OMG!!!! Son Yaz and Akmur have completely taken over my life! And it's your fault!🙈😂
But honestly - thank you so much for introducing this show to me! I fell in love with it through your gifs and posts 🙏❤️💓💕
I also wanted to say, after having seen the last episode, that Yağmur has excellent instincts. Have you noticed how, when her and Akgün came to that house, Yağmur was looking with suspicion at the guy who supposedly knew Akgün's mother and told about his brother? I bet she'll figure out that Akgün's brother is evil. I just hope Akgün won't be blinded by his feelings for his long lost bro and will listen to her, if she decides to share her suspicions.
I also want the writers to give Yağmur her own storyline, instead of her just being Akgün's support system.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot and have been sitting on it for a while, so I might go off on a little tangent but,
I’ve been seeing valid criticisms about how yagmur is turning into a bit of akgün therapist and how one sided the relationship is. And don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the fact that akgün has someone he can open up to, that the thing that made them fall in love with each other was that they can understand each other without even speaking, but there definitely is an imbalance there. And I had to think about it a little bit because the relationship dynamics between cansel and akmur are very similar with akgün and selim always lashing out at the girls when they’re upset and breaking their hearts often and the girls always being there for them no matter what, always standing by their side, always sacrificing themselves. Then I thought about why I don’t see canan in a similar position as selim’s “therapist” and I honestly think that it’s because always Canan has other things going on. She’s got the whole fatih/bedhri thing, she’s got the kids to worry about, and other lawyer-y things happening, but Yagmur’s story is almost completely revolved around akgün. Akgün doesn’t have a chance to reciprocate his love in the same “emotional support” kind of way because Yagmur doesn’t have anything personal going on, there’s nothing that he can really support her with. You know like how we’ve had moments where Selim has helped Canan with work, or has shown his growth (and therefore offered his support) with the kids, there’s not really an equivalent of that with Yagmur.
This is also where I think the writers have kinda written themselves into a hole with how high the stakes have become. I sometimes see ppl saying this akgün isn’t the same akgün that comforted her when she broke up with her boyfriend, or when her parents got divorced or that he’s not the same akgün that selflessly got her back together with kaan even though he was falling for her. Back then things were much lighter, the biggest thing he really had to worry about was trying to leave and go back to Istanbul or whether or not he could betray selim. Since episode 10 really, everything’s gotten much more serious you know, we’ve had death threats and murder attempts, akguns been in jail multiple times, he just found out that his dad has lied to him his whole life and that he has a long lost brother. And not only that, but now it turns out that that long lost brother is working for Halil Sadi which is just going to cause more problems for him. Now, what can they write for yagmur to go through that is going to compare, or at least be enough for akgun to set aside all his problems? I’m not saying that he shouldn’t make her a priority, because he definitely should, but just story wise what could they write for yagmur to go through that competes at the same level of all the other storylines going on?? (Although they could write something for yagmur that is separate from but still related to akgün’s storyline so that they can come together later, similar to the canan/bedhri thing, but idk what that could be) So, of course he can’t exactly be an emotional support system for her, he doesn’t really have an opportunity to. Sure, there are other ways to show his love, but again when the stakes are this high, when akgun has once again fallen into a bunch of problems, when is there going to be any time for him to focus on yagmur, how can they find the time to write a scene were they just hang out or go on a date or just talk, when can they have akmur just be a couple? Again, I’m not excusing the fact that she isn’t a priority, I’m just saying that the writers have made it difficult for akgün to make her a priority, they’ve made it difficult for akgün to really show his love for her.
And maybe I’m just too focused on the present future, like next episode. I’m sure the main focus is going to be on akgün getting to know more about gokhan, falling into halil sadi trap, while yagmur investigates and tries to find out the truth. Once the truth comes out then, of course akgun’s going to be destroyed and yagmur’s going to be there once again to pick up the pieces and comfort him, and unless somewhere in that comforting, they manage to have a actual discussion about their relationship and put their issues aside and try things again, then once again there’s not really going to be an opportunity for akgün to show his love for yagmur, it’s just going to end up being about akgün again.
Ooof, I’ve been wanting to post that on twitter ever since the episode on Friday, but it was just too much for however many characters they allow lol. But yeah, I really don’t blame akgün as character for this imbalance, nor do I really place it as a weakness of yagmur for accepting it. I honestly just feel like the writers have written themselves into a corner where the characters are pretty much stuck in these patterns. Unless they have yagmur actually get fed up with this dynamic and confront akgün about, which I kind of doubt. I don’t know if they’re as aware of it as they are of yagmur constantly sacrificing herself and putting akgün first, which i have some other thoughts on about the whole contradictory nature of that, ama neyse.
