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To think that she was no older than 11/12 at the time of kidnapping just like millions of girls over the course of centuries :(( From an uprooted barely adolescent gal to the most powerful and famous woman in the world and well her tremendous fame continues to endure!

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I think Hürrem and Süleyman would so dig them.

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JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS and TAMZIN MERCHANT as King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine Howard The Tudors (2007-2010) — Season four, episode three

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THE OFFICE 4.13 — "Dinner Party"

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biggest L i've had to take from morning people is that the hours between 5 - 9 am really do have 7x as much time in them than the ones between 9 pm - 1 am and you can get your whole day's worth of shit done by noon

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Damn, reminds me of the Bhagvad Geeta Stumbh (Minaret) made of Red Sandstone in Mathura-Vrindavan!

The Jarkurgan Minaret, designed by by Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sarkhasi, Uzbekistan, Seljuq, 1108-1109 CE. The minaret features herringbone brickwork and Kufic inscriptions from the Quran and is situated near Termez, about 7 kilometers from Jarkurgan. It was built under the Seljuq ruler of Khorasan, Sultan Sanjar (r. 1118-1157).

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I'm watching Magnificent Century, and I’m on season 2, and I hate Bali Bey so much for putting Armin in so much trouble. Like, he is harassing her and even putting her at the risk of being honour killed.

And I completely agree, this storyline was very creepy

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I thinking one of the saddest moments in the show is when Suleyaman raped sadika but she obviously couldn’t talk to anyone about it

I agree ! It was so heartbreaking and also stands out as basically the only storyline where the concubine was distressed to be forced into the sultan (or a prince's) bed.

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I hate how most people almost ignore this shit, Mahidevran basically forcing herself on Suleyman, like just because he is a man, he owes you sex, his free consent doesn't matter?! The storyline doesn't even make sense lol, like a Valide Sultan forcing an unwanted woman on her own Padişah son?! It was so eww watching that, though less disgusting than what happened to Sadika, I despise MC's Suleyman, MC's Hurrem deserved so much better :(((( MC's Mahidevran is written so shite too! Man, some expressions that Nur gave were almost psychotic lmao.

Ah ep 2 my beloved <3 Mahidevran is kicked out after a very unfun sex Suly endured, Surrem fuck and laugh for 2 days straight while she seethes, Hurrem hating gayness of ibosuly my beloved, Nigar being smart and coaching Hurrem to get the Thursday night, Ibo is sweet af teaching Mustafa how to write and ibosuly is delightful, even though in the start Ibo is kicked so nice for being shit at his job as usual (he makes it up to Suly by going 🥺 our prepared report? Pls? <3) Hatice is sweet, valide is not yet unhinged in dumb plans -- truly my fave episode ever I guess hahah

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What are your favorite 80s songs?

I will warn you, this is going to be quite an extensive list because there are so many 80s songs that I love.

First of all, I need to talk about The Final Countdown. It's iconic and it's the perfect song for motivation. It's a song that I am so fond of. I'm waiting for the day it gets played on the radio at the place where I volunteer.

Then there's Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears. This one is probably my favourite song that has been played on the radio where I volunteer. I've heard some of the more dramatic covers of it but the original is always the best one to me (it may be blasphemy for me as a Kiwi to say this but Lorde's cover is not better than the original). Also this web weaving was inspired by the song. I just feel like there is something about the more positive and upbeat vibes of the original that just works.

I also really like the Eurythmics songs that I have heard. Especially Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves and Sweet Dreams. Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves is so uplifting and Sweet Dreams on the other hand is both very catchy and can be cathartic.

What can I say about Depeche Mode. The first song of theirs that I listened to was of course Personal Jesus and that one is a bop. Behind the Wheel and Enjoy the Silence both have an unsettling quality to them that works well. I've wanted to make a Kösem edit to A Question of Time for the longest time as well.

I haven't listened to nearly enough Wham and George Michael but Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and Father Figure are both classic.

99 Luftballons is a great case study of a song that makes you want to dance and yet is about something incredibly disturbing.

