Originally posted by: Nostalgia3997
I don't think you realize this is ITV not an English lit class, of which I've taken many because I'm currently pursuing a degree in that and have more experience with grey characters than the average person. Whether you like it or not, this is a daily soap and while we can have high expectations from whatever media we consume, for the sake of our sanity we should be realistic about the shows we end up watching. All these characters fall into certain tropes. Every story Shakespeare or not is based on some fundamental understanding of good vs bad, even if they make a case for ambiguous characters. I'm not going to give you a lecture on all that but i will say this. The picturization of Bajaj at the time of me writing this post was one where we were privy to his inner conflict and so I felt conflicted about what I was seeing. Like other villains this show has seen, I don't believe Bajaj needs any special considerations as if he's a lead, he can be a slightly more dangerous villain by virtue of being able to manipulate situations better than previous ones but at the end of the day from what we've now seen that's who he is and always will be. The show started with AnuPre and Bajaj hasn't shown up until almost a year later, he is not on par with them as a lead. Whether you like it or not, based on ITV tropes and past precedent, it is safe to say he's a villain. We can talk endlessly about any of these villains and leads actually being grey because in real life that's how people are, we're all grey, but these fictional shows are not real life so we don't need to treat them that way.
I relate to everything you have said. Except that, if you do understand Literature, you'd know that ITV and a lot of movies, stereotype good and bad into some classes and compartments. For example, a good woman wears Mangalsutra and sindoor, a good man does this. Not necessarily. But these are how they are represented. And TV's representation of good and bad is shoddy as hell, especially EK's. Is it that easy to compartmentalise good and bad from the point of view of literature? This is a question to you, coz you mentioned it. I am not a literature student though I'd have loved to be one. Aren't good characters shaded too? Aren't bad characters shaded too? And who defines grey? Is there a definition of grey? Doesn't it depend on each person's moral compass? There are loads of instances when murder has been held morally correct, I am NOT saying it is so here. But, at the end of the day, white, black and grey are all shades. And sometimes the shades can get blurry. White from some angles looks grey, grey from some angles looks black. And black when shining brightly can appear white. When mere colours can represent so much, how can people be classified into categories? A grey person today can perform a good act tomorrow. A white person can perform a grey act. Doesn't change their core, just gives them more vibrant shades.
P. S. Here white and black represent the nature of people. No racism or anything. 😆
I am not vindicating B or incrinimating A. Just asking some questions. XD
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