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Ok so I think a lot of stuff has somewhere gotten lost in the noise and controversies related to this merger so I thought I'd just compile my views in one place:
1) This was a very very poorly planned merger mainly cuz it seemed like a last minute written script designed to use Manik to promote Veebha...the rest seemed to be a series of random "eye candy" scenes like Manik meets Parth in towel😆...I'm not even going to go there.
WH ka toh pata nahin but KYY is generally a very well planned script with all loops linked together and plenty of foreshadowing for the plot points...so any KYY viewer would be jarred by the random khichdi that these two merger epis were.
2) The main problem that has created so much backlash...Manik behaving out of character...now firstly toh I don't think there was any character assassination...not at all...KYY Manik basically went on pause for two days and "merger" Manik took over😆...Merger Manik strategically is made to avoid mentioning Nandini in any form and at the most it is implied that he has someone in his life now.
I can understand that most fans being so attached to MaNan would be upset about this...but honestly I think what would be more upsetting was if they had shown him talking about Nandini while he was busy glorifying Veebha😆...since this was a promotional tactic anyways, isn't it better than Nandu was kept away from it? MaNan's SANCTITY was maintained, people...and that is a GOOD thing.
3) The Manik-Veebha connection...again it loops back to how poorly the script was written...there was actual potential for them to show some good backstory if they wanted to...despite all the name trolling that has been done for WH with the way they use the name of the KYY cast members...but the writers didn't seem to bother only.
The flashback scene b/w Manik-Veebha was the only good scene in the whole merger episode in my opinion...mainly cuz Parth rose above the script...the script was not written very clearly in that scene...the average fan for the most remained confused about whether Manik was "cheating" on Alya by hitting on Veebha back then.
So here's what I got out of the scene...at the time of the flashback, it was the last day of school and Manik was there to write something on Veebha's blazer as a gesture of farewell...It is implied that Veebha was also his childhood friend just like Alya and at some point he developed an attraction towards her...probably around the same time that Alya must have pursued him as well...and it seems he would rather have picked Veebha than Alya but Veebha saw Alya's love for him and rejected him on that basis...Manik never really got it and resigned himself to the answer and ended up dating Alya for the heck of it...his response when Veebha tells him that Alya loves him and he goes, 'Yeah I love her too"...that shows it all...
Now we are TOLD that Veebha was very special😆...by making Manik mouth these dialogues...but somehow it never comes across in their "camaraderie"😆...so you know what this is called, WH makers? it's called EXECUTION FAIL😊...you could have shown a wonderful MATURE friendship in Manik's past that shaped him one way or the other...instead you ended up showing random OTT khichdi of a friendship with so much muddled into one scene that most ppl couldn't decipher it cuz they were busy hurting from the lack of MaNan you anyways hit them with.
People are not so stupid that they cannot take Manik's friendships of the past...but if you don't show it with CLARITY, but ofcourse there will be backlash and confusions.
For my part personally, I just laughed the whole thing off cuz it was THAT stupidly executed😆...nothing worth being upset over in terms of being "detrimental" to Manik's character...that said, the writers do have a task ahead of them now to loop the story back into the KYY universe.
4) The channel or the PHs don't seem to understand that taking away TWO WHOLE DAYS from the CENTRAL storyline of a show DOES jar and upset the viewers...heck even the cliched mahasangam epis that happen on most GECs atleast show SOME storyline movement when they do merger epis.
But what happened in this case was like a random side interlude which as far as I can tell add absolutely ZILCH to the storyline progression in either show...so what was the whole point?😕😕...for ppl to just stare at the faces of the "hot" actors?😕😆
When you plan a merger THIS stupidly, why WON'T the audience retaliate with backlash? THINK, next time...even if it seems hard😆
5) Lastly, regarding the fallout and the reactions of the cast...firstly it is NEVER cool to ABUSE the cast members...some ppl have done that on social media and that is just very unfortunate and must be condemned...yes, the cast should be mature enough to sift b/w the constructive criticism and outright abuse but doesn't seem like they are...and at the end of the day react emotionally...but I'd like to state it clearly again that NO ONE condones ABUSIVE bashing...there are varying degrees of reactions coming from ardent fans right now and the PH and cast should understand why those concerns are there rather than focus on the smaller populations of trolls who abuse for the sake of creating trouble.
