the only woman born to an ottoman princess,who was herself addressed as sultan and her children were considered members of the dynasty. She was married two times and her influence was extremely great during the reign of three Sultans. Her power reached it’s peak, when her husband was appointed a grand Vizier and she had hands in very major political decision.

Gevherhan Sultan. 1544-after 1526.

Eldest child of Nurbanu and Selim. She was married to Piyale Pasha, an admiral who died in 1578 and she was remarried in 1579. She was one who raised Handan and gifted it to the prince, for which not only Handan was grateful, but her son Ahmed as well, who after his accession gifted very expensive furs to Handan, Gevherhan and Safiye. The second gifts were given to Handan and Gevherhan only,which indicates that unlike Safiye,she never fell from his favour. Peak of her power was from 1598 during her husband’s grand vazirate. She did a lot of charity in her life.

Ismahan sultan 1545-1585

Daughter of Selim and Nurbanu,she was married to Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and Through her husband and her own rank, Esmehan was the most influential sultana of the empire for years. In wealth, only her aunt, Mihrimah, could overtake her, but in influence, almost no one could. She constructed several projects and had foreign diplomatic affairs, most notable her correspondence with Catherine de Medici. She had a very artistic and dramatic personality, often throwing parties and shows. She was recorded to be very much alike Hurrem,both of them were short, not conventionally beautiful,but very intelligent. She was heavily involving herself in politics with her mother.

Burnaz Atike Sultan

Sultan Atike was born in 1614 or 1615 and although some sources consider her to be the daughter of Kösem, she was certainly not her child. That can be supported by the fact that she supported Turhan’s rebellion and had a good relationship even after kosem was killed. She was one who raised Turhan and remained in friendly terms for both Turhan’s gratitude and their shared politican views. Atike was noted to love children very much,but had none on her own, so she was involved in raising her nephew,who regarded her as second mother and listened to every of her advice.

She died around 1570.

I hope you liked it, I think it’s unfair to only talk about Mihrimah,while there were so many powerful and intelligent Princesses. I did not talk about Esma sultan as she was in later centuries and I am not fond of her times.

Which ottoman princesses are you favourites?

If i accedentaly missed something out you can ask it in comments

[george13sblog]

Hurrem Sultan,obvious Heroin of the show that was supported by viewers vs Alicent, Heroin that was meant to be hated by many.

I know these characters are from different worlds but they still do have a lot in common.

Both are trapped in cruel and toxic patriarchal system where Woman struggles to maintain as much power as man, based on customs of centuries and thus that both of them were trying to find ways to establish themselves as influential figures, even though historical customs and some greedy men were against them.

Now to start with Hurrem.I believe I was heavily impacted by Tv version of her which I think was even softer storytelling of her life. I believe she had to cross many lines to achieve what she achieved , when she became legal wife of the strongest man in empire and ruler of Harrem. Obviously she was also abused, not only physically but emotionally too ,but she managed to overcome that and become figure that many fear in that time. while Hurrem did not really have very progressive mindset for society as singular woman she paved a way to many women to more freedom who were sex slaves in ottoman empire, but clearly she was very manipulative and cruel at some times but never cruel in her heart as historians say. Hurrem in my opinion also in some ways and situations did manipulated and used Suleiman himself to survive and become important Figure and for this she is rooted by many people, even though she has done some cruel acts that did not come from self pleasure of self benefits, mostly it was done to survive and to make sure her children were safe while the war for throne was dreadful. This is not only fiction but also real history.

Now let's talk about Alicent. The girl at her teenage years was pushed into grown man's bed without her actual consent and from that day she hardly got any attention or passion from him. Is is Otto to blame for sure. While Alicent might have realized what could happen if her and Viserys wed she still could not go against it,her nature was not that rebellious so with this marriage she lost one of her happy siede. After that as we know from books and series relationship between Alicent and Viserys was dry,only to produce heirs for the throne and their children did not get any attention from Viserys either,which influenced them later as we saw,cause he was really drawn to Rhaenyra and this fact also makes Alicent more and more emotionally doomed but still responsible to be the queen, the pressure it the highest and she can't do much. In this time Alicent's and Rhaenyra's friendship of course was sailing too and this also effected Alicent,plus she was of course jealous of all Rhaenyra 's freedom.

I can only speak what I know about Alicent and it is not much cause I only watch tv show and know some facts from book,but books did not even cover half of Alicent's story so there is much to say that can prove my point that Alicent is woman that should have been the heroin that people root for but no one supports her cause she can't really support herself,she is like doomed and Controversial Heroin of the story.

[castlephantom]

As someone that watched games intro show adaptations, I could say that in most cases it goes wrong for some reasons.

Castlevania might had chance to have a great adaptation if I was made in Japan. Instead, Netfix ruined it (even an anime to live action adaptation did the worst: for example One Piece.)

And when I said that they ruined it, I mean what I said: disrespect Belmonts, turn Alucard intro a dickhead, Dracula intro meow meow, Hector intro a puppy slave, Maria intro a revolutionizer in the wrong way possible etc.

But with otome games and having many characters with some reverse harrem shit stuff. In games are pretty ok (since are many routes), but an anime adaptation are the worst. For example: Brothers Conflict, Diabolik Lovers.

