The missing layers ... - Page 2

Originally posted by: chandnixxx

People are not just black or white, they are grey, They have layers.

There are people, Chandu, who are just evil. Plain and simple. We've all heard how serial killers supposedly have a traumatic childhood that results in their psychopathy. But it's a misconception that all serial killers have a traumatic childhood. In fact, there are cases in which the psychopath had a perfectly normal childhood with doting parents.

I watched a documentary recently in which a such serial killer was interviewed. You saw a man as normal as any other, sitting in a chair. I didn't know that he was the killer until he said "I had fantasies..." The thing is that men like him are just evil. That he could sit with disturbing calm and speak of his actions -- sex with his dead victims, cutting them up and keeping their heads as souvenirs in his freezer. How? This was the same man who -- as a boy -- had a dog whom he loved and cared for.

He had no conscience now. No remorse. Nothing.

People can be black, Chandu. People can be sheer evil. V, even as a boy, was shown with a strange likeness for hurting people and it bringing him pleasure. I.e. he'd hurt his sister -- and then exercise further power over her by "saving" her and get an appreciative hug from his very blind foster parents.

He manipulated them at an early age. The things that he did and the way that he grew up has given birth to a lot of psychopaths in this world. And we've seen V's psychopathy to a large extent -- he's capable of murder and rape. What else is left?

There were so many opportunities to show that there is more to the character then the one dimensional route his character has taken. 🥱 Maybe the fault doesn't lie with the writers entirely but the writers have failed ( and failed miserably ) to show that he is capable of any genuine emotion. The man isn't capable of redemption. He has no soul, He isn't capable of anything genuine PERIOD.

That's the thing. It's too late now. They missed all opportunities to make V remorseful. It's something that should've been introduced from episode one -- if they actually wanted him to be worthy of redemption and sympathy, then they should've shown us his remorse from the first episode, shown us his struggle with his own demons when alone.

They didn't do that. They showed him with no conscience. No remorse. They continued to emphasize that he represented the Devil, all things evil. Whenever he did wrong, they just showed him walking away from it without remorse. Now, after everything he's done, and all the missed opportunities -- now, when it's too late, they want to redeem him? Give him shades and whatnot?

Because now it would be wrong to introduce a redemption track for him. You cannot, and I repeat, you cannot redeem a black character. V is black. He is evil. It's too late to change it now. Whatever they do now to turn him positive will be disliked, will disgust, and will in fact present a very wrong message to society.

Yes, men have the potential to be/do good or evil, but some men choose evil. And then they are just that -- evil. No shades.

Oh and since his character is black ( The issue of his character being black is not up for debate it's obvious he is ) Can we please see some sort of punishment / Justice for his black deeds ... Some sort of justice for his victims please !

Another point. They have shown no justice to the victims of his nonstop abuse. It's beyond pathetic. It's shameful. I have very little respect for the CVs of this show now. Very little. I wonder if they lack the insight or lack the humanity needed to understand what damage, and how they've made victims of abuse feel due to their V-glorification.

Perhaps they had always intended V to be this larger then life glorified wife beater, but the audience NEED to see something different in relation to V now because it is getting beyond tedious hearing the " i am coming for you jaan " jhaap that he does. There were and are a million things to show in relation to V that won't make the audience sicker then they are of him. Like sending him to the nearest psychiatric ward available, like justice for his sister ...

V was larger than life, once upon a time. He isn't anymore. He's repetitive now. And there isn't much one can do about his character. Redemption is out of the question. V has gone too far as a character -- without conscience -- and I can't even imagine the kind of damage it'll do message-wise if they show V redeeming himself. It's just too late.

They will still try. They will give him a sad childhood and try to justify who he is now with what he's been through as a child -- as if anything can excuse his actions now. Still, they'll try. They want to retain V, at all costs. Victims and moral messages matter very little to them, Chandu. We shouldn't fool ourselves to believe otherwise.

Raghavendra Singh: Perhaps the writers don't realise that they have someone who is capable of switching emotions at the drop of a hat. They need to give HC opportunities like lasts night episode. I am not going to go into the way the writers have butchered Raghav's character simply because i could be here all day. There are characters that are currently keeping the audience hooked right now because they are layered. Like i said Human nature isn't black or white ... and Raghav is flawed. The writers needed to explore Raghav, his flaws , His thought processes ... in short what makes him tick.

Raghav will never be given justice on this show. They're not blind to his potential nor the actor's talent. But they've chosen who they'll write for. Raghav could easily become a very unique and larger-than-life male protagonist, but he isn't given the opportunity nor any focus/development from the CVs. And he never will. They had a chance to further layer his character and explore him through his past, but they blew it with the rushed revelation because they'd much rather end all other characters' track and focus back on V.

That's the harsh truth.

Jahnvi /Sia - Perhaps the most unforgivable character assassination of all. The voice of the victim is extremely important in a show that was originally meant to be a " voice against domestic violence" . This was the golden opportunity for Jhanvi / Sia to rediscover herself , For the audience to know more about Jahnvi the woman ... for the writers to add layers to her character.

This started out as "Jahnvi ki kahani", but it's not. She was never the face of this show nor the face that the CVs cared to promote. Her voice was oppressed -- ironic, isn't it? She was supposed to be the strong victim of abuse who raised her voice against violence; the CVs were supposed to write for her -- yet they chose the abuser instead. How sad is that?

She found a support in Raghav and an opportunity as starting a new life -- one that might have given victims hope -- but that story was butchered [again because of V] and people are shallow enough to point at Raghav as the cause of her character oppression rather than what we can all see and know is the obvious cause -- Viraj Dobriyal and the CVs obsession with retaining him.

Originally posted by: chandnixxx

Ana has an ability to really hit the nail on the head ... chappals included ;)

lovely post chandni