An Ocean of love, happiness despair and yearning

This week saw a lot of interesting events happening...there was progress in the story and there was digress...but nevertheless some parts that made for great viewing...im going to list some of the events that i felt were significant

Arnav and Khushi's internal conflict : It started off with the siblings trying to prod them on how happy they are with the decisions they took, both masterfully tossed their feelings aside and as usual donned the masks that is not alien to them, im convinced that neither arnav's family nor khushi's family understands that they wear masks. Ive long since left that part of me which believed that their families (sister,mother whoever) understood what they actually feel. Will anyone spot the pain each of these characters is carrying ?

Khushi's Farewell : this one scores close to home for me...the entire raizada family women were constantly reminding arnav of how he'd never see khushi again, adding oil to the fire each person was chanting the name as if in some holy stupor. I think arnav's emotions here were brilliant, no matter how hard he tries to toughen up and be completely not affected, he cant escape the feeling of despair that runs through him at the thought of her leaving him. The whole pool sequence just showed how amazingly powerless he is in her presence... the clash between the two lines of thought (i mean ASR and arnav) was amazingly portrayed and we got to see that it ripped his heart to see her leave.

Temple of Joy : Now lets leave aside the fact on how amazing he looked in that suit with his aviators (gosh...*drools*). The significance of arnav reaching there, he knows shes hurt...he knows it was his action that caused it, he cant help but go and make sure that shes alright. Hes fighting a losing battle and hops into his suv and the lights lead him straight to her. The attempt to soothe her hurt,the pseudo engagement, the ego clash post it...all expected in a typical day of arnav and khushi...they vow not to speak to each other again, and storm off...seemingly in opposite directions but then take a parallel road home.

Now here i have a question : in all this hoopla, did khushi realize the significance of his act ? im not talking about his tying the bandage, im talking about the act of him reaching the temple. Hes an atheist , doesn't believe in god, had no other legible reason coming to the temple but her.

Does she realize this ? or does the overwhelming nature of the bandage knot eclipse this act. Or are they synonymous ? i personally expected an internal monologue on why he was there in the first place, both from her end and his. But i guess in the events that followed, it left no time for introspection.

Lastly

Khushi's engagement vs. Arnav's Macbeth moment :

I loved how both scenes had a montage of all their moments together, even with her engagement to another man, she cant disassociate her thoughts from him. Her family (bluack) forces, she agrees but only her silent thoughts and the friendly milkyway are true witnesses to the turmoil she faces

Him : the harder he tries to wipe off her thoughts the more ingrained it becomes into him. he makes yet another resolve, but fails as we see him wake up the next morning with her name on his lips. I think throughout the week there have been say 3-4 instances where he utters the name, with longing...with care...with anger...with fear..each instance was a different spot on the emotion spectrum of arnav and each held its own significance.

These two know they are in love...at least i believe they do...what remains is for them to acknowledge that no matter what this feeling is a constant...no hail no war...will deter them from this. It would be interesting to watch how after an acceptance of feelings (self acceptance) they'd behave around each other.

Im going to completely skip over the unpleasant characters and the even more weak ones...because frankly they get on my nerves and i cant bring myself to analyze what in the world's name prompts their actions !!

Let me know what you guys thought of this week...

After reading your post, planning to re-see the episodes just to hear...khushi...in all the moods mentioned by you!!,👏

i dont want them to confess it to each other..not yet..but a little self confession would be nice...i mean we are intelligent viewers..but a little help here an there would be appreciated..:)

REally nice observation and analysis of ARHI actions.. After reading all the positive comments on ARHI, it makes happy, it gives me hope that at least ARHI do the self realisation part at least... I'm not even worried about confessing to each other at least self-realisation, silent one.

Where is this SBB ? I ain't seen it yet! And can't seem to find it anywhere!

@chickster : I just read sush's post and commented there...yeh comedy me no like...no charades and all ! Pls to finish message delivery thru postits !