Originally posted by: Autumn_Rose
Never watched IB so can't comment.
Ahaan is not physically abusive - but he goes out of the way to make Ishqi's life miserable for a decision she took for HER own life. He is harsh with her for her life choices, which is something unacceptable.
Arnav was angry with her Khushi because he saw her asking Shyam to divorce his sister - which is something huge. It doesn't excuse or justify his behaviour towards her but explains his hatred. Also he remained ASR till the very end for the world - that he considered ruthless. Ahaan's anger isn't something I can fathom in that sense, which is why I think Ishqi's acceptance of his proposal isn't right at this point. The only reason he has softened towards her is because of her sacrifice for Sonu, he doesn't understand that even if she had no reason, or it was her feelings due to which she walked out of the wedding. She had full right over her life and he had no right to question or judge her.
Yeah I remember how livid Arnav was seeing Khushi with Shyam, and because he loved Anjali so much, it'd make sense for him to want to seek revenge for that (wasn't that the main idea for the show? If I remember correctly, they were supposed to go with 'Didi ki Saut' as the title but changed it due to the negative connotation of it). I have a problem with showing abuse in general, because when these things reach a wider audience, there is no way to know or control how they're taking it up. ASR's reasons for his anger may have been valid but some viewers might watch that and assume that it's okay to abuse or be abused in love as long as the abuser's feelings are genuine and intense, and they ask for forgiveness later. Getting over abuse isn't that easy and healing from it takes a lifetime for many people but such portrayals might enable abusers further to manipulate the victims.
Bold: Exactly. And I'm genuinely so glad that Ishqi pointed this out in the new sneak peek bit. Even previously, when Ahaan found out about Ishqi's parents, he apologized for his behavior and back then too she had pointed out how it was his guilt and not him actually realizing his error in judgment. The same thing is happening here, and Ahaan needs to learn to stop apologizing only because Ishqi makes up for one of her "mistakes" by doing something grander😳 I'm so excited to see how Ishqi handles the proposal, because a straight yes isn't what I'm expecting from her 😆
