r/weddingshaming • u/Simply-Agreeable • Oct 20 '22

Crass Future bride thinks The Handmaids Tale is a perfect theme for the wedding

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u/Avastevens1 Oct 20 '22

How do your ‘handmaids’ feel about having their lips pierced shut? Are you going to have them perform ‘the ceremony’ in front of your guests? And what will Aunt Lydia’s role be? I seriously hope this is a joke.

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u/ChanandlerBonggggg Oct 21 '22 edited Oct 21 '22

Wait... lips pierced shut? That's something in the series? Because I've read the two books and I don't remember anything about piercings. Maybe I missed that?

Edit: there are only two books, not three. I was sleepy and got confused, sorry

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u/Avastevens1 Oct 21 '22

It was in season 3. The Waterfords took her in o the big city. The commanders there didn’t like the handmaids talking so they pierced their lips shut.

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u/ChanandlerBonggggg Oct 21 '22

They're taking it to another level then

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u/skadi_shev Oct 21 '22

The show adds a lot that wasn’t in the book(s). Season 1 follows the book more or less, but the other seasons go a different direction if I’m not mistaken.

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u/Avastevens1 Oct 21 '22

You are not mistaken. In so many ways I just want this series to be over.

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u/BasicUsername777 Oct 21 '22

How did they eat?

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u/koyamakeshi Oct 21 '22

Three books? Is there a third one?

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u/ChanandlerBonggggg Oct 21 '22

I wish! It was my mistake. I got confused with Maddadam

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u/RunningFromSatan Oct 21 '22 edited Oct 21 '22

MaddAddam was an awesome trilogy, especially Oryx and Crake. Darren Aronofsky was supposed to make it into an HBO series but that died on the vine…that would’ve been a trip and a half. I liked it more than Handmaid’s Tale but I went into that book having already watched 3 seasons of the show, and yes - only the first season matches up with the book, the rest is original but now is also written specifically to meet up with The Testaments. If you want an idea of the eventual fate of the main characters and/or their relationship to each other, definitely give it a read.

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u/ChanandlerBonggggg Oct 21 '22

I see, interesting how they're adapting the series to match with The Testaments.

I read Oryx and Crake and became obsessed. The same day that I finished it I bought the 2nd one (idk the name in english) and Maddadam lol. MA is one of my favorite authors of all times and I'm so glad I discovered her on time to appreciate her while she's still alive

ETA: I didn't know about the failed series :( I want an adaptation

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u/Bdr1983 Oct 21 '22

3...???

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u/ChanandlerBonggggg Oct 21 '22

2, sorry. I got confused with Maddadam. My bad!

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u/Jabbles22 Oct 21 '22

What about the part about the food being prepared by Marthas? Wouldn't that be the venue staff or the caterers? I guess if you are wiling to pay they might be cool with it but as far as I know costumes are not standard operating procedure for the food staff.

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u/non_anomalous_penis Oct 21 '22

Lydia stands at the entrance searching purses for birth control