Porus 124: Pedestrian tripe

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Folks,

We can all take a break, as this script, never of the best, is now going plumb crazy.

After nearly 31 minutes of Three Musketeers stuff without the panache and the champagne fizz of Dumas, we were informed that Alexander is haring off to Bactria like a lion - at least he got that right!😉 - hunting the lombdi ( fox) Darius.

This show should be renamed to Animal Kingdom

Alexander: lion by day, panther by night

Darius: fox

Barsine: deer (caught in Alexander's headlights)

I will leave you guys to find something for Puru, Laachi, etc.

Strangely enough, Puru, Laachi and undoubtedly the rest of their ragtag bunch are going to tag along after Alexander. What for? To save Darius? To help him against Alexander? The undistilled idiocy of the project boggles the mind. 😡

As Vishuddi has not yet expired heroically in Puru's arms, one presumes that the bite/scratch Alexander programme has been postponed till they get to Bactria.😆

Maybe Alexander will save Roxana from her venom (or vice versa) and they will fall in love. Or maybe Alexander will fall in love with Roxana at first sight and then pretend to be dying in front of her to get her attention.

I wonder if the CVs even know where Bactria is, that it is next to Afghanistan, and nowhere near Gaugamela where Darius was finally defeated by Alexander. 😆

If the musketeers can get to Persia so quick, this is no big deal for Alexander.

In fact, it was only in 329 BC, two years after the battle of Gaugamela, that Alexander arrived in Bactria, after a heroic crossing of the Hindu Kush. But what are dates for our ultra flexible and imaginative CVs!😉

His opponent, the Persian leader Artaxerxes V Bessus, had expected an invasion from Aria in the west, and had destroyed the countryside in a scorched earth policy, to leave no supplies available for Alexander's army. But Alexander, with his trademark unpredictability, arrived from the southeast.

Incidentally, it was this selfsame Bessus who finally put an end to Darius, ie murdered him.

They are clearly axing Egypt, including Alexander's visit to the Oracle at Siwa, his crowning as Pharaoh of Egypt at Memphis, and the founding of Alexandria, a flourishing port city even today, obviously because they can't afford to go there, and having just backdrops of the pyramids won't do.😆

I wondered about that and I can see them skipping Syria too.

Ayesha (Black_Sheep), you can start looking for the bubbly, for Bactria means, most likely, Roxana, and your much awaited AlexAna love story.

If it materializes, it should make for a nice change. I have had enough of the Persian costume, enough of a narrow eyed Alexander unable to pin down his suspicions, or to lean far enough out of that balcony to spot Puru and Laachi, and more than enough of the saucer eyed Ms. Suet Pudding. Ugh..

The one blessing is that there is clearly NO chance of an Alexander-Barsine romance. And, with the distortion of history being at this level, probably no marriage with her and her cousin either. The CVS are not going to splurge on a grand wedding for Alexander when they can have one for Puru and Laachi. Instead, you will have plenty of Shivdutt and Kanishka.

Alexander-Barsine romance - never say never. They will find a way to get these 2 married but I have no idea in what order. They should send Barsine back to marry Kanishk - they deserve each other.

The vilification of Alexander is by now almost complete. Tonight, they had Hephaestion suggest that Alexander had spared the lives of Barsine and Co. only so that Darius would be forced to contact Alexander and, in the process, reveal where he was. The logic of this argument beats me. Alexander doesn't endorse it , but nor does he contradict Hephaestion. Unbelievable.😲

This when literally every known contemporary source on this period praises Alexander for his treatment of the Persian royal ladies, and not one, not even those seeing it as an astute political move, suggest that he would have executed them but for his political stratagem.

No wonder that Sisygambis, the mother of Darius who loved Alexander so much that she committed suicide when she learnt of his death, has been left out. She would hardly have fitted into this script!

Nothing more need be said, except perhaps to assert that Alexander ate babies for breakfast!😡😡😡

I'm going to paste here what I wrote on your Plot Prediction post for Ep 124:

Unless the writer or Alexander is bipolar, I don't see how his genuine concern for the royal ladies and their fear of him would suddenly be spun around to be a ploy to find Darius. In episode 121 he clearly said he would kill anyone who tried to harm them in any way. He told them his war with with the emperor of Persia and not with his family. I refuse to believe he was pretending to care about their well-being. If Alexander really wanted to find Darius, he would figure out a way to do it with or without the ladies. He could leave them alive and either jail them or torture them, but he chooses to be kind to them instead. He suspects Barsine is up to no good and could have extracted the truth out of her through nasty means but he does no such thing. Also, he does not consider them to be captives even though they do.

Perhaps Alexander doesn't contradict Hephaestion because he doesn't feel the need to. In the end, he is the ruler and the final decision rests with him. It also occurred to me that maybe deep down he knows Hephaestion may not agree with his philosophy on treating the Persians as his own people. Either he doesn't want to lose focus from discovering Barsine's secret or he doesn't want to spoil the mood of the celebrations by going into details about his motivations. Not to mention, he's been at war and on the rampage for so long, this is the first time he's come in contact with women in a state of peace. Surely the dynamics are different and he doesn't need to have ulterior motives behind every action of his.

Also, there is nothing wrong with killing two birds with a stone (pun not intended). He can sincerely care for and protect the ladies and wait to hear from Darius. If he didn't care about them, he could have them killed as soon as he gets rid of Darius. We all know that he would never do that - it would not be in line with his standard operating procedure and it would tarnish his reputation. He would never have loyal subjects and it would serve no purpose.

