I blamed everything too in the beginning but then stopped soon after I realised that she liked being a “victim”. She did give glimpses of not being a doormat in the Vanya wedding scenes, stepping up for divorce, the morning after night out etc but all those were too little and extremely disconnected with the story.Originally posted by: BaAZiGar0
exactly x 10000000. i justified this character for so long - blamed her parents, society, basically everything and everyone but her. i looked at her as a victim. my thing is at what point do you stop and decide what works for you and what doesnt? or do you just hold onto whatever mumma/papa teach you for life without ever questioning whether any of it makes sense? the irony of this all is that the PH is too scared to show a middle aged woman thinking for herself as they are in the same position. everyone is scared of the aunties. 🤣
She has clearly seen that “pleasing” 2 people hasn’t worked and never will. She made that very clear last holi too. So why not just move on? Didn’t her mother’s voice note on her birthday eve have the same message? Isn’t her babuji also saying the same thing? When she can give long bhashans, then why can’t she be the one following it? So basically to “please” these trp aunties, you are making a mockery of the story’s essence? I get the concept that it is difficult for a middle aged woman to think about herself but there’s always room to make them understand and her accepting the partnership or opening DA were good examples. So why not just follow the lead?
And I’m not even sure of their issue? These trp aunties (assuming they are in the same age range) would be mothers to teens so which means they are well aware of the issues (parents learn a lot from their kids these days) Will they like seeing their teen daughters becoming Anu? Or are they ones cheering for their son to be a regressive husband? It’s funny if you ask me.