Originally posted by: Abyspecial
I too feel the same. If Bheeshma had made different choices story would have been different. Why Bheeshma forced kashi rajkumaris and then ghandhar rajkumari? But then, I don't know if that had happened actually or it is scripted in the show since Bheeshma is always considered as dharma follower.
Bheeshma didn't force them. He participated and won the Swaymbhar but instead of marrying the princesses he asked them to marry his brother. I will always dislike him for this reason (after his silence on dyuth saba). He treated the princesses as a posession. Swaymbhar is held for prince proving worthy of the princess to marry them but he treated the princess as his won posession that he gave away to his brother. I don't know how that can counted as fair 😳 thus, Amba's anger and her curse.
Again regarding Gandhari, he just went with the proposal. He never forced the Gandhars to marry their daughter. At least not verbally. They were compelled to marry off their daughter because Hastinapur was a bigger kingdom and they were scared. However this is common thing that used to happen back then. It's like all fair in love and war kinda thing.
Bheesma was a dharma follower but he did make mistakes. Wasn't treating woman as Possession a mistake? Wasn't staying silent when his daughter in law was humiliated a mistake? An act of adharm? We can't call him a dharmi. Yes he was a dharma follower but he made mistakes too. Maybe that's why he had such a sad death where he had to see his family kill each other and the empire he help built crumble down.