A few points I would like to make here. Even though I am stuck forever in the RB craze, I think I can be neutral as well... benefits of hindsight (being a S1 fan) and of age and maturity (close to 2 decade in between)
Rishabh: RB is not a saint and never will be. He is a grey-black character and as such you cannot expect him to do the 'right' thing. Even if one presumes, that he and Ronit planned together, shouldn't Anurag have more sense and not run behind him as soon as he saw Ronit? Yes, RB blackmailed Prerna...but it was not that the court had ordered Anurag to a death penalty to be executed that very day. Why didnt Prerna stop and think of options, why didnt she discuss with Nivi or someone, why didnt she think of appealing in a higher court? The fact of the matter is RB has a skewed moral compass and does not find it wrong to take advantage of a situation. He knew Anurag and Prerna rush into things without sparing a thought and he turned their personality traits to his advantage. Yes, he should stop saying that he was never personal with Anurag, getting married to someone's fiance is pretty personal. And he should have expected Anurag to hit back.
Anurag: Anu is the quintessential good guy. He is ethical, thoughtful, and virtuous...supposed to be at least. And that is the reason why this revenge track is reflecting so badly on him...this is not him. People can say that Prerna is responsible for his behavior...no...no one but yourself can be held accountable for your own behavior. You always always have a choice in how you react to a situation. Adversity often shows your true mettle, and in this case, the trauma of having lost Prerna has brought out the worst side to Anurag. Someone said in an earlier post that Anurag's sacrifice helped Prerna grow as a person but Prerna's sacrifice has brought down Anurag...if that's true then it just says that Prerna had a greater strength of character, isn't it? And the deal he tried to crack with Prerna yesterday really killed Anurag's character for me...at least Prerna was unmarried when RB offered her a deal...bt to ask a married woman 'tumhe unn sabko chodkar mere saath rehna hoga, yahan' is just to demeaning, esp considering that Prerna is his love.
Prerna: In my opinion, she has been shown to be extremely impulsive and does not wait to process things and ponder on the consequences. And there is absolutely no reason to shoulder responsibility of all 3 households (Sharma, Basu, Bajaj) on her shoulders. She has to learn to trust other people and confide in them, otherwise she will continue to create havoc. A simple confession of the true reason for her agreeing to marry RB, will give the much needed closure to Veena and Anurag and will also halt this constant revenge cycle. Otherwise Much of the show will not only be kasauti OF Prerna, but also kasauti CREATED by Prerna. But since this trait Prerna seems to have carried forward from S1, I dont really have much hope.
To end, am I still sounding defensive of RB, maybe yes...old habits die hard! The point I am trying make of this extremely long post is this...Anurag will always be held to a higher standard that RB coz that is how he is shown to be. I can understand that Anurag fans want him to teach RB a lesson, but then you guys also should accept the fact that your hero is treading in the morally grey area...you can no longer berate RB for his tactics of Anurag is resorting to similar ones.
Rishabh Bajaj fans fell in love with him knowing that he is a grey character who will do questionable things in time to come...we know that...but our hero can only change for the better, since he started almost from the rock bottom.
Anurag started from the skies...your hero already has achieved the pinnacle of his heroism when he married Komo to save Prerna (I haven't seen this, forgive me if this is wrong) and unless he stabilizes quickly, he is rushing to crash into the ground.
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