Alphebuary 2026 Day 15 — Offred

fuuuuck…you dropped your bread

What if everyone was within one foot of me at all time

It’s Kevin Inspection Time

I opened the windows so everyone had to get a good whiff

OOPS my hand slipped

pencil crayon, 2025

“Too much trust, too much risk, too much already”

“Impossible to think that anyone for whom I feel such gratitude could betray me”

“”Trust me,” he says; which in itself has never been a talisman, carries no guarantee. I snatch at it, this offer. It’s all that I’m left with.”

Ways to approach the poll if the character isn’t a royal:

If you think they’d be from a smaller house, go with the Great House that that smaller house is sworn to (ex: House Manderly —> vote Stark)

They don’t have to be a nobleperson, they can be someone working for the house or being ruled by them. Roles could be a sworn-sword, a septa, a butcher, a blacksmith, or even a lowly peasant.

You can consider the region itself. For example, if you feel the character would be from Dorne, pick House Martell.

You can consider the personality of the character. For example, if your character is all about honor, then consider either House Arryn or House Stark.

Last, but not least, be creative with it! For example, there was a comment I read that the character who was the subject of the poll would be pulling a Littlefinger, so they went with either Lannister or Tyrell as that would be that character’s target houses.

something that baffles me is why in the hell did THT show stop focusing on the relationship between June and Moira? don’t get me wrong i enjoyed the dynamic between June and Serena in the beginning, but as a dynamic between the protagonist and antagonist, and maybe enjoy isn’t the right word, it was interesting.

but as i’m rereading The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred is often thinking about Moira, she misses her, she wants to find her, be near her, just as much as she misses her daughter, her mother, even Luke. so why take the focus off of that? especially when you finally put those two in the same house in the later seasons? why not focus on them rebuilding their friendship? coming to terms with their trauma? these were two people who loved each other unconditionally and it got thrown to the wayside for… Serena and June? a trauma bond? a trauma bond they didn’t even explore right.

all of this is futile, i know, because they couldn’t even explore June’s trauma effectively or efficiently.

Okay I am done tweaking this but it was a struggle the entire time.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65932114

June wasn’t here for him. How could she be so stupid to believe that last night? She was here to blow up those Commanders. To destroy Gilead and burn it all down. To turn Jezebel’s into the ticking time bomb that it was meant to be.

Or: Serena finally understands God’s plan for her and June Osborne.

What a show! Grueling yet hopeful. I could watch Elisabeth Moss and Yvonne Strahovski scenes all day.

S6E7 spoilers, sort of: I thought this was where the writers were heading for Serena and June’s recurring appearances in their lives. But since they didn’t, here we go! 😊

The Handmaids watching American Planes flying overhead to bomb Gilead.

some of yall actually fucked with Nick during The Handmaid’s Tale??? Are we serious???

So I’m watching Handmaid’s Tale, just started, only on the third episode and there’s one thing I find unbelievable. It’s the end of the world, humanity is over how do you enforce order to this degree?

I think way more people would just be like it’s the end of the world, fuck off. Idk maybe they touch on this in another episode.

The Handmaid’s Tale

Before the show ends, I want to give my controversial opinion on The Handmaid’s Tale.

The show focused on June too much, and it kind of ruined the story for me.

I want to start by saying I love June Osborn. She’s a flawed character that makes me want to rip my hair out most of the time.

When the show were airing their early seasons, I loved the show and how they adapted the book. Season 1 and season 2 are my favourites!

When Season 3 aired, that’s when June’s plot armour started to show. Time and time again, June was being openly rebellious towards Gilead.

Season 2 ended with June giving Nichole/Holly to Emily, who had just attacked Aunt Lydia in Lawrence’s house! I loved that ending, and back then I theorised that’s when June is going to be heavily involved with Mayday and be undercover.

So when season 3 aired, I was disappointed that June was captured, having the soles of her feet beaten and being reposted to the Lawrence house, the same house where Emily almost killed Aunt Lydia.

Mind you, that was a second escape. The only reason they didn’t kill June is because she was pregnant. How the hell wasn’t June killed for stealing a baby, the most precious thing in Gilead? If it had been a different character, she would’ve been hanged for all to see! I remember that in that same season an econwife was hanged because she left her child alone in the house.

Maybe it was Fred’s favouritism, but he was fresh off being humiliated in front of the council. Serena committed the biggest crime a woman in Gilead could do: read.

Don’t get me started on Natalie (OfMathew) and her storyline! Hated it back then, and I still hate it now since there’s a woman in Georgia going through the same thing (RIP Adrianna Smith)!

June attacked her in public, and she and the other handmaids bullied her to the point she grabbed a gun and almost killed Janine!

Why didn’t Natalie’s commander and wife demand June be killed for putting the unborn child at risk? Did they not know? Why was her punishment just KNEELING ON A FLOOR?!

And say what you want about Natalie; she did not deserve any of that!

I loved the plan of the flight of the angels. So, I thought once again she was going to work with Mayday for real this time. But NOPE! Back to another posting you go!

In the short Chicago era, I was excited to see how those who live in areas that are not occupied by Gilead live!

Which brings me to my main gripe with the show!

By making June the main focus of the show, they lost the opportunity of exploring potential characters and storylines.

I would like to start by saying I have yet to read the testaments, so my following questions have probably been answered there.

The world of Gilead felt so underdeveloped in the show. I always wondered. How do the econ people live? How are Martha’s trained, and how do they operate with Mayday? How are aunts selected? What are girls and boys taught in school?

Instead of multiple long shots of Elisabeth Moss staring at the camera with an angry look to the point we have memorised every pore on her face, they should’ve focused on other characters and storylines not centred around her!

I would’ve killed for one storyline or character that doesn’t involve June and her being the hero!

Because I don’t think when Margaret Atwood wrote the book in 1985 with the intention of her main character being the hero that brings down the evil dictatorship! The book is a testimony of a nameless victim whose fate is unknown.

June/Offred is the main character of the show, but the show had so many opportunities to explore more of the story outside of June.

Before the book sequel came out, I remember the showrunners wanting to have a Nuremberg-style story arc. But since Gilead is still in power decades after the first book, they probably had to restart their story so that the next show could make sense.

I know it’s horrible… but why does my sick mind ship Serena x June/Offred. Serena is literally one of June’s abusers and in my head I’m like “But imagine if they teamed up, killed Fred, overthrew the government and have the Everlark ending these two deserve”

The White Woman Syndrome is so strong in both Serena AND June.

The Handmaid’s Tale 6x04 “Promotion” Trailer - June disrupts the rebels’ plans. Commander Lawrence gains power and influence.

They need to just beat Fred to death tbh