#matpp

[hephaestn]

Selahattin Paşalı as Halit and Hazal Kaya as Esra Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022) — Season 2, Episode 8

[buddyhollyscurls]

it's just me and the ten bitches that watch Midnight at the Pera Palace against the world, huh?

[eshalstuf]

→ moodboard: ESHAL (Midnight At The Pera Palace)

[captainshadowcat]

Ahmet, each time Esra wants to “stay a bit longer” and alter the timeline to look for her mum/reunite with her lover:

[erelavent]

Esra: *staring at a portrait of herself*

Halit: I asked Abidin to paint me the picture of love. He did.

[noonemonitorsmyscreentime]

Halit: infinte verisons of me losing infinite versions of you

Esra: infinite versions of me gaining infinite versions of you

[jrnk0]

I NEED EXPLANATIONS!

Guys, I was watching Midnight at the Pera Palace with my boyfriend (it was my second time watching and his first), and he noticed in ep7, that when Halit finds Peride's body, there's a key on top of the toilet!!!!! In ep8 it shows that was Sonya's key and she comes back using Peride's key that was in bed. So, I went back to ep1 and realized that when Ahmet and Esra find her body, they don't show the toilet so you can't see if the key is there.

Does this have any importance for the season 2 or did they just forget this detail?

[martharaccoon]

You know, time travel is to much for me to try and make any sense of it.

I’m even more confused by the end of S2 then when I was confused in the end of S1.

[elizabethbennetz]

An analysis of Esra’s costume design in Midnight at the Pera Palace (contains spoilers) - PART 3/3

In case you've no idea what this is about, here is a link for part 1 and here is a link for part 2. I recommend you check those first. If you already have, here's the final part:

When she visits Halit at the hospital, Esra’s outfit seems sad and grey. Everything (including the gloves) is pale, like Halit’s skin. The outfit nearly gets mixed with the hospital walls and we barely notice the purple/pinkish elements in it at first. It is only when she accidentally travels to 1917 that those elements become more evident. Suddenly, this is the most romantic costume Esra wears in the entire series. She meets a younger, more innocent, more hopeful and less troubled Halit and they both walk around town under this pastel pink light that makes her outfit come alive. Even she looks younger and oblivious to the dangers of the war they'll both face 2 years later. It is as if time has stopped for a while, and though she is worried about the hurt double agent in the future, she can just get to know young dreamer Halit for now and have a fun innocent adventure with him.

While watching Halit come back from the hospital with Sonya, Esra is now wearing a black coat over a light pink blouse and a black skirt. She’s back in 1919 and back in reality. Her feelings for Halit are still there, but she must repress them. Halit needs to be with Sonya, not her, otherwise her friend, Ahmet, can’t exist.

She is also wearing that same outfit when Halit confronts her and tells her that he remembers the night they spent together in 1917. She’s wearing light make up and her hair is tied up very simply. She barely dresses like Peride now. This is Esra’s true heart, though she’s trying her best to cover it up.

The next day, when Halit gives Esra the ring she asked for, she has red gloves on — and he is wearing a red tie —, but she’s still trying her best to hide her feelings. The gloves have a darker shade of red this time, they’re not bright like the pair she used before learning that Halit was Ahmet’s father. To paraphrase Taylor Swift, her hands are now so scarlet they’re actually maroon. This is war. It’s an apocalyptic scenario. There are more important things than love right now. Her feelings for Halit are stronger than ever, but she just can’t let him know that. She even covers her red hair with a black hat and goes as far as to tell Halit she does not love him back.

After turning him away, Esra takes the hat off, revealing her red hair once again. She also covers her mouth with her red gloves as she cries desperately.

She later grabs a red wine bottle (I assume) and takes the gloves off as she attempts to drink her feelings away.

Meanwhile, Halit does the same at the Garden Bar, but he keeps his red tie on. Esra just said she doesn’t love him back, but that didn’t change his feelings for her. He is still drinking off a cantel when he gets arrested and he’s still wearing the red tie in jail as George threatens him and makes him fear for Esra’s safety.

