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Edser + Cuddling (Season 2)

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Edser + By the sea in Season 2

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Edser + Outside at Night in Season 2

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Hande and Kerem letting everyone know that season 2 of Sen Çal Kapımı premieres on June 9th

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Hande and Kerem promote season 2 of Sen Çal Kapımı

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Sen Çal Kapımı Season 2 Teaser Promo Stills

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So I don’t know if you read the summary that came out this morning about s2 (there’s already so much drama 🤦🏻‍♀️) but I’d like your opinion (I love reading them haha). Personally, while the cancer plot is “heavy” I’m happy they didn’t brush it off like it was nothing, it would have been ridiculous. Also, in this way no one’s to blame, they’re both victims and once again they both break up for something bigger than them (a very serious illness) Plus it kinda “justifyes” eda’s choice of not telling him about the pregnancy, and it also makes sense for him to be cold again (like we’ve seen in the trailer) cause after a near-death experience so many people grow attachment issues

I have read it and I agree with you, among all the possibilities they could have gone with for the separation and time jump, it it's a pretty realistic storyline in my opinion. Or as realistic as you can get on a soap opera where they throw more trauma and tragic circumstances at the characters than anyone should ever have to handle. I keep reading on twitter that their relationship is toxic... it's not toxic, they just can't catch a break!!!! However it's also believable that with how they've conducted their relationship thus far, only relying on their feelings for one another and not doing anything towards dealing with everything that's happened, that a fissure could occur.

At the end of the day, this is not the story I would have chosen or wanted, but it's what's happening so I'll adjust and go with it.

I think Serkan deciding to push Eda away after a bout with cancer is in character. The poor man must think he's cursed! First he never recovers from his childhood trauma and abandonment issues, doesn't believe in love, but falls in love anyway only to immediately find out his father is responsible for her parent's death. Then they find their way back to each other over the manipulation of many meddling, nefarious forces only for him to get into a plane crash on their wedding day and get amnesia. Once he remembers, he realizes he's been manipulated and abused by his oldest friend and then is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Is it shocking that he probably just thinks he can't have nice things? Like Eda. He loves Eda with everything he has, so from his perspective why would he want to saddle this beautiful young woman who is full of vitality and promise with his nothing-but-misery existence?

Reverting to his robotic, work-obsessed solitary life kind of makes sense. Besides as many people in fandom have pointed out a traumatic bout with terminal illness like brain cancer often causes changes in a person. Him telling her he doesn't want kids, also makes sense if he's trying to push her away and can't imagine bringing a child into situation he feels like the next cursed thing is just around the corner.

Then from Eda's perspective, what is she supposed to do if he throws himself into work, won't set a wedding date and shuts down on her completely? We know how determined and even cruel Serkan can be when he wants to shut her out, eps 3, 7, 14, and 29 showed us that. If she stood by him through the illness, but once he was physically better, he'd made the decision that they couldn't be happy, it's hard to blame her for moving on.

Perhaps she found out she was pregnant after she left and when she tried to tell him, that's when he shut her down and told her that he didn't want to know anything about her life. So if the man has been adamant about not wanting a child and not wanting anything to do with Eda to the point he won't let her tell him, it's hard to blame Eda for protecting her kid from what she fears would be a pretty significant rejection. Might not be the right thing to do, but she's not a villain for doing it.

In the teaser Serkan seemed a bit bitter as well, which makes sense, because he might be hurt that she left (another person abandoning him) even thought he actively pushed her away and has no one to blame but himself.

Also I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that Serkan has also been away, maybe he decided to go back to London and stayed there for years making it even harder for them to connect through mutual friends, we'll see.

So while it's heartbreaking to think this would have happened to them, especially after how happy they were in the last few eps, if this is the scenario, I think it can be done in a way that doesn't destroy either character. They are both victims of tragic circumstances, things beyond their control and their own demons. Serkan was always prone to push people away, and Eda was always primed to run away and they were both asked to bear more anguish and agonizing events that anyone should ever have to.

So for my part, if this is the story, I'll accept it because I'm actually really excited for what it will bring. If you can get past the sadness of how they get there, I have a feeling watching them come back together, and heal, and remember why they fell in love is going to be AMAZING. Oh and just think of Serkan confronting the fact that he's a father to a little doppleganger of the only women he's ever loved... that's going to SERVE. I am certain we are in for some amazing scenes, there will be romance and sexual tension and that old friction and heart-melting family moments and hilarious nonsense and it's all going to end with them finally finding their way back together and building that life that they always wanted.

