First and foremost; sorry this post was hijacked, as posts like these usually are :/I agree with everything that you said; but really, I'm glad someone pointed out the glorification of the Oberoi family. Though they may have physically not caused the fire, they had an equal hand in the cover-up. And is that not on par with what Roop did? NGL, I really hope that the CVs throw a curveball because at the moment, the Kalyani Mills track seems quite open-shut. No, it wasn't the Oberois! It was Roop, the standard, evil TRP aunt that screws things up, whereas the family themselves were just misguided. Cue Shivaay freaking out for two weeks about his family being evil, and we go from there. There's no real drama; just the CVs spelling out crap that we already know.
I love and adore Shivaay/Nakuul, and I get that Shivaay is innately linked to this whole issue, but this track really needs to show how Annika feels. As you said, SC is talented in emotional scenes, and she would genuinely thrive. I want to see the consequences on Shivaay, and their relationship; but that needs to happen in its own right, and not be associated with Annika finally facing her past.
On the Annika vs. Gauri debate; I watched three episodes of DBO before giving up so I can't really comment, but from what I know (and hear a lot) is that Gauri had it bad too. That's terrible and all, but I hate that somehow, you mentioning that Annika had a terrible past, automatically meant that Gauri didn't. Y'all, TM didn't say that; stop starting shit honestly. I don't get the controversy about the mother; isn't it true??! Yes, she was backdated. She was weak, she was a burden. But she loved Gauri, and Gauri loved her back. Gauri had a maternal figure in her life, to guide her (even if it was to hold certain backdated, TRP-esque opinions). Annika did not, and the integrity of Sahil as another family member will not change that, like it won't change the fact that Gauri didn't have a little sibling that loved her.
Unpopular opinion (sorry if this causes drama lol), but for me, this track will always be about Annika. I understand that Gauri and RiKara fans hold their own sentiments, but on a personal note, I want this to be an Annika-centric track. For one, if I'm not mistaken, the 'canon' that DBO asserted didn't specify that Gauri herself had a long-lost sister, that haunted her, that she was searching for? For me, it seemed like the CVs conveniently shoved that into the middle of the Bareilly track after reading that some audiences did want AniRi. For me, this specific storyline will never truly be for Gauri, as some want it to be. Every character deserves their own track, and this was one that Annika/Surbhi had and deserved from the conception of IB. I was totally for Gauri and her education track, and I genuinely remember thinking that I would hate it f Annika was also suddenly part of it, because education was obviously Gauri's battle to fight. Like that, I want and hope to god that this track is for Annika, and the CVs rewrite the storyline (like they're known to do), and forgo AnniRi. They should really learn their lesson by now and not give Surbhi/Annika and Shrenu/Gauri explicitly linked tracks, because it will start fandom wars like no other (as this post proves).
Ironically, I actually remember having a conversation with you about the sisters track, and how you thought it was incredibly contrived, a few months ago. I stand corrected, you were right. I'm so incredibly against the long-lost sisters track, omfg. Give Annika and Gauri separate tracks, @theCVs, it'll keep the masses satisfied.
Sorry for lowkey hijacking your post yellowmellow, but as usual, loved hearing your thoughts!
Edited by Innika. - 7 years ago