#gulbahar

[elizabeth-halime]

Gülbahar Hatun

[reallifesultanas]

Family of Mehed II.

[fauzhee10069]

Just that her name wasn't Farya and she wasn't Hungarian. I believed they killed two birds with one stone. Knowing some Hungarian refugee came to Sultan Murad for help in supporting their king be on the throne. They just merged the plot. Instead of refugee they brought Farya. So regarding your post about Farya, she isn't fictional really. I also thought she was but I researched it.

I believe this is supposed to be a continuation of the previous post.

If Farya is indeed a fusion of two historical figure... this still makes her a kind of historical-inspired fictional character (at least for me, ymmv though).

To be honest, Farya as a fictional character is not really a main problem for me. My biggest problem with her is that how TIMS (MYK) wrote her as a glorified protagonist with easy-passes and excuses, then forcefully made Ayşe as an antagonist against her. Besides, their competition is very unequal. Farya got full support from Murad IV while Ayşe executed her plan very badly (in simpler words: being “idiot antagonist”). All the scenes for Farya were presented for us to feel bad about her while the scenes for Ayşe were presented for us to ridicule her (for her jealousy of Farya and her stupidity). There is no room for us to choose which character we're gonna root for.

Farya vs Ayşe is like a poor quality imitation of Hϋrrem vs Mahidevran. In Hϋrrem vs Mahidevran, we still got to see Mahidevran having the upper hand (sometimes), we still saw that Mahidevran had many supporters/allies while Hϋrrem still had to struggle even to get her support from Suleiman. Both Hϋrrem and Mahidevran are sympathetic characters.

Another example is the rivalry between Kösem and Gulbahar, which happened at the same time as Farya vs Ayşe yet the former’s competition looked evenly matched as Gulbahar was depicted as a competent antagonist that balance out Kösem’s intelligence... and note that Gulbahar is a ‘fictional character’ as well!

It might seem unfair if I questioned Farya as fictional despite her being not the only one (as there was Gulbahar too), but my actual problem is the ‘character writings’.  TIMS (MYK) still respected Kösem as a historical figure which was unfortunately not done to Ayşe.

If Farya indeed historically existed (which of course is still confusing because she was not a ‘direct reference’),  that still makes Ayşe a real historical figure. Why didn't TIMS (MYK) write their characterization and rivalry in a balanced way? Just like Hϋrrem and Mahidevran before? At least gives respect for both historical figures.

[daenerysultan]

mahidevran and sehzade suleyman

episode 76

[awkward-sultana]

(Almost) Every Costume Per Episode + Gülbahar red coat in 1x05,10,12

[sairmuhammedakdas]

.. Bir gece vakti tutuştu hislerim, Böyle bir sevdayı yıllardır görmedim.. Dert oldu gönlüme destansı gözlerin. Bulunmaz nasibin memnunu kaderim.. Ey yüce canan Yar ol dünyama, Saçların yakışır günahsız boynuma.. Bir leyla için çok yalvardım Allaha, Adın peydah oldu hayırlı dualarda... #aşkımücazat #dökülenler🍂 . ✎ Şiir: @muhammed_akdass . . 🎥 Foto: @circleofpines . . . ♫ Fon: #markeliyahu #gulbahar . 📽proje: @muhammed_akdass . .... . ༄Güzelliği çoğaltın༄ . @muhammed_akdass ༅ . #muhammed_akdass#şiir#söz#şair#istanbul#mardin#aşk#sevgi#özlem#hasret#büyükaşk#şairler#sözsokakta#kadın#kadınım#sozdiyari_tr#yılmazerdoğan#ısparta#kader#felek#aşkımücazat https://www.instagram.com/p/B9USJEfHBMF/?igshid=ld3wpfhnerus

[heavenlyyshecomes]

“A great, intoxicated surge of the heavy scent of red roses blew into his face as soon as they left the village (....) Too many roses. Too many roses bloomed on enormous thickets that lined the path. (....) The mansion emerged grudgingly out of this jungle. In the subtle and haunting light of the setting sun, that golden light rich with nostalgia for the day that was just past, the sombre visage of the place, part manor house, part fortified farmhouse, immense, rambling, a dilapidated eagle's nest atop the crag down which its attendant village meandered, reminded him of childhood tales on winter evenings, when he and his brothers and sisters scared themselves half out of their wits with ghost stories set in just such places and then had to have candles to light them up newly terrifying stairs to bed.”

- Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and other stories; "The Lady of The House of Love"

[palaceoftears]

Muhtesem Yuzyil aesthetic (2/?)

Mahidevran sultan