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Originally posted by: momma1128
I am in love with today's episode. There was meaningful dialogue, meaningful moments and insight - all things we viewers have been aching for since I don't know when.
The little girl at the mandir captures the essence of ASR. He hears her story, he listens to her vulnerability - he relates to it. Of all things he cannot stand, that which makes his heart melt is vulnerability because he is still smarting from when he had succumb to motions of helpnessness. Of being so wounded that everyone could see. The expressions that he gives this little girl, particularly when she asks about his parents wishes he wants fulfilled, broke my heart.The rakshas is there to protect the wound he is still nursing. The rakshas is there to make sure the vulnerability of feeling emotions is not seen by anyone, lest they are able to take advantage of him again (I am basing this on the what happened with his uncle.) There is a method to this pain and protection - without that veneer we see a weeping, aching man take comfort in making a little girl's wish come true. And Khushi saw it too.His conversation with Khushi was raw. He opened up like never before about his wounds. It was a cry for someone to actually understand his pain, when he said that no one understands what he has been through. He is alone and licking his wounds in private and to his family and others, he dons the mask of the rakshas because he will not feel ANYTHING and especially not vulnerable, because when it's dark and he's alone, that is the only feeling that comes to him. Weakness, longing, pain - all in his heart.I loved the look on Khushi when he closed the door. She was crying and this time, to me it didn't seem so much because he insulted her, it was because she got it. She understood. This is his defense mechanism. Lashing out is easier on the heart when it's already breaking. That's the method to his madness.
Hey what a beautiful post, it captured the entire essence of the man that arnav is...the first time we have seen him at his vulnerable best...something which we've never see earlier..his mask comes off only a few times and probably only before his sister...but interestingly hes slowly giving khushi the liberty to see him when hes smarting...
i seem to remember this conversation he has with anjali in a temple...where he says his hatred and behaviour is justified for the world...but not for her..
somehow i feel, arnav is at his meanest best only with khushi...its almost as if...if anjali is one side of his support spectrum, khushi forms the other...cos no matter how much he vents out at her...shes always back...i think he has realised that in some ways and does go around testing it time and again...his conversations with her always have diffferent words out from his mouth...but the emotions behind it are something completely not congruent...
i know this is going to turn ugly now with shyam's beautiful interference...but i believe khushi as usual will be there at arnav's side whatever happens...even if its in the form of his arch nemesis in the eyes of the world...
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