#nichole waterford/holly osborne

[sleazyjanet]

“ let the little children come to me — for such is the kingdom of heaven ”

or

serena joy as the angel of death (cannibalism as a metaphor for her desire of motherhood)

[illisius]

nick blaine + holly | nichole osborne — i need my girl. [the handmaid's tale]

(y’all i’m freaking obsessed with this show — please watch + enjoy)

[miscxllany]

TAGS: agnes & holly.

BEFORE GILEAD. / hannah - agnes: v1.

COMMANDER’S DAUGHTER. / hannah - agnes: v2

AUNT VICTORIA. / hannah - agnes: v3.

TRANSCRIPT OF WITNESS TESTIMONY 369A. / hannah - agnes: v4.

TRANSCRIPT OF WITNESS TESTIMONY 369B. / nichole - holly: v1.

INFILTRATION. / nichole - holly: v2.

A CHILD OF GILEAD. / nichole - holly: v3.

INTERACTIONS. / hannah - agnes: i.

INTERACTIONS. / nichole - holly: i.

THOUGH I WAS NOT ESPECIALLY PRETTY，I WAS VERY CHOSEN. / hannah bankole - agnes jemima.

TREMULOUS AND STUBBORN. / nichole - holly: musings.

I'D BE THE CENTREPIECE: BABY NICHOLE，BACK WHERE SHE BELONGED，HALLELUJAH. / nichole - holly: about.

WITH HER ROUND FACE AND HER UNKNOWING EYES. HOW COULD I BE THAT PERSON? / nichole waterford - holly osborne.

LORD HELP THE MISTER WHO COMES BETWEEN ME AND MY SISTER. / holly & hannah.

[carolrance]

What’s in a name? Nichole.

So, like, I see a lot about “Why did Serena name ‘her’ baby Nichole?” Most people see it as her making it about Nick: either she is doing it to spite Nick to remind him he’s not going to be allowed to be a father, or to spite Fred that Nick’s the real daddy. Sure. That’s very possible knowing what we do about Serena.

But I was sitting there trying to figure it out myself cos something didn’t seem right about the name itself. If you note: All the names of the newborn babies (and all the wives?) are biblical, inspired by the bible, saints, vaguely religious in origin, or common in Christian use. Eden, Serena Joy, Naomi, Angela, Grace... sensing a theme? (The wives, well, we can’t really put too much thought into that cos likely those are names from before anyway. It’s also worth mentioning perhaps Hannah is a name found in the bible as well, but she’s given a new name Agnes. Lydia is also found in the bible as the first ever convert to Christianity. Janine is religious. Obvs Luke is biblical.)

But Nicole rang a bit weird with Angela (”angel”), Agnes (very well-known saint, patron of young girls), and Grace* (duh) cos I couldn’t help thinking, “What does Nicole have to do with any sort of religious imagery or theme?” You’d think Super Pious Super Wife Serena Joy would want a Super Pious Baby Name. Something like Esther, Ruth, Faith, Johanna, Rebecca, Sarah, Charity, etc etc. But she goes for Nichole, which yes, is the feminine form of Nicholas.

Now, there’s Nick. That’s the superficial and probably most obvious reason. But if we want to dig just a little...

St. Nicholas is the patron saint of, amongst a lot of things, children. If you can’t conceive, you pray to St. Nicholas. That’s also why you see a lot of child care facilities named after him. (He’s also the origin of Santa Claus, which is like if you played Broken Telephone for a thousand years. The original St. Nick has nothing to do with Christmas. But he was very generous with his wealth.)

And there is actually a “Saint Nicole” (Nicolette), although she is known commonly as Saint Colette.

Her contemporary biographers say that her parents had grown old without having children, before praying to Saint Nicholas for help in having a child. Their prayers were answered when, at the age of 60, Marguerite gave birth to a daughter. Out of gratitude, they named the baby after the saint to whom they credited the miracle of her birth. She was affectionately called Nicolette by her parents, which soon came to be shorted to Colette, by which name she is known.

