About SHIVAAY , ANIKA and the TRUST WE SHOULD HAVE ( Updated)

Hola IBians,

How are you all doing? Hope the show has shaken you to the core; and if it has, then guys HAME FARAK PADHTA HAI - hai na?? Now every show has its ups and downs and to be very frank I too was a bit disappointed with the current happenings on the show, not completely but yes I bit. But GEET jaisi dost ho to has scene me maza aajaye, har scene ka importance baato me pata chal jaye, sochne ka tarika badal jaye. ;) So all those people who are unable to take on this track between Tia-Shivaay-Anika and are looking for some positives vibes in the forum , toh fir "KISKA HAI YE TUMKO INTEZAAR, MAIN HOON NA, DEKH LO IDHAR TO EK BAAR , MAIN HOON NAAA" or haan "KHAMOSH KYU HOO JO BHI KEHENA HAI KAHO" niche comments me :P

Okay enough of intro - lets get to some serious discussion about our favourite SHIVAAY and ANIKA, NO not SHIVIKA but Shivaay AND Anika.

Recently, just yesterday we came across the eye-popping news of ShivIka' marriage, which was shocking as well as surprising. Good news for some while a Bad one for others. Okay so let's NOT focus on HOW THEY GET MARRIED first. This will make your opinions a biased one. We now know that YES they are getting married, so let's think about What Shivaay and Anika should be, to become SHIVIKA and make their marriage a success in future. Secondly, Let's NOT think about ShivIka romance here because that's the secondary factor for both the characters and just about what is important for them as individuals and as somebody's partner. Once you do this, you can refresh your thoughts and put down your opinions below regarding their behaviour in the ongoing situations or circumstances.

Point One - NAYI SOCH ; NOBODY IS PERFECT

Both Anika and Shivaay must be Humans, by this I mean they have to make mistakes, otherwise they are god and God makes mistakes too. This nayi soch is being shown in a very meaningful and clear manner in this show. I had a few doubts in my mind as well was a bit uncomfortable accepting this, with recent action and reactions of Shivaay and Anika but My Buddy Geet, she made it a point to barge down inside my DIMAG KA BULB' that was Flickering and had it fixed to the BRIGHTER SIDE :P

Point Two - INDIVIDUALS HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIVING THAN PARTNERS

Anika and Shivaay are different worlds, right? They have must have seen the Other side of the world BUT obviously has NOT EXPERIENCED IT. This makes it pretty obvious that BOTH are NAIVE when it comes to facing each other's world and they will try to solve the problems their own way not knowing that this won't work here. This mindset is enough to tackle problems in her world but in a bit weaker to fight the evil in his world. Similarly, you will see Shivaay facing such problem in future when he will be shown helping Anika out. That's how they will learn and Grow from Being Individuals to Being Partners. Because When Shivaay and Anika become ShivIka they have to be a better version of themselves together, only then can they play the roles they are meant for. I.e Protectors

Point Three - ONE MUST FALL TO LEARN TO WALK

This is something we all know and have learnt from childhood, that to get success one must fail. Anika's attempts on exposing Tia were not exactly childish (proven in Point two above) but yes her constant attempts were a bit quick and she should have slow down a bit, think and then act. But I have a justification for this too, I will discuss this later. But expecting Anika to roll the dice and get the perfect score in the first attempt is Incorrect. This is possible in only two cases, either

1) She should have a real good LUCK, which is like having BHAGWAN KA VARDAN or

2) The contender should be a serious Moron.

And Both were not possible here and should NOT be, because Anika cannot be shown lucky because "WE KNOW", right?, and the contender cannot be shown a Moron because then Shivaay becomes the IDIOT here. Which he is obviously NOT.

Point Four - KNOW THY SELF, KNOW THY ENEMY

Anika is strong and So is Tia, but She knows that Truth is Stronger and LIE, definitely has NO LIFE longer than Truth. This is pushing her to make attempts one after the other to expose her.

Apart From the Above Four Points, I would like to add -

Anika and Shivaay has come a long way. From hatred to trust. This is the most difficult path one HAS TO walk on IF they are destined to meet and Walk together in life. Shivaay has already completed his quota and Anika is almost half there.

