extremely hilarious comment from hatice here btw. "[hurrem and ibrahim] are special. they are both my brother's favorites" by way of explanation to a servant questioning why hurrem, a woman in the imperial harem, is not wearing a veil in front of ibrahim, a man who isn't the sultan...... there's no way she doesn't know about her big brother's bisexual escapades with hurrem and ibrahim 🙂↕️ and this might be unintentional but i really like the fact that it sort of alludes to that saying about historical suleiman: that he's remembered for "his passion for two of his slaves: for his beloved ibrahim when the sultan was a hot-blooded youth, and for his beloved hurrem when he was mature." the sentiment of that quote being applied to dod suleiman who actually canonically sleeps with both hurrem and ibrahim... absolute peak chaotic bisexual energy