So it seems like AtNar are finally getting their plot 🔥
What ifffff Ateş has always had a thing for Nare, but he saw how deeply in love she was with Şahin and never really had a chance with her. NOW Ateş finally has an opportunity. There’s SO much potential here IM EXCITED!!
I cannot accept that they actually chose a 22 y.o girl for the role, but I don't see anything other than us getting a parallel scene to Zeynep's... it's better not to overthink it, because it doesn't do any good... she really isn't the right girl for this role, but there's nothing we can do about it… In any case, the girl is staying for a maximum of 5 episodes
#uzakşehir
I’m so happy, I loved this episode so much. Easily the best one this season so far. Alya didn’t marry Enver, THANK GOD, because I was this close to losing it. And now Alya is confirmed to be Kartal’s daughter AND she’s pregnant? 💃🏻God, I’ve been imagining Cihan’s reaction ever since. It’s gonna be epic 🥹...I think Nare will be the one to bring them back together because she knows what it means to lose the person you love, so I don’t think she’s gonna let these two lose each other by being stubborn and making stupid decisions. I NEED MONDAY NOW.
#UzakŞehir
The downfall started in S2 when the audience was already fed up with Boran, then came the custody plot, and just as things were rocky between CihAl, Meryem entered the picture and we saw the numbers drop. The finale was great, but many saw it as evil winning and gave up. The audience stayed loyal until the end despite the writing.
S3 started with great interactions and curiosity, only to give us an Alya who feels completely different from the one we know. Did we want the enemies plot? YES. Am I enjoying it? ALSO YES. But why introduce another third party when CihAl are already anything but stable? Uzak Şehir’s whole appeal has been CihAl facing the world’s problems TOGETHER. Now, what is even binding them together?
I genuinely hope this gets fixed before it’s too late, because going from almost a 10 last week to a 7 is already embarrassing. The audience can handle angst, conflict and enemies. What they cannot keep investing in is a couple whose entire foundation is being dismantled without giving them anything solid to hold onto.
As much as my heart is breaking for Cihan right now, I feel like Alya’s feelings have been there from the very beginning, and they still are. People just tend to overlook them when they’re angry with her. But if you pay attention to her eyes and some of her actions, you can still see the love and hurt she’s carrying.
The way her eyes filled with tears when she saw the room, and the hurt on her face when Cihan told her he was angry with her. The way she panicked when she saw him fighting with Ateş in jail, immediately calling his name to calm him down, then following him and withdrawing her complaint because she couldn’t bear to see him in that state. And now, as much as I understand how telling Cihan she would marry someone else, after everything that happened at the wedding, shattered his heart, I can still see the pain and love in Alya’s eyes. She looks like she’s waiting for him to say something, anything, that would make her reconsider going through with it. Like one word from him could be enough for her to abandon all her plans and throw herself into his arms. I genuinely don’t know how you can look at those moments and not see the love and pain she’s holding back
And I also think we’re forgetting something important about Alya. She’s constantly in survival mode. She’s trying to protect Deniz, dealing with threats, looking for a way out, and we still don’t know what Sadakat has done, and just because Alya is out of jail doesn’t necessarily mean she’s been cleared of the charges against her. There might be more to it, and I’m sure we’ll get more context in the episode. but for now she’s being thrown from one difficult situation into another without ever getting the space to breathe, let alone process everything she’s feeling. You can’t expect someone who’s constantly fighting to survive to express her love perfectly or put her feelings into words every time.
Cihan had a moment in the last episode where he could finally let some of his feelings show, where the pain he’s been holding inside came to the surface. But Alya is still struggling to get through what’s directly in front of her. That doesn’t mean she feels any less. It means she hasn’t had the space to let it all out yet. And I genuinely believe the coming episodes will give her that space, because there’s so much she’s been holding inside that still needs to come out.
Cihan’s pain is visible right now, and I feel it deeply. But Alya’s pain is there, too, even when she’s trying to keep herself together. Her inability to show clearly everything she feels right now doesn’t mean those feelings are gone. I just wish people would look at her a little more closely before deciding otherwise.
#UzakŞehir #CihAl