Originally posted by: EuphoricDamsel.
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Okay I don't know how I feel about the start, starting with Dev and Rishita. Rishita being absolute moron is no news, we've all known it. What is surprising is Dev doing or feeling something else than "Bas Karo Rishita!" about the things she says. It's actually very good to see him repent for what he did and how he was off the hook too instantly in my opinion. Even though it has been a long road for his brother, finding love and being happy.
I LOVED how you kept Suman, grey as we know her, accepting the wrong her family did but also in no mood to repent or be ashamed enough to let her be coddled into saying yes to Raavi's demands. That is true Suman, the one which we expected and never got. Though, she's ruined now I don't know what she would have done in the show if Raavi had actually put forth some condition.
The second best part of this chapter (I'd come to first one later) is Raavi asking for a different Mandap because the current one has simply been tainted by fraud and malice. BOMB MOVE really. Of course Suman would misunderstand, of course she'll go ahead and prick every little demand because that's just how she is. Callous in nature, firm when necessary but mostly callous of everyone apart from her own sons. I am going to zone out Raavi thanking Kaaki because I don't think it was an unreasonable or a BIG demand you know? It was something I wanted to happen because the sanctity of the Mandap had been ruined by lies, drama and deception. GREAT MOVE.
Shiva's POV about the refusal scene was an added bonus. Made him give much more depth than in actuality.
The HAND STUFF though. Oh My World. Hands are so underrated when it comes to intimacy, recent Bridgerton season would concur what I'm trying to say here. Raavi willfully clutching his sleeve after his hesitant withdrawal was very beautiful.
The BEST part for me had to be Raavi grasping her husband's sleeve when the man who had wronged her tries to go ahead and congratulate her as if he hadn't done any damage at all speaks a lot to me. It is the trust, the acceptance that she had thrown his way as his wife that got to me. It was the slightest of moments but very very very beautiful.
I'm sorry this comment might be full out of place because it has not been an easy day...I want to succumb and cry myself to sleep, only thing is that I can't. Because WE DON'T HAVE choices anymore, or a room.