Originally posted by: WarriorB
Everyone has pretty much said everything I have been thinking about the family dynamics post marriage. At the end of the day, the two people who have lost everything are Shiva and Raavi and yet there is no acknowledgement of their loss by the very people who have wronged them. At least in a meaningful way. And while that's one of the major reasons these two make for such sizzling chemistry set in this backdrop of so much angst, it really is not fair to them.
Setting aside the absolute horror I feel at the fact that Dev got around to at least talking to Shiva but never approaches Raavi, the thing is I genuinely look at Dev as much a spoilt brat as Rishita. Because to me, that is my real tick off. That Dev is treated like this Raaja beta who even when he is wrong is treated with kid gloves.
Ohhh!! Absolutely! I can not agree more.
Honestly, Shiva looks like the elder one because of his sheer empathy. The brothers know and understand the sacrifices Gaumbi and Dhara made, but where Shiva shines is the way he chooses to reflect his love and gratitude back. To me it looks like Dev understands the sacrifices but is burdened under it's yoke while for Shiva it acts as a strength that these two people who mean the world to him reciprocate it right back at him.
And this is why they take him for granted. They have a "Shiva will understand. He will handle everything" attitude. They forget he too is human. He too is suffering for the mistakes of his elders. I'll always remember that he was the one reminding Dev that he shouldn't lead Raavi on of he didn't love her.
And while it's not right to pick at someone and assess them down to just one moment, the truth is it's the hard times that show what you really are made of. Both had these crucial testing moments and what they chose ended up defining what lies ahead for them.
The struggle in a family is always how parents react to such things and what cuts me deep is the parenting strategy they use over here for all the four. Usually in most homes parents do the usual I will be the good cop, you be the bad cop thing. But here it's like Dev and Rishita have only good cop while Shiva gets the bad cop. And that's something at least in my place, my parents did only when my sister was a kid. They told me to be more understanding since I was the elder one. Once she grew up, both of us got good cop bad cop. So why is that not taking place here.
That is sooooooo unfair ðŸ˜
Even when Dhara looses her cool with Rishita, she immediately back pedals and wants to switch back to good cop though what Rishita said was repugnant.
So why the kid gloves for the two people who have literally ended up shaking the very foundational values that this family seems to be standing for!!
They got away with bigger mistakes while our Shiva is being anhilated for a prank gone wrong.
Isn't it time that Rishita learns to fight to earn her place in the family in the way Raavi literally sheds blood, sweat and tears for. The less said for Dev, the better. The first word I think of when I picture him is spineless. And if he has to grow one, then it's high time that he is held accountable for his actions. Gaumbi and Dhara have to push him hard. But I guess I can see why they don't do that with him, because when placed between a rock and a hard place, this guy seems to crawl into his shell and get out only to eat pizza and say I am full from all the burden of burrowing in.
Does that mean others should pick the slack for these two. That's unfair. In today's episode, why exactly did Gaumbi slap poor Krish. To me it looked like simple appeasement for Rishita. But she is a plain and simple bully, at least for now, and the more you give way to her, the more she will grab. So the strategy should be to find a middle ground with her. Dev anyway is a mute spectator to his own life and will just sit still, look pretty.
I soo wish to see this happen.
Shiva' s practical joke did go too far, but if you have ever had a younger brother, it's literally the way they break the ice and get you down to their level and seal a friendship built on shared laughs. And if the law of this jungle slash family is raising a hand on the person who deters then I demand at least a hundred for DevTa each. Don't mind if I get some more..
I'd pay good money to see mera DevTa being taken down a peg or two.🤣