BUT, as my Point one goes, How on earth can this be that "MUJHE PATA HAI WO KABHI GALAT NAHI HOSAKTI", okay I understand She has done things for him , sacrificed for him, all okay, all correct but that doesn't make sense about ANIKA BEING PERFECT. HOW can expect her to be a POSITIVE character and the HEROINE but at the same Time BE extremely Chaant in her tactics and Know perfect politics, Play mind games, Be a terrific Spy, Capable enough to Give TIT for TAT to the ENEMY in the first or Lets say even in the Second Go and ALSO become Successful and Then Smirk at how INTELLIGENT SHE IS? Like Really? Does this make HER - ANY DIFFERENT from The VAMP? No!

See the whole Idea about TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAILS is that - Lie can Fight back but cannot remain their always. And So Anika keeps trying and keeps on attempting to expose TIA. Now Her way of doing is both NOT wrong and NOT right. (Read all fours points again if you don't get this :P)

Shivaay and Anika both are on a stage where they have unknowingly become Best companions, best of friends, they don't accept this BUT THEY HAVE. Shivaay blindly trusts Anika. And When Anika is not able to come true to his expectations he gets shaken a bit. Because he has taken a lot of pain and drenched in a lot of Water :P to come to this stage of TRUST on Anika. And not only this, but Anika herself has done so much and proved Shivaay that she is a well-wisher and that she is there to help him when he is unable to do so, that He has gotten used to this , that he can do nothing but trust her. He is NOT wrong either. But, He has to learn that not always can he expect the right things from her, sometimes HE has to be there to Show her the path.

Shivaay has Always been the Ruler and the Protector, and it's time that he must Learn to be a Guide too.

Similarly, Anika somewhere deep down is very sure that "KUCH BHI HOJAYE BILLUJI MERI BAAT PE YAKEEN KARENGE". And she is not Wrong either. He does. But, now that he is not taking her seriously , she has too been shaken a bit. This is kind of a bit shocking and disbelief that The Billuji who once changed decisions within seconds , now is not ready to even Listen to her? This is what she is unable to taken in. AND IS THE REASON WHY SHE IS BEHAVING NOW. She is not but she has now taken this as a challenge and has become desperate to show Billuji that She is Not wrong, that she has not Changed. This disbelief and Distrust of Shivaay is making her do these naive attempts on repetitive manner. IS SHE WRONG? Is she doing something - Inhuman? That's a natural and a very common stimulative behaviour to a certain action which she is not able to deal with. She is only thinking about Shivaay and his safety ,because she knows Shivaay is least bothered about himself. This is Anika reacting to protect someone she cares about but who does not care about himself. So this desperate need to make him realise what harm is will face is making her take such impulsive actions of exposing Tia.

Also,

All this is very important for both SHIVAAY and ANIKA to Understand, Experience, Learn and Explore about each other BEFORE they step into the Married World. Their Phase of hatred is over - Their phase of Understanding is On-Going. And this phase is a continuous Process which goes on Forever - till death.

These are the little things they are going through which is building the base of a COUPLE.

Shivaay cannot assume that ANIKA is Perfect. Because then HE will not take initiative to Look through her and understand her pain and Be ready to guard her.

And

Anika cannot assume that SHIVAAY is the GREAT WALL OF SHIVAAY and so he is perfect. Because then she will take things as easily as she is taking now.

Both are in learning process and both can never be the perfect individual or a perfect couple.

They are there to COMPLETE each other NOT SUPPORT each other.

Lastly About TIA, She is actually the TEACHER here :P :P Both are learning lessons practically because of her and she will surely make ShivIka only more stronger.

Note: Please feel free to post your thoughts below. I would be more than happy to know your views on them or your thoughts both good or bad on my pov.

Thank You.

Love,

Pritha

Special Note: Geet being too lazy these days has decided to comment her opinion here about Shivika rather than creating a separate topic.. Please Read Geet post and irritate her with your questions and doubts 🤣

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P.s I am copy pasting one of my comments from another thread so that It clears the MU of people who have a similar query...

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Query is If you were at anikas place you would have tried once and if someone insulted you or warned you, you would have not bugged him again and ignored...

My point here with an example is -

Originally posted by: geet.a

I saw the episode, I saw it again, and I did not want to post today because I was worried I'd be horridly misunderstood. So, kudos to you Prithu for taking that chance😆

I saw unhappy people today, people shattered, people losing control, people losing. I saw that in Shivaay, I saw it when Om opened his eyes, I saw it in Anika, I saw it in Jhanvi, I saw it in a helpless Tej as he saw his son lying on the ground.

But since this post is about Shivika, I will focus on that first.

