Originally posted by: _SilverLining_
Loved your analysis Anisa👏 And you always have the perfect gifs for every occasion😃I cannot describe in words how beautiful an episode it was today - the buildup, the dialogues, the expressions, everything was ON POINT! I'm still reeling from the impact the it had on me.How beautiful was that hug in the beginning?❤️ And Shivaay wiping away that tear behind her back - Gosh that small but poignant gesture showing how much all this has affected him, all the insults against her - so much so that he was actually crying!! For her 😭Ofcourse he did not want her to see it lest she becomes upset herself so he went on and hugged her tight and regained his strength, and then like the typical SSO erased the evidence of his emotional breakdown and went back to assuring her that he won't let anything go wrong (he said it more to himself, she had no idea what he was speaking about though) like the overprotective husband he is - I think I teared up a bit myself seeing this - I've always been in love with this Shivaay who would rather take all the pain himself and would go to any lengths to protect the people he loves.
It was so touching. Getting strength from her, to protect her.Remember the tension he was in after the hospital discharge? When he scolded her for crying, saying he had more things to cry about? When he had to choose between the two important women in his life.Well, his mother forced him to , and he chose to stick by Annika. Because she had no one but him and he was determined to be there for her.Surbhi and Nakuul absolutely slayed the emotional scenes - the helplessness and fear and most of all the unbearable sadness in Annika's heart came just too alive with Surbhi's brilliant expressions and dialogue delivery. And Nakuul portrayal of SSO's strong need to stand by Annika and protect her from his mother's verbal abuse, the pain in his eyes as he tried to suppress the battle within him and stay true to his feelings for her was beyond words.
He was so taken aback by her full truth, that she was all alone since childhood. And she takes care of this little boy who is also alone, and they are both such lovely people.And his ugly snobbish ideals were hurting them, I felt his anger at his own ideals also. Like "How dare you measure Annika to those standards?"Throughout all the drama I think Shivaay is still evading the main topic though. His need to stand by Annika, and having her beside him is much stronger at the moment and quite clearly the panic of losing her trumps having to deal with NKK, which is exactly what might lead to Annika leaving the house tomorrow. Annika asked Shivaay a few questions at the end of today's epi and something tells me he still isn't ready to answer it the way she'd like him to, because he still hasn't dealt with it. Sure she's important to him, she's his wife and friend, and he's made a promise to her which he's going to keep. But why should he bother to do that? And is that enough? Not for Annika. She can never bear to be a burden on the man she loves, just coz he made a promise to her. Afterall he's important to her and she'd made a promise to herself as well - to never make him choose between herself and his beliefs. And so she'll leave.
This. This is what I'm worried about. A husband and a wife do these kind of sacrifices for each other, it's expected. For better or for worse. But Annika has to know his feelings for her.She does not want the words Zimmedari or "yeh rishte ko koi naam nahi" anymore. All in , or all out.Shivaay will try his best to bring her back, right now simply because he cannot imagine living without her. She, being the tadibaaz Annika she is, will protest. He might try to force her back into his life, might even hurt her in the process. However, in the end I feel he'll end up coming to terms with his own feelings for her and finally declare it to her, like he did during the Biwi thing (that man just needs a little push but I'm sure Annika will drive him to that point where he'll accept that he's - quite madly and irrationally - in love with her *excited squeal*)😳Also Pinky will not stay silent - albeit her plan to separate them did not work out the way she thought it would, yet it did separate them and she'd try her best to keep it that way How Shivaay shuts her up is also gonna be interesting to watch! Also we have Mahi's truth to wreak havoc on her happy little world later (I'm waiting for it all to unravel just so I can relish the look on her face after she learns she had another son who grew up in quite a similar fashion as the girl she's trying so hard to defame - a life of shame and hurt, shunned by all, loved by none. Yeah, karma is a bi*ch, Pinks!!)