Great post and so needed!
As a veteran KS watcher, its been really disheartening to see one half of the heart of this show, JW's character, be destroyed so thoroughly! We as viewers feel betrayed. To know that you can have something that good.. and to see it destroyed right before your eyes, by folks who don't take viewer's thoughts into consideration!? Seems crazy!?
Himali, you pointed out to so well the moments that made us gasp, and the glimpses that made up shiver, when JW was a lion in his kingdom. Now he seems a sappy pawn, shoved around by all those around him. His readily available excuse -- all for love. Seriously, can't they make him his old self, and still stand up for his love!? Why does he have to be so downtrodden all the time? Is this the Kreatives only way to make him an antithesis to AD's character? By making him lose all of his charm, purpose and strength?
What made the chemistry between JB so fantastic was charm of each of the characters. Bani's caring nature, her strength of character and her slowly growing love for Jai. What made JW amazing to watch was just what Himali pointed out, his strength, conviction, raging temper, and yet a deep seated love for his family -- which unwantedly came to include his wife.
Bring back that old JW-- that equal adversary, that smart business man, the person who thought of each angle, who could easily outsmart catty women, and shrug them off... whose eyes burned with hidden passion for his wife.. bring that character back!
Kreatives, if you can turn Bani into DDG.. all we ask is that you bring the original JW prototype out of the closet!
Edited by soapaddict - 18 years ago