Let me say at the outset that I loved their conversation, their difference in opinion. I loved it that there was no shouting, that there were no attempt to belittle anyone this time. The stakes were too high.

In the first scene, I saw a downcast Anika who had been once again, proven wrong. I saw a Shivaay who was disappointed in her for what he thought was a fault, and it was, just not in the way he thought.

Do you guys remember that scene when Shivaay was drugged, and he told Anika that she was too nice, that he doesn't deserve it? I said that day somewhere, that he has put her on a pedestal. I said this even when there was that beautiful frame scene. I saw already that for Shivaay to understand and love anika, accept her as she is (even unconsciously), he needs to see that she is a girl who makes mistakes: she is human. She is quick and impulsive and sometimes it can be a bad thing. She is NOT a sacrificing lamb. His expectations from her were too high. What she did was a decision made out of the same reasons this mistake was: She cares for him, and wants him happy.

Reasons: I do not care about them right now, they are not important in this context at the moment.

Shivaay and Anika ARE finding it hard to work coolly because they care about each other and have both more or less accepted it in their actions.

Anika was wrong due to her approach, again, too impulsive, too impatient.. Anika was also wrong because she knew nothing matters to Shivaay over his family, over his brothers, and if he's trusted her to do something, it is important, and yet, she chose to leave Om and focus on what she thought was the bigger issue.

Now, I have discussed this in my post a few times, and I truly believe it: Shivaay and Anika WILL protect their familly (Oberois AND sahil) BUT Shivaay rarely thinks about himself, and so, Anika will.

These are partners in life, and they WILL take care of each other, so as to make up for each others' selfless nature. Given the choice to do it all again, she will again instinctively choose Shivaay over Om or anyone in his family: his happiness, her need to expose the woman he is going to marry and take on as his partner for life, were more important to her than to check in on his brother. And when she found him okay, she thought it not being a big deal to leave, after all, Prinku was around.

That being said, Shivaay was also not wrong, a hypocrite where she's concerned, yes..but not wrong. In the feelings he thinks she possesses for him, yes. But not in telling her to stop trying to belittle Tia.

While she very seriously corrected his illusions regarding her feelings for him today, the parting words he said were undeniably coming from behind that wall that went up as soon as he saw Om was unconscious. It was a reiteration that he had almost let someone pass through that wall, had seen in them the same need to help his family (and he was not wrong, but then, neither were her motivations).

Did you guys see the shock on his face, the fear, the overwhelming helplessness he felt, the guilt?

He had let that happen because he trusted someone who was NOT family.

That someone who was not going to be an Oberoi, who was not strictly speaking, his own.

That is enough to give him pause.

And yet, it says a lot about his feelings and his softness towards Anika that he did not WANT to talk about it, he'd have taken the guilt, but she needed him to talk to him. She needed him to let it out in the open, just like they had with all of their issues.

Perhaps somewhere, he needed that release too.

For him to go against his family (which includes tia at the moment) is to expect too much from a guy who's not even acknowledged his own feelings to himself consciously.

For her to imagine he would believe her, was a very clear, and a very obvious fault.

I am happy this conversation happened and there is a tension that will be built, because feelings cannot be willed away.

There were feelings that were hurt today and will be hurt further in the coming days. This was not simple attitude throwing or trying to prove the rightness or wrongness of their actions; this was a conversation to clarify, and it was a much needed one.

I do not think any relationship of equality can be based on preconceived notions of greatness. I have been discussing with friends here that I needed Anika to make some mistakes too, and not always be correct.

But I wouldn't bash her for it because she's simply human and she was correct: she knows the difference between right and wrong.

Similarly, Shivaay wasn't wrong when he asked her to distance herself from his family and Tia. Just like he's trying to distance himself from her. But he did not ask her to stay away from him. Slip I'm sure😆. Getting too involved was making her an easy target for Tia anyway.

I will conclude by saying that no, I do not think that the lines that were being blurred have been firmly drawn again. But at the same time, they are for the time being, needed for both of them to get a little perspective. The ample proof of this is the way they interacted today, there was a warmth in that conversation, an apnapan.

Shivaay and Anika are both all over the place right now. And those who expect they haven't changed (In Shivaay's case) or they shouldn't change (in Anika's) need to think about the essence of these characters 😃 For me, both of them were in character today and yet could easily show the changes they have gone through, that are subtle, but significant.

Love

Geet.