The Look by Roxette is just a bop. I have nothing else to say about this one.

Major Tom/Völlig Losgelöst by Peter Schilling. I first heard this song in English but I prefer the German version honestly. Whoever thought to set a chase scene in Atomic Blonde to this song was so right.

The Very Important Queen Tangent

So Queen is my all time favourite band and I have 2 favourite albums of theirs. While one of them (Jazz) is from the 70s, the other one (The Miracle) is from the 80s. So I'm going to talk about The Miracle as well as Hot Space and A Kind of Magic because those are my favourite 80s Queen albums (although there are a lot of 70s songs I could talk about too and some 90s Queen but that makes me sad).

So in chronological order:

Hot Space (1982)

Apparently this one is controversial. But I like most of the songs on this album. They are different to what Queen had done before, but they still work really well and just because something is new and different doesn't make it bad. Not to mention that Under Pressure is on this album. Aside from that (because let's be honest it goes without saying) my favourite songs are Staying Power, Dancer, Action This Day and Calling All Girls.

A Kind of Magic (1986)

Half of this album is just normal Queen songs and the other is the Highlander soundtrack. Honestly some of my favourites were the ones on the movie soundtrack. While One Vision is fantastic (the positive message for a potential future mixed in with the humour of the fried chicken at the end is just a wonderful combination), Princes of the Universe made for such a dramatic song to open the movie on in the best way. I also love Don't Lose Your Head and Gimme the Prize and Who Wants To Live Forever is always a deeply moving song.

The Miracle (1989)

This album toes the line between the more fun and lighthearted vibes of something like Hot Space and something more reflective that becomes more of a feature of 90s Queen so it kind of bridges the gap between 80s and 90s Queen in that way and it is genuinely my favourite 80s Queen album (although the cover art is just cursed, one of the worst covers of any Queen album ever honestly). So on the one hand you have songs like Party and Khashoggi's Ship and on the other you get Was It All Worth It. And they bookend the album. The combination of fun and emotional lands very well. My other favourites are I Want It All, The Invisible Man and Scandal (the final one of which absolutely deserves a place in the Greatest Hits albums, it's so underrated. It's an excellent song reminder of how much the British tabloids suck, now just as much as they did in the 80s).

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Pookie dads👑💖🥺😭

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my family and how I was treated as a child, and honestly, my father has never seemed more amazing in my eyes.

I used to love Luigi(Mario's brother) when I was little. Like, he was my favorite character ever, and I had multiple plushies of him. Didn't give a fuck about Mario, vaguely tolerated Peach, but I loved Luigi.

On my first day of kindergarten, my dad gave me the number for his work phone and said it was Luigi's phone number. "If anything happens at school, call Luigi."And not even twenty minutes into my first day, I was having a panic attack. So I went down to the principal's office and called "Luigi."

Now, at the time, my father was in a meeting with his manager and his supervisor, along with most of his coworkers. And when I called, he picked up before he even left the room.

And he put on a very awful Italian accent and said, "Itsa me, Luigi! Whatsa the matter?"In front of his boss and coworkers. Without telling them what was going on. So they were absolutely bewildered, and he carried on like they didn't even exist. He only explained what was happening after I had calmed down and hung up, to which most of them responded with "Aww, cute."

I continued to call him whenever I got upset at school, and eventually his coworkers got in on it. I distinctly remember one of them impersonating Toad. I don't know why I'm telling you this, I just thought it might make you smile :)

this is so delightful I love your Luigi dad

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Hürrem Sultan was here!

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Disney Princess vibes! I wish they depicted Hürrem like this, her story is literally the quintessential Cinderalla Story (which btw sadly none of the other Sultanas had)

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poor girlie! You deserved so much better and also you should've known and done so much better too :((( Hope you're still rotting in hell Henry for slaughtering so many innocent people, harming women you proclaimed from the rooftops you so dearly loved! Fucking pos

Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Jane Seymour in The Tudors — Season two, episode eight