#osblaine

[pinkpabli]

"The betrayal, the betrayal bla bla bla" how about june finally acknowledging nick's sacrifices? how about her helping him this time? how about we get some real hopeful shit, screewriters??? how about that???

[supporter-of-my-fav-ships]

Nick x June - The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1, 2017

[nickblaine]

nick when an undercover june gets dumped on his doorstep after he told her to stay tf out of gilead

[alwaysalir]

The Handmaid's Tale | 2.01 June

[thebeautyofboredom]

THT - SEASON 6 Episode 5

Luke really doesn't know WTF he's doing...

But Nick always knows what needs to be done...

[placingglaciers]

If June and Nick's reunion is limited to the kiss we see in the trailer, I'll be very disappointed.

Rest assured, it's not!! I'm more greatly disappointed that the next episode is only 39 minutes (and that includes credits).

Never mind the fact that I spent all night imagining their reunion, but here are some facts:

So, based on this trailer, I'm assuming Commander Lawrence takes June and Moira to Nick's house in New Bethlehem. We know this happens at night, and we see Nick and June hugging while she is still in a Martha outfit.

2. The kiss happens in the daylight. We also know Commander Wharton and Rose will be in D.C. Hmmm, so Nick and June have the house to themselves all night?? There's two different trailers where Nick says "Sometimes I think you're the only good thing in my life" (which still makes me emotional!!!). One trailer it's happening in the above gif, and another where it's happening below. It's safe to say we're getting another heartfelt confession from Mr. Nick "I'm in love with June Osborne!!!!!" Blaine.

3. We have another scene where it's been speculated that Nick and June will be together. I'm not sure when/where this happens, but it seems like their reunion will be a little longer than one night? At least we have a few more confirmed Osblaine scenes to look forward to.

I'm obviously hoping for more than just this, and maybe we will get it. They can't show all the Nick/June content in the trailers! The next episode is called "Surprise," so perhaps what we will see will be!

However, to bring us back to reality, I know we would all like to see another love scene with Nick and June, but we don't know if that was logistically possible. Is there was way to see if an Intimacy Coordinator has been credited in the next episode? I'm sure that would be a dead giveaway.

All gifs are credited to @trademarkblue!

[terry80]

Nick & June - See You Later (6 season)

OMG!!! They' re sooo in Love🥹😭💔❤️

[smoulderingocean]

I've been thinking about Nick's line about June choosing Luke and I've been struck by how Nick has likely never been fully, completely, and consistently chosen by anyone in his entire life, and it's just truly very sad.

Based on what we know, he had a difficult, likely abusive childhood. He may feel as though his mother chose his abusive father over him, even while recognizing her situation was a complex one. His father chose abuse (and likely alcohol) over Nick. His brother Josh chose drugs and alcohol over him, which would be another painful but complicated thing that he'd recognize. Pryce chose the cause over Nick while making it seem like he'd cared. Lawrence continually chooses his own cause over Nick while using Nick for his own gain. Beth was a casual, no strings attached situation that didn't involve being chosen. Rita was a fellow slave in the Waterford household where they were, at best, casual friends that looked to their own self-interests first.

And then there's June. For a time, she did choose him, time after time as she returned to his apartment and found ways to be with him even as it became increasingly difficult and dangerous. Then Nick was sent away and neither were able to really choose the other, but they still tried as best they could. Later on June chose to return to her life as Luke's wife, thus choosing Luke over Nick in a time where it felt like she could have chosen anything else, especially after she killed Fred and again after New Bethlehem became a viable option dangled in front of them both by Lawrence. Nick chose NB, hoping for something better and hoping against hope for June to make that choice too, even if it was far from ideal. June chose differently, staying with Luke out of guilt and obligation, which in turn meant that June became yet another person in Nick's life to not choose him in the way that he needs to be, for both understandable and non-understandable reasons.

By the end of the story, I hope it's Nick being chosen, totally and completely, by June. Not just romantically, but as a friend and as a father to Holly and as a human being deserving to be loved fully. He needs that more than anything. I also hope that Nick is completely freed from his life in Gilead so that he can choose fully too, because his own ability to choose has been limited his entire life and becomes increasingly diminished as more and more things spiral out of his control. An ending where Nick and June can choose each other is the dream ending for Osblaine.

[dystopiandramaqueen]

And I'm sure there will be whole conversations about how bad and evil Nick's actions were.

With the same breath that celebrates and congratulates other characters murdering guardians who were about to blow their cover.

I have no doubt that Nick's action will be seen as worse. More evil somehow, than June's.

But both scenes were put in the same episode to make a point.

Survival isn't pretty. It's bloody.

These scenes were made to show us that these characters are absolutely dedicated to survival. They are no longer imprisoned by fear of their own violent nature.

Everyone gets to make choices. There are other options. Freeze. Remain small and hope the threat goes away. There are other options, but the outcomes would be worse.

I'm glad there were two such scenes in this episode.

Nick isn't alone. Him and June are in exactly the same mindset. I just wish they were allowed to be in it together.

[sometimesoliloquy]

4x03 "The Crossing" - Parallels

"I can't ask God for something she didn't want."

"I just want her to stay alive."

To me the contrast between these two scenes really highlights Luke’s deep lack of understanding as to June’s situation—and how it is to be (to survive) in Gilead in general. It’s now over 2 seasons later—he still doesn’t get it and I don’t think he ever will.

(screencaps sourced by me)

[osblaineolicity]

Tell me this kiss between June and Luke is the last one! I'm so over them

[supporter-of-my-fav-ships]

This scene is everything...

