He is the little dance Maddie does when she hears Steppin’ Out. He is the butterflies in her stomach when Maddie searches pictures of the Eiffel Tower and Taj Mahal, and he is the goosebumps she gets after getting into a cold pool."
It's fine. I'm fine😭😭😭 I'm only on chap 2 and I'm already losing it! Omg!
Spoilers + Full Rant: Nick Blaine deserved better.
It's been hours. I’m not over it, and honestly? I don’t think I ever will be. These are my thoughts on the second-to-last episode of The Handmaid's Tale. Just my opinion.
CW: mentions of character death, abuse, and assault (including references to rape). Please read gently. Take care of yourself.
Nick’s downfall, if we can even call it that, wasn’t earned. It wasn’t thoughtful. It wasn’t the slow moral descent of a man corrupted by power. It was maybe three episodes of rushed choices, forced betrayals, and a character assassination that feels like it was written for shock value, not truth.
After six seasons of restrained love, quiet sacrifices, and impossible choices, they (writers and cast) threw him away with no warning and expected us to accept it.
But I can’t. I won’t.
Nick Blaine was not “just like the other Commanders.” No matter how badly the writers wanted to draw those false parallels in the final episodes, we know who he was. Having June and Serena both say, "You're just like the rest of them," was not only inaccurate, it was completely unjustifiable.
He wasn’t Fred. He wasn't Wharton.
Nick wasn’t a man who reveled in power or used Gilead to abuse women. He was a man caught in a system he never asked to be part of. He tried to survive, yes, but more than that, he was one who loved. One who tried to do good inside a world built to crush it.
Let’s talk about Serena Joy. If Serena can be "redeemed" after being an architect of women’s suffering—after holding June down to be raped—if she can cry over a baby and suddenly be positioned as a symbol of complex womanhood, then Nick Blaine deserved the chance to live.
And Aunt Lydia? Who mutilated girls and said it was what they deserved? She’s being reimagined as morally gray, too.
But Nick? Nick, who gave everything to help the woman he loved escape—he gets a bomb. No closure. No voice. No grace.
Let’s not forget why Nick did what he did.
He killed Guardians because June, Luke, and Moira needed help.
He shared Mayday plans because June put him in a situation where he had to choose between death on the wall or betrayal. And from what we’re shown, Nick didn’t know or even think that those women would die. Just like June didn’t think that asking for his help over and over wouldn’t come with consequences eventually.
Then June just let him get on that plane. She didn’t warn him. She didn’t stop him. After everything. After all the quiet love, all the protection, all the things he never asked for in return. She let him die believing she hated him.
And I’m supposed to believe that’s justice?
This is June’s story. I’ve always supported her rage. Her choices. Her trauma. And I always will.
But what they did to Nick. What the writers did to that love story. That wasn’t just cruel. It was narratively dishonest.
It twisted years of slow-burn connection into a last-minute complicate-by-association arc that Nick never deserved.
And for what? Shock value is all I can think of.
One more corpse to stack under June’s story?
I’m not mad because Nick was perfect. I’m mad because he wasn’t, and that’s what made him real. He was scared, restrained, and loyal. He loved June so deeply, he disappeared into it.
And they killed him off like he was a plot device.
Nick deserved redemption. At the very least, he deserved the truth. And I will never forgive them for denying him both.
I am heartbroken about Lawrence. But it made sense. Nick didn't.
That’s my rant. I will be watching the last episode next week.
"Then June just let him get on that plane. She didn’t warn him. She didn’t stop him. After everything. After all the quiet love, all the protection, all the things he never asked for in return. She let him die believing she hated him." Couldn't have said it better myself!!
Spoilers + Full Rant: Nick Blaine deserved better.
It's been hours. I’m not over it, and honestly? I don’t think I ever will be. These are my thoughts on the second-to-last episode of The Handmaid's Tale. Just my opinion.
CW: mentions of character death, abuse, and assault (including references to rape). Please read gently. Take care of yourself.
Nick’s downfall, if we can even call it that, wasn’t earned. It wasn’t thoughtful. It wasn’t the slow moral descent of a man corrupted by power. It was maybe three episodes of rushed choices, forced betrayals, and a character assassination that feels like it was written for shock value, not truth.
After six seasons of restrained love, quiet sacrifices, and impossible choices, they (writers and cast) threw him away with no warning and expected us to accept it.
But I can’t. I won’t.
Nick Blaine was not “just like the other Commanders.” No matter how badly the writers wanted to draw those false parallels in the final episodes, we know who he was. Having June and Serena both say, "You're just like the rest of them," was not only inaccurate, it was completely unjustifiable.
