Laksh- Warning biggest post in IF history

Disclaimer: no shipping war. This is about laksh and what we've been shown about him. not to start a tug of war.

SO Laksh is my personal favorite character in the show. I think he's a very well fleshed out and relatable. Nothing about him is over the top, he's modern, outgoing, outspoken, funny and intelligent but that doesn't stop him from being principled, filial, sincere and emotional. He's a real happy go lucky 21-23 year old guy who is a bit immature, a bit spoilt and generally a bit naive. But the one thing that is his biggest strength is his self awareness. he knows he's intelligent but he also knows he's a bit directionless and immature. he's quite aware of when he's crossed a line and back tracks immediately, but he also knows that sometimes he messes up that back tracking process. Thus, he knows that he needs a partner who can be his friend and philosopher, someone who shares his family values but can also get along with his friends at a party, someone who leans on him in their time of need but knows how to steady him when he stumbles, someone who can show him the right path when he's lost- be that with love or with stern words. someone who generally is mature and has her 'shit together' cos he doesn't have his his together. he has a solution for every problem and yet he gets very emotional about his own problems and can't solve them. basically a good sorted guy with a bit of a fun and careless immature side. And about 4 days back, something magical happened in this guy's life, he realized that without thinking or pursuing, without even knowing he fell in love with his best friend Swara. Her confidence and guidance gave him strength to return home and his mood became dependent on her smile and tear and most importantly the sheer idea of anything happening to her sent him into a panic. He wasn't quite sure about whether it was love or a crush but this much was sure, there was something. But over the course of literally two days (in crazy serial time), his whole life got uprooted, any sense of direction he had.

I feel like we've all given him a lot of heat about things, but lets analyze his situation shall we?

Lets start with his quick realization of his love when literally a few hours before he was not sure if it is a crush or love. Firstly crazier things have happened in this serial, like swara thinking laksh changed his mind about ragini in less than 12 hours, going from breaking it to Ragini a SECOND time that he doesn't love her to being in love with her. so its not that crazy that Laksh would happen upon the realization that he LOVES swara and its not a crush, especially when faced with the prospect of losing her forever! saar ya paar situation mein toh log bache bhi paal lete hain (yours truly ), this was just distinguishing between a crush and love. this realization shook him to the core. He knew that what he did was WRONG but if loving someone, he goes into a relationship with his love's sister (whom he does consider a friend) would be disastrous for everyone.

Now secondly, his engagement declaration. Swara said something very interesting to him during the whole suicide track- my sister is not a toy that you will give your brother whenever he cries for it. This sisterhood which she discovered about two months back is SO close to her heart, then just imagine exactly how important Snacker is to Laksh. He grew up with this guy as his brother, his idol, his best friend, a brother he'd thought was lost to him forever. If Swara is unable to think about Laksh or his brother over her sister's heartache, then how can she expect him to put Ragini above his brother's life?!? If the situation was reversed, she'd do the same in a heartbeat for Ragini, I can bet on that. Swara has also said why did you this? You could've come to me, we could have planned something. He did come to your family, pleading for his brother's life. In the half an hour deadline his brother gave him, when exactly was he suppose to make a plan and sneak Ragini out? Exactly when was he suppose to rationally sit down and figure out- Oh! Dadi definitely won't allow us to bring Ragini home so better I call swara to make a plan? And where exactly was his best friend to have his back when he was begging dadi? Stopped by her mother? Swara the fearless? Laksh is called a coward for not wanting to get into a confrontation with his Hitler father and get thrown out of the house. Yet when that very father went too far, he took a stance for his friends and severed ties with his home, family, father and comfort to help them out. In this situation, who is the coward? And Ragini, whose great love all the characters now grilling laksh champion like it's the Holy Grail. How small and weak her love is that she just stood there, whilst the man she supposedly loves was on his knees groveling for a few hours of her time to help his brother! What an opportune time to be obedient. And now these champions of selflessness turn around and call Laksh selfish. We've all accused of him of being selfish. But only selfish for his brother. Nothing else. Well what exactly did he have to gain from this? A broken heart with no way to reach his beloved? A lifetime commitment and responsibility that he doesn't want? But yes, what happened to ragini is NOT right. He had no right to play with her that way. But when push comes to shove, I would make the exact same decision. This wasn't a cruel joke, it was the most difficult choice he's had to make so far. What exactly was his alternative? Now coming to the next part, he should've told Ragini immediately afterwards instead of selfishly confessing to Swara first. Yes, I agree.

