#mc parallels

[awkward-sultana]

"How do you know it will be a boy?" "I know."

[palaceoftears]

Omg Nigar and Nurbanu parallel!!

[awkward-sultana]

“They talk to me about civilization, and I see the greed and the lies of the colonizer who cries out when he himself is touched.” — Discourse on Colonialism (1950), Aimé Césaire (Insp.)

[awkward-sultana]

"There is no safer place for a daughter than the hollow of her mother's collarbone. To lay your head there is to surrender to a love that asks nothing in return." — Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions (2017)

[awkward-sultana]

Ibrahim’s corpse was treated like trash; Hürrem’s like a saint’s relics. This dichotomy reflects their differing positions: the vizier’s power depended wholly on Süleyman’s favor, while the Haseki had built networks that outlived her. — The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age (1973), Halil İnalcık

[awkward-sultana]

"Ibrahim Pasha, you'll leave here someday. You'll leave, never to return, of that I had no doubt. The only thing I am not sure of is how you will leave...with your own feet or under someone else's?"

"Which one would you prefer for yourself?"

[awkward-sultana]

"Ibrahim, you and Hürrem are more alike than you realize. Both of you are ambitious, intelligent, and relentless in your pursuit of power. But remember, ambition without loyalty is a dangerous thing."

[awkward-sultana]

2.31(55): STRESSFUL DAYS 4.18(121): EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN