u/SuspectNo7031

Ok ok ok I finished the show yesterday and rushed here to vent my (common) frustrations about the series.

It's still taking up a large amount of space in my brain so I wanted to take the time to talk about the positives!

For me it was the political and "lifestyle" aspects of the story.

I'm usually drawn most to scifi/cyberpunk media because of my anxieties surrounding tech/politics/corporations. It feels cathartic to see extreme examples of my fears played out but I feel this show captures that magic in a specifically original way.

I loved how absolutely horrifying D.C. was and how the elites in Gilead dont have to change their lifestyles to the extent of everyone else in their "mission to reduce emissions" that they frequently brag about to other countries. Their hypocrisy was spot on and how I feel things will inevitably play out as global warming ramps up in the real world and people will be forced to change.

So as the title suggests please tell me what you're favorite part of the series that makes it so much different than all the other dystopian thrillers that have flooded the media landscape!

Does anyone else get kinda burned out from June? Long rant

I'm finally finishing the show after reading Testaments(which I also loved) so that I could watch that series too. By season 3 I get really sick of how June forward the story is and how much plot armor she has on. It starts to feel like all the other women around her are just kind window dressings to her trauma porn show and are incapable of being as strong/smart/brave as she is... Which kinda sucks for it being a story about women perseverance through a brutal authoritarian regime.

*SEASON 3 SPOILERS*

It really becomes undeniable when they're sneaking the kids out of Gilead via the plane. June first thinks of the idea, does like 90% of the planning, does a lot of the big moves to set and cover it up(including KILLING THE FUCKING PRESIDENT), yells at everyone to keep the plan going when they want to bail, guides the group, distracts the guards so she can be the hero that takes the bullet in the end.

Everyone else mostly just whispers and bakes muffins. When it's time to roll out the first Martha to show up botched her only part in the thing by showing up HOURS early to the house during full daylight then bails only to get caught in a multitude of ways.

Like this is a network of women who are SURVIVORS smuggling children out of a rape dystopia... can we just let them be organized and capable and brave? NO June has to do almost all the work because apparently she the only one with the balls to do it, no wonder she's fucking bat shit crazy!

I feel like the show was so much more balanced with characters in the beginning. I kinda wish the had switched main characters in each season as there are other handmaids I would love to know more about. Obviously Janine gets a fair amout of screen time but I would have loved more of Alma and other regular faces.

Idk maybe unpopular opinion, maybe other people also feel the same. What do y'all think?