Originally posted by: Paulaonohi
How does she avoid it when they literally bring it to her doorstep. And Jhanak is just 21…she is so young and repeated insults like this are bound to hurt and damage her psyche. She has no one and they keep pushing that in everyday. I like Ani - but tbh, his behavior is disappointing in this way. He tells her to ignore, tells her she has to study and all that - but he hasn’t done things to make it possible for that. Yes, he has helped her - the shoot and the dance - but those sort of help are usually half and half because Ani is not there in the aftermath when she gets insulted for them. For me, Jhanak hasn’t really had any wins in this show. Even the wins that she should have cannot be enjoyed because the people around her want her to suffer just for having the ability to have a win. Ani, like I said before, is the strongest character on this show. He has been giving back hot comebacks when Jhanak was ill. Now she is well, Ani is back to soft and far apart retort mode. What stops Ani from maintaining the hard stance on defending Jhanak? Ani asks for books’ list. For me, rather than blame Jhanak, the Boses don’t allow her time to do anything for herself and even worse, also use words to stop her from being able to dream. If I was Ani, I don’t think I would be able to eat in such a house without doing something. Ani is capable. He is CAPABLE. What ever stopped him from saying she must write the books’ list in front of him, telling his parents that Jhanak will not work on particular days/times, calling her principal to actually set up a study and exam schedule, or even just hitting hard EVERY TIME Jhanak gets insulted. Not once has Ani tries to set boundaries concerning Jhanak, especially to shristi and Arshi. He did when she was sick - but is it not the well person who needs it more? It’s in those times he does it that the show gets more appealing and exciting - so even just for the audience’s sake, Ani should have been more proactive. But he is not - and it’s a missed opportunity because at the start of their return from Kashmir, he was bolder. Over time, his retorts got softer and fewer. I am no Sherlock but this is why I have always maintained that Ani has his own selfishness. The more he grew feelings for Jhanak, the less active he became on the daily. I think it’s too much to say he wanted her to suffer, no. But it’s not strange to say (as we all know) that he became possessive of her more and wanted her to be beside him. It became less of keeping her safe than keeping her around. If Ani had been proactive to the point of actually helping her out with a hostel (as we had pleaded for long), she wouldn’t be in the house. If he had been proactive to the point of causing drama everytime she was hurt, he would be put on the spot about his behavior for Jhanak and we all know that Ani is heavily invested in suppressing his feelings and maintaining that he still loves Arshi (which he doesn’t). I have never seen Ani as some saint, as well as Jhanak. But I maintain that Ani’s shortcomings are of his own volition unlike Jhanak that has been bullied into subordinate mentality. She wasn’t like this before. Now all she says are meri Maasi and in a rush to get married. Instead of thinking she wants that rather than build her career, I believe more that Jhanak wants to hurry things because she is clear that she can never have a healthy and happy life, talk less of Career in Bose house. Her ticket out is this marriage - and it might be possible the man is good and she can live well. But even if he wasn’t, she can still deal with that and maybe divorce later right? Maybe Jhanak doesn’t know that is not easy as it’s said but right now, the greatest devils in this 21 year old mind are the people that stood in front of her today. Jhanak doesn’t think they are above murdering her, so even if she had to marry someone worthless, she wouldn’t care so far she could leave. That’s why I am not even rushing for some confession. I would rather realization of feelings and also self-reflection on Ani’s part. He didn’t use 1% of his abilities and power in that house and for some, it might have been better if he was really a bad guy who hated her because Jhanak used to have so much expectations from him at the start (recall his promises and all the stares?), now she doesn’t even move her head when they insult her.
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