Originally posted by: samcek
Hear me out before you all disagree...
So Yuvraj is going to go back to behaving like a knob because his "friend-wife" served him divorce papers (so he believes). But here's the problem. Love isn't a fickle emotion. And if you're in love with someone, and they don't love you back, it hurts like crazy. But you still love that person. Hurting them is the last thing on your mind. If anything, you rack your brain trying to figure out where you went wrong (we have a list Mr Birla!), or how you can make them see...
You DONT revert back to your original way of thinking OR spew hurtful crap. Now, before you guys make excuses for him, I know he's hurting. But he's not a kid to be throwing temper tantrums. I mean, publicly humiliating your wife?!! Seriously?!
So how can he realise he's in love, when i don't believe he is? Comfort, yes. Happy, sure. But love?
There's been no scenes showing his progression from a man in denial, to a man on the cusp of admittance. The closest we got was snoopy jumping on him. Really cvs? You're using a doc rather than character development?
Maybe it's why some of us are having trouble connecting with Yuvraj.
I agree and disagree.
I don't know whether he's in love with her or loves her, because his feelings are never explicated--sometimes it seems he does, sometimes you wonder. But when you say hurting someone you love is the last thing on your mind, uh-huh, that I have to disagree. Those you love are the ones you hurt the most, intentionally or unintentionally. Right now I'm not talking of his (non)justification, but of the reflex reaction when someone hits you out of the blue. Unless you're Mahatma Gandhi, your instinct is to defend by hitting back, pushing away.
In an ideal world you don't spew hurtful crap, but in my experience, that does happen. And for a spoilt brat like Yuvraj, very, very believable. He's gone too far by making it a public humiliation. Has he really reverted to his original mindset, or is it the expediencies of the current track? By which I mean that sooner or later he'll come to his senses and lament his behaviour, but not enough, since the writers are men who think this is all acceptable.
He won't rack his brains--it'll be done for him by others, exactly what I don't want. I don't want his mother and Sharad 'setting him straight', because he has to do some thinking on his own and stop having everyone manipulate him for good or evil. He IS a brat, he has to grow up. But chances are slim.
The real issue is what was wrong with Suhani wanting a divorce--she should've wanted one months ago. Does this guy really imagine he's so priceless that his mere presence in her life as a token husband who acts like a fond or aggressive parent/sibling at times and has been insistent on keeping their relationship devoid of any real interaction beyond 'friendship' should satisfy her forever? And what a cop-out. Instead of her getting some sense, it's all some stupid plan by a third person. Yuvraj's reaction is shock and, I presume, hurt, but on what grounds? Because he was nice for 2 days and bought her some fugly outfit and, OMG! condescended to tell her she looked 'nice' and changed his mind about shaking hands and gave her the most tentative of hugs?
These writers really trouble me--they don't get what's offensive or unfair or perpetuating negative myths. They've assasinated all their leads--Suhani, Yuvraj, Saumya, Krishna. It says a lot that right now I like Krishna best of this sad selection. Not that he's any prize either.