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Liza, did you hear that they are switching SCK writers again? Ayse is actually coming back. I'm really conflicted - I know people romanticize her initial episodes, but we saw the rest after that and I really like how they have actually been portrayed as a mature couple now, not just with suggestive scenes. And a problem I had with both Ayse and that other writing team was how long they dragged their main storylines. If this is our last 10 episodes or however many, I need them to move fast.

Hi there. Sorry it’s taken me awhile to answer this, I actually have quite a few asks spanning back to the last episode that I’ll to answer in the next day or two. 

As for Ayse coming back, fine with me. She created the show and the characters so she knows them and I’ve got to believe she’ll take good care of them in the second season. However, I also have a different view of her episodes than apparently a lot of people do.  She wrote 1-21, 24.  The first 12 were great in my opinion and why I fell in love with the show. But I also really liked 17-21.  I really don’t understand the disdain some people have for them. They’re not perfect, but overall I think they’re really enjoyable. When they aired, I gave full thoughts on all of them and why I enjoyed them if you’re interested they’re on my blog. 

13 and 24 were pretty disjointed and poorly done, though we know there were some extenuating circumstances around 13 (Anil had to be written out at the last minute and they lost a shooting day due to weather) and I suspect they were changing things on the fly for 24. And, honestly, 14-16 weren’t terrible, they were just kind of sad and lacking in sparkle in a way the rest of the episodes weren’t.  I understand the criticism of the way she drew out their break up and Eda finding out the truth, but to be honest I preferred that to the current regime having new traumatic drama around every corner.  I never had a pit in my stomach while watching her episodes, while I did have a pit in my stomach watching many recent ones. I don’t want the pit. That’s not why I watch this show.

For some reason, fandom on twitter has completely romanticized the writing of Fikret and Kerem, and while I think they’ve done some things incredibly well and written some amazing swoon-worthy scenes and I welcomed them back with open arms after the rough times of 31-36, they are also the ones who:

introduced Balca and wrote the really out-of-character Serkan end scene in 22

introduced the bizarre Prince story and then did absolutely nothing with it

they wasted the Babanne story and dropped the whole thing in an unsatisfying way

wrote 25 which to me is one of the worst episodes of the series

introduced the amnesia plot and are the ones who architected it to include Selin in such an intrusive and upsetting way

had Serkan propose to Selin

had Eda decide to do a fake engagement with Deniz

wrote Eda deciding to leave Serkan over Selin’s fake pregnancy

had Selin leave with no real comeuppance or consequences, basically no payoff for all that pain we endured

went back to jealousy, and clueless!Serkan, and gave us another crazy, obsessed woman storyline in 38 (is every other woman a crazy, obsessed stalker in their world?)

introduced the tumor

I mean... I don’t get why they are so much more preferable to Ayse in the eyes of many. 

Ayse’s jealousy plots were sooooooo much more mild and easier to swallow, and dare I say... fun. They were funny. She wrote drain-the-pool, burn the flowers, Efe, and the photographer. Even Selin trying to move into Serkan’s loft was never anxiety inducing under her pen vs the way Selin’s presence made me want to crawl out of my skin during the amnesia plot. 

As for your concerns about them being a mature couple vs just suggestive scenes... you realize this show is NEVER going to show us sex, right? For the love of God they got fined for showing them nuzzling noses in a bathtub.  In addition RTUK apparently just put out a notice to all summer shows warning them against getting too racy.  So whatever you’re looking for is NOT going to happen, no matter who the writer is.  I realize that there were more (chaste, they are all chaste) kisses in the F&K episodes, than in Ayse’s, but I think she gets a lot of blame for things that probably weren’t her decision. For instance in 12 pulling back to a wide shot the second their lips touched in the astronomy scene, or for the curtains in 13.  It wasn’t like she was scripting “GO WIDE, GO WIDE,” there were a lot of people-- from the director, producers, DP, editors etc-- that had a say in how those kisses were presented, and I’m sure they were trying to decide how far they could push it and got a bit more adventurous in later episodes.

I’m sorry you’re not happy with the news, but for my part I’ll take her gentler brand of funny, sparkly romantic comedy over the heavy melodrama.  But also, Hande and Kerem are going to create their unique magic on screen no matter who the writer is, so it’s gonna be worth watching no matter what, so I advise not to get upset over what you can’t control and just enjoy what comes.