Confession- I agree that instead of scuttering to confess his love to Swara he should've confessed to Ragini. But to be honest, firstly I don't think he really meant to confess his love to Swara. I think he just wanted to tell her that the girl' wasn't Ragini. It was his cry for help. He always goes to her first with any of his problems. It was the most natural thing for him to do. He wanted her support, just like he wanted it the first time in the kitchen to confess to Ragini. Arguably he could've just went ahead and told Ragini, but he wanted Swara to be his strength and Ragini's comfort. Would it have been better if he'd just told Ragini that Im sorry but I didn't mean it when I agreed to marry you, I don't love you, theres someone else? I personally think hells ya, that would've been the perfect shake for her, now it's a bit excessive. But Laksh I don't think wanted to give her a shock. He wanted to be as gentle as possible. I do think that the confession was just him getting carried away and saying whats in his heart. That's actually another thing, to the rest of the world he's a stud but infront of Swara, he's as simple and clean hearted as a child. He cant hold things in. He says exactly whats in his heart like a word vomit. So ya, that may have been selfish on his part, but definitely not intentionally hurtful, actually quite the opposite, he wanted support to cushion the blow. But ya, I kind of wish Lucky would take over Laksh and he'd just give it to everyone straight (like he did with DP) and be like Peace.

Swara and Suicide and confession to his mother- He loves her. Theres no selfishness, no emotional blackmail (as of yet), no forcing (as of yet). He said to Swara iska faisla karne wale hum kaun hote hain, humare rishte ka faisla sirf uparwala karega, and to his mother I will only marry Swara, no other girl will take her place. Whilst many read that as obsessive, I didn't think so (I haven't seen the episode so bare with me here). I thought it simply meant that if he marries, it'll be Swara. Not that he will force swara to marry him. He loves her, he would give his life for her happiness, forcing is not in his nature. Think of it as Snape, he didnt force Lily for anything but he never allowed anyone else in. (although I hope that their story isn't as tragic, I hope lucky wins his love). Now coming to his suicide attempt- it was pathetic, more than for anyone else, for his own life cos in that move somewhere lucky died a bit. And Lucky would fight for his Shona. Would openly declare his love, seena thok ke. Is that morally wrong, maybe. But then who is in the right? Shekhar who ruined his, Shomi's, Swara's and Janki's life? I didn't hear anyone calling him a coward or selfish in the show. His 20 years of silence compared to Laksh's 20 hour silence is a much bigger crime in my books. Yet, ive never heard Swara or anyone question him about his selfishness. The situation is very similar. Yes, swara doesn't love Laksh back, but she doesn't love anyone else, so why should Laksh have to stifle his love and marry someone whom he didn't want even when Swara wasn't in the picture and ruin his and her life. (Yes the same applies to ragini but unfortunately by the time she realized Laksh didn't love her and wanted to give it a try, Laksh was already in love with someone else and honestly, I don't think she loved Laksh, wont go into that here). Laksh took action. It may have been late and it may have been not the correct way, but he did the best he could in his circumstance. I think he may have done better if he didn't confess and get dejected by Swara, maybe he would've done remained a bit cooler. But right now he feels like a destitute having lost what he considers his strength, his partner.

Hope going forward: laksh helps Ragini heal and understand the difference between a friend and a lover and boldly pursue his love, not like a bleeding rondu.

So Im a Swarya fan and totally biased and I love Laksh much more than I love Swara and am hoping they wont ruin him today. Holy shit! So this was my Laksh case study. Agree Disagree something I haven't touched upon, sound off and maybe I'll get back to you cos honestly this has drained me of all the writing in me for the day I think!

Originally posted by: tejaswiniwenham

Disclaimer: no shipping war. This is about laksh and what we've been shown about him. not to start a tug of war.

