Originally posted by: PreetD
Been working all day so didn’t have time to properly reply today, but been spending time reading through some of the comments.
First I’d just like to say, I’m sorry to see people leaving the show, but that’s totally fair. TV should be enjoyable, and if it’s causing you more grief than enjoyment, that’s totally valid.
I find it interesting that people see Jasmine getting married to Fateh as winning. That’s an interesting point of view. What does it mean to win in a situation like this? She may be getting what she thinks she wants, but at what cost? I think that’s an interesting story. What does it mean to actually love someone? What is worth losing to chase dreams you don’t completely understand? Honestly, I really don’t care for Jasmine as a character - she’s selfish, immature, and completely incapable of taking any accountability for her actions, she’s an extremely flawed human being who cannot recognize those flaws. She’s also done some truly awful things (and it’s downright disgusting carrying on with your sister’s husband), but does that mean she’s completely irredeemable? That she can’t grow and learn from those mistakes? In my experience ITV is not great at exploring characters as whole human beings, especially the characters that are supposed to be seen as “villains”. I just don’t see Jasmine seemingly getting her way as her winning because she actually doesn’t know what she wants. She’s in love with the idea of a lot of things (going to Canada, marrying Fateh, having a grand life, etc.) and people like that are never satisfied and never actually win. I think that’s an interesting angle that can be shown here. You can manipulate your way to getting what you think you want but then what?
Moving onto Tejo, when you’re in a toxic situation, it’s a lot easier to say you’re going to disconnect and leave than it is to leave. It definitely takes time and a lot of strength especially when you don’t have the support system around you to actually make those changes. I appreciate her taking a stand that even though she loves Fateh she’s not going to go back to him. That’s big. Does she still make frustrating decisions because of that love? For family? Loyalty? Yes. She doesn’t know any other way to be. She is a daughter in a family that still prescribes to outdated notions of what it means to be a good daughter, and on top of that there’s the pressure to make up for Jasmine’s behaviour (even if it’s unconscious). I’m born and raised in a completely different country, with significantly more relaxed, chill, and liberal parents/family, and I still feel the pressure sometimes of what it means to be a good Indian daughter. When something is so ingrained in you it takes time to unlearn it. I don’t know how far they’ll take it, but I think Angad pushing her could lead to that journey.
All of that rambling to say that at the end of the day though, it’s ITV, so I probably need to lower my expectations lol
(thanks to anyone that got through all that, I had so many thoughts and I think they may have just come out as a jumble lol)