But there are also anime with great adaptations. For example: Cryberpunk: Edgerunners (I recommended to watch), Devil May Cry (realised in 2007).

[sweetjellyfilled-donut]

i was looking at images of netzach through some bot thing where I can collect characters in a sort of harrem

WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM HE LOOKS SO CUTE HERE idk if this is actually from lobcorp or not

[superpussyking]

I really do wish I could fixate on any other tma character. I really do. But alas everytime I see anything on j maggie I giggle and kick my feet and twirl my hair like a schoolgirl. He's such a bitch. He cares about people and still chooses to be evil. He had a harrem. He has no friends. He probably still wears corsets and heels. He keeps the bones of his dead friend in his office. He was an original fag. He's the worst boss imaginable. He runs a nonprofit and is still capitalist scum. He has a sugar daddy who's like 130 years younger than him. He's autistic. He's a monster fucker. He's does paperwork for fun.

[julyzaa]

i love that nurbanu had afife and hurrem hooked on her words until she said she wanted to be in selim's harrem lol

[wolfspinnen]

i think all wolves deserve a harrem of obedient women

[luna-as-should-be]

sept 5

i still have difficulty in sleeping but today i woke up with less of a heavy heart. i learned that whenever i feel the void, i need to get up and do small daily tasks

for the first time in a while, i felt my hunger. went to metro and bought some food for me to store.

i want to give credit to myself for accomplishing this task. i felt alive. i felt the care i did for myself. i can now say that im slowly moving forward and carefully managing my emotions already.

this afternoon, harrem kuyog me to do his laundry. a small errand that made me feel better for going outside with my friend. afterwards, went to sb to see ysska and cassy

we laughed, shared stories, i tried a new drink, released my true self, my humorous self again. i felt free ☺️

my friends’ names will always be in my gratitude page. they helped me to eat, sleep, drink water and love life again. they even clapped while i eat my first proper meal since what happened and made me feel how proud they are that i’m starting to live again

of course, challenges will always be in my way

they will now change their bases next month

given the circumstances, there’s nothing i can do about it but to still live and learn to be alone (far awayyyy from qc)

[ao3feed-hqrarepair]

by KiyoshiKuroo

Basically what the title says. Tsukishima Harrem. Most if not all the Haikyuu characters x Tsukishima Kei. May be Omegaverse, Mpreg, Angst, Fluff, Spicy, etc. And I'm open for requests!!

Words: 2671, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tsukishima Kei, Ushijima Wakatoshi, Kuroo Tetsurou, Hinata Shouyou, Kozume Kenma, Sakusa Kiyoomi

Relationships: Tsukishima Kei/Ushijima Wakatoshi, Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, Hinata Shouyou/Tsukishima Kei, Sakusa Kiyoomi/Tsukishima Kei, Kozume Kenma/Tsukishima Kei, Tsukishima Kei/Everyone, Bokuto Koutarou/Tsukishima Kei

Additional Tags: Omega Verse, Mpreg, Pregnant Tsukishima Kei, Smut, Blow Jobs, Couch Cuddles

[kurotsuki-ao3feed]

by KiyoshiKuroo

Basically what the title says. Tsukishima Harrem. Most if not all the Haikyuu characters x Tsukishima Kei. May be Omegaverse, Mpreg, Angst, Fluff, Spicy, etc. And I'm open for requests!!

Words: 2671, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Tsukishima Kei, Ushijima Wakatoshi, Kuroo Tetsurou, Hinata Shouyou, Kozume Kenma, Sakusa Kiyoomi

Relationships: Tsukishima Kei/Ushijima Wakatoshi, Kuroo Tetsurou/Tsukishima Kei, Hinata Shouyou/Tsukishima Kei, Sakusa Kiyoomi/Tsukishima Kei, Kozume Kenma/Tsukishima Kei, Tsukishima Kei/Everyone

Additional Tags: Omega Verse, Mpreg, Pregnant Tsukishima Kei

[beafarm]

The thing that bothers me is that in the beginning the killings/deaths in the harrem were viewed as unheard of by the Sultan's mother (which is hard to believe that there isn't any history of violence in them) but they sort of became normalised and then when Hürrem became Haseki and the deaths and violence in the harrem kept happening she was shocked just as much as the previous Haseki. Like babe, you killed so many bitches, don't act surprised when others act just as you did

'Even the suspicion of it would bring death.'

And Mahidevran literally got away with poisoning food that was sent to the Sultan's table. So it feels very much like the show is forgetting its own history here for the sake of the 'wicked stepmother' narrative.

[bottomdickiebird]

Guys pleaaase. I really need a fic where Dick Grayson has a sugar daddy. Please give me one. Any pairings is fine. (Lol even if the sugar daddy is younger it's fine.) Just PLEAAASE i wana read one. Suggest any fics plss.

[graphicpolicy]

Review: Ultramega #1

Ultramega #1 has a lot that's familiar but it's over the top delivery and violence makes it stand out #Comics #ComicBooks

I love the kaiju genre. The concept of battling giant monsters has always appealed to me and while I’m not an expert, it’s a story I get sucked into a lot. And the stories tend to be pretty simple. There’s a giant monster and another monster/being/robot must battle them in a fight. The childhood action figure battles play out on screen, often with amazing visuals on a massive scale. But, there’s…