I finally caught up on yesterday's and today's epi in one go so figured I'd do my share of rambling😆
In yesterday's epi, the tic tac toe game seemed to indicate another one of those attempts at a metaphor by the writers that I think invariably ends up also giving away how ad-hoc the writing has become nowawadays. Earlier, they used to have long term arcs planned out.....they had long term visions for the characters.....now we get tic-tac-toe without strategy....like HS played it in that scene.....kahin bhi lagaate jaao circle ya cross, HOPING you will find "balance" and win the game.....lol that seemed like the writers giving away their state of mind.....balance mil gaya toh bhi theek, nahin mila toh just shrug and whatever😆
I say this because the scenes as always appear to be a mixed bag without any coherent long term vision for the characters given the point they are at. It's like traits appear simply for the 2-3 days of drama and then disappear again.
One noteworthy thing to come out of these two epis.....the characters who otherwise spent 200 epis getting to know each other quite closely, suddenly seem to barely get each other....lol
- Babita is surprised that an HS otherwise so samajhdaar is so casual about disciplining Mini
- HS's priority is to be in Mini's good graces....woh relax ho jaaye toh he thinks everything is fixed....LOL
- HS also thinks that Babita overthinks a lot and he just wants to work AROUND her rather than WITH her.....lol same goes for Babita....she also ends up working around him rather than with him.
- Kabhi HS is full on joru ka ghulam, kabhi he's not....if he pushes back a bit to disagree with Babita, he only does it to pander to Mini rather than really coming across with what his own objective viewpoint is.
- Mini is in her own lala land for some reason and actually thinks her mother is oh so liberal.....LOL she spent her whole life with Babita and still didn't get her.....the confused look on her face when Mickey pointed out the obvious re: Babita ki reactions.....haha sab abhi bhi apne zone mein.
And the fundamental issue since the wedding.....these people don't have any faith in their own relationships.....how sad....what they once sold to us as people striving to make a beautiful future for themselves against all odds....is now a story of people who are so "whatever" about their relationships.....lol
- --Babita literally has barely any respect for her own relationship with HS....lol she has no response for people cheapening hers and HS's relationship developing into love and marriage......she jumped into a relationship, took a step that she herself wasn't fully sure about.....bas kehne ke liye kar li shaadi.....without really knowing what your equation with each other was...without really knowing each other.....toh ab yeh haal hai ki ek dusre ko bhi barely samajhte ho aur is rishte ko bhi....what a pity.
When you still don't know yourself, how will you know your relationships.....Babita is the most obvious confused case.....but HS and Mini aren't in any much better state....he too is confused about what he really wants out of this family.....this pandering approach is a total mess. And Mini....lol for all her confidence is actually totally clueless about how confused she herself is.
And sabse bade confused log writers hain.....lol the people I used to respect for long term vision with the characters have now proven they can't think beyond 3-4 epis....there is no larger purpose here anymore....it's about how much drama you can generate for 3-4 epis and then move on to whatever whim strikes next.
Which is why all these speeches about tic tac toe, balance, trust have started to ring super hollow now.
Anyways, the only genuine moment of emotion was the HS-NB scene....brief touching upon of the emotions that have been swept aside for the sake of contrived drama....instead of exploring that psyche, we are sitting here with such a contrived depiction of a conservative, confused guilt tripping mom.
The writers may have "progressive" ideas about relationships that they want to put out....but their execution is sorely lacking these days....don't know if they have the self-introspection ability to grasp that.....what a waste to lose this after getting it right for so many epis.
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