Originally posted by: inlieu
I hate to say this, but in a way I agree.
He would have probably ignored Babita too if he weren't marrying her. They both hurt him a lot. He was so numb that he didn't even react when Babita was searching for Minnie out loud. Why would he look for Minnie when he thinks she doesn't want him in their lives? He doesn't even feel he can bear to look her in the eye because he would keep searching for something that he thought was there but isn't. I am afraid that he's already started internalizing everything after this dhakka.
Also, Minnie decided to step back and not be at the scene - the self-pity nonsense due to which she shot herself in the foot. She deliberately chose to act the martyr when she started picking up the rice grains in order to be one of the people her mother leaves behind. She did not do anything for HS of her own volition either. Yes, she was hurt by his words but it was his big day too, she did not think to just stand there and at least try to be normal with him the way she was doing with NB. She had it in her to go see the Khuranas who did a lot of bad things but not a single word for her HS? The reason for her mother and her happiness? Her absence did not assure either of her parents and it probably made HS feel that she did not really want to be around when they were getting married.
The fact that the episode started with the wedding rituals made me think that there was no further conversation since the previous one. Minnie had all those flashbacks of him since day one, and out of all the things that happened she chose to stay with the last thing he said to her. It really showed me that she is nowhere close to loving him the way he loves her.
The look on his face as he applied the sindoor, he barely managed a half-smile that didn't even feel genuine. I think he lost all his confidence and enthusiasm and based on what I saw in the pre-cap he's going to be hurt further. Also, for some reason, Babita's words made it look like she was insinuating that HS did not care about her daughter. It was fine for her to slap Minnie based on Ashok's words or to say whatever she wanted to her regarding the jewelry but if HS so much as expresses his hurt, he suddenly becomes an uncaring parent/spouse? Maybe the precap is misleading but I was royally ticked off. I hope he either gives them both the silent treatment or just asks Babita why she married him if Minnie is all she cares about.
He finally married the woman he loves and technically can become Minnie's father but he did not even look happy or involved during the ceremony, not even when they were entering the house. His body was there but his soul was not. I understand that Babita was worried about Minnie but she's not a kid who would get lost in the crowd. She did not even look at the man she was marrying or smile back at him. What on earth?
I know it's now ITV tradition for couples not to get intimate so quickly but this is taking it to another level. Yet again the stairs ka fasla has come up, and this time both Babita and Minnie are standing on the other side, as HS will continue to look up at something that is unattainable.
The one solace I have is NB's facial expression telling me she knew exactly what was going on and hopefully will continue to dig further. Minnie needs help, fast, before her savior complex destroys her young mind because it looks like Babita will continue to nurture it in her own indirect way.