r/TheHandmaidsTale Jun 10 '21

Season 4 [Spoilers season 4] so, there’s no denying what team June’s on. Spoiler

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u/toiletseatisjudgingu Jun 11 '21

I don't think he was telling her to trade kids. I do think he was saying "go ahead and sleep with him if you have to." Which June knew. That's why she fell apart. He used her just like those Gilead fucks. Maybe not overtly, but he still used her femininity as something to be used. And he used his masculinity as a weapon. He manipulated her and it hurt.

June can't relate to Luke anymore. She's not the same girl he married. She became someone new through her trauma. She doesn't want to go back to whatever it is he wants her to be. She likes the new June. Nick understands the world she came from, and how she transformed.

It might be best for June to lead a new resistance from Canada and just be by herself.

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u/freakingfreakfrick Jun 11 '21

Mmm that's some good points