#fred waterford

[sleazyjanet]

nolite te bastardes carborundorum (don't let the bastards grind you down)

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#june osborne #serena joy #fred waterford #(dead) #serena joy waterford #serena x june #toxic yuri my beloved #art #digital art #wlw #lesbian #gay #tht #the handmaid's tale #isn't this the plot of s5

[abovethegaragepodcast]

Because we love this scene so much here are some amazing GIFs. Tuello is definitely the MVP.

#above the garage #above the garage podcast #the handmaid's tale #june osborne #nick blaine #osblaine #nick x june #serena waterford #fred waterford #gilead #aunt lydia #janine lindo #luke bankole #moira strand #emily malek #commander lawrence #the handmaids tale season 5

[juneandnick]

When Star Means Power At Gilead

Commander Winslow and Commander McKenzie with ⭐⭐

Please note: Rose's father (Commander Wharton) is also a High Commander. I do not know if it is a mistake but George's stars are ↕️ when Kyle's are ↔️.

Commander Pryce and Commander Waterford with ⭐

Commander Putnam and Commander Calhoun with ⭐

Commander Lawrence and Commander Blaine with no star

Please note: Joseph wore a star in Season 3.

I do not know what the colors of the circles surrounding the stars mean. Sometimes they are black, white or yellow. In S3E03, at Lawrence's house, all Commanders' circles are black.

Source Pictures: Screenshots S3E07 - S5E10 - S2E06 - S3E06 - S3E04 - S5E02

#the handmaid's tale #george winslow #kyle mackenzie #andrew pryce #fred waterford #warren putnam #matthew calhoun #joseph lawrence #nick blaine

[spockvarietyhour]

They are the worst and both do and don't deserve each other

#The Handmaid's Tale #Nightshade #Nightshade (episode) #Fred Waterford #Serena Waterford #Danny watches The Handmaid's Tale

[pixiebane14]

June: I killed commander fred in cold blood

Canadian police: none of our business, he was a piece of shit, good on u, have a good day :)

#june osborne #the handmaids tale season 5 #handmaids tale spoilers #gilead #fred waterford #serena waterford #nick x june #nick blaine

[astro-tag-9]

The Handmaid’s Tale Astrology

June Osborne - Capricorn Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Aries Rising

Serena Joy - Scorpio Sun, Aries Moon, Taurus Rising

Moira - Aquarius Sun, Pisces Moon, Leo Rising

Nick Blane - Gemini Sun, Scorpio Moon, Capricorn Rising

Luke Bankole - Virgo Sun, Virgo Moon, Gemini Rising

Rita - Taurus Sun, Taurus Moon, Sagittarius Rising

Aunt Lydia - Libra Sun, Cancer Moon, Aries Rising

Fred- Leo Sun, Leo moon, Virgo Rising

Emily - Pisces sun, Capricorn moon, Capricorn Rising

Janine - Cancer Sun, Libra Moon, Leo Rising

#the handmaid's tale #June Osborne #Serena joy #Fred Waterford #serena waterford #Nick Blaine #luke bankole #Moira #offered #Aunt Lydia #astrology #aries #scorpio #leo #virgo #libra #taurus #cancer #gemini #aquarius #sagittarius #Capricorn #Pisces #fire moon #water moon #air moon #earth moon #moon sign #sun sign #rising sign

[mytvjunk]

Serena chose war

#the handmaid's tale #handmaids tale #serena waterford #fred waterford #june osborne #elisabeth moss #hulu #morning #ballet #luke bankole #nick blaine #hannah bankole

[glasskey]

THT Redemption Arcs

I’m going to be running through some story and character analysis for THT in the weeks to come and I’m going to start out by talking a little bit about the difference in redemptive arcs. For those of you who aren’t clear about what a redemption arc is, it’s essentially a story line woven into your characters narrative to enable them to redeem themselves from previous questionable actions. There are some great examples in The Handmaids Tale, almost 100% of our characters are morally grey and they’ve all got a vivid history with a bit of baggage, so we’ve got a lot to choose from. Whenever a character performs a redemption arc, essentially 2 things need to happen for it to be considered complete: Firstly, your character has to truly be sorry and try and make amends. Secondly, other characters have to acknowledge that they are truly sorry and in some respects forgive them. We also have 2 different types of redemption arcs; slow and sudden. Basically, the character will either have an epiphany of all the crappy things that they have done and suddenly beg for forgiveness (usually at the last minute) OR said character will see the error of their ways through slow observation and work to be a better individual. With that in mind let’s take a look at some of our characters and see what kind of redemption arc they have.

