Is it just me? - Page 4

Originally posted by: SundariP

see guys i can help you with holi scene...

no one consents to coloring until they are colored

"bura na maano holi hai"

the intent that matters here,

i know its not good to abuse the festival like that

and i concede that the calculation part was a bit off

but other that the challenge and coloring is part of holi spirit with family.

idk if it makes sense... thoughts?

lets wait for tomorrow to conclude on mehendi

I totally agree on the holi aspect, it's always a game of cat and mouse, irrespective of who, how, when. And yes, there's implied consent to the very act of playing Holi in the first place, so concede that. The "bura na maano holi hai" thing, like you said though, is often used as an uncomfortable excuse for harassment, but that is obviously not what is happening here.

The issue is it becomes uncomfortable due to the way it's framed- which is why I'm more put off by the show's narrative around the challenge rather than Aryan's act specifically. The act itself would have worked fine for me had they not framed it in such a calculating manner. So the issue is with the larger writing, they're not writing Aryan to intrude on her space, they're not even realizing that they're inadvertently causing that.

And mehndi, yaa, I'm down to wait for tomorrow. Just that within the overall slightly triggering narrative they've created here, it's just massively disturbing that anyone for any reason snuck into her room to mehndi up her hands.

To borrow a word from the Gul Khan Cinematic Universe, it's just all very michmichi inducing right now.

Originally posted by: SundariP

her mom?

It's still...I mean, doesn't it creep you out to think if something putting stuff all over your skin when you're asleep?

Also if Meethi does it on her own for some reason, I'd be okay, but if it's Aryan getting Meethi to do it for challenge-winning purposes.. :(

Originally posted by: aye-masakalii

So it was definitely a very charged scene IMO, and frankly Imlie isn't 'hating on' him as much as she claims to. She's frustrated and confused by his mixed signals and refusal to communicate which is all coming out as "UGH I HATE YOU" but also all that hate drains out of her soooo damn fast in every confrontation and she lands up at "please just tell me what you're doing and why" space, that's not hatred.

Also, she can be attracted to him and still despise what he's doing to her. Those two are mutually exclusive.

Originally posted by: aye-masakalii

It's still...I mean, doesn't it creep you out to think if something putting stuff all over your skin when you're asleep?

Also if Meethi does it on her own for some reason, I'd be okay, but if it's Aryan getting Meethi to do it for challenge-winning purposes.. :(

agree to everything

waise south asian culture the privacy concept is skewed, specially with parents

Originally posted by: aye-masakalii

I totally agree on the holi aspect, it's always a game of cat and mouse, irrespective of who, how, when. And yes, there's implied consent to the very act of playing Holi in the first place, so concede that. The "bura na maano holi hai" thing, like you said though, is often used as an uncomfortable excuse for harassment, but that is obviously not what is happening here.

The issue is it becomes uncomfortable due to the way it's framed- which is why I'm more put off by the show's narrative around the challenge rather than Aryan's act specifically. The act itself would have worked fine for me had they not framed it in such a calculating manner. So the issue is with the larger writing, they're not writing Aryan to intrude on her space, they're not even realizing that they're inadvertently causing that.

And mehndi, yaa, I'm down to wait for tomorrow. Just that within the overall slightly triggering narrative they've created here, it's just massively disturbing that anyone for any reason snuck into her room to mehndi up her hands.

To borrow a word from the Gul Khan Cinematic Universe, it's just all very michmichi inducing right now.

Originally posted by: SundariP

agree to everything

waise south asian culture the privacy concept is skewed, specially with parents

So true! I think I was around Imlie's age when I started drawing boundaries with parents and it was suchhh a struggle, still is even years down the line.

Tabhi I'm like challo, if Meethi/Aparna/Rupi just did this apni marzi se, I'll swallow my personal discomfort and and move right on.

Waise, since speculation is free of cost- I'm gonna love it if it was Rupi 😂😂 girl has flipped so hard I'm still stunned. She went from having a meltdown about kundlis matching to being such an enthu shipper- trying to get Imlie to sit in Aryan's lap, conspiring with Arpita, teasing the couple, planning for lanterns.

It's like, Adi Bhai kaun? I just wanna dress up and partayyyy 🥳😎✨🥂 That's a priority order I can vibe with and support 😂😂

Originally posted by: -Sarcy-

For all we know, they'll say Meethi did it – with some twisted explanation.

I think that or a child would be the only explanation. Honestly, he's always been mindful of her privacy so him creeping on her whilst she's sleeping would be so not him. Or, they could have gotten someone to do it at the break of dawn. Atif, let us live for a day.

Originally posted by: Deltablues

I think that or a child would be the only explanation. Honestly, he's always been mindful of her privacy so him creeping on her whilst she's sleeping would be so not him. Or, they could have gotten someone to do it at the break of dawn. Atif, let us live for a day.

Re Holi :

Wasn't it implied in the challenge itself before they were inebriated? "Tum ka kar loge?"

Not to mention that both were quite inebriated and Imlie literally tore off his vest as a prelude to the colouring?

The challenge, so to say, was set by a sober and completed by an inebriated Aryan to an inebriated Imlie.

Inebriated people cannot consent one way or the other? Both the parties couldn't have been in their right mind to begin with.

This scene would have meant completely different things had they been sober.

Originally posted by: Deltablues

Re Holi :

Wasn't it implied in the challenge itself before they were inebriated? "Tum ka kar loge?"

Not to mention that both were quite inebriated and Imlie literally tore off his vest as a prelude to the colouring?

The challenge, so to say, was set by a sober and completed by an inebriated Aryan to an inebriated Imlie.

Inebriated people cannot consent one way or the other? Both the parties couldn't have been in their right mind to begin with.

This scene would have meant completely different things had they been sober.

Or if one were sober and the other was inebriated!

In this case they were both talli🥴