Loving the discussions and the GIFs! ❤️@Naj & @Mandy: I feel like quoting all of your discussions but I will try to restrain myself. Some of my fave bits -
"I think Neil was turned on by the fact that Avni WAS Case 123. He was right all along and he knows his instincts were always leading him in the right direction. So he is doubly vindicated."
"We are lucky to have such an intelligent hero, who is noble, good at heart yes but not the boring type, he has his style and his unique way of romancing and getting things done his way!!! He was always intimidating in a seductive way even during the days he was playing chor police with her before marriage! She was his most important case and guess what she turned out to be the most important person in his life."
"The ONLY reason she would fight for Neil and fight to keep him is if he tells her that YES he is HERS! She needs to hear those words for her to have the confidence to "Impose" herself on his life. Yes, she loves him, even if she doesn't really know it. But none of that would be enough for her to hold on to Neil unless she knows SHE is irrevocably the person he wants."
"Neil was always seductively intimidating with Avni. . I want a "I love you Dammit" type of confession. If these scenes leading up to a confession are this intense and hot, imagine what the actual confession will be like? In sheer frustration I want Neil to tell her that it's HER he loves. He is hers! Only her's."
My thoughts were perfectly encapsulated by these few lines in particular. Both Avni and Neil's characters have been so beautifully written. They aren't like the mainstream characters, but they have the spark and charm that makes them very interesting. Usually, the female leads are the "righteous", "can never be or do wrong" sort of characters but our girl isn't like them. She is far from perfect but she has a heart of gold.
"Neil, I'm sorry. Maine chori ki thi, woh acche ke liye karti thi. Kabhi apne liye nahin ki. Humesha doosron ke help ke liye ki."
Her earnest apology broke my heart, especially the way she said that she never did it for herself. That is quintessentially Avni, one who never thinks about herself. Yes, it might come across as a holier-than-thou characterisation, but it is not. She just has never had the time to think about herself. Even when she was a thief, her urge to help and take law into her own hands stemmed from her dissatisfaction towards the legal system. It's not like she wanted to be the ultimate do-gooder or anything.
As for our hero, he is neither perfect nor completely flawed. He is the sort of man girls like me (and anyone else for that matter) would consider being an ideal man/partner. At the same time, he does not come across as a perfect human being who can only exist in books or movies. He is a man of principles, and we have such people in real life too. But he doesn't take his principles to an extreme. At the end of the day, he is an intelligent man with principles. Has he never done any wrong? No. He has. His obsession for Avni was technically wrong. Him manipulating his mother was also wrong. But that is who Neil is. He is a good man, who would not mind bending his own rules when it's needed. But does that make him manipulative or evil? No. It just makes him human. Do we not do the same thing in real life? Have a moral compass but also know when to tweak it slightly to accommodate us. 😆
I think it's the element of relatability that makes AvNeil stand out. We don't just appreciate them and be like #goals. We try to emulate their positive traits as well. I am probably not the right person to say this (single pringle me) but Avni and Neil reinforced my belief in relationships because I finally see a couple who talks out their issues. They have their fights and down moments, but their love for each other is never diminished. They do not have misunderstandings, but they have disagreements and isn't that what relationships are like? You fight with your partner, you don't agree with everything they do but you compromise. You talk it through and ensure that both of you are on the same page. AvNeil doing just that makes me so hopeful about relationships in general and I couldn't be more thankful to our writers for that. They have understood the fact that misunderstandings only weaken the "love" they show between a couple. No matter how hot or passionate the reconciliation may be, it would just never be the same. Sadly, not many shows realise that. They tend to focus on the hot post-misunderstanding make-up session instead.
That said, our two adorable munchkins have a unique set of problems of their own too. 😆 I agree with you Mandy. I get a feeling we would get a passionate, in the spur of the moment sort of confession from Neil, purely because the guy is at his wits end with his cute tube light wifey. I really wish Avni would be the one to confess first though, because imagine just how shocked Neil would be. It will be a batti-gul type moment for him. It might happen though, since Avni is obviously starting to understand what is going on in Neil's mind.
"Usne mujhe aise pakda huya tha ki main toh..." - Chalo, at least Ms Tubeliight realised that he was not simply interrogating her but was trying to get close. 😛 Baby steps, our girl will realise/figure it out, soon enough. 😆
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