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What the FUCK ?????????? Why the hell did they cut the line confirming that she loved Nick? That all those flashbacks while she stared at the fire were supposed to be about him? It was supposed to have way more emotional focus. But instead, she barely remembered him and moved on. And when she said the line about sacrifices, they showed fucking Lawrence — as if the sacrifice line was about him that she was hurt he had to make sacrifices — when in fact the script clearly meant that June sacrificed Nick, someone she loved, for the greater good.

Why the fuck did they cut that?? I’m so angry right now.

the script had a moment to show that she loved him, they robbed us of even that.

Seriously, what the hell did we ever do to them to deserve this? Loved the show too much?

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I don't get what happened. EM goes from THIS to calling Nick a coward. She does understand that Nick was at the mercy of the writers' pen, doesn't she? She, herself, probably had a say in how Nick and June ended up.

Were her feelings toward Osblaine genuine then or are they genuine now?

Y’ALL. lizzie picked nick over luke

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I'm tired of receiving these bot PMs on Fanfiction.net. It started out as one a couple of months ago, but now I've had two in two days. Is it getting out of hand for anyone else ?

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Why Paris and not Hawaii?

I think it's interesting that they made Paris Osblaine's would-be run-away place. Why not just mention Hawaii in S6? I don't believe that it was done purposely, but it feels like the change in places echoes the change in their story. S6 Nick and June are not the same Nick and June who daydreamed about making a life together in Hawaii.

But I will not give the writers enough credit by assuming they had that type of thinking process. They probably just forgot about Hawaii like they forgot who Nick was for 5 seasons or just plain did not care.

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LOVE THIS. THT writers need to watch all these videos to get how big of a mistake they have made.

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I’m sure I’ve already said this, but I just can’t not say it again.

I keep seeing this take: “Yes, Nick loved June, but he was a villain (because he was a Commander in Gilead, and all Commanders are Nazis).”

the writers shoved this idea down our throats using Luke as their insightful narrator (lol)

“All he cared about was you, and that’s why you think he’s some kind of hero?”

And some people ate it up. I keep seeing posts with that exact message:

“He loved June, but he was evil.”

And I NEED to unpack this because WHAT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT.

If someone is chasing power, if they enjoy control, being above others like Nazis do, if they lack empathy then they are literally incapable of selfless, sacrificial love. Like Nick loved June.

Evil doesn’t love like that. Evil tries to own and control.

Especially when we’re talking about a system where every Commander has patriarchal garbage in their heads, how could Nick give June so much freedom? So much choice? So much emotional support even when he himself was hurting? He’s not “like them” not even close. If he were truly a “Nazi,” his ego would’ve snapped in half multiple times in this story.

If a man is a Nazi meaning he believes in oppression, hierarchy, control, and dominance, then he is incapable of truly loving. Because real love isn’t about power, or control, or domination. Real love is about seeing the other person, accepting them, giving them freedom of choice, even when that choice isn’t you.

Nazi “love” isn’t love. It’s possession. It’s the need to keep someone beneath you. Men like that only “love” when their partner submits. The moment a woman shows independence, says no, or leaves they turn on her. She becomes the enemy.

But Nick didn’t just tolerate June’s freedom, he supported it. He encouraged it. He didn’t use their child to manipulate her, didn’t threaten her, didn’t stalk her. He didn’t retaliate when she rejected him. He endured the pain, stayed silent, waited without asking for anything in return.

(On top of that, Nick was repeatedly shown being empathetic towards others but let’s not even get into all that right now, because the point here is: you can’t love like that and still be a villain)

This whole narrative they’re trying to sell us? Absolute nonsense. A villain doesn’t pick and choose when to have a soul.

You can’t live a double life with two different moral codes, two different sets of emotional instincts. That’s not how human psychology works.

The writers forgot their own show and think we did too.

And, yeah, it worked on some people (the ones watching the show with their ass), But Jesus Christ, we have the scenes. The episodes exist.

How laaazyyyy

I can’t deal with it

Or do the writers seriously believe you can be a Nazi and still love like that? What absolute idiots.

It’s basic psychology. Don’t write a show about people if you don’t understand how people work.

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Nick is really a believer? Part 2

I can prove to you that he is NOT.

After Eden confirm to Nick that she is not going to lie, that she loves Isaac and that she only wanted to have a family with him, she asks him to forgive her.

And now you can see Nick's heart break.

Nick kneels in front of her, asking for forgiveness: for not being kinder, for not protecting her as a husband, for not realizing that she was so innocent. June warned him and he just ignored it.