We don't see Sisygambis here because the CVs skipped all that and it's hurting the plot because we are missing a piece of the big picture and what we know of their relationship in real life. If she became a mother figure to him, then it goes without saying that he would take the rest of the royal family under his wing too. For viewers who are unaware of this, Alexander is just a cunning person who lied to the ladies to put them on the back foot and then showed his true colors later. If he could kill a child he can do anything with these grown ups. And we all know what happened to women of most royal families once their lands were conquered.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: --BlackSheep--

Seriously the entire Alexander's dealing with the ladies track had me pulling my hair.

What do the writers want us to believe??

That Alexander is a narcissistic sociopath who can't care for anyone?😡 What happened to the chivalrous gentleman whom we had seen in the previous episodes?

This makes me think that so far there were very little to no scenes where we saw Alexander expressing his emotionsIt was only with Hephastion and Olympias

What are the CVs trying to convey exactly? That Alexander cannot feel anything?That he cannot be compassionate or gentle? 🥱

I think they're going overboard and trying to connect it to what we saw earlier when the priestess put him through a test and later when they assassinated Philip's family. Ugh!

Historically Alexander clearly respected the ladies of Darius' household.Sisygambis was a mother figure to him and he arranged for Stateira/Barsine and her sisters to be educated in the Macedonian ways if I am not wrong.

Hindi main bolun toh CVs ka kya nuksaan hojata agar Alexander ko thoda accha dikha dete?? Bhai we know he is ruthless,kroor,magroor blah blah blah

Aur kitna blackwash karoge usko?? The way he spoke to Barsine in the precap was plain threatening.As if he is some kidnapper and they are his hostages.

Totally agree - they clearly don't have a concept of gray. Everyone is either black or white or stupid.

The precap made me hopeful about Roxana but I am worried as well.

I just hope Swastik has mercy on me and doesn't butcher the AlexAna track though I am keeping my expectations low.

At this point, I will stop hoping for it but will consider it a very pleasant surprise if they have this track but only if they show the romance and not a typical political alliance kind of marriage.

Everything said and done Rohit Purohit is magnificent as always⭐️

No matter how Alex's characterization is the way he portrays it is so perfect that I always feel that he is Alexander The Great❤️

This is the only reason I'm still watching the show. He transferred his passion on to us viewers and look how upset we're getting about fiction! 😆

Now coming to Puru and his Power Rangers(coz they are five people😆),bhai,inko aur koi kaam nahi hai???

Will they go all way to Bactria after Alexander???🤪

Alex-Barsine is out of question now.Maybe they will show Alex turning soft thanks to Roxy's mohabbat and taking charge of his duties towards the Farsi ladies and marrying Barsine.😆

Either way I hope Roxy kicks some sense into her beloved Bhaiya Puru's head

I feel 🤢 at the thought of having to see soppy scenes like this. Puru is going to become a king one day, when's he going to get his act together? I thought Ambi kumar would be a strong character but he seems to have become limp as well.

Originally posted by: --BlackSheep--

@Inlieu,For Puru I would like to recommend a tiger cub (suggested by Mahi dearest) 😉😆

Once I had read a story in a comic book about an overconfident cub going to hunt a stag and he ends up getting kicked by the stag coz his claws aren't as strong as his parents 😆

Laachi can be a lynx.Beautiful,graceful and swift😳

Hasti and Ambhikumar are Gadha (Donkey) and Ullu (Owl) respectively

Bamni,Ambhiraaj and Dasyu King can be Gandhi Ji's three monkeys.

Bamni - Cannot see anything even if it's in front of him

Ambhiraaj - Cannot hear anything sensible

Dasyu King - Cannot speak at all

Anusuya is the Mama Bear always protecting her cub.

Vishuddhi is Naagin of coz😉😆

Originally posted by: Alaria

I always wait for your analysis. Thank you for writing them. Honestly, I am beyond frustrated at all the distortion, especially about keeping the royal ladies alive to lure out Darius. Just why, CV's, WHY? Why put down one character to make another look good? Why give time to insignificant developments regarding Puru's younger brother and the other big dude ( I don't know his name because I skip their parts). Why not develop one plot at a time?

Ps - Yes, the way Alexander is talking to Barsine in the precap indicates he'll probably be shown being cruel to them in order to justify Puru wanting to rescue them. I wouldn't doubt it.

Originally posted by: Priya258

It was shown that after conquering Faras Alex's next goal will be Syria.

But Tiwari ji ko twist laana tha socha itna historical distortion kiya h now let's do more😆

Did Darius ever cared for his family?

If he would have cared he would never brought his family in battle field now after running away like a coward he send sandesh though don't understand why he would confess that he is in Bacteria?

Puru bhaisahab ko toh map pata h aur superfast bullet train se Bacteria pahoch bhi jayega😆

As per history Alex was kind to Darius's family but the way tiwari ji want to portray Alex is as cruel no feeling selfish he held persian ladies captive.CVs just wanted to portray Alex as bad a villain so that they can justify Puru's tactics.

Now Puru gang will go to Bacteria save darius and darius will realize his fault😆ki jis desh ko me kabza karna chahta tha wo muje bachane aaya h😭then puru gang darius family ko leke bharat jayenge😆