[glasskey]

Episode 5

The Handmaid’s Tale is not a comedy, but this week there were a bunch of moments that were so darkly funny I couldn’t help but laugh. Let’s just run down this weeks highlights.

First victim this week was Lawrence. Poor Lawrence; he told Bell that no one liked or respected him and then found out that it was actually the other way around. To add insult to injury Lawrence finally learned that New Bethlehem was being used as a trap. Lawrence has done it again built a world that he believed would be better, only to have it corrupted by these black hearted little fuckers. Pretty sure that Lawrence will be happy to help Jezebels go boom boom once he squeezes the details out of June and Moira. These bombs at Jezebels are giving me a very season 4 vibe. Given that Blaine delivered those in Chicago, we’d all better hope that he continues to stay away from Jezebels in the future

Janine showed up to be reunited with June and Moira, with June asking her to come along and Moira saying no. It all seemed very reminiscent of Moira sneaking June back from Chicago. Just like Chicago, I’m not sure our Janine is going to be making it out. The fact that the letters got locked in the safe, speaks to how these women's voices are silenced once again.

June and Moira had a spat over who has the most PTSD and then almost on cue a beligerent rapey guardian walked in to bust up their discussion, giving the two of them the opportunity to work their shit out old school. Cleansing.

Luke in his usual style of going from 0 to 100 and all the way back down again, somehow clowns his way into a highly complex mission and then at the very first sign of a guardian he starts stammering like an idiot until they finally smack him to get him to stop. Realising how wildly incompetent he is both June and Moira throw up their hands and wisely make a run for it, leaving him behind. Time to shed some dead weight.

Turns out Serena will sell out her principles, and her eternal soul to the Prince of Darkness for a library. Guess all Tuello really ever needed to do was get her a voucher for Barnes & Noble and the whole thing would have been done and dusted season 5. Live and learn.

Last but not least, Nick Blaine stopped by the hospital to tie up some loose ends. Highlights for me included Blaine being called “an angel” (wrong kind of angel hun), and Nick talking about the little fellas doggy. They really cranked the volume up to 11 on this one. Apparently he’s just an innocent little guardian, who REALLY admires Nick and the first thing he wants when he wakes up is to see his dog. This was so obvious in it’s efforts to convince audiences that Blaine was now just murdering random innocents, that I laughed out loud. Is this The Handmaid’s Tale or Old Yeller? Fuck that stormtrooper. My black little heart can’t wait for the day that Blaine burns the whole place to ash.

This will obviously have wider repercussions, but I can’t help but notice that ALL of this is the direct result of Luke and Moira’s decision to lie to June and fuck off to Mayday. Once again Nick is left to clean up the mess, he’ll get no thanks of course and end up paying the price. But honestly, what would you have him do? Tuello won’t let him leave across the border, he had to protect June, Luke and Moira, and last but not least, if he’s found to be a rebel not only he, but all the members of his household will end up on the wall. So yeah. Not really feeling the villain vibe here.

As a side note, this episode kicked in at less than 40 minutes which is pretty poor, especially for a last season. Fans have been buttered up by the PR machine for over a month about how jam packed this season was going to be and how this was Nick and June’s season. Here I am watching ridiculously short episodes with milked sections of dialogue tying up precious time and once again crammed with Luke and June trying to resuscitate their long dead relationship. It was bad in season 4, it was worse in season 5, now it’s just torture. Blaine is a fan favourite, where is he? Nick and June and Serena and June are fan favourite character dynamics, where are they? Exactly how is this a season designed for the fans? Apart from June reuniting with her mother and episode 3, the season so far has been somewhat lack lustre. Perhaps it would have time to get off the ground, but with episodes this short, it barely stands a chance.

[just-b-wilde]

🤣🤣🤣 ...

Visual representation of what happened when Luke Bankole tried to stand up to Gilead:

[trademarkblue]

I just read your latest post—taking this with a lighthearted spirit! Episode 6 is coming, and honestly, I don’t think these two can last more than an hour alone without jumping into each other’s pants instead of having a proper conversation. Based on the last three seasons, if they spend more than ten minutes together, we get a kiss. And now, with the rumors that they’re spending the night together? Yeah... totally reckless. 😅

But I’m with you—this final season needs to give us a real, serious talk between them about their relationship. I’m really hopeful we’ll finally get that moment. 🤞

Ha this is a great point. They did manage to talk a lot in 6x03, but I agree for sure that things tend to turn pretty 🔥 for them pretty fast, for good reason lol

We’ll just have to hope for both 🙏

[placingglaciers]

So Rosie will be with Daddy at Washington while Nick will have a guest at home? I just hope we won't have a parallel with 3x06: the door closed lol. And I hope Moira will be somewhere else but safe.

What a dream setup! We need to see Nick and June connect on a level we haven't seen in a while. Not just because we love seeing them together, but because they're sorta losing it without each other. Both of them need it after Rose's growing resentment and Luke's super-genius A+ amazing rebel planning. 🙄 A lot more can still be said (and done) with Nick and June, and I'm hoping 6x03 was just the beginning. 6x05 showed what these two are capable of doing separately, and it would be so much more amazing to see them do productive, smart rebel stuff together all while throwing in a kiss or two covered in somebody else's blood lol (we probably won't get this, but we can dream!). These two truly match each other's energy.

I lowkey want a scene with Moira and Nick, though (after he gets his alone time with June, of course). It seems to me she's pretty impressed by him, and I think it would be nice to have her talk to someone who actually knows what they're doing for once.