Originally posted by: ajacob31
Ram’s words and actions were always contradictory. Did you forget he came running back hearing Priya is pregnant, just for the child… When he knew the child was not his, he just left her. He always had different rules for his family and Priya. In short he never considered Priya as his family. She was just his caretaker who had to prove herself to him in every step of her life.
Ram wasn't always like this. During the Shivi-Akki marriage track, he took care of Priya when she fainted due to allergy, was mindful about her medicines (although there also, he was manipulated into believing that Priya had already eaten). Ram shouldn't have let MS out of jail, but he did so for Meera (Ram was shown to give some leeway to the people close to him. Like not sending a family member to jail*, pamper them with gifts etc.) After learning about Shikki marriage and Priya's lies, he broke the photoframe on trust that Priya had given him. Later, after he understood Priya, he repaired the frame himself and gave it her back. I feel, Ram was never without faults, but there was a sweet spot betwen his faults and his goodness. But now, CVs have ruined that aspect of Ram by making him inconsistent with their inconsistent writing and horrible tracks. I absolutely hated it whenever Priya had to prove herself multiple of times despite caring the most for Ram. She was the only one who could uncover and show him his step-mom's horrible truth.
*this is again a separate point of discussion. Pre leap Ram used to say he didn't have the strength to send his family members to jail for their wrongdoings like Priya had. Post leap Ram also bailed out Shubhu lots of times. But when Shivi died and Priya was sent to jail, it was family vs family from Ram's pov and even a strong warrior like Arjun needed a Krishna to guide him to make the right choice when he was in family vs family situation, but Ram had no one to open his eyes.
Edited by tournesol - 3 years ago