Originally posted by: mistofshadows
Virat is and has always been a pretension. His entire family had too many aspirations from him and he tried to keep all happy; balance between already toxic relationships. So that's what he learnt; whatever happens the image has to be sustained. It was Sai who dredged out the weirdness in the relationships between BK, Ninad and Ashwini. Before Sai, he was ok with just balancing and keeping all happy. He wants go play band-aid not antiseptic.
Band aid hides the wound but keeps it from healing too, at times. But anti septic goes inside, burns and disinfects to heal it. That's Virat and Sai.
Virat has the complex of playing the good guy; the only one who can keep his family happy, who can balance between them and gets praised by all. Praise kink people! Sai came and she took his place. Because his actions were flimsy as he hated getting off the high ground. Never wanted to lose his holier than thou attitude. Sai didn't care, raked up dirt, got hit by it too but managed to actually heal wounds. This jolted him and as it happens opposites attract.
The way I see it, it has never been Sai vs Patralekha. It has always been Sai vs Virat. Patralekha is the bridge that separates them from burning each other off. Sai Virat need Patralekha to remain a tension in their relationship, so that blames can be targeted at her. Patralekha's obsession with Virat helps the cause. Otherwise frankly speaking Sai and Virat are the most incompatible pairing I have had the misfortune to see and ship awhile.
Virat's attraction to Sai and his love for her is again his love for image. Sai was made his responsibility and being who he was, Virat Chavan had to follow his responsibility till the last breaths of his life. Whatever be it, he had to keep it. That's the way it should have been. His perfect high moral ground.
Of course Sai didn't turn out to be someone who follows. She pushed at him, dragged him out of his comfortably zone and challenged him to be his real actual self that is not perfect at all. It is flawed, selfish and deeply human. That's the self that loved Sai; the self that didn't care about the stupid promise his Perfect self cared for. However he couldn't leave behind his Perfect Image obsession either and these two selves clashed further escalating the triangle.
Virat is Virat. He is huge; all encapsulating. His own emotions ans turmoils are of Titanic stature and he has no space for anyone else. His love for Sai is the one thing his genuine flawed self wanted. That self and his Perfect self always clashed and finally reached a compromise. Get Sai Pregnant. Have a baby with her. A perfect family for the Perfect Image and Sai forever bound to Virat's real self.
That's why Virat always wanted a child with Sai. He can never love any child more than the one he wanted with Sai. Unfortunately he got nothing. His real self was willingly suppressed during surrogacy because the baby was the compromise needed for both his selves to co-exist. He can be prefect family man and have Sai too. What does it matter who the surrogate is? He just needs the baby. And how does it matter who takes care of the baby? Even if Patralekha does, it doesn't matter because the child is biologically his and Sai's. His selves reach the compromise and any hurt to Sai or Patralekha doesn't matter. Because image wise, he had a full family now.
Losing Sai and his compromise baby again pit both his selves against each other. His heartbreak and dead like state was his inability to reconcile with his failures. To survive there was only one option. Suppress his flawed self and get back his perfect image self with a moral ground the size of the highest peak of the world. He did it through Vinu. Adopting the boy gave him another mask he could use to play at being Perfect. Patralekha, again an useful piece to sustain his image. If Sai had not been alive, he would have forever played the heartbroken husband. Even if Patralekha would have gotten pregnant, he would have maintained an emotional high ground to make all sympathise with him. He is addicted to playing holier than thou.
Sai is his true competition, his only love (if we can call it that) and his equal and opposite. He stands opposite of Sai's ideals and his perfect image feels threatened by Sai being alive. Because that nullifies his entire basis of how he reacted.
But when Savi's truth will be out, his image will fixate on that little girl. Savi is his biggest win and the compromise baby he wanted. She is his victory.
Ok, this was a long one. See; I love Virat 🤷♀️
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