Links to all parts/chapters (a table of contents, if i may).

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

adil and his girls is one of my fav dynamic of the show and it goes all three ways. he loves them to bits and always shows up for them but this also goes for them. adil is their red line. but also fadime eleni also have such a warm tender relationship - i really hope they give them more space bec lately, it’s just not been there.

i was reading this tweet about adil and fadime where the op wrote adil as fadime’s north star who never fringes on fadime’s boundaries. the more i think about it the more i love it bec adil is the reason why fadime is so self assured, capable, and independent. he gave her the confidence to do and be anything without trying to limit her because she’s a woman; without ruling over her like tbd patriarchal culture implies. she’s her own person and adil is there to support and witness her grow up to the woman she is.

fadime can protect herself and also protect him - adil doesn’t doubt it or deny her either. he never violates her boundaries. adil would walk into esme’s space without knocking but for fadime or eleni, he always gives them their privacy and space. he tries to understand them and where they’re coming from even if fadime came back literally married or eleni liking an unavailable/unsuitable man.

when zarife said fadime is kocari’s heart, she wasn’t wrong. the road to adil goes through fadime, first and foremost. she’s the reason he was able to get through those long 20 years; through the grief of his parents’ death, through esme’s abandonment. adil pushed through because little fadime was there and she needed him. he stepped up for her in every way possible and she became his anchor long before anyone else.

this is also why fadime is the only one who has truly seen Adil go through his grief. they know each other best - she knows when he’s sad and lonely, same as he knows when she’s breaking apart even if she’s joking around. honestly my favourite part is that adil doesn’t hide his grief from her - yes, he tries to put on a brave face but he’s still honest. he’s not protecting her from his pain but rather he just lets it be. which basically means he’s been leaning on her too when he’s hurting; that’s why she’s so tuned in to his emotions too. all fadime needs is to look at him and know he’s not okay. this is the only reason why fadime knows his history with esme and how he has been hurting for 20 years.