I hope the writers and cast of KYY can bounce back from this and give us some great epis in the coming days😊
1) This was a very very poorly planned merger mainly cuz it seemed like a last minute written script designed to use Manik to promote Veebha...the rest seemed to be a series of random "eye candy" scenes like Manik meets Parth in towel😆...I'm not even going to go there.
WH ka toh pata nahin but KYY is generally a very well planned script with all loops linked together and plenty of foreshadowing for the plot points...so any KYY viewer would be jarred by the random khichdi that these two merger epis were.
2) The main problem that has created so much backlash...Manik behaving out of character...now firstly toh I don't think there was any character assassination...not at all...KYY Manik basically went on pause for two days and "merger" Manik took over😆...Merger Manik strategically is made to avoid mentioning Nandini in any form and at the most it is implied that he has someone in his life now.
I can understand that most fans being so attached to MaNan would be upset about this...but honestly I think what would be more upsetting was if they had shown him talking about Nandini while he was busy glorifying Veebha😆...since this was a promotional tactic anyways, isn't it better than Nandu was kept away from it? MaNan's SANCTITY was maintained, people...and that is a GOOD thing.
3) The Manik-Veebha connection...again it loops back to how poorly the script was written...there was actual potential for them to show some good backstory if they wanted to...despite all the name trolling that has been done for WH with the way they use the name of the KYY cast members...but the writers didn't seem to bother only.
The flashback scene b/w Manik-Veebha was the only good scene in the whole merger episode in my opinion...mainly cuz Parth rose above the script...the script was not written very clearly in that scene...the average fan for the most remained confused about whether Manik was "cheating" on Alya by hitting on Veebha back then.
So here's what I got out of the scene...at the time of the flashback, it was the last day of school and Manik was there to write something on Veebha's blazer as a gesture of farewell...It is implied that Veebha was also his childhood friend just like Alya and at some point he developed an attraction towards her...probably around the same time that Alya must have pursued him as well...and it seems he would rather have picked Veebha than Alya but Veebha saw Alya's love for him and rejected him on that basis...Manik never really got it and resigned himself to the answer and ended up dating Alya for the heck of it...his response when Veebha tells him that Alya loves him and he goes, 'Yeah I love her too"...that shows it all...
Now we are TOLD that Veebha was very special😆...by making Manik mouth these dialogues...but somehow it never comes across in their "camaraderie"😆...so you know what this is called, WH makers? it's called EXECUTION FAIL😊...you could have shown a wonderful MATURE friendship in Manik's past that shaped him one way or the other...instead you ended up showing random OTT khichdi of a friendship with so much muddled into one scene that most ppl couldn't decipher it cuz they were busy hurting from the lack of MaNan you anyways hit them with.
People are not so stupid that they cannot take Manik's friendships of the past...but if you don't show it with CLARITY, but ofcourse there will be backlash and confusions.
For my part personally, I just laughed the whole thing off cuz it was THAT stupidly executed😆...nothing worth being upset over in terms of being "detrimental" to Manik's character...that said, the writers do have a task ahead of them now to loop the story back into the KYY universe.
4) The channel or the PHs don't seem to understand that taking away TWO WHOLE DAYS from the CENTRAL storyline of a show DOES jar and upset the viewers...heck even the cliched mahasangam epis that happen on most GECs atleast show SOME storyline movement when they do merger epis.
But what happened in this case was like a random side interlude which as far as I can tell add absolutely ZILCH to the storyline progression in either show...so what was the whole point?😕😕...for ppl to just stare at the faces of the "hot" actors?😕😆
When you plan a merger THIS stupidly, why WON'T the audience retaliate with backlash? THINK, next time...even if it seems hard😆
5) Lastly, regarding the fallout and the reactions of the cast...firstly it is NEVER cool to ABUSE the cast members...some ppl have done that on social media and that is just very unfortunate and must be condemned...yes, the cast should be mature enough to sift b/w the constructive criticism and outright abuse but doesn't seem like they are...and at the end of the day react emotionally...but I'd like to state it clearly again that NO ONE condones ABUSIVE bashing...there are varying degrees of reactions coming from ardent fans right now and the PH and cast should understand why those concerns are there rather than focus on the smaller populations of trolls who abuse for the sake of creating trouble.
I hope the writers and cast of KYY can bounce back from this and give us some great epis in the coming days😊
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