After getting attacked by Sonya, Esra leaves her black coat open, and we get a better view of her delicate pink blouse. She’s learning that Sonya might not be the best pair for Halit and, not long after that, Ahmet tells her that Sonya is actually Peride’s murderess.

It is only after she hears that Halit has been arrested and decides to visit him in jail that she buttons up the coat, trying once again to hide her feelings from him. But we can still get a glimpse of some pink shades “leaking through” in her costume. The concern in her voice is genuine and she can’t help but kiss him briefly before assuring him that she will get him out of there soon enough. At this point, there’s just no point in hiding it. It doesn’t matter how hard she tries, the glow in her eyes everytime they meet his is evident — even for him. — She still tries, though, for Ahmet.

Once she’s out of Halit’s sight, Esra puts on the dark red gloves, but gets them off right before she meets Halit again to get him out of jail. She hasn’t worn them in front of him since the moment she told him she didn’t love him back, but she often wears it when he’s not around.

After saving Mustafa Kemal — and the future of Turkey — Esra admits to Halit that she loves him, but tells him she can’t stay and they will not meet again. They kiss and then she runs off. As soon as she is out of his sight again, she has the dark red gloves back on. Maybe as a reminder of what she is letting go of.

Lastly, she gets drinks with Ahmet by the bar before returning to the future. The look on her face is much different than the one she had the last time they did that. This is the first time in a while she’s not wearing red gloves (while Halit isn’t around). Ahmet is trying to help her move on, talking to her about the future and telling her that it’ll be easier once they get there. She wants to believe that he is right. The black coat, much different from the light purpleish coat she had at the beginning, is still covering up her pink blouse. There’s no point in hiding her feelings from Ahmet, so I think now the coat serves more as a reminder of the “grief” she must be going through. She’s literally about to leave the life she wanted in the past, the life she can never have.

If you made it this far, then you're probably as obssessed with this show as I am, so you should also check the video thread I made of Esra and Halit's story as if it were told by Taylor Swift here.

Thanks!

[everren]

✨COMING SOON!✨

WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PERA

One day, stolen from time. Three lives hanging in the balance. And a choice… A choice with consequences that will echo throughout time.

🗝🕰❤️‍🩹

[hephaestn]

Selahattin Paşalı as Halit Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022) — Season 2, Episode 6

[buddyhollyscurls]

Love when Esra mentions Humphrey Bogart and Casablanca when in 1919 Bogie had just left the Navy, wasn't even acting yet, and Casablanca didn't come out til 1942

[eshalstuf]

It is indeed surprising that criticism of Esra's actions towards Halit is being so intense, while ignoring Halit's peculiar behavior, which he clearly did not deny, just made it seem like it was Esra's delusion. There is a tendency to say: "Oh, Halit would never do that", but for us, the spectators, who observe from the outside, Esra's difficulty in understanding Halit's behavior is understandable, especially considering that he did not appear in the same way after years without contact.

Likewise, criticism was directed at Esra's apparent lack of display of affection towards Halit. Esra saved him twice. The fact that she doesn't express her love constantly doesn't diminish her feelings. Esra has never had a meaningful relationship and, as she herself stated, she doesn't know what love is. Although Halit also had a life without deep relationships, he was desired by other women, while Esra seemed to have her life centered solely on work.

I will be in defense of my girl Esra. And I love you Halit, but you were weird this season (I'm sorry, I know it was the writers' fault).

[eziosofia]

Shout out to leading men in Netflix shows from the early 20th century in nicely tailored suits who live only to simp for the love of their lives, gotta be one of my favourite genders!

[erelavent]

Random Hitchcock "cameo" but alright. I hope it goes somewhere.

[noonemonitorsmyscreentime]

Season 2 of MATPP had me *stressed* and invested. I was stress sweating.

I saw one of the twists, but not the second. My flabers were properly gasted. And the ending?

I need season 3. Capital 'N' need it.