Fred: Fred is one of the primary reasons that Gilead even exists, from the word go he was never getting a free pass no matter he did. For Fred, his Achilles heel is his quest for power which is constantly undermined by the impotence he feels at not being able to father a child. Freds desire for power fosters a sense of self entitlement that seeks to enslave June, while his impotence breeds an anger that alienates him from the woman who once loved him. His ego is ultimately his downfall and we see it in all its forms almost to his dying breath. While Fred may have acknowledged what he did was wrong, his attempt at redemption was driven purely by selfish motives and as a result the other characters did not forgive him. Fred attempted a sudden redemption arc and ended up doing an epic face plant. Instead of forgiveness he got an incredibly satisfying smack in the mouth and a “you had this coming” from Nick, and was hunted down and torn to shreds by the object of his desire. Redemption arc: Epic Fail. Result: some serious poetic justice.

Serena: Serena was Freds’ co conspirator so she’s responsible for some pretty heinous stuff, not to mention personally torturing the protagonist. She’s truly Machiavellian and consistently falls into the “sorry, not sorry” camp depending on what day of the week it is, making her attempt at a serious redemption arc difficult to swallow for anyone. Characters with the capacity for this much malice will generally perform a sudden redemption arc toward the end, finally achieving forgiveness, but sacrificing themselves as payment. Oddly the writers have chosen to engage Serena in a slow redemptive arc over the course of season 5, having swallowed some of her own poetic justice. I remain unconvinced, all this bonding with the protagonist, pouting and tears wont erase seasons of cruelty. Serena is a monster who's only sorry she lost her monster pal. Redemption Arc: still in progress, most likely successful. Most likely fatal

Aunt Lydia: Oh Dear. It’s hard to come back from shit this bad, but we know from The Testaments that our favourite super cuddly Aunt with a cattle prod, is due for a redemption arc. Watching The HMT and judging by The Testaments, it appears that she will be performing a slow redemption arc, which serves her purposes as she’s going to be busy working for the resistance. Ultimately the scales of justice demand balance and there’s no way the average viewer / reader would think that it’s a fair deal that she goes back to an ordinary life, once she’s served her purpose. Like Serena its justified she sacrifice herself as payment and there’s also the small matter of Aunt Lydia not being able to forgive herself. This brings me to Janine, I can definitely see Janine being a catalyst for Aunt Lydia’s break with Gilead. The nature of the protagonist in The Handmaids Tale is that she is a lone voice and as such June is what we refer to as “The Final Girl”, the last one left to tell the tale. This does not bode well for Janine. Redemption arc: Ultimately successful (in some respects).

Luke: Let’s face it, no matter which way you slice it, he’s no angel. He cheated on his wife and he left June and Hannah in Gilead because he was scared. What do these two things have in common? Leaving when the chips are down. From the description in Atwood’s text, Luke was always intended as a character who portrayed the casual misogyny that exists in the world. He’s been toned down somewhat for the show but it’s still there, lurking under the facade of our devoted “nice guy”. This is absolutely intentional, he’s described as a “good man” and he is, but there are plenty of times that he falls short and just doesn’t get it. He’s been performing a slow redemption arc over season 5 and it reached a crescendo in episode 10 at the train station when he sacrificed himself for the good of the protagonist. Most notable was the instance where he acknowledged her independence by using her maiden last name. He’s going to have to pay penance for the times he left though and thus the incarceration by Gilead forces. Redemption arc: Still in progress but promises to be successful.

Nick Blaine: I want to be honest about Nick, I love him but he’s done some bad shit. The writers have hinted as much and there’s plenty of evidence. Far from a clean well-mannered lawn boy, Nick Blaine is in fact, shady as fuck. This isn’t a mistake, after all, what good would a clean cut boy be to June when what she actually needed was a dodgy rebel to help her get things done in Gilead? When June says “he helped me to survive”, what she really means is that Nick was a navigator around all the dark dangers of Gilead and you don’t know about those unless you’ve seen them first hand. Nicks been performing a slow redemption arc since the end of season one. He was always good hearted, demonstrating loyalty to a broken family and looking openly distressed over the death of a handmaid. He’s also a bit of a rebel, he doesn’t follow the rules and doesn’t seem to quite fit in, all of this making him ultimately easier to welcome back to an ordinary life when he finally reaches the end of his journey. Nicks redemption arc is interesting because it not only requires other characters to forgive him, but he also needs to forgive himself. He’s been referred to as “a good man in Gilead” for a few seasons now, Tuello also called him “an honourable man”, but the reality is he’s still going to have to prove his loyalty by doing some time undercover. It's his penance. Ep 10 S5 saw Nick Blaine refer to himself as “Nothing”, he feels worthless and he’ll need to forgive himself before he can come home. For Nicks redemption arc to be considered complete he needs to step across the border and stay there. He needs to hold his daughter. Slow redemption arcs generally involve one last battle against your foe and Ep 10 S 5 saw Nick make preparations for his final battle against Gilead.  The walk across the bridge in ep 10 and the deal with Tuello signified a redemption arc construct now fully fortified and nearing completion. Redemption arc: In progress. Promises to be successful. Promises to be fucking epic.

