#i am so excited to see that shit on steroids in season 2

[aryastark-baratheon]

I would like to take a moment and say CONGRATULATIONS to Turkish television industry. You guys know your shit. I recently started watching all kinds of Turkish tv shows and BOY ARE THEY GOOD. They’re really more like soap operas and I hadn’t watched any of those in YEARS but I am loving all the shows I’ve watched so far! Sure, the world of turkish tv shows is a little ruthless. Apparently channels cancel shows and also kill off main characters without mercy or simply give the shows poor endings and don’t give two shits about the viewers, but still, overall, it’s been totally worth it. I especially want to say that I am still completely SHOOK AND AMAZED by “mrs. fazilet and her daughters”.

This was a LENGHTY show, ok? I usually don’t have the patience for so many episodes, and LONG ASS episodes too, but I ate this up so fast, I barely slept for two weeks. Of course this is a MELODRAMA on STEROIDS, like seriously, the amount of drama and problems is literally IMPOSSIBLE and at one point I just felt sorry for the poor characters 😂 they literally don’t have one single minute of peace until the very end. But, oh my GOD, it is absolute GOLD. I adore this kind of family drama, it had everything I love to see: first of all, GORGEOUS PEOPLE, TURKEY I APPLAUDE YOU FOR PRODUCING SUCH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. Second of all, truly one of the absolute BESTEST love stories and love triangles I have seen in my whole life. Also, intrigue, family issues, fake and real pregnancies, dangerous secrets, a fair amount of angry/jealous psychopaths, ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS AND PERFECT IN EVERY SENSE RESCUE SCENE, pretty damn good redemption arc, also a pretty fucking amazing and unexpected corruption arc (could have been better developed in the last episodes and had a better ending, but still pretty solid). I mean, it has so many good elements.

Of course the star of the show is without a single doubt Yagiz Egemen (look I don’t know how to use your Turkish letters k, so just bear with me). What a brilliant male characterization. Definitely one of my favorites EVER. This man is amazing and the reason why I’m 31 and single is because I am waiting for a man like Yagiz. He is such a lovable and REAL character. He is good, kind and honest. He has such an amazing sense of integrity, he’s loyal, he’s mature, he’s responsible. But he also has flaws, which makes him all the more amazing. Yagiz is a perfectly developed character in my opinion. A perfect hero. Obviously Hazan was just as much of an amazing heroine, which absolutely made me go out of my mind obsessed with this couple and their love story. I also loved Hazan’s character development and how she really grows into a more mature and confident woman throughout the show, without ever losing her essence. It’s truly beautiful and exciting to see how their story plays out. There are so many obstacles and it was truly high quality entertainment to see them overcome each and every one of them and end up together. I also loved that towards the end it’s Hazan who has to fight for them while Yagiz is pushing her away and not the other way around.

I have to say I also absolutely love what they did with Sinan. I mean, obviously Sinan is a despicable character and I went from sort of liking him in the beginning , to kinda disliking him towards the end of season 1, to straight up hating his fucking guts in season 2, but I loved that ultimately he became a villain. And a good one too. It was something that I really didn’t expect and loved to see play out, even though my first critic is that I think they dragged the show too much and left the best parts (i.e., Yagiz and Hazan finally admitting and confessing their love for each other and Sinan’s corruption arc) for the last 10/12 episodes, so I think they could have done a better job here, and given us more screentime of Yagiz and Hazan as an actual couple or at least trying to be a couple. My shipper heart was not so satisfied, but alas.

Now moving on to Ece. I love Ece. It’s really amazing to see how all of the characters really grew throughout the show. But I think Ece’s arc is the one with the most growth. She starts out as a weak-willed, way-too-naive-almost-kinda-dumb, also kinda shallow teenage, and ends up as a strong, kind, loyal and compassionate woman. I love Ece’s and Hazan’s relationship and I ADORED Ece’s and Yagiz’s relationship, especially in season 1. Things were rocky between them in season 2, but I loved the fact that Ece was the first one (after Yagiz, who already knew he was in deep shit at this point) to notice the HUGE, BLINDING sparks flying between Hazan and Yagiz and then obviously loved how she kept trying to bring them together and basically forced them to admit their feelings for each other. I MEAN SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT, AMIRIGHT? You go, Ece! I adored Ece’s relationship with Hazim. I don’t really like Hazim and think he was kind of a really shitty father in general (I feel empathy for him but he raised some SHITTY people man), but he was always pretty fucking amazing and incredibely kind with Ece and I found their relationship very sweet, however weird. I loved seeing their cumplicity, kindness and trust in each other.

Now, come @ me: I FUCKING LOVE YASEMIN. Is she kinda evil? Yeah. Is she totally ruthless? Yup. Did she cross all kinds of boudaries? Definitely. But, much like Gokhan, in the end, I don’t care. I don’t think she was justified, but her backstory just makes sense with her actions, alright? This is a woman willing to do everything to prevent herself from suffering what she’s already suffered in the past. Also she’s so fucking smart, beautiful and a baddass. And I always knew she truly loved Gokhan. I loved their ending.

Also, I really loved seeing how many things in common she has with Fazilet, who, last but no least, is an amazing character. She’s that sort of grey character that you simply can’t not love. Did I hate her and wish her dead when she started coming between Yagiz and Hazan? FUCK YEAH. But overall, I love her. She’s a strong and intelligent woman willing to do literally anything except killing, to achieve what she thinks is best for her daughters. Of course her mindless ambition and her ruthlessness becomes much more clear in the end. She is an extremely flawed, yet amazing character and the one thing I truly disliked in the ending was that there wasn’t a final scene with all them together as a family, and by them I mean Hazan, Yagiz, Ece, her baby and Fazilet. I’d really love to have seen that before her final scene on the boat which I thought was extremely powerful and the perfect way to end the show.

