Episode Spoiler - 16 June 2021 - Page 18

Originally posted by: Lonelythots

@all: enjoyed reading the discussions..

Actually before the drunken confession pallavi was like i dont understand you.. what are you types.. with the mirchi incident where i thought she was pulled towards him and her heart unknowingly wanting to explore where this is all leading to..

But since his drunken shower confession, i quite see pallavi is really in just a protective mama bear mode for raghav who she believes is the oh poor lonely misunderstood guy for now. She keeps standing up for raghav against her family, his family providing raghav the solace that he is not akela. Even the priority comment is in alignment with the same since he cribbed and also her explicitly stating that she chose him over her family. I dont think pallavi feels anything more than this. Its almost feels like sympathy to me especially given pallavi’s nature. I find it unfair that pallavi has to make something out of this marriage, fall in love and realize just bacause of this . It has to be some pull that she feels which is beyond this misunderstood guy image. Ofcourse, slow burn works for me but i hope this is not it for her..

And in that sense, i find raghav is in an altogether different plane with respect to pallavi. Yes, he is all over the place but its just perfectly fine for now. But he was like ‘ main hoon na tumhare liye forver types’ whatever was going on in his mind/heart there, he was always on a different confusing tangent with this marriage even before marriage !!

The point is i do think raghav should probably get out of this lost n lonely mode, atleast not with pallavi. I feel its much more damaging to him since he might start misunderstanding her feelings and in turn put unwarranted pressure on pallavi in the long run..

At the risk of making people sad here, I've always said that there's no reason why Pallavi has to fall for him, accept him, love him, etc. She can walk away from all this if she wants, as long as it's her decision, I don't care. There's nothing anyone can do about it, and it wouldn't be wrong.

I think there's a lot of confusion on both sides about their emotions, but they do feel something. It will take time and the layers will be peeled away. I don't expect a massive confession or even realization by either of them just yet. I think what happened in the shower did two things: she sensed the attraction between them and she realized there was a lot more to Raghav than met the eye. That's why she was so insistent on learning about his past - she wouldn't have done so out of sympathy. She does care about him and she finds him intriguing, she always has.

Raghav and the other Raos need counseling, I feel. The wounds are too deep and with the entry of the villains, their 'love' story might take a bit a of a backseat while other emotions come to the fore. It's going to get rough in the upcoming weeks.

I don't think he will put unwanted pressure on her anymore. He did blurt out a few things about his expectations of her as a wife, but him sending her away to Kolhapur is probably also a way for him to curb his growing desire to expect things from her as though they were a normal couple. I also think that at this stage he feels there's actually nothing good or positive that he can contribute to her life, that she doesn't really need him for anything and can look after herself just fine.

Originally posted by: inlieu

I agree completely. I really hated what Raghav did to Pallavi even though I understood why. I was initially skeptical about this redemption arc because for one, I wasn't sure if they'd be able to pull it off and spend the necessary amount of time/episodes on this and two, that they wouldn't resort to Raghav doing senseless things to redeem himself. I am also glad they didn't have him injured or almost dying just to get her forgiveness. I've never been a big fan of that. Most importantly, I love it too because of what you said @bold. Even as Raghav was preparing to wash Sanki's feet, in his posture you could see his grace and dignity because he wasn't doing this for Sanki, he was doing it for himself, and for Pallavi. I just love how they have these non-verbal cues all over the screenplay that take it to another level. Most importantly, through this track we got to see so many shades of all characters, not just the leads, and so much growth in them. I can't believe how much I'm in love with this show. ❤️

Injured and almost dying seems like such a cop-out, to avoid doing the emotional labor. And I guess shows are hesitant about showing emotional labor since it doesn't always make for the most dramatic television, not compared to, say, taking a bullet. Now that's dramatic, and looks good in a promo.

Oh yeah, I was impressed how they managed to keep Raghav's dignity intact throughout that sequence. It was Vijay who looked smaller and smaller with each progressing frame. Had Pallavi not stopped this, it still won't have humiliated Raghav like Vijay wanted it too. He was doing something for the happiness of his family, and he would only feel pride in that.

@bold: Same. I've not been this attached to a show in years. These characters and their stories have made such a special space in my heart.