Hi,
Great post and better conversation. ty and welcome to the discussion. š
Pretty silent reader here. I've been following this thread with a great deal of interest. I am sincerely enjoying the analysis of Aninika's character since I haven't watched IB from episode 1 and am not really aware of who she was before marriage. My views on how her character has or hasn't developed/ devolved are of no real importance, since I am working without a frame work.
I have a question about Shivay though... he seems like a pretty sharp guy and has even said that he goes over things several times before making a decision or move.
True. By his own admittance, his is a character who will ponder over, mull over and deliberate any action from his part. That can be a positive or a negative trait depending upon the situation.
That being the case why is he not seeing Pinky for who she is?
True again that he is sharp but I have noticed, from his past history, that he is also very trusting once his trust is earned. It is the 'blind' kind of trust which again can be misused as was done by Tia. Imagine if he had that kind of trust in Tia how much more will be have in his own mother who, from birth, has never stooped to such a level of deceit and trickery.
I am not saying whether that being is good or bad (more of just whole). He even said that he thought Pinky wanted to have the puja to "humiliate" Annika.
Shivvay, you have to understand, has never been proud of anything Pinky has ever done. Not like Om is of his mother. He has always had to cover up and make up for her short comings and her lack of tact. She is, basically, more often the cause of his humiliation than pride.
So Shivvay is used to his mother being loud, crass, insulting, petty and the jealous kind. She throws tantrums like a child, asks for the moon and is demanding and selfish like one as well.
He is more the Father with her, humoring and pacifying her with expensive toys that she has set her heart on (like Tia), than she is his mother. He is used to Pinky not looking beyond her happiness and wants. It is why he picked her 'Kangan' not Annika's brace;et during the game.
I think she wants to be a good mother like Jhanvi but goes about it the wrong way.
So he knows that she is not above hurting Annika.
That is where you are wrong. That is what he was saying to Annika.
'this is my mother Annika!!! you do not say such things about mother !!! It is just not done!!'
He was shocked and dismayed that she could even think such a thing about his mother - let alone say she had proof. His mother was his pride and who he identified himself with. How could his pride go before a fall??
It was like NT saying Annika was trying to separate him from his mother!! Annika is his pride 'Post Marriage' because of his unshakeable faith and trust in her. He has grown to understand, know and rely on this unchangeable Annika with all her flaws. He is not blind to her flaws - he just knows that they will never go beyond a certain limit, that is all.
Same way ,he knows his mother is capable of verbally attacking Annika and insulting her (that if Annika had said he probably would have believed) but to physically harm someone he is certain she would not do. His faith in who he knows his mother to be is that strong that even with clues staring him in the face he refuses to accept that fact.
And this IS a man who basis his whole reasoning on facts and logic - mind you
All the small humiliations and attacks seem to be okay, but that she would go all out and invite NT and the media in to play a nasty game seems to be completely out of the realm of reality for her and I guess I'm just not seeing why.
Annika is not the first person that Pinky has behaved this way with, humiliating and insulting them while making it sound like 'Her Shivvay' is much too good for any of them. She has done it with Jhanvi, Om and Rudy as well. They have all been the brunt of her poison.
But never, never ever, has she felt the need to cross that fine like between human and monster with them. So Shivvay essentially knows how bad, proud and judgemental his mother is but he also knows that she will not cross a certain line because she never has in the past.
Shivay was the one who said it had to be someone in the house, by the process of elimination that only leaves him with one person as the culprit. Maybe I just coming at this from the wrong angle so any help would be greatly appreciated.
.. and he did also say it could be a staff member, a person with free access to the house or any such person. He did not say Family member - he said someone in the house.
Thanks for any input, you are welcome and again this is just MY take on it. š
Anupamaa