I felt like the ending was a bit rushed, like they suddenly decided to end the show and had to wrap everything up quickly in like one episode. I sorely missed a scene between Yagiz and Hazan actually saying “I love you” to each other like OUT LOUD and kissing. But overall, watching this whole show was an amazing experience and it was very much worth it. I loved every moment of it, it got me into the Turkish tv shows and it is right up there as my top favorite!

#mrs. fazilet and her daughters #fazilet hanim ve kizlari #yaghaz #yagiz egemen #hazan camkiran #yagiz x hazan

[ryangrosman-blog]

Put Them in the Hall Already, You Hypocrites

By Ryan Grosman Laced May 12, 2017 Steroid talk has cropped up a few times this year as guys like Eric Thames and Aaron Judge have mashed the ball to bits. But with extensive testing now in place, the juice discussions have all but dried up. Well…at least until Hall of Fame voting rolls around. The questions that always come up are, should suspected juicers like Bonds get in? Should McGwire? Sosa? Roger Clemens? The answers are yes, yes, yes and, even though he’s a giant jerk, yes. They should all get in. They should all already be in. Why? Well, I’ll tell you why. It’s a giant guessing game Listen, as a huge baseball fan, I get the fact that drugs ruin the integrity of the game. And it sucks that players weren’t all performing on a level playing field. But during the steroid era, how do we know who was juicing and who wasn’t? Yes, okay. There’s very little doubt that Bonds, McGuire and Sosa juiced. But they were also batting against juiced up pitchers. And yes, Clemens likely hit the roids hard. But then again, he was facing beasts like McGuire. So maybe there was more of a level playing field than we thought. Steroids saved baseball Sad to say. But it’s true. After the 1994 strike, baseball was in shambles. Cal Ripken’s iron man chase in ’95 brought fans back to the game, but it didn’t totally save baseball. The homerun race in ’98 did. That unforgettable season saw 2 hulking sluggers, McGuire and Sosa, go toe-to-toe to out-blast Roger Maris – with Big Mac ultimately reaching the 62 homer milestone first. There’s no question that these guys saved baseball. And we all cheered and watched in awe as ball after ball cleared fences, heads and stadiums. It was 19 years ago, so my memory might be a tad foggy. But I don’t recall fans, writers or MLB vilifying these guys back then. Why? Fans were entertained, writers always had something to write about, asses were in seats and eyeballs were glued to TV sets. Everyone was happy and excited. That’s why I’m absolutely sickened by the hypocrisy and moral high ground that fans, Hall voters and league officials are currently taking. Were you not entertained? I also think everyone forgets why they watch baseball in the first place. It's very simple—people watch to be entertained. Yes, baseball is a form of entertainment. Find me one fan who wasn’t enthralled by Clemens punching out 20 batters. Or McGuire and Bonds launching 500-foot dingers. Trust me, it’s not just chicks who dig the long ball. Sorry. Did you prefer watching Jamie Moyer lob in 78 mph fastballs? Or the Tony Fernandezes and Omar Vizquels of the world beating out infield singles? No. You wanted to see, and still want to see, 98 on the radar gun. You want to see hitters knock the seams off the ball. You want Big Mac, not those things you get at White Castle. You want Pudge Rodriguez, not Puny Rodriguez…which leads me to my next point. A suspected juicer’s already in The whole argument against electing suspected steroid users is moot. Why? Because one is already in the Hall of Fame. Ivan Rodriguez was recently elected to the Hall on his first ballot. You can’t tell me he didn’t stick a needle or 200 in his ass. Or was it just coincidence that once MLB started testing, he slimmed down to the point where he was practically unrecognizable? Let’s just say, for the last few years of his career, it felt really odd still calling him Pudge. C’mon. Just think about it. Dude squatted behind the plate every day for 12 seasons in the sweltering Texas heat while still pounding the ball every chance he got. I’m not trying to take anything away from Pudge. He belongs in the Hall 100%. I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy of letting him in without question, but not the others. MLB’s convenient blind eye And what's even more hypocritical is MLB and their steroid witch hunt. In the past 10 years or so, the league has formed commissions and penned studies that have chased down and called out these steroid users. But perhaps MLB should take a long look in the mirror. And not just a washroom mirror. I mean one of those full length bad boys. You’re telling me they had no clue what was going on? Please. But they kept quiet because they had gigantic dollar signs in their eyes. So maybe leave the Sosas and McGuires alone. They made you a shit ton of money for a long time. And you just looked the other way. So where do we draw the line? It’s actually pretty easy. Once testing was fully in place and the rules were the same for everyone, anyone who got caught after that should not be in the Hall of Fame. This applies most notably to guys like Manny Ramirez – one of the greatest and most feared hitters in the history of baseball. But he continued to take banned substances long after testing was established. Or perhaps he was just trying to get pregnant. I mean, why else would one take female fertility drugs? Let’s wrap it up So am I missing something here? Is it just me? Why are fans, writers and MLB being so hypocritical? It makes me sick that these players are being dragged through the mud now after being our heroes not too long ago. Again, I'm not condoning the use of steroids. Not at all. I'm just saying the steroid era happened. And we all couldn't get enough of it. So why is everyone so up in arms about it now?

#mlb #baseball #mlbbaseball