#nigar kalfa

[awkward-sultana]

Magnificent Century + Parallels: Ibrahim Pasha & Hürrem Sultan

[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

[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).

[elizabeth-halime]

[venusaturns]

made some magnificent century characters moodboards so here they are

hurrem sultan

nurbanu sultan

mahidevran sultan

hatice sultan

mihrimah sultan

nigar kalfa

[serraseastar]

Nigar, What kind of women you are? I'm addicted to you.

[tianmicons]

[palaceoftears]

Magnificent Century Rewatch: One Picspam per Episode

Episode 8: The Bleeding Wound

If we don't add these to the mirror's foil, the mirror will be flawed and we would look flawed in a flawed mirror.

[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!!!!

[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)

[magnificentlyreused]

These silver earrings with a pink stone was first worn by Mahidevran Sultan in the twenty-third episode of the second season of Magnificent Century. Two episodes later, they appeared again on Aybige Hatun. The earrings can then be seen on Gülfem Hatun in the thirty-sixth episode of the same season. They were also worn by Mihrimah Sultan in the fourth episode of the third season as well as by an older Mihrimah in promotional material of the same season.

The earrings become part of the plot in the thirty-seventh episode when they are used to identify Nigar Hatun as the kidnapper. However, Nigar does not wear them in the thirty-sixth episode when the viewer saw her commit the crime.

The earrings appear three times in the fourth season, first on Nurbanu Sultan in the eighth episode, then on Defne Sultan in the twenty-eighth episode and lastly on Hümaşah Sultan in the final episode.

[thevampiricnihal]

Season 1 Finale:

Season 2 Finale:

Karma

[elizabeth-halime]

[zeldaxxi]

what irks me the most about the whole Hatice/Ibrahim/Nigar deal is how the writers forced the "Ibrahim can't handle a powerful woman so he cheats with a more submissive one"

like don't get me wrong it could be a pretty compelling narrative. so what's the problem? THIS NARRATIVE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH THE CHARACTERS YOU HAVE.

why tf does Ibrahim even feel like a slave in their marriage? Hatice's outburst was literally a one time thing. it doesn't define their dynamic at all. their relationship is very much healthy by soap opera standards. if he were married to Sah instead it would make more sense. or maybe, if you really wanted to portray Ibrahim as being so insecure that one emotional outburst from his wife ruined a loving relationship, THEN SHOW THAT. show Ibrahim immediately distancing himself from Hatice, to which she responds with even more outbursts, turning it into a vicious cycle. show their relationship slowly deteriorating and then build up to the affair. do not, under any circumstances, show a loving relationship that Ibrahim randomly decides to ruin by calling back to one emotional outburst.

ok, so we established that Ibrahim feels threatened by his wife. he wants to have an affair with a more submissive woman. great! how tf does that equal Nigar? that woman is not at all submissive, it's only an act she plays to get ahead and survive. she's no Gulsah that actually gets unhealthly attached to her master. she's also no Hurrem, whose entire life depends on submitting to a man.

"but she's in love with Ibrahim! that's why she's submissive!" that's boring and sexist. Nigar genuinely loved both Hurrem and Daye and she still held her own. she was scared of Mahidevran and Valide and still held her own. she helds her own even when feelings are involved. she has all the reasons to be both pragmatic and in love with Ibrahim. so just like with Hatice, you either replace her with a character that would actually act like this, or tweak it so it's more in character. she's pragmatic and an opportunist! like maybe she could start her affair with Ibrahim because she's scared of what might happen to her if she says no, and then she decides to make the best of it! to willingly play the part of a submissive woman to make that man her sugar daddy! i'm talking "babe i think we could get caught here why not buy me a house? 🥰🥰"

and for the love of god, if that's really the narrative you're going for, why walk it all back? why not have Hatice divorce him? thus weakening him politically? thus leading to his execution? THUS HAVING THIS WHOLE DAMN THING ACTUALLY LEAD TO SOMETHING??? REINFORCE THE "IBRAHIM IS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY" THEME YOU WERE GOING FOR???