SO Laksh is my personal favorite character in the show. I think he's a very well fleshed out and relatable. Nothing about him is over the top, he's modern, outgoing, outspoken, funny and intelligent but that doesn't stop him from being principled, filial, sincere and emotional. He's a real happy go lucky 21-23 year old guy who is a bit immature, a bit spoilt and generally a bit naive. But the one thing that is his biggest strength is his self awareness. he knows he's intelligent but he also knows he's a bit directionless and immature. he's quite aware of when he's crossed a line and back tracks immediately, but he also knows that sometimes he messes up that back tracking process. Thus, he knows that he needs a partner who can be his friend and philosopher, someone who shares his family values but can also get along with his friends at a party, someone who leans on him in their time of need but knows how to steady him when he stumbles, someone who can show him the right path when he's lost- be that with love or with stern words. someone who generally is mature and has her 'shit together' cos he doesn't have his his together. he has a solution for every problem and yet he gets very emotional about his own problems and can't solve them. basically a good sorted guy with a bit of a fun and careless immature side. And about 4 days back, something magical happened in this guy's life, he realized that without thinking or pursuing, without even knowing he fell in love with his best friend Swara. Her confidence and guidance gave him strength to return home and his mood became dependent on her smile and tear and most importantly the sheer idea of anything happening to her sent him into a panic. He wasn't quite sure about whether it was love or a crush but this much was sure, there was something. But over the course of literally two days (in crazy serial time), his whole life got uprooted, any sense of direction he had.

I feel like we've all given him a lot of heat about things, but lets analyze his situation shall we?

Lets start with his quick realization of his love when literally a few hours before he was not sure if it is a crush or love. Firstly crazier things have happened in this serial, like swara thinking laksh changed his mind about ragini in less than 12 hours, going from breaking it to Ragini a SECOND time that he doesn't love her to being in love with her. so its not that crazy that Laksh would happen upon the realization that he LOVES swara and its not a crush, especially when faced with the prospect of losing her forever! saar ya paar situation mein toh log bache bhi paal lete hain (yours truly ), this was just distinguishing between a crush and love. this realization shook him to the core. He knew that what he did was WRONG but if loving someone, he goes into a relationship with his love's sister (whom he does consider a friend) would be disastrous for everyone.

Now secondly, his engagement declaration. Swara said something very interesting to him during the whole suicide track- my sister is not a toy that you will give your brother whenever he cries for it. This sisterhood which she discovered about two months back is SO close to her heart, then just imagine exactly how important Snacker is to Laksh. He grew up with this guy as his brother, his idol, his best friend, a brother he'd thought was lost to him forever. If Swara is unable to think about Laksh or his brother over her sister's heartache, then how can she expect him to put Ragini above his brother's life?!? If the situation was reversed, she'd do the same in a heartbeat for Ragini, I can bet on that. Swara has also said why did you this? You could've come to me, we could have planned something. He did come to your family, pleading for his brother's life. In the half an hour deadline his brother gave him, when exactly was he suppose to make a plan and sneak Ragini out? Exactly when was he suppose to rationally sit down and figure out- Oh! Dadi definitely won't allow us to bring Ragini home so better I call swara to make a plan? And where exactly was his best friend to have his back when he was begging dadi? Stopped by her mother? Swara the fearless? Laksh is called a coward for not wanting to get into a confrontation with his Hitler father and get thrown out of the house. Yet when that very father went too far, he took a stance for his friends and severed ties with his home, family, father and comfort to help them out. In this situation, who is the coward? And Ragini, whose great love all the characters now grilling laksh champion like it's the Holy Grail. How small and weak her love is that she just stood there, whilst the man she supposedly loves was on his knees groveling for a few hours of her time to help his brother! What an opportune time to be obedient. And now these champions of selflessness turn around and call Laksh selfish. We've all accused of him of being selfish. But only selfish for his brother. Nothing else. Well what exactly did he have to gain from this? A broken heart with no way to reach his beloved? A lifetime commitment and responsibility that he doesn't want? But yes, what happened to ragini is NOT right. He had no right to play with her that way. But when push comes to shove, I would make the exact same decision. This wasn't a cruel joke, it was the most difficult choice he's had to make so far. What exactly was his alternative? Now coming to the next part, he should've told Ragini immediately afterwards instead of selfishly confessing to Swara first. Yes, I agree.

