Oooof, they are gorgeous but all I feel is dread because she’s using him. And she may tell herself it’s for the best and he won’t mind but even she knows that’s deluded.
So the thing about the infamous carousel scene, I know a lot of people were very up in arms about it but my ultimate reaction is that eh - Ekim and Kanat are even steven now, which admittedly is not a way to run a relationship.
Because what he did is awful but what she did (first!) is every bit as awful. Each hurt the other person unbearably, knowingly - and each used the other person’s feelings and vulnerability that they don’t show others, that they revealed in confidence. Having Ekim kidnapped off the street only to be brought to the place where she was abandoned by her father (as she told Kanat is a vulnerable moment) and then go “see! I bet he left you because you stabbed him in the back” is vile. Pretending you agree to date someone and be with someone and fight against the world with him and then lead him on and on (when he’s clearly emotionally desperate - Ekim may not know about the abuse but even she can tell Kanat is clingy and intense because he’s truly desperate to love and be loved) when you are manipulating him for info, is equally vile.
Like this bit of manipulation made me genuinely uncomfortable “it’s like we are engaged! so tell me the truth about the crime!” Yikes.
Look at him here. It’s like this made him believe he’s worthy of love for the first time. Only to go “psych!”
There is a reason he says this about her father leaving - because he’s mirroring, and it says volumes about what his greatest fear/hurt was and is.
And yes, he’s uniquely vulnerable to being broken by her action but even if he was a functional happy Mr. Happison from Functionville, it would have still been beyond the pale. But it’s like she hit dead center in his most vulnerable spot - his fear he can’t be loved and his desperation to protect his brother. And then she set it all on fire. She brought a recording device and recorded what he confessed.
And the thing is, Aziz is his no-go zone. I think a lot of the reason he tries to take the blame on himself is because of this, not because any rational person would believe he’s the culprit. Riza fucked up both his kids and Kanat lets Aziz get away with (not literal) murder because of guilt.
He begs and yet she goes to the cops.
He is terrified at himself and appalled and this is like the greatest trust he could give her but she breaks it into pieces.
And it’s not that I blame her but I totally get why he lost it so badly, especially knowing he has zero healthy relationship models which means knowing that there certain things you don’t say and do even in fights. And - honestly - she should also have known that certain things, like manipulating someone emotionally to get info and hitting his biggest vulnerabilities - is also a death knell.
(bwahahaha I want to be so hot that even when a man is dumping me for being an evil witch, he’s singing praises of my beauty!)
He orchestrated the carousel to hurt her. But she went forward in her plan under no illusions of what it was going to do to him either (she has that nightmare where he kills himself.) He told her about Aziz in confidence and begged her not to reveal and she told him about her father in confidence and begged him not to reveal, and then they both did. It’s horrifyingly even, to me.
In real life, I’d tell both of them to lose each other’s number. But it’s a show so I am just gonna desperately hope for therapy. And enjoy watching the gorgeous dysfunction!
God, this is perfectly tailored to my specs!!!
In real life, no relationship would get over this double whammy. But after OTPs in Kuzgun or Cesur ve Guzel (here to manipulate you to take down your fam) or SBA (I will marry you at gunpoint because you saw me perform a mob hit), Turkish dizis can sell me on anything. And that’s not even getting into my being a long-term period cdrama watcher where even “oops, I murdered your whole fam on purpose” is not necessarily a deal breaker (The Wolf.) Anything can be gotten over in a show if a couple is hot enough and this one is on fire. She’s stunning and with gorgeous hair and his neck is delightfully thick and he cries beautifully, they will make it.
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💕💓 dizi ships 💓💕
pairings used:
yamaç x sena (çukur), akgün x yağmur (son yaz), eda x serkan (sen çal kapımı)
efe x leyla (üç kuruş), aziz x efnan (aziz), soner x naz (son yaz)
ramo x sibel (ramo), ceylin x ılgaz (yargı), bahar x kartal (üç kuruş)
sarp x melek (içerde), ömer x rüya (alev alev), sinan x ışık (aşk 101)
mahur x celâl (maraşlı), nihan x kemal (kara sevda), cemre x kerem (çarpışma)
mona x yakup (kusursuz kiracı), eylem x mert (içerde), kuzgun x dila (kuzgun)
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