He wasn’t Fred. He wasn't Wharton.
Nick wasn’t a man who reveled in power or used Gilead to abuse women. He was a man caught in a system he never asked to be part of. He tried to survive, yes, but more than that, he was one who loved. One who tried to do good inside a world built to crush it.
Let’s talk about Serena Joy. If Serena can be "redeemed" after being an architect of women’s suffering—after holding June down to be raped—if she can cry over a baby and suddenly be positioned as a symbol of complex womanhood, then Nick Blaine deserved the chance to live.
And Aunt Lydia? Who mutilated girls and said it was what they deserved? She’s being reimagined as morally gray, too.
But Nick? Nick, who gave everything to help the woman he loved escape—he gets a bomb. No closure. No voice. No grace.
Let’s not forget why Nick did what he did.
He killed Guardians because June, Luke, and Moira needed help.
He shared Mayday plans because June put him in a situation where he had to choose between death on the wall or betrayal. And from what we’re shown, Nick didn’t know or even think that those women would die. Just like June didn’t think that asking for his help over and over wouldn’t come with consequences eventually.
Then June just let him get on that plane. She didn’t warn him. She didn’t stop him. After everything. After all the quiet love, all the protection, all the things he never asked for in return. She let him die believing she hated him.
And I’m supposed to believe that’s justice?
This is June’s story. I’ve always supported her rage. Her choices. Her trauma. And I always will.
But what they did to Nick. What the writers did to that love story. That wasn’t just cruel. It was narratively dishonest.
It twisted years of slow-burn connection into a last-minute complicate-by-association arc that Nick never deserved.
And for what? Shock value is all I can think of.
One more corpse to stack under June’s story?
I’m not mad because Nick was perfect. I’m mad because he wasn’t, and that’s what made him real. He was scared, restrained, and loyal. He loved June so deeply, he disappeared into it.
And they killed him off like he was a plot device.
Nick deserved redemption. At the very least, he deserved the truth. And I will never forgive them for denying him both.
I am heartbroken about Lawrence. But it made sense. Nick didn't.
That’s my rant. I will be watching the last episode next week.
okay but people claiming ‘uhhh Guy was only into Nan for her money’ are FOOLS. The second this man saw her climbing down the building to find Conchita’s pin, he was a goner. He saw her as a mischievous, clumsy, outspoken, giggly American and immediately understood that she was the one for him. I have no doubt that Theo is also in love with her, but it is so clear that she has always been on her best behaviour around the Duke.
She is only truly ever herself around Guy because he is the only one who truly understands the beauty of her character as much as her girls do. He is head over heels in love with her and he has been from the second they interacted. He understands her in a way Theo never will. Theo’s “you’re deliberately misunderstanding. Why aren’t you more grateful” is proof that he cannot and does not love Nan as much as she deserves to be. He sees her situation as a flaw, as an embarrassment they will share. Guy understands it as a part of her, as something which has made her as strong as she is.
She loves Guy because they share a true understanding of each other. So much so, that she knows that it is only him who can take care of her sister, because he knows that she loves her so deeply.
I can (and have) go on for longer but basically, Team Guy ftw and if they don’t end up together I will storm the gates
Okay I can't stop thinking about the line in Mockingjay where Katniss notices that Finnick does not let go of Annie's hand after they're reunited
And she thinks it's because he is afraid to lose her again, which I'm sure is a significant factor
But I also. I can't. I can't stop thinking that
That this is the first time Finnick can hold her hand in public. The first time he can hold her hand where people will see them. Because he is finally no longer the Capitol's golden playboy. He can hold the hand of the woman he loves and it doesn't have to be a secret anymore. He can hold Annie's hand without that simple action putting both of them in danger.
And don't even get me started about their wedding being broadcast into the Capitol. Finnick Odair, famous for "going through four or five" "lovers" every time he is forced to return to the Capitol. Finnick Odair, who was repeatedly sold to the highest bidders, who had to act for the cameras - and even away from the cameras! - that he liked it, that he wanted it. Who could never even risk marrying the woman he loved in secret because of what would be done to her if he did.
Finnick Odair gets to hold Annie Cresta's hand without fear of who sees them. And Finnick Odair, the Capitol's golden slave, and Annie Cresta, the girl who went mad and only survived the Arena because she could swim, get to swear vows of love and fidelity in front of everyone. In front of the cameras they had up til then feared seeing any move they made. They are married in front of those same cameras. They kiss, and they dance, and it is celebrated.
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