Confession- I agree that instead of scuttering to confess his love to Swara he should've confessed to Ragini. But to be honest, firstly I don't think he really meant to confess his love to Swara. I think he just wanted to tell her that the girl' wasn't Ragini. It was his cry for help. He always goes to her first with any of his problems. It was the most natural thing for him to do. He wanted her support, just like he wanted it the first time in the kitchen to confess to Ragini. Arguably he could've just went ahead and told Ragini, but he wanted Swara to be his strength and Ragini's comfort. Would it have been better if he'd just told Ragini that Im sorry but I didn't mean it when I agreed to marry you, I don't love you, theres someone else? I personally think hells ya, that would've been the perfect shake for her, now it's a bit excessive. But Laksh I don't think wanted to give her a shock. He wanted to be as gentle as possible. I do think that the confession was just him getting carried away and saying whats in his heart. That's actually another thing, to the rest of the world he's a stud but infront of Swara, he's as simple and clean hearted as a child. He cant hold things in. He says exactly whats in his heart like a word vomit. So ya, that may have been selfish on his part, but definitely not intentionally hurtful, actually quite the opposite, he wanted support to cushion the blow. But ya, I kind of wish Lucky would take over Laksh and he'd just give it to everyone straight (like he did with DP) and be like Peace.

Swara and Suicide and confession to his mother- He loves her. Theres no selfishness, no emotional blackmail (as of yet), no forcing (as of yet). He said to Swara iska faisla karne wale hum kaun hote hain, humare rishte ka faisla sirf uparwala karega, and to his mother I will only marry Swara, no other girl will take her place. Whilst many read that as obsessive, I didn't think so (I haven't seen the episode so bare with me here). I thought it simply meant that if he marries, it'll be Swara. Not that he will force swara to marry him. He loves her, he would give his life for her happiness, forcing is not in his nature. Think of it as Snape, he didnt force Lily for anything but he never allowed anyone else in. (although I hope that their story isn't as tragic, I hope lucky wins his love). Now coming to his suicide attempt- it was pathetic, more than for anyone else, for his own life cos in that move somewhere lucky died a bit. And Lucky would fight for his Shona. Would openly declare his love, seena thok ke. Is that morally wrong, maybe. But then who is in the right? Shekhar who ruined his, Shomi's, Swara's and Janki's life? I didn't hear anyone calling him a coward or selfish in the show. His 20 years of silence compared to Laksh's 20 hour silence is a much bigger crime in my books. Yet, ive never heard Swara or anyone question him about his selfishness. The situation is very similar. Yes, swara doesn't love Laksh back, but she doesn't love anyone else, so why should Laksh have to stifle his love and marry someone whom he didn't want even when Swara wasn't in the picture and ruin his and her life. (Yes the same applies to ragini but unfortunately by the time she realized Laksh didn't love her and wanted to give it a try, Laksh was already in love with someone else and honestly, I don't think she loved Laksh, wont go into that here). Laksh took action. It may have been late and it may have been not the correct way, but he did the best he could in his circumstance. I think he may have done better if he didn't confess and get dejected by Swara, maybe he would've done remained a bit cooler. But right now he feels like a destitute having lost what he considers his strength, his partner.

Hope going forward: laksh helps Ragini heal and understand the difference between a friend and a lover and boldly pursue his love, not like a bleeding rondu.

So Im a Swarya fan and totally biased and I love Laksh much more than I love Swara and am hoping they wont ruin him today. Holy shit! So this was my Laksh case study. Agree Disagree something I haven't touched upon, sound off and maybe I'll get back to you cos honestly this has drained me of all the writing in me for the day I think!

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di..😃 kya post banaya hai...👏

I really love this post and u very much clearly described about the character which I really admires the most ...agree with each and every words .

awesome post di 👏 completely agree wid u laksh is a really nice character n quite real. not the goody goody types i mean he is carefree , bindass, little immature,loves to party wid friends, but also loves his family very much.but lately he has become majnu , devdas rondhu types, i m not liking that, the cvs just to bring in twist r butchering his character. i just want him to be that lucky who does what he wants, not crying infront of everyone. if swara had oved him back i wud have definitely wanted him to marry her in mandir😆 n cum home, that way ragini will also cum out of her dreamland n move on as he will become her jiju😆 n we can hv sangini even😊 a solution to all problems.n dadi can go to hell wid her taunts😆.(sorry fr going off topic😆)
anyways i just want him to be straghtforward wid ragini nw n just break the engagement .if he does that i wud again like his character even if ragini is little hurt

awesome post and biggest post explaining a person I Agree with your every point AND I AM ALSO A SWARYA FAN.

Teju Di, I just skimmed over the post because it s HUGE...😆 But I get the point of it.