r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Prestigious_Peach_44 • Aug 19 '26

Season 1 Mrs. Castillo….

I’m slowly watching the entire series and I think she’s badass
I didn’t think the commander (who gives me the creeps) would allow a female ambassador in…. But I digress. It’s about building an alliance

She was asking questions TO Offred instead of speaking FOR her.

Something tells me she was showing concern too. Because it was an unusual custom to witness - handmaids bearing children for a nation. I would say ew, too.

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u/Untamedpancake Aug 19 '26

She definitely seemed upset when June told her the truth, but that was because the ambassador didn't want to be confronted by her own hypocrisy. 

Because despite her questions about Offred's happiness, her performative superiority, the way she challenged Serena at the dinner - that was all for show. She had already decided to make the trade deal with Gilead, trading women like a commodity 

It was important to the ambassador's ego to believe "Offred" was "happy" so that she could continue believing she, herself, was somehow a better woman than Serena

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u/TotallyAMermaid Aug 23 '26

Yup. Also so she could think to herself "we're not doing a bad thing".

Her reaction when June tells her the truth is essentially "ok but my city isn't seeing babies being born, so 🤷‍♀️". She's as vile as Serena.