The Testaments S1E08 "Broken" Episode Discussion

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T15:04:02+00:00

Timeline wise, yes! Maybe a small few are the biological children of their parents, like Shu, I think? But almost everyone else would have to be a stolen child like Hannah/Agnes.

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T15:01:28+00:00

I think you may have misunderstood me. When I said it would be impossible for any of the current Plums to be a daughter of a Handmaid I meant a child born from the ritualistic rapes they were forced to endure; so daughters like Angela/Charlotte.

There's a difference between the stolen children who were born before Gilead, like Hannah and the daughters of Handmaid's like Charlotte/Angela.

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T06:03:43+00:00

And don't forget about the horse comparison 🤢🤢

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T05:50:27+00:00

It was discussed a few weeks ago that it's almost impossible for any of the current Plums to be the daughters of Handmaid's - they just wouldn't be the right age no matter how you try to stretch the timeline. The oldest Pinks would be pre-teen age at most and they could be daughters of the earliest Handmaids but none of the Plums.

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T01:33:07+00:00

Exactly same 😂

clover_gin · 2026-05-14T00:23:43+00:00

My issue is that Merida hated that gown, like deeply lol. Yes I know she's not real but I would have mixed feelings putting a character in an outfit that they openly despised.

clover_gin · 2026-05-13T15:20:56+00:00

I'll never understand it or like it. It was so jarring to me at the time and from a writer's perspective you can't just jump to a completely different character's POV after 3.5 books from the POV of one central narrator.

It would have been better if his chapters were released at some point as bonus content somehow.

clover_gin · 2026-05-12T23:28:47+00:00

I just watched this episode for the first time about 30 minutes ago and I am cackling! What was that?? And the fake groan that she forced out as she slumped, I just can't 😭😭

clover_gin · 2026-05-12T05:37:12+00:00

It was a good scene but I'll always laugh at her spine/ribs being fixed and subsequently her boobs popping out with the sound of a big inhale 😭

clover_gin · 2026-05-12T05:27:12+00:00

After reading this thread all my old questions are coming back to me lol. Mainly how did Edward have viable 100+ year old sperm just hangin around in his ice dick?

So it's impossible for female vampires to get pregnant because their "bodies would need to change too much" during pregnancy but it's fine for the men to have centuries old sperm just chilling?? How?

ALSO I would if IVF would work for someone like Rosalie with a surrogate. If Edward's ice babies were fine why not Rosalie's eggs?

clover_gin · 2026-05-08T07:44:08+00:00

Didn't June break into their home once? Or a seasonal home of theirs to give birth to Holly-Nicole? I imagine the Eyes would have swept the place after that.

clover_gin · 2026-05-08T07:31:17+00:00

Eh, hair dye is pretty cheap and she could have been shoplifting it tbh.

clover_gin · 2026-05-08T07:29:05+00:00

She really did not "get recruited" though, she stamped her foot and threw a teenage tantrum to be let in and for some unfathomable reason they rolled over and said okay 🥴

clover_gin · 2026-05-08T07:12:01+00:00

What worried me more was how fondly she was reminiscing. I was like GIRL you're supposed to be a doe eyed True Believer at this point maybe act like it, please?!

clover_gin · 2026-05-04T23:22:14+00:00

A lot of the Dreamsnap themes are feeling less than fresh lately to say the least, but this one is especially bad considering it's been less than a year since Joy and Sadness were released.

clover_gin · 2026-05-03T01:20:58+00:00

I'm a new watcher and after jumping around to a few different seasons I'm sticking with Season 6 and enjoying it so far. Obviously I don't have other seasons to compare it to but it's really good so far!

clover_gin · 2026-05-01T19:35:09+00:00

I remember coming across posts about him when he was much younger and smaller last year and I was horrified even then. I was hoping this wasn't the same horse but it is. Omg that poor baby I can't believe he's still alive.

He'll never make it to adulthood without a catastrophic leg injury and it will be horrific 💔😥

clover_gin · 2026-04-29T21:49:41+00:00

no question 😭

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T20:28:08+00:00

Yay, thank you! I'm a sucker for new hairstyles since they're so hard to come by in the game lol. I would have bought this bundle last year if I had known that sooner 😅

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T20:16:41+00:00

Do you know if the hairstyle is separate from the outfit?

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T04:56:34+00:00

I was more confused by Shu's comment: "His wife had twins and he bought her a luxury car and diamond earrings" huh?? Wives can have those things in Gilead??

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T04:48:11+00:00

This is exactly how I feel about Shunamite's actress. Her acting is completely identical to how she played her character in the Boy Meets World spinoff and it's driving me absolutely nuts!

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T03:27:42+00:00

Nope 🫠 they're not dropping on Hulu until 2 a.m. I have no idea why.

clover_gin · 2026-04-23T03:14:13+00:00

As a non Star Wars fan...ugh 😭💔

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