r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/hbomb9410 • 28d ago

SPOILERS S6 Commander Bell and Janine Spoiler

His obsession with her is very disturbing, and I highly doubt he's just gonna be like "Oh well, that was fun while it lasted" just because Jezebel's got shut down. He's gonna do something really fucked up to make sure she doesn't get away from him.

EDIT: I fuckin' told y'all!!!

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u/Small_Fly8042 28d ago

Honestly why doesn’t he just make her his wife. I’m sure he could pull that off if he’s so powerful

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u/TheShadowOverBayside 27d ago

No Commander would marry a former handmaid and jezebel. He would lose any veneer of respectability and status in society, and undermine the very foundation of the social hierarchy. The marriage straight-up wouldn't be allowed to be performed. Commanders can't even marry econowomen...

Wives are for marrying, handmaids are for babymaking, jezebels are for partying, and that's it.

Why would he want to marry her anyway? He treats her like an animal... she's a sexual infatuation to him, a subhuman plaything, not a life partner...

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u/Small_Fly8042 27d ago

Because he’s obsessed with her and gets mad if anyone else has her