But today's episode contained four elements ...
The glorifying of one character ...
The humiliation of another character ..m
A wink at a bromance at the expense of others.
And the disappointment in another character ...
Let's start with the easy one ...
Our hero ...
At face value , no not face value , on one side ... This was an episode an episode for ravish ...
What the cvs were trying to show us ... Was ravish the good guy that he is ... Ravish as he asked atharva the right questions...
Why was atharva leaving without vv ... After all fighting the death and the living ... After fighting kk and the world just to leave her when he just got her ...
And these were valid questions , why would he live vv behind ... After all this ...
and ravish asked an even important question , where is our atharva ... The one who believed in love and happiness ... Our atharva who didn't care about what the society thought ... Where was he ?? ...
I know where he was , he was heart broken , devastated and felt like his life had been taken away from him ... And the only way for him to gain control is to go back to the beginning , the beginning where things still made sense Ajmer ...
Ravish did not understand that atharva again was giving vv a choice ... "Choose to come to me " he had already asked vv and now the ball was in her court ... This man might have been angry , and devastated , but always remember even with knowing , no thinking that vv was now with ravish , he still told her "if you still love me come with me " with his jealousy and anger and pain he still wanted her , he STILL loved her THAT much ... And he still gave her that choice which he thought she refused...
If ravish knew atharva he would have realised ... He was giving vv that choice ...
But that did not mean , it didn't hurt vv , because like the last time he left her to make her own choice ( the I love you atharva and I will marry just him sequence ) , she didn't really understand that, that was what he was doing ... All I could see today as ravish said those things about atharva was vv pain ... The pain that after doing all these things after fighting and sacrificing atharva was so disappointed that he was leaving her behind ... Had she screwed up that much that he wouldn't even look at her ...
And when he did look at vv and ravish at the start of the episode ... "If looks could kill" came to mind this man in his anger and pain was shooting lasers ...
It could've about ravish's pain , as he finally admitted , that. It will never happen ... the woman he loves will never love him ... It could've been about his pain as he finally let go, stating in front of EVERYONE that this was never a marriage to begin with ... it could've about ravish's pain as once again he couldn't give his mother what she wanted ...
It could've our joy about ravish admitting that sindoor and MS ... Where not enough to call a marriage a marriage ...
It could've our joy as it was finally accepted that , vitharv vows made by their heart and soul , supposed rounds made out of fear and desperation ...
It could've been about the little wink of bromance as atharva listened to his younger brother who seem to already hero worship his elder brother ... It could've been about the tears atharva felt as he looked at his brother... ( Yes atharva hasn't reach that stage of calling ravish bhai but I will do it for him , because I feel when atharva looks pass his pain , his anger he will see that even if he hates all the vashisht ... His siblings deserve more from him even if a polite hello) ...
But you see this episode wasn't really about any of these things to me ...
It could've been , but cvs you crossed a line , you crossed a line when you made a male lead look amazing and a female lead was humiliated in the name of sympathy and her dignity taken away from her ...
What this episode was , was shitty writing , it was laziness borne from a misogynistic fantasy from one of your writers who decided to figuratively strip a young girl naked for the entire world to see ... Her choice again and free will was taken away ...
Vv tears made me angry , angry that what she had been through wasn't enough , as she was made to feel , unworthy and like an object , to satisfy our so called society ... Why couldn't the sindoor n MS be removed in private?? and most of all why couldn't that sindoor and MS , be removed by vv ??... Why did ravish have to violate her personal space ??and take those things out of her body himself ??...
Why did he have to bring her down the stairs like a show piece , being paraded around the house " my 'w*fe' vv going away at no cost to atharva , going , once twice and gone " ??
While everyone looked at her as a show piece and judge her ... Because that entire room was blaming vv for wanting to leave ravish ... and we already heard all the taunts ... This girl stood there knowing what was going through their minds and instead of me feeling ravish was protecting and fighting for her , I felt he kept her on a big round table in the middle of the room with a sign that said "this girl is a sinner ( the scarlet letter comes to mind ) who dared loved someone other than her husband" ...
Her right to human dignity was taken away and all to please people at home who will never change because you keep on reinforcing that what ever that happened to vv today was right ..
But then I even got more disappointed for the first time in my life in atharva ... Am not saying I have never been disappointed in him ... In the past two episodes I wasn't disappointed , because I knew who this man was , I know who he is ... That anger , stubbornness impulsiveness and pride is part and parcel of this man and I love ALL of him ...
But this time , I felt betrayed and dejected , because even with all the precaps , I thought atharva will surely do something ... He won't let vv go through this he will say something do something ... But he just stood there , I don't know whether the shock , and pain paralyzed him , but all I know is that he just stood there and WATCHED ...
And for the first time ever I didn't know what to do ... Where is our Atharva , where is he cv ...
All these by standers just stood and watched ... 🤬
The only thing I was even remotely happy about was the strength. He gave her , the hope he gave her when he held tightly to her hand when placed in his ...
Because this was a sign of "I won't let go "
I wonder how awkward... The car ride most have been ... For vv and atharva ...
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And I loved the precap ... This one I will give to you ...
I love how , vv was going to pray and atharva in his attempt of normalcy gave her leaves .. And vv's look was like " bitch green leaves won't fix anything" but she took it anyway ... She took it because even though they seem to have a mutual agreement to remain silent ... These little things show that they are still VividhAtharva ...
Because she still forgets the leaves and he still remembers to bring it for her on mondays ...
And the sindoor thing was sad ... I really want to see what happens ... Atharva WILL get angry everything that remains him of the what that happened will piss him of ... But something tells me they won't be having that adult conversation anytime soon...
These two can never go back to where they were ... But guess what. They can only move forward , over come this and become better ... Vitharvians ... This is actually good , this is better we are about to be tested , your love for vitharv and their love ..do you have the faith if you do then know that they will overcome ... Because no her holding the MS or putting sindoor doesn't mean she suddenly loves ravish 🤣... Pigs will fly ...
Atharva sujata its time to cash all the checks your ass has been writing ... Time to help this girl find who she really is ...
Dear vitharvians we are finally home , and the joy in welcoming , and sincerity was much needed and appreciated ...
Thank you dadi for your excitment and thank you abdul chacha for being there for atharva ...
If one more person say atharva , will now HAND over vv back just know , I will throw a stone at some ... That is a human being not an object ... 😡...