Originally posted by: NepaliArtist
TOTALLY disagree. Let me counter this point by point:
- Asim DID NOT plan to be close to Sid for popular, it happened organically. The original group was Sid, Asim, Sana, Aarti, and Abu ji. If you watch the earlier episodes and especially undekha clips, Abu and Asim got along well. Sana loved their company because Abu would sing and help kill time. Sid took forever to open up with anybody in the show, and the first people he really opened up to was Aarti, who was the gateway for him to become introduced to the gang. (This also explains why Aarti feels so intimately bonded with Sid)
- Paras IMMEDIATELY wanted to establish himself as an alpha and started trying to bully Asim from the start. Wrong move. Not only did Asim prove to be an alpha himself, but he also bonded with the group under this common dislike for Paras. Paras was a total dumbass in those days (still is, look at how his plan ended up getting the captaincy his team won to Himanshi yesterday lol). He called Asim Mr. Beautiful, which made him look like a toxic insecure man. Once Asim was rapping about Kashmir, and Paras said Asim brings up state to create divisions. Once Asim said he had lots of black friends in South Africa, and Paras said he was racist and created a scene. LOL Because of this dumbass behavior, plus the usual bitching and wannabe mastermind behavior, Sid and Asim bonded over a common dislike for Paras. I also think this weird wannabe behavior is what turned off Salman, who is still anti Paras lol.
- After Abu left, Sid and Asim were comfortable to spend time with each other. Asim was way more extroverted than Sid (who was still keeping a distance from Rashmi), so Asim would share things about the others with Sid. Plus their personalities are very similar. Both are alphas with huge egos and a desire to be seen as the leader. Sid treated Asim well in the beginning, and Asim saw Sid as an older brother figure. They both helped each other ALOT! If Asim hadn't repeatedly stopped Sid in the Snakes and Ladders task, he would have started this pushing behavior all the way back then!
- Sid and Asim both started noticing the pattern (like everyone else including us) that Salman tends to be harsher with people from the other group. So they were both given confidence boost. Sid was always praised as the Ram to Asim's Laxman, so Asim still had a younger self-image.
- Sid's behavior suddenly changed when the Sana drama started, when she was switching back and forth between him and Paras. Around this time, Sid started treating both Aarti and Asim like shit. He took them for granted because he knew they were not flippers. Sana was, so he then and still now treats her very differently. He talks TO Sana. He talks AT Asim and Aarti.
- During the Rakshas task Asim finally had enough. Like I said earlier, he is also an alpha and had already brought up a few times that he doesn't like being talked down to infront of others. He stood up to Sid. Then Salman praised him. This gave him the confidence boost he needed to stand up to the bully. But the bully wasn't bullying him another, he himself approached him to hug and make up. So, Asim did. But when the behavior started getting bad again, then Asim exploded. Sid was totally shocked because he had completely taken Asim for granted, and even after the first fight, he never though Asim would grow the balls to stand up to him. The repeated bad treatment despite multiple warnings, with Salman telling him he is doing well, was the catalyst for Asim to break away and finally establish an identity of himself outside of Sid's shadow.
This is the true timeline. Asim is not a saint at all, and he has many negative qualities. But overall, in my opinion, this is a clear case of Sid having somebody in his life who was fiercely loyal and listened to everything he said, but he took him for granted. So, 3-4 discussions and one mini-fight later, Sid STILL thought he was too big for Asim to directly attack him. But he was wrong, and I'm glad he was proven wrong. If anyone in this show has been badhao-chadaoed by Salman it is 100% Shukla, not Asim. His group breaking apart is honestly exactly what Shukla deserves.