Blind Prejudice and Helpless Attraction

Originally posted by: AreYaar

Following the standard pattern of the last two weeks, we get our second decent epi of the week on Friday...so the rule still holds that only Mon and Fri epis are worth watching😆

Today, I felt the scenes were better executed than the last many days including the phuss hospital confrontation which now seems to have become a basic FB for all Shivika scenes...lol

Shivaay as expected is not happy to see Anika in his house...Anika for her part is feeling weighed down by the obligation of being in his house and shocked at the level of accusations being hurled at her...not that I'm exactly loving it but I was heartened a bit to see her atleast trying to clear meri khushi ka koi thikana nahi tha yeh dekh ke ke anika did try to explain her pov baar baar and aaj chachi ke saath bhi himmat dikhayi taking the showpieces back toh maza aaya anika ko dekhne main , i will take this as a win for the day too itna hi consistently dikha do badi baat hai but it is jarrign ke ek din anika has the capability to explain to talk to try n clear her name and soem other day she is a dukhiyari bichari touching logon ke pair joddoign haath ughghgh her name even if it was in such a soft tone that it's barely going to register on a Shivaay determined to think the worst of her😆...I honestly though had to laugh at his "This is all a PLAN" spiel...the previous Shivaay still had some basis to his instant prejudice, the fact that she'd challenged his ego, questioned his authority...this Shivaay on the other hand seems more driven by pushing back against the helpless attraction he feels towards her...he has a whole list of grievances against her ki Kaju DHOSA khilaya Prinku ko, Maa ke baare mein taunt maara but the real underlying cause seems to be an attraction even stronger than the last time. Last time they had arguments to defuse or channel some of that electricity arcing b/w them...this time he rants and she seems to be still gathering her bearings about how to react to him...

The previous Anika used to be wounded by his harsh words too...but somehow this one is even more emotionally fragile and even though she's barely seen him a day back, every word, every reaction of his cuts deep...that is the impression this is giving so far...especially for the way Anika was later sitting and crying so helplessly in a corner...reminded me of the Anika who was crying after she overheard him saying to OmRu that she's the type of girl to phasaao him for money...that Anika had reached that stage after having interacted with him so much and that hurt was an indication of the fact that she'd fallen in love with him that his words cut so deep.

They both seem to go still the moment they see each other and are always helplessly staring at each other like the world around them fades away...this was obvious both in the scene when she entered the house the next morning and later when she's in his room...good use of bg music and camera angles in both scenes again...NM-SC-LM are getting the silent chemistry on point, no doubt. +1

I'm just wondering what the larger picture here is...Anika is shown to get so much deja vu of her old room when she enters it...so the fact that they are trying to show an active deja vu not just towards each other but also towards the memories, the places they've shared together...makes me wonder if at some point this Anika will magically regain her "memory"😆...cuz the deja vu concept is being played quite vaguely right now. I'm not sure AU characters are supposed to feel this level of deja vu towards a parallel universe. am almost convinced of it

The little takkar Shivika had in the room...lol their little thought voiceovers there...lol so they still aren't having any proper convos and silence or thoughts are all we're gonna get for now...but it was an amusing bit with both of them wanting to avoid talking about the fact that he saw her crying...I was surprised that Shivaay backed down first to let her walk out...lol the previous Shivaay would never back down if his life depended on it😆... billu ne shru se hi haar maan li hai polite bhi ho gaya dadi ke kehne pe ke izzat do kitne aaram se hatt gaya 😆😆 it was funny how he appreared behind her. 😆

The thing underscoring this scene and most of their scenes right now is a very powerful attraction...and this is way earlier in this story than it came to be in the original...there the attraction was there but it took time to manifest into these helpless prolonged staring sessions...here these two are at that stage since the moment they laid eyes on each other...so that makes me wonder what is being set up here...an attraction that is already so powerful is bound to bubble over into something big especially if both of them keep trying to tamp it down...they may do something in their helplessness and getting carried away unless insults continue to work as a deterrent...lol

Then there's Daadi with NKK and a raaz this time...lol I found her thoughts on NKK quite realistically shown...she's wary cuz of a bad experience...this is how many elders talk and think anyways...remains to be seen if she evolves from that POV...she's polite to Anika but doesn't exactly trust her yet... as is aid in the other post very real it is matlab ek din main itna blind trust makes no sense either in aaj ki dunia and dadi toh has such bad past with both tej and shakti why would she not be vary. i do like how she did that in private

So things are churning...Anika doesn't really have any allies in OM other than Prinku who trusts her...there is already precedent for her to be judged as a gold digger who broke up a happy marriage since Daadi seems to think poor ppl lose it when they see a lot of money...and the fact that Shivika are quite helplessly and powerfully attracted to each other is gonna get noticed by more ppl sooner or later...where does this go then...whatever flashpoint is being envisioned, Shivika do need to get some more substantive interactions before getting to that point...attraction alone isn't gonna run the story. prinku bhi is about to flip once the whole daksh angle comes out as per the actress playing prinku and i want to believe ke iss time billu ji shows faith in her despite everything i know am hoping against hope given how typical is all this and cliched but then the mantra with IB is expect the unexpected and am trying to do that to keep myself sane and from there the whole parivaar will start questioning him and his decision esp given how fast they have jumped into this maybe from there they want to start building their equation but it is definitely not going to be easy caz he will again go to gold digger angle to deny his feelings and all the prejudices will get more stronger but then underlying will be unsaid trust too idk am in denial too ke typical hate story bana deinge mujhe sach main aisi vibe bilkul bhi nahi aa rahi esp aaj ke starring sessions ke baad or ipk vibe. dekhte hain kiski baat sach hoti hai

Originally posted by: adnilover

With Daksh introduced into the story as Prinku's finance, it seems like the story might be a little similar to IPKKND. Daksh will go after Anika and Shivaay will misunderstand Anika and see her as a gold digger going after a rich man and in order to save his sister's marriage, he'll marry Anika just like Arnav married Khushi to keep her away from Shyam.

After the dismal ratings this week, I am hoping there will be some changes in Anika's characterisation. I want Anika to give it back to Shivaay like the previous Anika did.

Originally posted by: yellomellow

The conflict is weak. Before he assumed she leaked the chip, which resulted in Om's suicide attempt. His family's dirty secrets were on display, Daadi was humiliated, his aunt was hurt, and he almost lost his brother so I could rationalize his behavior then, but I'm mad fed my sister dosa is ridiculously silly. Not to be rude, but I don't really care about the new Prinku. Yes, she is sweet, but she just showed up and I have no attachment to her 😆 I'm tired of Anika being insulted because of her.

Entire family is infected with Shivaay's NKK. Poor people are bad and can't be trusted...okay we get it. Let's move on.

Nothing going on in the story other than their attraction. It would have been interesting if they had done something completely different with the characters, but looks like another wasted opportunity.