#the handmaid's tale 1x01

[whumpty-dumpty]

Whumptober2022 | no. 19 | ENOUGH IS ENOUG

[nickjunesource]

Hi! Forgive me about the drama lol but I love some angst. I can't stop thinking about the many parallels on the show, like Nick smoking, sitting on the stairs. I love when June tells him her real name and he says "nice to meet you June". I imagine them saying goodbye to each other and Nick saying "it was nice to meet you June". My heaaarrt. I would cry! lol (but of course they would end up seeing each other again, otherwise it would be cruel)

No forgiveness is needed! We love angst as well and Osblaine is peak angst.

Those are great parallels for sure and it was a beautiful moment of cinematography. It was great to get a little throwback to the beginning of their love story.

We love that scene from 1x06 so much! How much it must have meant for June to hear those words from Nick after being stripped of her name and identity for so long. Such a beautiful and poignant moment.

Yes, it would be far too cruel for them to not get to see each other again! We're not sure at what point in s6 that will happen, but we feel full confidence that it will and we can't wait to see it.

[saltbind]

1x20 dead man's blood | homer’s odyssey (2017), foreword by emily wilson | woodtangle by mary reufle | home 1x09 | house proud by amelia gray | the handmaid's tale by margaret atwood | 1x01 pilot

dean and john

[trademarkblue]

Osblaine Fic Club: Day 9

Nice Nick POV in this fic, setting up season 1 with June's arrival.

I chose a roasted almond herbal tea in honor of Nick eating the almonds in episode 1x01 after the oranges & tuna conversation.

Remember to leave kudos and/or reviews for the authors on AO3. xx

[edsonlnoe]

TV Recap S22 | Episode

The Train THIS IS US | 6x17

Us THIS IS US | 6x18

Stand Still Like the Hummingbird EUPHORIA | 2x05

Arrivederci THE WHITE LOTUS | 2x07

Wheel of Fire STATION ELEVEN | 1x01

The Hill THIS IS US | 6x09

Goodbye My Damaged Home STATION ELEVEN | 1x07

Abductions THE WHITE LOTUS | 2x06

No Man’s Land THE HANDMAID’S TALE | 5x07

Graveyard Rats GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES | 1x02

[swiftedittland]

you don’t own me 

1x01 & 4x10

[serenasjoys]

THE HANDMAID’S TALE | 1.01 OFFRED

Someone is watching. Here, someone is always watching. Nothing can change. It all has to look the same. Because I intend to survive for her. Her name is Hannah. My husband was Luke. My name is June.

[spotlightsaga]

