Hey Priya ... I have not looked at RiKara in depth much but that could also be because I have become quite disillusioned with the way HS is moving the track. I will try to give my view though and am hoping I do not offend any RiKara fans 😉
Though I am a hardcore ShivIka fan I do love Rikara and RuvYa as well. That comes naturally I guess with the fact that I love the O'Bro's as a unit.
Now, we all know Gauri came to OM as Sirf Bahu to try and fix Shivika's problems. When Om wanted to 'talk', she effectively avoided it guarding her heart from the hurt.
... and at that point she was right because she needs to know where she stands and what she is even doing in this relationship with Om. She has a bond with ShivIka and with RuvYa so that was a natural thing for her to do as Gauri - not as Om's wife.
If you go back and look at the mahasangam episode, and after the Mein tenu samjhavan sequence, his tears after she says 'sirf bahu' confirms it that he is very much affected by it.
... and he needs to be shown questioning 'Why?' ... why does it affect him that she is Sirf Bahu? He did, if I remember, tell her that he is not clear on her place in his life (forgive me but I forget RiKara scenes sometimes and I may be wrong.)
Then with Anika's advice, he goes and 'tries' to talk to Gauri and actually says 'Hum ek aur baar 'try' kar sakte hain', but the wifey took the advice of her bade bhaiyya and said something along the lines of him being 'too late'.
That I do admit is a scary thing for any one to hear but having said that he has also clued in that this is some part of Shivvay's plan so he needs to now figure at least some of that himself. Is this the Gauri he knows or the Gauri who is acting out a part?
The dhaba scene was confusing but if you look at the post Dhaba scenes, the dhaba scene becomes clear. Daadi calls them 'Shiv Parvati' jaisi Jodi, he is softly smiling until he looks at her color drained face. He looks crestfallen that the 'Sirf Bahu' Gauri dint like the analogy. Then comes the part when she tells that 'Hum sirf hum hain aur Aap aap'! He repeats it and says 'Sirf Bahu'. And 'Tum mere samajh ke baahar ho' (This is the scene that gave Om's feelings away for me!)
... what we need to see is more of introspecting (which HS never gives btw) on Om's part as to what he is feeling and what he actually wants from this relationship. Unless he himself figures that out there is no moving forward with what he is going to now do about it.
Thats not to say Om's commitment phobia and emotional abandonment issues have gone completely. He still somewhere obviously fears becoming either Tej or Jhanvi in the relationship, dreading either one of them falling 'out' of love. These issues take a long time to go but this is not the prime issue for his lack of making a move anymore, I feel. There is also his own guilt of misunderstanding her, the knowledge of how his vitriolic words would have hurt her which played a role in him believing easily and effortlessly that she is content in being a 'Sirf Bahu'. He is right now at the point where he is willing to try to overcome his fears, give a chance to his relationship with gauri but he thinks that she has given up. He is just happy to have her around him in whatever way 'she' wants. If it's 'Sirf Bahu' , he would gladly have her around him as 'Sirf Bahu'. All his life. The ball has been in Gauri's court for a long time. And SHE thinks he can never acknowledge their relation ever so she is on the verge of giving it up if she has not already. (These two Exasperating but somewhat adorable people, I tell you!!)
Here I think Gauri has done her bit and has been doing it for sometime now. She has stepped back and said 'Sirf Bahu' only because of what he had said to her prior to her walking out of OM.Till then she was everything rolled in one till she was shot down for thinking that.
"Mafi Dil Se Mangi Jati Hai'", is what he always tells his brothers and I believe, very strongly, that he does need to ask Gauri to sit with him while he apologizes for his harsh words that led her to becoming 'Sirf Bahu'.
After that he can leave the decision to her as to whether they can start with just being good friends and take it from there or if she still would like to remain 'Sirf Bahu'. Like Annika, Gauri too was not really given the option of being Om's wife. She just became his wife because circumstances played out that way.
We badly badly need a monologue of both Om and Gauri. And a huge conversation between the two. I agree
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