The majority of redemption arcs in THT are slow, the only time I’ve seen a sudden redemption arc attempted, it failed miserably. This says a lot about what the writers actually believe about the nature of redemption; anything less than something that you work towards every day, is an illusion. The writers have worked hard to maintain a level of reality and in the real world, people don’t just immediately forgive you because YOU decided to apologize. You need to earn their trust back and work hard to repair that wound. Sudden redemptive arcs are like the kiss of death, I can’t count the amount of times I’ve watched a character weep with remorse only to die seconds later. Slow redemptive arcs are a bit trickier, your character may survive it or not and this decision is based ultimately on how deep the wound they inflicted is.

#nick blaine #serena joy #luke bankole #fred waterford #aunt lydia #max minghella #osblaine #nick x june #hulu #june x nick #june osborne #the handmaids tale hulu #bruce miller #the handmaid's tale #handmaid's tale #handmaid's on hulu #hulu streaming #hulu tv #elisabeth moss

[the-dark-ghost]

JUNE:

FRED:

SERENA:

NICK:

LAWRENCE:

#humor #my humor is so dead #:) hehe #xd #core #characters #the handmaid's tale #fred waterford #serena joy #june osborne #nick blaine #joseph lawrence #george winslow #xdd #xdddddd #my nonsense

[brutal-planet]

The Handmaid's Tale

#mine #The Handmaid's Tale #The Handmaid's Tale S05E01 #the handmaids tale season 5 #the handmaids tale #the handmaid's tale #the handmaids tale spoilers #tht #june osborne #elizabeth moss #max minghella #moss #yvonne strahovski #serena joy #gilead #joseph fiennes #aunt lydia #samira wiley #moira #fred waterford #serena waterford #waterford #Hulu #offred #alexis bledel #margaret atwood #Yvonne Strahovski #Ann Dowd #O-T Fagbenle #Max Minghella

[generic-whumperz]

Have you ever named a Whumper after a villain/antagonist character before?

Shall we start a thread? Open tag to anyone who wants to share a pic or gif of who their Whumper(s) is named after! (And feel free to tag others if you want!)

Just curious to see people’s name inspirations :)

I’ll start! I’ve only done this once so far- named him Frederik, Fred for short, after the despicable Commander Frederick R. Waterford from The Handmaid’s Tale. My blood boils seeing this man.

#show me your whumper inspiration! #whumper #creepy whumper #intimate whumper #character names #whumper inspiration #whump stuff #whump thread #whump tag #whump thoughts #the handmaid's tale #commander Waterford #fred Waterford #villain character

[scarlettatg]

The Handmaid’s Tale

Episode 312 Sacrifice

What about your wife?All those years, wasted. Praying she'll come back to you.

She will come back to me.

Maybe. But the June Osborne you knew... doesn't exist anymore. Gilead's changed her. I've changed her.

Episode 403 The Crossing

You can't save her. You understand that, right? She is never coming back to you. Why would she?

I know. I just, you know... I want her to stay alive.

#the handmaid's tale #june osborne #gilead #nick blaine #osblaine #nick x june #commander lawrence #fred waterford

[abovethegaragepodcast]

How lovely is this!!!??? This cast is amazing.

Video courtesy of OT Fagbenle’s IG account

#above the garage #above the garage podcast #the handmaid's tale #june osborne #nick blaine #osblaine #nick x june #serena waterford #fred waterford #gilead #aunt lydia #janine lindo #luke bankole #moira strand #emily malek #commander lawrence #the handmaids tale season 5

[juneandnick]

"The interesting thing about Nick and Fred is that power dynamic and the two positions that they hold.

One is kind of outwardly a leader of Gilead and the other is quite a powerful person behind the scenes because he is a spy. Because he has dirt on people and because he knows all the good and bad things people are doing, going to Jezebel's and all those things."

Bruce Miller for TV Guide

Source GIF: https://splitscreen.tumblr.com

#the handmaid's tale #nick blaine #fred waterford #S2E13 #season2 #quote

[spockvarietyhour]

#The Handmaid's Tale #Testimony #Testimony (episode) #Fred Waterford #Serena Waterford #Danny watches The Handmaid's Tale

[iwasbored777]

No bc do you remember when I compared Gabriel Agreste to Fred Waterford and y'all said I was crazy for comparing Miraculous Ladybug to The Handmaid's Tale and then Miraculous Ladybug season 5 ends with Gabriel dying and Nathalie getting redemption ane her and Emilie moving on with Gabriel's and Emilie's son while The Handmaid's Tale season 5 ended with Fred dying and season 6 with Serena getting redemption and her and June moving on with Fred's and Serena's son 😭😭😭😭

#i always knew i wasn't crazy i was going places #serena had much better character arc than nathalie but anyways #miraculous ladybug #the handmaid's tale #gabriel agreste #fred Waterford #june osborne #serena joy #nathalie sancoeur #emilie agreste