Originally posted by: milkcakejamun
I found a difference of thought, Maahi! 🧡
I actually don't mind having a divorce track if it is shown sensibly. I think right now, they are stuck in a vicious cycle of doubt, anger, and hatred. Shiva is making decisions for Raavi without her consent... in a way, he's using the same emotional 'manipulation' that was used during the wedding track.
A therapist might help here, but sometimes that's not the end all solution. I say this because there are patients who are extremely adamant and unwilling to open up, and when medical professionals think they won't be able to help, they actually tell the patient to find someone else. Many therapists have long waiting lists here in the US, and they can't waste their resources or time for patients who are adamant and unwilling to speak up. So, like a lot of medicine, you get what you put in. If Shiva is unwilling to speak to an outsider, therapy will not help, as much as we wish it would help (which is why it's always important to be truthful and willing to speak to a doctor, if you don't trust your doctor, find a new one! they won't take offense, you're health matters to them more)
Again, maybe it's poor writing/editing, but I see scenes where Shiva is heartbroken (which is even more highlighted by KD's acting), and I don't see any scenes where he opens up (this is why I am unsure about the therapist considering his longstanding history of bottling up his emotions). In his blindness, he is doing everything he can to push Raavi away. He's taking away her right to sit down and think. Every "sit-down" talk they should've had ended up with an even bigger argument and tears. And I don't think keeping Raavi and Shiva together would be right at this moment.
Both of them need to leave the Pandya house. Go on a mini vacation, alone. Sort their thoughts out without interference from their family.
Coming back to the divorce idea, if I believed in the CVs (which I do not), they could've made this track work. Shiva thinks Raavi's unhappiness is tied to him. But if they divorce (or are on the track to divorce and are just waiting for their court date) and Shiva continues to see her unhappiness, the spark in her eyes fully gone, it would invoke some sort of emotion. Because all those theories he built were completely wrong. In his curiosity, he could reach out to her, and she could finally have some sort of dialogue where she blames him for her unhappiness, asking him how dare he ask her what's wrong when Dev left her at the altar that day, and Shiva committed the same mistake now... giving her up at a time when she was most vulnerable. It would've paved the path for a proper Shiva redemption arc.
He could re-discover what love is. So far, he's seen GauRa falling in love, but they were in completely different scopes. Both of them were friends who trusted each other, and Shiva could make amends by first becoming Raavi's friend (telling her that even if their relationship doesn't work, they shouldn't forget that they are family via Suman and Mausa-Pa). And in the process of becoming friends with Shiva, Raavi could have the chance to see Shiva beyond his junglee behavior because for the first time, he is not taunting her, disrespecting her, but actually trying to get to know her.
I don't know 🤷♀️ I actually imagined an entire divorce track playing in my head and I fell in love with the idea of them divorcing, and re-discovering themselves and each other now that they weren't forced to be together due to "marriage" and family.
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