You can see the allusion to Nick, right? It’s so obvious the connection. So, other than calling her Nichole out of spite towards Nick (or not JUST spite lol), it’s possible it’s out of gratitude? Towards both St. Nicholas and possibly Nick.

Also, like her namesake from 1000 years earlier, St. Colette...

...is invoked by childless couples desiring to become parents, and is also the patroness of expectant mothers, and sick infants.

Because she is credited with 2 miracles: helping a mother give birth and saving a sick baby (in what is told like a resurrection story).

But furthermore, St. Nicole/Colette is the patron saint of “lost family members” which is an neat nod to her story in THT. And the name Nicole means “victorious people” or “people of victory”. Foreshadowing for Serena’s goals, subconsciously perhaps, or Holly/Nichole’s future?

Now, whether or not the writers were thinking about all the significance of Nichole, who knows. And even if they were, do they ascribe any of that knowledge to Serena? Or maybe they are hinting at something. Who knows. I’m going to guess Margaret Atwood chose the names that appear in the book on purpose. But I don’t know about the writers of the TV show.

*I actually can’t remember if Grace was one of the babies or wives, lmao.

[winrosewickner]

if anyone will call Nick Blaine villain/bad guy ONE MORE FUCKING TIME i'm literally gonna throw up

[boulder-to-birmingham]

[xpraisedbebitchx-blog]

Honest Opinion on The Handmaids Tale.

So I am a huge fan of the handmaid‘s tale. I found the books to be extremely well written… Thank you to Canadian badass that is Margaret Atwood for writing something so fucking intense.

The tea is that The Handmaids Tale is so much more than just a show, it’s more than just a book. It’s a fucking life story. The way it profiles a dystopian universe where women are being stripped of their rights... you know... to vote, to have opinions, for reproductive rights... to own a job or a bank account..... yada yada yada.... it’s more than that... it is a brutally honest tale of what life could be like if our governments take over and change everything. June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) plays this woman, who’s with this guy named Luke. They’re parents to a little girl named Hannah. Suddenly Luke and June are on the run with their daughter and they try to get to Canada before the whole country falls beneath the cracks... Luke crashes their car and tells his girls to start running until the cops separate mama and daughter after being caught running like fugitives... June is then transferred into the Gilead life, where she’s transformed into a Handmaid for this super rich couple named Serena Joy and Fred Waterford who have these dystopian ideas that women are meant to carry and birth children. She, June is given a new name because she has no rights for her own. They call her Offred... It’s boring but all the other ladies get the man names.. Ofglen, Ofmatthew... you know... These women are forced to work until they die, they’re forced to have sex with powerful commanders... that constitutes it as rape... LIKE RAPE RAPE.. non consenting but the guy does it anyways.... so yeah they’re forced to carry these children. These innocent children who get raised by the rich people and separated from their birth moms... Go through the seasons, June becomes pissed at the Waterfords... she starts to be cocky and arrogant, meaning that she’s about to rebel. She’s a pro choice baddie who wants to see their future burn. June finally finds a cute man named Nick (he’s dreamy ok... much more handsome than Luke and Fred are).. they decide to have sex despite all the tries that June’s has with Commander Waterford during these witchy ceremonies. Boom, June and Nick have a baby on the way..... now they’re in season two... they’re like ‘the baby weighs the same as a papaya!”.... and Fred is hype. Serena is bitchy because she demands to take Holly/Nichole straightaway after the kid gets out of moms vagina.... I get it... force a woman to have a kid for you but take it from her birth mama? Yeah you’re a stunned fucking bitch.. but you’re hot anyways.

I am honestly very grateful to have tuned in religiously.

I think this show has the power to be renewed until women realize they have to fight... they have the power to stand the fuck up and say no.. and they won’t become Handmaids to rich people.

I can’t wait to get my hands on season three after seeing the first two on DVD/Blu-ray . I’m fucking hyped up.

Praise be, bitches.