Originally posted by: MaddyO
Mansi first a 🤗 for the lines I copied below
I thought that sentence was very revealing. In the first two pregnancies of Ruq (genuine and fake ones) I thought he seemed more concerned and happy about the baby and saw Ruq as the "carrier" of the baby than as somebody in and of herself (however crass that sounds). In fact Ruq herself even added to this perception that she was more about the audha and he was more into the baby.
The big difference to me here in Jodha's pregnancy is that Jalal is equally worried about both - the mother and the baby. In fact he is more worried about the mother than the baby, if we can say that. His reactions are not that extreme about the baby and neither are they so at the cost of his feelings for Jodha ...
... and further, when Jodha has already proved that she has been careful enough with the baby to even fight a war without damage to herself or the baby, Jalal must be feeling relieved that he has a partner of solidity and not a frothy woman like Ruk who cannot take care of herself. All he needed to do was to tell Moti to be extra-careful with Jodha. He did not need to summon twenty-thousand bandhis or fuss over Jodha's kaada as he did over the less responsible Ruq.
He knows that while the Ruq-types will even smoke hookahs irresponsibly in pregnancy, here was a woman who went through war and came out with responsibility well carried out!
I absolutely liked the above lines. I made bold the bits I loved. Thanks for making me see it differently. About the line in red - you are being generous to Ruk! Just frothy?!!! 😆 I would say more obsessed about audha and becoming MUZ and deciding beforehand of asking Jalal to make her a Vazir than caring about her own baby! Ruk is all about her own selfish interests and loving ONLY herself.
Ruk can lie and mislead Jalal about Behram Khan - at that time she had absolute control over Jalal, he blindly believed every word she uttered and Ruk had absolutely no reason to feel insecure - that time Jalal was not even married to Jodha! - Ruk misled Jalal and when he trustingly asked for her opinion - Ruk sided with MA over HB cos of her own selfish reasons.
I could not make long post yesterday - so writing what I wanted to yesterday.
Did you notice? When Ruk went shouting at Jalal and said he no longer considers her BEK and best friend etc. etc. Jalal DID NOT EVER BOTHER TO DENY IT???!!!!!!!!!! 😆😆😆 Jalal's reaction was more - what are you ranting about now? Ruk bores him and Jalal knows her rants are only about something selfish.
I did not like Jalal's reaction yesterday felt he should be more concerned about Jodha - for the simple reason that he has seen MA plot against Jodha cos she is a Rajvanshi. Why did Jalal not think for a moment that Jodha pregnant news might not be taken in happiness by everyone? That Jodha needs EVEN MORE protection. After all Jalal STILL thinks that someone tried to kill Ruk!
Anyways lets wait and see! Of course I do not want similar reaction to Ruk!
CVs treated Ruk faking pregnancy like world's first woman ever to give birth! 😡
Since Ruk has already started lying to Jalal about being happy for the child - I am waiting for Jalal to ask Ruk to press Jodha's feet now.
Cos Ruk is mostly hopeless in any other kind of care of Jodha! 😆
BTW I am waiting for HB to ask Ruk to give back the kangans! Cos Ruk had no right to even accept them in the first place! Jodha has right on those kangans.
Mansi Jalal did not say Jodha has given reason to love - Jalal said NOW JODHA HAS GIVEN HIM ANOTHER BIG REASON TO LOVE HER MORE cos she is going to give him the biggest gift of his life. Jalal already loves Jodha and this was an admission! Cos another reason means he already loves Jodha - which he admitted in front of haram.
I think Jalal's gift to Jodha might be bringing Tansen to Agra!
If not Tansen now, what can it be?