Kevin Cage of @spotlightsaga reviews... The Handmaid's Tale (S01E01) Offred Airdate: April 26, 2017 @hulu Ratings: Privatized Ratings Score: 9.25/10 @handmaidsonhulu TVTime/FB/Twitter/Tumblr/Path: @SpotlightSaga **********SPOILERS BELOW********** You ever worked somewhere, walked in a room, or just experienced a piece of life in general where you were made to feel so insignificant, so small, so... caged? Maybe your boss had a bad day and took everything they were feeling in that very moment out on you... But you need that job, without it you can't survive. Your boss knows that, therefore you are forced to take that treatment and your boss happily exploits that. Ever walk into a room and you were the only person like yourself, everyone looking at you like you were less than a human... It could be because of your gender, sexual orientation, skin color, freckles, red hair, it doesn't matter, anything that makes you different from others. Have you ever felt violated? Oppressed? That feeling in that millisecond... That empty free-falling pit in the bottom of your stomach, it's absolute hell, right? All you want to do is scream, violently lash out, return that feeling of insignificance... Because you know what it feels like to be free. You know what it feels like to love yourself, for someone to love you, for you to love another. And here someone is trying to take that feeling away from you. Those feelings that you may feel from time to time or even on a daily basis... Magnify them, literally like a magnifying glass catching a beam of sun and frying a small insect, magnify those feelings by a million, and then burn them to the ground. No longer is the world you once knew 'your world'. No longer are the daily problems you face 'your problems'. A new world has emerged, along with a whole new set of rules, issues, and social constructs. Your voice is gone. Those moments where you were able to vent about that fleeting feeling that sometimes felt like it would never go away, that's gone too. You no longer have the right to yourself. It doesn't matter the world you once knew, because that world is gone. Say hello to 'Offred' (Elizabeth Moss), once upon a time she was June. Once upon a time she had moments where she swam in the ocean with her husband, Luke (O-T Fagbenle). Once upon a time she held her child, Hannah (Jordana Blake), in her arms. It doesn't matter what had happened to get to this point or what was going on behind the scenes as 'Offted', then June, stumbled into this new reality, because her old one no longer exists. She no longer has the right to have those moments. She is now a prisoner in a world run by obedience, a world without self-expression, a world that centers around her 'Commander' (Joseph Fiennes), a man who rules his little world where Offred is just a speck of dust... Not even a woman, a reproductive tool to spread his seed. He has a wife, Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski), but she is not enough... She is barren. She may have rule over the other Handmaid's, like Offred, but she holds them in her lap while her husband fucks them, rapes them, ritualistically. Serena takes her anger out on The Handmaids. She is oppressed in this new world order as well, but she is much higher ranking than Offred, and gladly uses Offred and the others as her punching bag. The other Handmaid's, like Offred, are reissued a type of education, more like reprogramming, that is led by the tyrannical 'Aunt Lydia', played by the omnipresent and always memorable Ann Dowd. Aunt Lydia rules with an iron fist, but clearly that is because that is what is expected of her. There is an order to everything in the world of 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Samira Wiley plays Moira, a woman who Offred appears to have known before this changing of worlds, before this new way of life suddenly became 'the ordinary'. It is not easy to adjust, especially since these women, now reduced to 'Handmaids', once knew a life beyond this world where they are treated like livestock. They are given partners to walk with, to accompany them everywhere so they are always walking in two's. Offred explains that this is not for safety, as they would have them to believe, but so that everyone has their own spy. Offred's companion is Ofglen (Alexis Bledel). She doesn't like her at first, she's... Suspicious... But after awhile, you can feel them both warming up to each other. There are secrets to be shared, but neither of them are sure it's safe to talk. 'The Handmaid's Tale' is based on a book by Margaret Atwood... One that I imagine many people will rush to read after watching this disturbing, engrossing series. What we see here, this world that is portrayed... It's not an easy world to take in. It's a very cold world... A sad world. Misery, rape, oppression, all drowning in a pool of hopelessness. Bruce Miller is the showrunner for the frigid, dystopian, tv series made directly as a Hulu Original. Miller also writes and has his hand on many of the tv show's lenses, in turn the series has a tighter focus. Reed Moreno directs and we only see this world through Offred's eyes... Just as in the book, Offred's is orally recounting events, some of which she is not entirely sure of, making her an 'unreliable narrator', yet we must trust her detailed accounts of experiences, her unique perspective, it's all we have to go by. Moreno clearly knows this and exploits it to perfection. Like 'The Handmaids', we are given little freedom as a viewer, the scope is as narrow as the world they live in. Still, this world is as fascinating as it is confusing and that makes it one that the viewer will be begging to dive into almost immediately. The Handmaid's first hour delivers all the tension, fear, and intense anger that Offred and the other Handmaid's associate with their newfound conditions, and asks all the right questions... I can't imagine anyone not instantly reaching for the next episode. I know that's exactly what I'll be doing!

[thehandmaidstalehulu]

1.01 Offred || 2.01 June || 3.01 Night

[potpourri-of-ecclecticism]

First conversations be like:

Oh, then you should definitely avoid the tuna.

Mercury?

No, I just don’t like tuna very much.

[mcbrilliant]

     “OH! YOU ARE SO LUCKY!”

“The fuck?! Welcome to the friggin’ loony bin, right?”

[becainlove]

Max Minghella  — The Handmaids Tale. Behind the scenes, 2016.

Shooting episode 1x01

[abovethegaragepodcast]

For the new THT fans, our Spoiler free 1x01 is live!

[love-tv-freak]

The Handmaid’s Tale

Nick Blaine - 1x01 Offred

[aflawedfashion]

We go everywhere in twos

[swiftedittland]

i want him to be scared to death