#Ibrahim pasha

[awkward-sultana]

"…they are dangerous feelings. If they are not controlled, a single one of them can destroy you." (Insp.)

[dyingroses]

Magnificent Century + AO3 tags

[redxluna]

Bonus:

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

i love how a good number of scenes between hürrem and mahidevran can honest-to-god look like flirting when taken out of context. they're just like suleiman and ibrahim in portrayal sometimes: writers so straight that they were completely blindsided by the homoeroticism of it all

[haticehurrem]

[thevampiricnihal]

Season 1 Finale:

Season 2 Finale:

Karma

[things-i-think-and-junk]

This is what Team Dynasty never understands. Ibrahim is arrogant and blinded by hubris. It's something Suleyman can only tolerate for so long.

Again, Hurrem, smartest person in the room.

[tell-them-the-north-remembers]

-My Hatice...

+The other day, you reminded me of a letter. The first letter you wrote to me. This one. I still keep it.

-Time flies fast.

+And I keep your last letter as well. "My Sultan, if your wish is to divorce me, do not wait! You could not hurt me, even if you kill me. Because... I do not regret my actions. Long ago for your love, I left everything behind and went to Parga. I can do the same and start a new life."

-Hatice...

+I want you to burn this letter Ibrahim. Burn it, now. I want everything you told me to become ash with this letter. Then I'll forget the past and put on that ring. Ibrahim, if you burn this letter I'll forget about it all. For us. For our children. And we'll start a new life.

[lya-dustin]

Whatever Alfred and Uhtred have is honestly better written than most of Uhtred's canon romantic relationships lol.

Like a reverse of Sultan Suleiman and Ibrahim Pargali, who were irl lovers and try as they did they couldn't get rid of the very obviously romantic tones to their relationship, the Last Kingdom cast two people with such great chemistry that every scene they do together feels like Alfred and Uhtred are on an on and off again relationship and Uhtred got Osferth in the divorce.

[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???

[serraseastar]

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

[awkward-sultana]

"Don't blame anyone but yourself, Suleiman. You created Hürrem and Ibrahim both."

[dyingroses]

Magnificent Century + text posts and tweets

[redxluna]

"Hey, can I copy your homework?"

"Sure, just make it look different so that it doesn't look like you just copied it."

"Sure thing."

[chaos-of-the-abyss]

ibrahim when he has relationship problems with the mothers of his children: 😞

ibrahim when he has relationship problems with suleiman:

[haticehurrem]

What an insane thing to say…funniest man alive