After some heartbreaking performances, the tragedy happens. In a last attempt to make the young lovers repent, Eden goes back to mentioning the Bible with the most beautiful passage about love.

For Gilead, this was an act of infidelity, not love. Love can exist only within the family, between a husband and wife who never chose one another and yet must love one another’s.

During the execution, Nick staring without taking his eyes off of them.

His guilt, his penance.

He keeps looking until he can't take it anymore. He doesn't cry, he stands unwavering. He cannot take the eyes off of them, he doesn’t allow himself to hide from his grief.

His guilt, his penance.

A true believer would convince himself that he is doing the right thing, punishing the girl for her sin.

A true believer would never kneel to a sinner woman.

A true believer would never feel guilty about it.

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NICK BLAINE - GOOD, KIND & BRAVE *and no one will convince me otherwise

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It's a great video.

The only scene I'd add is the scene between Nick and Eden before her execution. He blamed himself and wanted to save her.

Love this compilation video by the Above the Garage podcast showing all the good things Nick has done. “He reaped what he sowed” my ass

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june/serena interview quotes staying deranged to the very end 💖

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All I Wanted Was Proper Closure

I understand that the love story/love triangle wasn't the focal point of the show. I get that Elizabeth Moss didn't want June to have to choose between “the boys.” This isn't Dawson's Creek.

I know that.

I was prepared for Nick's death way back in S2. It was always a possibility. I was okay with a tragic end, a bittersweet end to Nick and June. I was all set for Nick to go out honorably. I was all set for that type of closure.

Hell, I could even understand June staying with Luke. or have open-ended closure to the love story. Nick and June could have just gone off to fight.

There was no reason why Nick and Luke both couldn't be Mayday fighters. There didn't have to be a bad guy in the triangle.

Saying that you didn't want June to choose doesn't equate turning Nick into a villain and assassinating him in the worst way possible.

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Nick in The Testaments

it’s often said that there is no mention of Nick in The Testaments, but that’s not true. he’s never mentioned by name and the details are vague, but there is enough to tell us where his loyalties lie and what his ultimate fate was.

so for informational purposes, i’ve compiled excerpts of every reference to Nick in the book. if i’m missing anything please let me know so i can add it. spoilers ahead.

Keep reading

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MILLER June and Nick’s relationship was amazing. I think their love was amazing, and so unexpected. And it almost saved Nick. He almost made it. June saw a really wonderful side of him, and that was a side we [the audience] saw almost all the time, but he was that guy from the beginning. He was a fucking driver. He was in the Eyes — he was the Gestapo. He’s a survivor, but he’s not much of a power player, and people like Nick get killed when they get to the top because other people want that power, whether it’s Mayday or whether it’s the other commanders allowing Mayday to blow that plane up.

Bitches, are you serious right now? Make up your fing minds. Is he a survivor or a fing Nazi?

You literally said his love with June was amazing. You said she saw the best of him. You said he was never a power player. You said he almost made it.

And yet… June shows him zero compassion? He gets no redemption, no forgiveness, no understanding? Like he deserved it? He’s the only one who gets punished. And who is betrayed by the one he loved. By the FUCKING PROTAGONIST, the perfect woman ugh

Miss me with that fucking logic.

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Max Minghella being so over this show is my new canon ❤️

“You and me both, my love. I couldn’t tell you what he’s up to, but I shot it”.

Yep Max, we didn’t shoot it but we don’t know either what he was up to this season. Let’s go back to 4x10 as our finale shall we 🙏🏻

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It's Over

I wish I got on this morning and saw that there was something, anything to make me want to see THT finale.

At very least have June express some regret letting Nick get on the plane. Or she could've regretted not trying to get through to him like she did with Aunt Lydia and Serena, apparently.

But nope.

They had to redeem the real villains, the ones we actually saw rape and torture onscreen, not showing a bit of remorse until this final season. And they had to make Nick the only villain probably in TV history that committed atrocities off-screen and had to pay for it.

Without a chance at redemption.

What a joke.

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"I Can't Lose You...Oh, Wait, Yes, I Can "

I can't believe we go from June telling Nick "I can't lose you" in S2 to being angry at him that he didn't want die and then ultimately watch him go to his death.

With a love like that, who needs enemies?

It's not even a tragic love story. It's just toxic. The showrunners decided to turn it toxic. And not because Nick was an evil commander, but because June's love for him ended up being conditional. When it stopped being beneficial to her, she let him be lost.