LOVE how you used all the gifs 😆
Awesome post, Fary!
I'll reserve for now and try to come back later for a full response.
*Edit:
So I've had a busy day and didn't really much of a chance to read whatever nonsense "Bullying" arguments are being peddled on Twitter...I just have a few things to say in general.
a) There is a severe case of SKEWED perceptions going on right now cuz the writers have convoluted the story to such a degree, half the fandom seems to be suffering from short term memory loss and/or general amnesia along with them about how the story even got to this point.
Every other day the narrative shifts and accordingly the excuses to justify Anika's continued obtuseness and blunders continue to get more and more outlandish...in the rush to glorify her, the only obvious scapegoat left is Shivaay...so out of the blue we now have "He wanted a perfect wife who would do his bidding", he never trusted or respected her, and "he's a bully" arguments. Never mind that people have crafted their own alternative narratives about this story to justify these lame arguments.
b) Shivaay is at fault too...but NOT for the crazy reasons that people are peddling around here...that sadly just makes the whole discussion pointless cuz half the energy is spent in trying to correct the record on what Shivaay has even done.
The ACTUAL mistakes that Shivaay has made are:
1) Always making it about MY family instead of OUR family...THAT'S the real question Anika should be asked instead of lame "Just blindly trust me and forget the crazy naatak I did" nonsense😕...Oh but I forgot, Anika toh "bewakoof" hai, itna dimaag hai hi nahin ki yeh sab puchh paaye...the real issue is Shivaay's struggle to assimilate Anika into his family...and no, that does NOT mean that he doesn't trust or respect her...it means he needs to be made AWARE of it and they need to WORK through it rather than go off on side-tangents. Sadly this maha convoluted "illegitimacy" secret has taken the focus away from the real issues.
2) Over-reacting in his hurt and heartbreak and immediately jumping to a divorce...that Anika has rightly pointed out a few times and it's a valid point...but then he does have a valid counter point to in saying that she herself DROVE him to his breaking point and compelling him to throw her out...to which she never replies and goes off on other childish side-tracks.
3) Allowing his jealousy and his ego to overcome reason and continuing to let this fake fiance/fiancee engagement fester just to get back at Anika
He is the only character right now who gets CLARITY and LOGIC to his points ALONG with his flaws...even with all the mistakes he's made and continues to make, one never feels disconnected or W*F over what he's trying to put forth as a point.
Pointing this out doesn't make anyone anti-Anika but Anika defenders seem to take it as so and feel compelled to come up with crazier reasons to justify her stupidities.
c) Anika's muddle of a mind that the writers continue to half-ass their way through...I get that some people feel today was a huge improvement...I personally don't...but to each their own...I saw a lot of the same rinse/repeat with very slightly modified dialogues...and the continuation of random character flips...sometimes Anika says she regrets giving up on her relationship without a fight, sometimes she's like yeah go ahead and plan my engagement, sometimes she's like I should have been Shivaay's strength, then next moment she's like just forget whatever I did and move on...she herself sees him both say and demonstrate over and over that his khushi is with her and then she's like "I did it all for you khushi, it was a big reason, ok forget it now and let's go back to how it was"😕
d) Victimizing Anika in this whole issue is again one of those things that boggles my mind...going back to my first point...it's really remarkable how everyone has forgotten just how Anika struck the blow the day of the seperation and the absolute ruins she left behind...is she and the fandom seriously expecting those ruins to build back into a home overnight by just "bhool jaao woh sab?"...Glorying all this as some kind of a mahaan sacrifice for his khushi doesn't make it alright...this is the one point that the fandom and Anika fail to get over and over again...and all we see in the show also are people praising her for her sacrifice instead of knocking any sense into her😕😆...today Sahil was used for that purpose and I just had to roll my eyes.
Shivaay is questioned over and over again as he was today by Rudy too and he again had some valid points to make...what does Anika have to say for herself? Just "Maine woh sab unki khushi ke liye kiya"...that's it?
I WANT to root for Anika...oh HOW badly I want to root for her...but the writers literally give me NOTHING to hang on to these days...making her bawl for long amounts of time over Shivaay's ugly striped suits isn't exactly the stuff of great emotional impact...not to me atleast...even today, the only "crumb" that was thrown out was showing Anika babble at crazy speed in her relief of seeing Shivaay back...even there they HAD to throw in atleast 10 dialogues of how STUPID she is...how stupid she herself considers herself😕😆...this is all we have to show for her story? Just write it off as a stupidity? Kabhi the writers claim it's her "insecurity", kabhi she calls herself stupid over and over again...kabhi she says life's too short to squabble over lame issues...but ultimately still hangs on to that one retarded secret even AFTER she's heard it from Shivaay's own mouth how badly he needs her.
The sad truth is that everyone's a hypocrite...but Anika is venerated as some kind of misguided saint when someone should be pointing out her hypocrisies to her...
e) Things I actually want to hear Anika say:
1) Something OTHER than "Main darr gayi thi"
2) Show IMMENSE regret for BREAKING Shivaay that day...she can cry a river for two days holding on to a MS and random ugly striped suits, so it's not much to ask for her to show regret to Shivaay in a LUCID fashion, not under the influence of any substance and WITHOUT calling herself a bewakoof.
3) Show actual respect for her RELATIONSHIP with Shivaay rather than just repeating over and over again that she can kill herself for him.
4) Show a willingness to WORK towards said relationship...
5) REMEMBER the JUNGLE convo...gifs below for context
Frankly the writers seem to have lost the ability of walking that fine balance b/w Anika's emotional compassion and her naive innocence...it would be nice if they can bring some of that back...please don't make her such an utterly pathetic and clueless figure who seems to have completely lost the ability to think for herself and is always hanging around waiting for cues from Shivaay😕...Please stop making her the easy scapegoat for all your drag and track contrivances...give her a break for once...if you don't have good clarifying lines to give her, please don't make her spout more nonsensical ones that only make us want to bang our heads further.
If this is TRULY about a TAKKAR ki relationship, it's HIGH time that Anika be given some of her dignity and brains back.
These days they literally show 5-6 minute long conversation scenes b/w Shivika which literally have the SAME lines repeated over and over again...if they can't move the story forward, what is the point of these conversations? How many times can you say the same thing over and over and expect a different result? If the writers want to continue this stalemate and show that Shivika are incapable of reaching an agreement on what the real ISSUE here is then really what's the point of blabbering endlessly?
Frankly it doesn't seem like anything can be resolved without the truth being out...it's ridiculous to expect Shivaay to forget everything and move on...
As I was mentioning earlier today...how would it have been if Shivaay had asked Anika to just forget the hate wedding and move on? Did he ever do that? No, he didn't...I can imagine people would have been baying for his blood if he did...instead he actually showed regret for it once the MUs where cleared...then how is Anika expecting Shivaay to just forget everything and move on? How is it that no one points this out and instead everyone thinks it's a CHARACTER FLAW that Shivaay wants the truth? 😕😆
Edited by AreYaar - 8 years ago